1. Unit 15 Root Words

2. STANDARDS Word Analysis, Fluency, Systematic Vocab. Development 1.1 Identify/use literal & figurative meanings of words & understand word derivations

3. TERM/TERMIN = limit, bound, or set limits to  Latin verb terminare  In English those boundaries or limits tend to be final.  To terminate a sentence means to end it.  Words to know: indeterminate, interminable, terminal, terminology

4. VINC/VICT = conquer or overcome  From the Latin verb vincere.  The victor defeats an enemy, whether on a football field or on a battlefield.  Words to know: evince, invincible, provincial, victimize

5. SPHER = ball  Comes from Greek and appears in words for things that have something round about them.  A ball is itself a sphere.  Words to know: stratosphere, biosphere, hemisphere, spherical.

6. VERT/VERS = to turn or turn around  Latin verb  An advertisement turns your attention to a product or service.  Vertigo is the dizziness that results from turning rapidly or that makes you feel as if everything is turning  Words to know: divert, perverse, avert, versatile

7. MORPH = shape  Comes from the Greek word for “shape.”  MORPH itself is an English word (like w/ filmmakers/digital images.)  Words to know:amorphous, anthropomorphic, metamorphosis, morphology

8. FORM = shape or form  Latin root  Marching in formation is marching in ordered patterns.  A formula is a standard form for expressing information.  Words to know: conform, formality, formative, format

9. DOC/DOCT= to teach  Latin  A doctor is a highly educated person capable of instructing others in the doctrines, or basic principles of his or her field.  Words to know: doctrine, docile, doctrinaire, indoctrinate

10. TUT/TUI = to look out  In English it has come to mean “to guide, guard, or teach.”  Latin  A tutor guides his students (or tutee) through a subject, saving the most careful tutoring for the most difficult areas.  Words to know: intuition, tuition, tutelage, tutorial