Word Study Search and Seizure
English IV English Language Arts and Reading Unit: 04 Lesson: 01
English IV: Unit 04 Word Study: Search and Seizure
Purpose:
Allows students to compare etymology that connects literary terms with words in other academic subjects through the use of common affixes or root origins. Students use general and specialized dictionaries, and other related references (printed or electronic) as needed. Students also gain an appreciation for how the English language has developed and has been influenced by other languages.
Description:
Day One: Students “search for and seize” or “capture” words that contain the same affixes or root word as words or terms explored in Unit 4 by using dictionaries or online resources. Teacher distributes large note cards or cardstock on which are written an affix or root word and its meaning. The teacher then guides students to find words from science, mathematics, social studies, or the arts which contain the same affix or root word. On the back side of the note card, students record a word from another academic subject that uses the same affix or root word and its meaning, Students also record the word’s etymological history. Students should write small enough so that several definitions can eventually fill the back of the card. Students then place the cards on the Word Wall for use in Part Two. Day Two: Students pick note cards from the Word Wall and record an additional word, its meaning, and its etymological history to the card. Day Three: Repeat Day One. Day Four: Repeat Day Two.
Closure:
Students record new words in their Vocabulary Notebook.
Preparation: Assemble a class set of dictionaries and specialized dictionaries, or reserve a computer lab. Make large note cards on which are written words or terms used in Unit 4 that include affixes or root words used in other academic subject areas. SEE EXAMPLES NEXT PAGE
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06/01/13
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English IV English Language Arts and Reading Unit: 04 Lesson: 01
EXAMPLE:
Compare – as in a compare/contrast organizational pattern in a text Origin of “compare” 1375–1425; late ME comparen < L comparāre to place together, match Compound – as in compound sentences or compound words Origin of “compound” "to put together," late 14c., from O.Fr. compon(d)re "arrange, direct," from L. componere "to put together" Other examples of ELA terms using the prefix com- include “complex” as in complex sentences, complex inference (inference that uses deductive and inductive reasoning), or complex conclusions (multiple conclusions). com- a prefix meaning together; with; jointly
Origin of com-: from Latin com-; means: together, with ( combine, compile ); similar ( conform ); extremely, completely (consecrate). Academic words with same prefix: Compound Chemistry: compound (noun) – a pure substance composed of two or more elements whose composition is constant. Soap is a compound substance. Medical: compound (adjective) composed of two or more parts, elements, or ingredients as in a compound fracture (a fracture in which the broken bone is exposed through a wound in the skin, i.e. two wounds). Commensal Social: commensal (adjective) – eating together at the same table as in commensal companions; (noun) – a dinner companion Biology/Botany: commensal (adjective) – (of an animal, plant, fungus, etc.) living with, on, or in another, without injury to either as in a commensal organism. Sociology: commensal (adjective) – (of a person or group) not competing while residing in or occupying the same area as another individual or group having independent or different values or customs as in commensal tribes.
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06/01/13
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English IV English Language Arts and Reading Unit: 04 Lesson: 01
EXAMPLE:
Graphic(s) – as in graphic organizers or text features such as headers or white space in a resume graph- a combining form meaning “drawn,” “written” (lithograph; monograph ); specialized in meaning to indicate the instrument rather than the written product of the instrument ( telegraph; phonograph ). Origin of graph: from Greek -graphos (something) drawn or written. Academic words with the same root word: Graph, bar graph Mathematics: (verb) – to draw (a curve) as representing a given function. Mathematics: (noun) – bar graph a drawing depicting the relation between certain sets of numbers or quantities by means of a series of dots, lines, etc, plotted with reference to a set of axes. Medical: electrocardiograph (noun) – a galvanometric device that detects and records the minute differences in electric potential caused by heart action and occurring between different parts of the body: used in the diagnosis of heart disease. Art: lithography (noun) – the art or process of producing a picture, writing, or the like, on a flat, specially prepared stone, with some greasy or oily substance, and of taking ink impressions from this as in ordinary printing. Social Studies: geography (noun) – the study of the natural features of the earth often depicted and recorded through use of maps, drawings, and other visual elements. Science or general research: monograph (noun) – an written account of a single thing or class of things, as of a species of organism; a highly detailed and thoroughly documented study or paper written about a limited area of a subject or field of inquiry: scholarly monographs on medieval pigments or paints. Graff (alternate spelling from similar origin) Archaeology: graffito (noun) – an ancient drawing or writing scratched on a wall or other surface. Art: graffiti (noun) – markings, as initials, slogans, or drawings, written, spray-painted, or sketched on a sidewalk, wall of a building or public restroom, or the like.
