Unit 5 Netiquette Writing Focus on Vocabulary Prefixes

Unit 5 Netiquette Writing Focus on Vocabulary (Prefixes) Prepared by: Laila al-Hasan 1

Unit 5: Netiquette Part 4: Writing Part 5: Focus on Vocabulary Prefixes Examples Exercise Prepared by: Laila al-Hasan 2

Unit 5: Netiquette Part 4: Writing Prepared by: Laila al-Hasan 3

Reading 2: Dear Debbie Exercise – Book P. 85 Pretend you’re an assistant to Debbie. She asks you to help her write responses to these letters. Choose one of the three email bloopers, and fill in the following outline with the appropriate information. Use what you know of netiquette rules from Reading One to help you. Prepared by: Laila al-Hasan 4

Reading 2: Dear Debbie Exercise – Book P. 85 Dear ____, As I see it, there are two problems. One is the e-mail problem. How can you prevent this mistake from happening again? Remember, when using e-mail, always __________. The second problem is more difficult. How do you fix the problem your e-mail mistake caused? In your case, I think you should _______. I think you should do this because ________. Good luck, and remember to be more careful with your e-mail next time. Debbie. Prepared by: Laila al-Hasan 5

Unit 5: Netiquette Part 5: Focus on Vocabulary Prefixes Examples Exercise Prepared by: Laila al-Hasan 6

Part 5: Focus on Vocabulary Prefixes Book P. 86 A Prefix is a group of letters that can be added at the beginning of the word to change its meaning. Prepared by: Laila al-Hasan 7

Part 5: Focus on Vocabulary Prefixes – Book P. 86 -87 “Un-” means “Not” Examples: A. B. C. Most doctors agree that potato chips are unhealthy for you. They suggest you eat healthy snacks like fruits & vegetables. Why are these bills still unpaid? Don’t we have enough money in our checking account? She is so unhappy. She just found out that she didn’t do well on the last exam. Prepared by: Laila al-Hasan 8

Part 5: Focus on Vocabulary Prefixes – Book P. 86 -87 “Tri-” means “Three” Examples: A. B. C. I was so excited when I could finally ride a bicycle instead of a tricycle. In my classroom in Los Angeles, 15% of the children are bilingual – they speak English & Spanish. One student is trilingual in Chinese, Vietnamese & English. Squares have four sides & four corners. Triangles have three sides & three corners. Prepared by: Laila al-Hasan 9

Part 5: Focus on Vocabulary Prefixes – Book P. 86 -87 “Co-” means “Together” Examples: A. B. C. I work with a lot of different people. My co-workers come from ten different countries. In most bug airplanes there are two people who fly the plane: the pilot & the co-pilot. We need to learn to work together. We need to cooperate. Prepared by: Laila al-Hasan 10

Part 5: Focus on Vocabulary Prefixes – Book P. 86 -87 “Re-” means “Again” Examples: A. B. C. You have a test tomorrow. So let’s review all the new vocabulary words we learned this week. The library is closed for repairs. It will re-open next week at the regularly scheduled time. My teacher says my essay is OK. She thinks if I rewrite it, it’ll be much better. Prepared by: Laila al-Hasan 11

Part 5: Focus on Vocabulary Prefixes Exercises – Book P. 87 Complete the sentences with the correct prefix for each underlined word: ( co- / mis- / re- / tri- / un- ) 1. I’m sorry. Can you repeat that? I think I misunderstood you. 2. He hurt his back in a skiing accident. He is un able to ski or lift heavy things anymore. 3. I’ve heard the directions once, but I still don’t understand what I’m supposed to do. I guess I’ll have to re read the directions. 4. They want to buy a house together. That way they will be co owners of the house. Prepared by: Laila al-Hasan 12

Part 5: Focus on Vocabulary Prefixes Exercises – Book P. 87 5. I see a lot mistakes in your essay. There are several grammar mistakes and you misspelled several important words. 6. To get a nice photograph, I rest my camera on a tripod. It’s three feet make it strong and stable. 7. She was the nicest woman, but her husband was not. He was unfriendly. 8. Our house burned down in the 1991 Oakland fire. It took five years for us to rebuild it. Prepared by: Laila al-Hasan 13

Part 5: Focus on Vocabulary Prefixes Online Sources To access the links below, copy the URL and paste it in your browser search box. http: //www. wisc-online. com/Objects/View. Object. aspx? ID=esl 1002 Prepared by: Laila al-Hasan 14