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Bellringer
. Choose any five roots from
border in the front of the
room and define them
please.
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1. List as many words as
you can that come from
the root words we have
learned so far this year!!
(That’s TONS of words!!!!
How many can you write?)
Root Word
Root Meaning
Example Words
dia-
through, across,
between
diagram, diagonal,
dialect
Personal
Connections
Root Word
Root Meaning
Example Words
dict-
speak
predict, verdict
Personal
Connections
Root Word
Root Meaning
Example Words
duc-, duct-
to lead or pull
produce, abduct,
product, reduce
Personal
Connections
Root Word
Root Meaning
Example Words
dict-
speak
predict, verdict
duc-, duct-
to lead or pull
produce, abduct,
product, reduce
dyn-, dyna-
power
dynasty, dynamite,
dynamic
Personal
Connections
Root Word
Root Meaning
Example Words
dict-
speak
predict, verdict
duc-, duct-
to lead or pull
produce, abduct,
product, reduce
dyn-, dyna-
power
dynasty, dynamite,
dynamic
ecto-
outside, external
ectothermal,
ectoplasm
Personal
Connections
Root Word
Root Meaning
Example Words
dia-
through, across,
between
diagram, diagonal,
dialect
dict-
speak
predict, verdict
duc-, duct-
to lead or pull
produce, abduct,
product, reduce
dyn-, dyna-
power
dynasty, dynamite,
dynamic
ecto-
outside, external
ectothermal,
ectoplasm
endo-
inside
Endocrine system
Personal
Connections
Root Word
Root Meaning
Example Words
dia-
through, across,
between
diagram, diagonal,
dialect
dict-
speak
predict, verdict
duc-, duct-
to lead or pull
produce, abduct,
product, reduce
dyn-, dyna-
power
dynasty, dynamite,
dynamic
ecto-
outside, external
ectothermal,
ectoplasm
endo-
inside
equi-
equal
equilateral, equinox,
equation, equator
Personal
Connections
Root Word
Root Meaning
Example Words
flu-, flux
flow
reflux, fluctuate,
influx
graph-, gram-
to write
biography, grammar,
autograph, graphite
hetero-
other
heterosexual
jac-, ject-
to throw
reject, eject, project,
inject, interject
Personal
Connections
Root Word
Root Meaning
Example Words
flu-, flux
flow
reflux, fluctuate,
influx
Personal
Connections
Root Word
Root Meaning
Example Words
flu-, flux
flow
reflux, fluctuate,
influx
graph-, gram-
to write
biography, grammar,
autograph, graphite
Personal
Connections
Root Word
Root Meaning
Example Words
flu-, flux
flow
reflux, fluctuate,
influx
graph-, gram-
to write
biography, grammar,
autograph, graphite
hetero-
other
heterosexual
Personal
Connections
Boy+girl
Root Word
Root Meaning
Example Words
flu-, flux
flow
reflux, fluctuate,
influx
graph-, gram-
to write
biography, grammar,
autograph, graphite
hetero-
other
heterosexual
jac-, ject-
to throw
reject, eject, project,
inject, interject
Personal
Connections
boy+girl
1. Please list ALL forms of the root “cred”. Use
one in a sentence.
Jane finished her nursing degree from an
accredited college.
The doctor had the correct credentials to
perform operations.
The priest recited the creed during the
ceremony.
The creditor came to the door looking for the
father.
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Please write in the correct word in the box to
the left of the definition.
Prepare for Summarizer
Choose 3 example words that you learned today
that you feel are related somehow.
1. _____________
2. _____________
3. _____________
Next, describe how these words are related in
one sentence.
Finally, you will compare and contrast these
three words using a Venn diagram.
Summarizer
Word #1
Word
#2
Word
#3
BELLRINGER
First pass in your homework, cred- root sort, before you begin. When you
finish the bellringer, please begin studying your roots for the QUIZ!
Please identify the root in the following words, list the
root meaning, and one other word that derives, or
comes from, that root.
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Equilateral
Reject
Reflux
Aquaduct
Dictator
Diagonal
7. How does knowing root meanings help prepare you
for the rest of your life?
BELLRINGER
1.
2.
3.
What are three purposes for writing?
What are two text patterns?
Name three features that authors include in
textbooks to help readers understand what
they read.
