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Greek and Latin Roots

Greek and Latin Roots

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English

4th - 7th Grade

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Peta Atkinson

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Greek

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Latin

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Greek and Latin Roots

1.The English language was built on borrowing from other languages

2. More than 60% of English words have Greek or Latin roots.

3. This week, we will be looking at FOUR Greek and Latin roots and example of words that use these roots.


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Bio-

Our first root word is bio- as used in the word biology.

Bio- is a Greek word and it means life.

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Multiple Choice

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What do you think biohazard means?

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Hazard to biomes

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Dangerous to life

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Life happens

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Graph-

Our next root word is graph-.

Graph is also a Greek word and it means to write.

Think of paragraph.

Para- is another Greek prefix that means beside. So, it’s writing that is beside each other.

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Open Ended

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What is a biography?

bio-"life"

graph-"to write"

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Geo-

Our next root word is geo-.

Geo means Earth. For example, geology.

-ology is the study of. Geology is the study of Earth.

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Open Ended

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What does geography mean?

Geo-"earth"

graph-"to write"

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Phon-

Our last root word for the week is phon-.

Phon- is also Greek root word and it means sound.

Think of homophone. Homo-(the same) phon-(sounds). It means having the same sound!

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Open Ended

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What does telephone mean?

(Tele- means far)

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Open Ended

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1. Can you think of another word that has one of these root words that we have studied?

2. What do you think the word means?

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Multiple Choice

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What do you think biohazard means?

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Hazard to biomes

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Dangerous to life

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Life happens

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Open Ended

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Use the following word in a sentence:

biography

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Poll

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How do you feel about using these Greek Root words?

I can use these Greek root words confidently

I need more practice

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Roots

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