Greek & Latin roots Keys to building vocabulary
Book - 2011
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- Published
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Huntington Beach, Calif. :
Shell Education
2011, c2008.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Physical Description
- 208 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-206).
- ISBN
- 9781425804725
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Teaching Vocabulary: What Does the Research Say?
- Importance of Vocabulary in Literacy Development
- The "Roots Advantage"
- Five Principles for World Learning
- Vocabulary Development for English Language Learners
- Chapter 2. A Root Awakening
- What Is a Root?
- Why Teach Roots?
- Increasing Word Awareness
- The Three Kinds of Roots
- What Does a Base Do?
- What Does a Prefix Do?
- What Does a Suffix Do?
- Chapter 3. Planning Vocabulary Instruction
- Instructional Planning: The Basics
- Recommendations for Instructional Routines
- Differentiating Instruction
- Vocabulary Assessment
- Chapter 4. Getting into Words: A Developmental Look at Vocabulary Instruction
- Compound Words
- Negating Words with Prefixes
- Some Directional Prefixes
- Word Composition
- What Are Students Learning?
- Some Easy Suffixes
- Back to "Basics"
- "Metaphors Be with You": Helping Students with Figurative Meaning
- A Coherent Pedagogy
- Chapter 5. Vocabulary Practice Activities
- Word Spokes
- Odd Word Out
- Word Theater
- Wordo
- 20 Questions
- Root Word Riddles
- Card Games
- Word Puzzles
- Cloze
- Scattergories
- Word Sorts
- Chapter 6. From the Classroom: Roots in Action
- Root of the Week
- Root Word of the Day
- Realia and Children's Literature
- Writing an Exciting Story
- Roots Day
- Cognate Connections
- Chapter 7. Flexing with Word Parts: Some Strategies
- Word Comprehension: Start with the Base, Not with the Prefix
- Multiple Forms of Bases: Look for Core Meaning
- Double Consonants Within a Word: Teaching Assimilation
- Make It as Easy as 1-2-3
- How to Divide and Conquer Words with Two Prefixes
- Chapter 8. Digging into Dictionaries
- Exploring Etymology
- Choosing and Using Dictionaries
- Chapter 9. A Brief History of English
- The Romano-Celtic Period: 55 B.C.-A.D. 410
- Old English: 450-1066
- Middle English: 1066-1500
- Modern English: 1550-present
- The New World: English on the Move
- Conclusion: Learning English Today- The Lessons of History
- Appendices
- Appendix A. Resources for Students
- Appendix B. Resources for Teachers
- Appendix C. Commonly Taught Roots
- Appendix D. Beyond Latin and Greek
- Appendix E. Professional Development Ideas
- Glossary
- References Cited