Exploring the Root Word 'Spect' and Its Vocabulary

The video tutorial explores the Latin and Greek root word 'spect', meaning 'look'. It explains various words derived from 'spect', such as 'spectacle', 'spectator', 'inspect', 'introspection', 'expect', 'respect', and 'retrospect'. Each word is broken down into its components, and examples are provided to illustrate their meanings. The tutorial concludes with a fun fact about the visual spectrum, which includes all the colors visible to the human eye.

What does the root word 'spect' mean?

• Hear

• See

• Write

• Speak

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What is a 'spectacle'?

• A type of dance

• A person who looks

• Something that must be seen

• A small object

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CCSS.L.3.2E

Who is a 'spectator'?

• A person who participates

• A person who looks at something happening

• A person who speaks

• A person who writes

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CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

What does 'inspect' mean?

• To look closely at

• To ignore

• To speak loudly

• To write a report

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What is 'introspection'?

• Looking at external objects

• Looking at one's own thoughts or emotions

• Looking at a spectacle

• Looking at a spectator

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What does 'expect' mean?

• To look out for

• To write a report

• To ignore

• To speak loudly

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

What does 'respect' mean?

• To look down on someone

• To look up to someone

• To ignore someone

• To speak loudly to someone

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What does 'retrospect' mean?

• To look forward

• To look at a spectacle

• To look back at something in the past

• To look at the present

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CCSS.L.3.4C

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

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What is the visual spectrum?

• All the objects we can touch

• All the words we can speak

• All the colors we can see

• All the sounds we can hear

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CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.RL.1.4