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06/01/13
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English IV: Unit 04 Word Study: Search and Seizure
Purpose:
Allows students to compare etymology that connects literary terms with words in other academic subjects through the use of common affixes or root origins. Students use general and specialized dictionaries, and other related references (printed or electronic) as needed. Students also gain an appreciation for how the English language has developed and has been influenced by other languages.
Description:
Day One: Students “search for and seize” or “capture” words that contain the same affixes or root word as words or terms explored in Unit 4 by using dictionaries or online resources. Teacher distributes large note cards or cardstock on which are written an affix or root word and its meaning. The teacher then guides students to find words from science, mathematics, social studies, or the arts which contain the same affix or root word. On the back side of the note card, students record a word from another academic subject that uses the same affix or root word and its meaning, Students also record the word’s etymological history. Students should write small enough so that several definitions can eventually fill the back of the card. Students then place the cards on the Word Wall for use in Part Two. Day Two: Students pick note cards from the Word Wall and record an additional word, its meaning, and its etymological history to the card. Day Three: Repeat Day One. Day Four: Repeat Day Two.
Closure:
Students record new words in their Vocabulary Notebook.
Preparation: Assemble a class set of dictionaries and specialized dictionaries, or reserve a computer lab. Make large note cards on which are written words or terms used in Unit 4 that include affixes or root words used in other academic subject areas. SEE EXAMPLES NEXT PAGE
©2012, TESCCC
06/01/13
page 1 of 1
English IV English Language Arts and Reading Unit: 04 Lesson: 01
EXAMPLE:
Compare – as in a compare/contrast organizational pattern in a text Origin of “compare” 1375–1425; late ME comparen < L comparāre to place together, match Compound – as in compound sentences or compound words Origin of “compound” "to put together," late 14c., from O.Fr. compon(d)re "arrange, direct," from L. componere "to put together" Other examples of ELA terms using the prefix com- include “complex” as in complex sentences, complex inference (inference that uses deductive and inductive reasoning), or complex conclusions (multiple conclusions). com- a prefix meaning together; with; jointly
Origin of com-: from Latin com-; means: together, with ( combine, compile ); similar ( conform ); extremely, completely (consecrate). Academic words with same prefix: Compound Chemistry: compound (noun) – a pure substance composed of two or more elements whose composition is constant. Soap is a compound substance. Medical: compound (adjective) composed of two or more parts, elements, or ingredients as in a compound fracture (a fracture in which the broken bone is exposed through a wound in the skin, i.e. two wounds). Commensal Social: commensal (adjective) – eating together at the same table as in commensal companions; (noun) – a dinner companion Biology/Botany: commensal (adjective) – (of an animal, plant, fungus, etc.) living with, on, or in another, without injury to either as in a commensal organism. Sociology: commensal (adjective) – (of a person or group) not competing while residing in or occupying the same area as another individual or group having independent or different values or customs as in commensal tribes.
©2012, TESCCC
06/01/13
page 1 of 1
English IV English Language Arts and Reading Unit: 04 Lesson: 01
EXAMPLE:
Graphic(s) – as in graphic organizers or text features such as headers or white space in a resume graph- a combining form meaning “drawn,” “written” (lithograph; monograph ); specialized in meaning to indicate the instrument rather than the written product of the instrument ( telegraph; phonograph ). Origin of graph: from Greek -graphos (something) drawn or written. Academic words with the same root word: Graph, bar graph Mathematics: (verb) – to draw (a curve) as representing a given function. Mathematics: (noun) – bar graph a drawing depicting the relation between certain sets of numbers or quantities by means of a series of dots, lines, etc, plotted with reference to a set of axes. Medical: electrocardiograph (noun) – a galvanometric device that detects and records the minute differences in electric potential caused by heart action and occurring between different parts of the body: used in the diagnosis of heart disease. Art: lithography (noun) – the art or process of producing a picture, writing, or the like, on a flat, specially prepared stone, with some greasy or oily substance, and of taking ink impressions from this as in ordinary printing. Social Studies: geography (noun) – the study of the natural features of the earth often depicted and recorded through use of maps, drawings, and other visual elements. Science or general research: monograph (noun) – an written account of a single thing or class of things, as of a species of organism; a highly detailed and thoroughly documented study or paper written about a limited area of a subject or field of inquiry: scholarly monographs on medieval pigments or paints. Graff (alternate spelling from similar origin) Archaeology: graffito (noun) – an ancient drawing or writing scratched on a wall or other surface. Art: graffiti (noun) – markings, as initials, slogans, or drawings, written, spray-painted, or sketched on a sidewalk, wall of a building or public restroom, or the like.
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06/01/13
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