Vocabulary and Concept Development EDI Standard 1 4

Vocabulary and Concept Development EDI Standard: 1. 4 Students will identify common roots and affixes derived from Greek and Latin and use this knowledge to analyze the meaning of complex words (e. g. , international).

Learning Objective concept • I will know common roots derived from Greek and Latin and use this knowledge to analyze the meaning of complex words. skill

Activating Prior Knowledge • Have you heard the word aquarium? • The root aqua means “water. ” • Can you see the root terr in terrarium? • The root terr means “land. ” • Can you see the root terr in the Spanish word “tierra” or in the English word territory?

Concept Development • Root : The fundamental element of a word or form, exclusive of all affixes and inflectional phonetic changes. • Root: The root is the part of the word that contains the basic meaning.

Tell your partner what a root is. A root is the part of the word that contains the basic meaning.

Read the following Latin roots. aqua water Latin terr land Latin

Importance • Have you ever been confused about a word and have not been able to figure out its meaning? • Have you ever had to use knowledge of word meaning to figure out the meaning of a new or difficult word?

Skill Development • Read these words: aquaculture aquamarine aquatic Mediterranean subterranean terrace terrain territory

• Read these definitions / synonyms: Ø a large area of land, a region; a settlement or colony Ø a flattened top on the side of a hill Ø a large sea between two continents (bodies of land) Ø Living in, or having to do with, water Ø Land or ground Ø A bluish-green color Ø The science or raising plants and animals in water Ø under the earth

• Match the words with the correct definitions or synonyms: Ø under the earth aquaculture Ø a large area of land, a region; a settlement or colony aquamarine Ø a flattened top on the side of a hill aquatic Mediterranean subterranean terrace terrain territory Ø a large sea between two continents (bodies of land) Ø Living in, or having to do with, water Ø Land or ground Ø A bluish-green color Ø The science or raising plants and animals in water

Answer these questions: 1. What is a root? 2. Does aqua as in aquarium mean water or land? 3. What does the root terr mean? 4. What is the root in aquatic? 5. What does the root mean?

Guided Practice Identify the roots. • • territory aquaculture terrain aquamarine terrace aquatic subterranean Mediterranean

Meaning in Context Use the words in the box to fill in the blanks in the following paragraph. aquatic terrain aquamarine Mediterranean The lands around the (1) ________ Mediterranean Sea have a variety of features. Some have soil that is good for farming, while others have rocky hills and rough (2) _________ where planting anything would be difficult. From some points on the seacoast, the water looks clear; in other places it appears to be a deep shade of (3) ___________. In shallow spots, you can see (4) _________ plants growing underwater.

Closure • A root is – • the part of the word that contains the basic meaning.

Independent Practice Match the bolded word with the best synonym: 1. subterranean oil a. expensive b. thick c. underground 2. an aquaculture business a. diving b. farming in water c. hiking 3. a wooden terrace a. fountain b. outdoor platform c. house 4. aquatic plants a. in water 5. a large territory a. region b. on land c. in caves b. continent c. business

Extension One of the word in this lesson is aquamarine. It has two meaningful parts, aqua and marine. Marine is derived from the Latin word marinus, meaning “belonging to the sea” or “of the sea. ” So the meaning of aquamarine can be pieced together as “water of the sea. ” Seawater sometimes seems to have a blue-green color, which explains the definition of aquamarine. The root marin also appears in other words connected with the sea. Match the words with the root marin with their meaning. d person guiding a 1. __ ship c 2. __ underwater ship a place for docking 3. __ boats b seaweed 4. __ a. marina b. marine plant c. submarine d. mariner