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Vocabulary and Concept Development EDI Standard: 1.4 Students will identify common roots and affixes derived from Greek and Latin and use this knowledge to analyze the meaning of complex words (e.g., international).
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Learning Objective I will know common roots derived from Greek and Latin and use this knowledge to analyze the meaning of complex words.
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Activating Prior Knowledge Have you heard the word civilize? The root civi means “relating to citizens.” Can you see the root ord in order? The root ord means “regular.” Can you see the root ord in the Spanish word “orden” or in the English word order?
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Concept Development Root : The fundamental element of a word or form, exclusive of all affixes and inflectional phonetic changes. Root: The root is the part of the word that contains the basic meaning.
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Concept Development civi : From the Latin word civis meaning “citizen” or “a member of a city.” ord: From the Latin word ordo meaning “regularity” or “order.” civi: Latin root meaning “citizen.” ord: Latin root meaning “regular.”
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Tell your partner what civi means. Civi is a Latin root meaning “citizen.”
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Tell your partner what ord means. Ord is a Latin root meaning “regular.”
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Read the following Latin roots. civi citizen Latin ord regular, order Latin
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Importance Have you ever been confused about a word and have not been able to figure out its meaning? Have you ever had to use knowledge of word meaning to figure out the meaning of a new or difficult word?
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Skill Development Read these words: civics civil civility civilian coordinate extraordinary ordinarily uncivilized
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Read these definitions / synonyms: the study of a citizen’s rights and duties in a society without an organized or developed society, wild; acting without courtesy or consideration to bring together to work smoothly having to do with citizens and their relation with each other and to the government usually, generally, in the regular way courteous behavior more than ordinary, beyond what is expected, remarkable a person who is not in the military; relating to civil life, not military
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Match the words with the correct definitions or synonyms: civics civil civility civilian coordinate extraordinary ordinarily uncivilized the study of a citizen’s rights and duties in a society without an organized or developed society, wild; acting without courtesy or consideration to bring together to work smoothly having to do with citizens and their relation with each other and to the government usually, generally, in the regular way courteous behavior more than ordinary, beyond what is expected, remarkable a person who is not in the military; relating to civil life, not military
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Answer these questions: 1.What is a root? 2.Does civi as in civilize mean “relating to citizens” or “regular”? 3.What does the root ord mean? 4.What is the root in order? 5.What does the root mean?
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Identify the roots. coordinate civics extraordinary civil ordinarily civilian uncivilized civility Guided Practice
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Meaning in Context Use the words in the box to fill in the blanks in the following paragraph. Civics extraordinary coordinated civil Ms. Weber teaches classes in two related subjects, United States history and (1) ____________, the study of our government. In both cases, she teaches about Martin Luther King Jr., who (2) ______________ the drive for legislation that would ensure equality for everyone. Her students say that after studying with her, they have a much better understanding of Dr. king’s role in the (3) __________ rights movement. They can see clearly what an (4) _____________________ time it was. coordinated
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Closure A root is – the part of the word that contains the basic meaning. civi means – civi is a Latin root meaning “citizen.” ord means – ord is a Latin root meaning “regularity” or “order.”
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Independent Practice Match the bolded word with the best synonym: 1.a group of civilians a. non-military people b. soldiers c. doctors 2.an extraordinary storm a. fine b. terrifying c. common 3.uncivilized behavior a. rich b. healthy c. uneducated 4.was dressed ordinarily a. unusually b. fairly c. quickly 5. acted with civility a. order b. rudeness c. kindness
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Extension One of the key words in this lesson is civility. It ends with the suffix –ity. This suffix shows that a word is a noun. The meaning of a noun ending in –ity is usually connected to the meaning of its adjective partner. Civility is related to “being civil,” just as equality is related to “being equal.” Civil and equal are adjectives. Civility and equality are nouns. All of the nouns in the first column end in the suffix –ity. Match the adjective from which the noun was formed. 1.__ activity 2.__ possibility 3.__ vitality 4.__ originality 5.__ creativity a.active b.creative c.original d.possible e.vital a d e c b
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