Exploring Latin and Greek Roots: Scrib and Script

What does the root word 'scrib' or 'script' mean?

• Read

• Write

• Listen

• Speak

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

Who was a scribe in historical context?

• A person who printed books

• A person who copied books by hand

• A person who read books aloud

• A person who sold books

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What does 'inscribe' mean?

• To read something aloud

• To print something

• To write or carve into something

• To erase something

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CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What is a 'manuscript'?

• A printed book

• A book written by hand

• A book read aloud

• A book sold in a store

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

How do most people write their manuscripts today?

• By hand

• Using a typewriter

• Using a computer

• By dictating

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What does 'prescribe' mean?

• To write after

• To write without

• To write before

• To write during

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CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What does 'describe' mean?

• To write down what something looks like

• To write across

• To write in

• To write up

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CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What does 'transcribe' mean?

• To write something in

• To write something up

• To write something out

• To write something down

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A