4.4.2 Roots, Medical Marvels, Prep Phrases as Adj

Roots, Medical Marvels, Prep Phrases as Adjectives

Lesson 4.4.2

Word Work: Roots

Learners can:

• sort words based on roots

• pronounce multisyllabic words correctly

Roots

Categorize

Options (16)

percent

centennial

percentage

centenarian

benefactor

beneficial

benevolent

benediction

thermodynamic

thermometer

thermostat

exothermic

maltreat

malfunction

malaria

malnutrition

Sort the following words based on their use of the roots cent, bene, therm, and mal.

Cent (one hundred)

Bene (well)

Therm (heat)

Mal (bad, evil)

Reading: Medical Marvels First Read Section One

Learners can:

• recall details from Section One of Medical Marvels

• determine the text organizational pattern of Medical Marvels

• identify text features such as table of contents, glossary, and index

• Medical Marvels by Agnieszka Biskup is an information-based graphic novel

• It uses a storytelling frame to share information about the past and future of medical technologies

• Medical Marvels uses a character who is a futurist to guide readers through information.

• A futurist is a person who studies and predicts the future, especially on the basis of current trends.  

"Medical Marvels"

• Agnieszka Biskup is a writer and editor who has been working in science journalism for over 20 years

• She specializes in simplifying complex scientific concepts in graphic novels and other books so that teenagers and children can understand and enjoy reading about them. 

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Author Background

• Text features are the elements of a book, article, story, or essay aside from the text itself. 

• Text features help you understand the material in a handful of different ways.

• For example, they can define words, list where you can find information, and explain content in more depth.

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Text Features

Today, we will read the first section of Medical Marvels. Your focus should be on understanding the text and enjoying the text. As you read, make annotations about:

• questions;

• emotional responses; and

• items of interest.

First Read: Section 1

Multiple Choice

How did the Chinese people prevent smallpox in the Middle Ages?

• They used the pus from cowpox.

• They used mass-produced vaccine shots.

• They used ancient techniques to relieve symptoms.

• They used the powdered scabs of infected people.

Multiple Select

According to Medical Marvels, what are the highlights of medical breakthroughs that help treat and cure diseases?

• antibiotic resistance

• radiologic imaging

• discovery of DNA

• organ transplants

Writing: Prepositional Phrases as Adjectives

Learners can:

• develop their research and informational writing project

• To recap, a preposition is a part of speech that demonstrates a relationship or location in time and space.

• A prepositional phrase is a preposition, its object, and words that modify the object.

• Prepositional phrases act like adjectives when they describe or modify a noun or a pronoun.

Grammar Time

• In a previous lesson, we completed and submitted the outline for your project

• Today you have the rest of class to work on writing the 3 body paragraphs of your essay or to complete three trading cards

• If you would like to look at examples of each project, check page 5 of your edio lesson today

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Informational Writing Project

• Open your Outline and Informational Writing Notes

• Use the rest of class to work on a quick draft of your project (either the 3 body paragraphs or three trading cards)

• To complete the quick draft, download the template on page 6 of the edio lesson

• After you finish your quick draft, don't forget to save your work by clicking 'File, Save As'

• We will continue working on the project in future classes

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Time to Work!

After you finish your 3 body paragraphs or 3 trading cards, the rest of class will be choice time.

You can be working on:

​-iReady Reading Practice
-Silent Reading
-Get help from Mrs. Massack
-Overdue Edio Lessons

Wrap Up and Choice Time