Root Word
Meaning
Example Words
mal-
bad, badly
malady, malice,
malaria, dismal
Personal
Connection
Root Word
Meaning
Example Words
mal-
bad, badly
malady, malice,
malaria, dismal
mega-
great, million
megabyte,
megaphone,
megamillion lottery
game
Personal
Connection
Root Word
Meaning
Example Words
mal-
bad, badly
malady, malice,
malaria, dismal
mega-
great, million
megabyte,
megaphone,
megamillion lottery
game
meso-
middle
mesoamerica,
mesosphere
Personal
Connection
Root Word
Meaning
Example Words
mal-
bad, badly
malady, malice,
malaria, dismal
mega-
great, million
megabyte,
megaphone,
megamillion lottery
game
meso-
middle
mesoamerica,
mesosphere
meta-
beyond, change
metaphor,
metabolism,
metacognition
Personal
Connection
Root Word
Meaning
Example Words
mal-
bad, badly
malady, malice,
malaria, dismal
mega-
great, million
megabyte,
megaphone,
megamillion lottery
game
meso-
middle
mesoamerica,
mesosphere,
mesozoic period
meta-
beyond, change
metaphor,
metabolism,
metacognition
meter-
measure
kilometer,
geometry,
perimeter
Personal
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Root
Meaning
Example Words
micro-
small
micorscope,
micrometer
Personal
Connection
Root
Meaning
Example Words
micro-
small
micorscope,
micrometer
mit-
to send
transmit, permit,
remit, admit
Personal
Connection
Root
Meaning
Example Words
micro-
small
micorscope,
micrometer
mit-
to send
transmit, permit,
remit, admit
morph-
shape
metamorphosis,
morphology,
morphine
Personal
Connection
Root
Meaning
Example Words
micro-
small
micorscope,
micrometer
mit-
to send
transmit, permit,
remit, admit
morph-
shape
metamorphosis,
morphology,
morphine
multi-
many
multitude, multiple,
multiply,
multimedia,
multitask
Personal
Connection
Root
Meaning
Example Words
micro-
small
micorscope,
micrometer
mit-
to send
transmit, permit,
remit, admit
morph-
shape
metamorphosis,
morphology,
morphine
multi-
many
multitude, multiple,
multiply,
multimedia,
multitask
neo-
new
neophyte,
neoclassic, neon
Personal
Connection
Root
Meaning
Example Words
micro-
small
microscope,
micrometer
mit-
to send
transmit, permit,
remit, admit
morph-
shape
metamorphosis,
morphology,
morphine
multi-
many
multitude, multiple,
multiply,
multimedia,
multitask
neo-
new
neophyte,
neoclassic, neon
omni-
all
omnivorous,
omniscient
Personal
Connection
1.
2.
3.
Find two roots that are similar either in
meaning or form. Describe how they are
similar. (This is an opinion question.)
Write the root that you feel you will use
the most in your life and explain why.
Choose a teacher, choose a root that you
think they will use the most and explain
why you think they will use it.
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2.
3.
4.
5.
Bellringer
AR Time with Summary
Partner Quiz-O with all previously
learned roots
Learn last five roots
Writing Summarizer
Root Word
Root Meaning
Example Words
Per
Through, intensive
Permit, perspire, persuade
Root Word
Root Meaning
Example Words
Per
Through, intensive
Permit, perspire, persuade
Phot-
Light
Photosynthesis,
photograph
Root Word
Root Meaning
Example Words
Per
Through, intensive
Permit, perspire, persuade
Phot-
Light
Photosynthesis,
photograph
Poly-
Many
Polymorphous, polygon
Root Word
Root Meaning
Example Words
Per
Through, intensive
Permit, perspire, persuade
Phot-
Light
Photosynthesis,
photograph
Poly-
Many
Polymorphous, polygon
Port-
To carry
Porter, report, import,
portable, transport
Root Word
Root Meaning
Example Words
Per
Through, intensive
Permit, perspire, persuade
Phot-
Light
Photosynthesis,
photograph
Poly-
Many
Polymorphous, polygon
Port-
To carry
Porter, report, import,
portable, transport
Vita-
Life
Vitamins, vital, vitality,
revitalize
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2.
3.
4.
You will write a 5 sentence paragraph.
You must use at least 7 forms of root
words that we have learned this year!
The paragraph must be about your
topic!
You have a choice- either pick your own
topic or pick one out of the class bin.
Good luck! These are due when you
leave today.
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1. Elephant
2. high school
3. science
4.history
5. math
6.Earth
7. killer whales
8. nursing
9.skydiving
10.cars
11.Hitler
12.snakes
13. the president
14. bullying
15. the lottery
16.Job
17. English
18. root words
19. clowns
20. the Army
21.Volcanoes
22. earthquakes
23. football
24. textbooks
25. Health
Topic List
Identify and record all roots from the following
paragraph, and write their meaning.
The acrobat peeked from behind the curtain at
the audience. The crowd was filled with
belligerent, malicious children. He looked up
at the trapeze and wondered how he could
ever perform at that altitude. Would the crowd
call an ambulance for him? He wished he
could transport himself to another place, and
the show would still go on in his absence. As
the multitude of people began taking
photographs, the performer hopped on the
unicycle and made his dynamic entrance.
Identify and record all roots from the following
paragraph, and write their meaning.
The acrobat peeked from behind the curtain at
the audience. The crowd was filled with
belligerent, malicious children. He looked up
at the trapeze and wondered how he could
ever perform at that altitude. Would the crowd
call an ambulance for him? He wished he
could transport himself to another place, and
the show would still go on in his absence. As
the multitude of people began taking
photographs, the performer hopped on the
unicycle and made his dynamic entrance.
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