1. Aim: How do we figure out what suffixes tell us? Do Now: Take out last night’s HW. Start putting your examples up on the board.

2. Suffix Added to the end of a word.

3. What are some examples? The adjective “smokeless” is formed by adding the suffix “-less” to the noun “smoke.” The adverb “sadly” is formed by adding the suffix “-ly” to the adjective “sad.”

4. What do these mean? Portable Informant Wisdom Bolder Vivacity Vivacious Terminology Captive Wondrous Suspicious Stardom Edgiest

5. Common Suffixes Able Acity Ant Dom Er Est Ious Ive Less Ly Ology Ous