HMH - Greek Roots and Words With Same Meanings

HMH - Multiple Meaning Words and Greek Roots

Module 3 Lesson 4

Multiple-Meaning Words

• Words that can mean more than one thing
• Use context clues to figure out the meaning

• Ex: I heard the dog bark. (is it talking about a tree or a dog?)
• Ex2: She parked her car. (Is it talking about a park like a playground or something else?

Multiple Select

Which words have multiple meanings? Select ALL that apply.

• bark

• smart

• tomato

• fly

• ring

Slide (noun) = playground slide

Slide (verb) = to glide or slip

Ring (noun) = a circular band

Ring (verb) = a telephone call sound

Fill in the Blank

Fill in the blank:

The bus _________ from the school at 4PM.

In the fall, the _________ fall down from the trees.

Open Ended

Tell me one multiple-meaning word that you know

Multiple Choice

We looked at the Greek Roots, graph and gram. Which of your new vocabularies has this Greek Root?

• Alarming

• Seismograph

• Reservoir

• Conferring

Multiple Choice

We looked at the Latin Roots, rupt and fer today. Which of your new vocabulary words has these Latin Roots?

• Conferring

• Consequence

• Victim

• Evacuation

Greek Roots Graph/Gram

• Means 'write' or 'draw'

• Autograph - "self" "write" = a signature

• Photograph - "light" "Write" = A picture

• Paragraph - "beside" "write" = A section of writing

Multiple Select

SELECT ALL of the words with the Greek Roots Graph or Gram

• Geography

• Abrupt

• Defer

• Choreography

• Grammar

Latin Root - Rupt

• Means 'to break'

• Erupt = to burst forward

• Disrupt = break order

• Bankrupt = "money" "break" = having no money

Latin Root Fer

• Means to carry

• Transfer - "across" "carry" = carry across or carry over

• Suffer - "less/under" "carry" = carry something bad/experience something bad

• Confer - "root word with" "carry" = carry discussion/ have a talk

Multiple Select

SELECT ALL of the words with the Latin Roots Rupt or Fer

• Erupt

• Prefer

• Diagram

• Interrupt

• Autograph

Multiple Choice

What does the Greek Root Graph mean?

• without

• write or draw

• more

• state of being

Multiple Choice

What does the Latin Root Rupt mean?

• to carry

• to bring

• to break

• to contain

Open Ended

Write ONE word with either Greek Root Graph, Gram or Latin Root Rupt, Fer.