Prefix and Root Word Study

Why should we learn prefixes and root words?Learning these words will help you increase your vocabularies and as a byproduct your reading skills as well. Learning prefixes and root words will specifically improve your test taking skills and also your ability to read at your grade level and beyond.

Listen & Learn

Activity: Create Notecards & Key Ring.

Copy down the list on the note card sheets provided. Use 1 side the card that you will cut out as the “Root word” or “prefix side.” The other side is for you to copy the definition of the root word and /or prefix in addition to examples.

Front Side:

AquaBack Side :

Water

Aquifer, aquatic, aqualine

Vocabulary Duel Game with one set of cards you will play a round

against 1 other player. Keep the deck out of sight and draw one card at a time. The first player to say the correct definition of the word wins.

The player with more cards at the end of the round wins. For the second round play with the definition side up, players must guess the root instead of the definition.

Prefixes from Song “aqua” means water “ami” means

love

“bio” means life “hemo” means blood

“geo” means earth “vita” means life

“pre” means before “fix” is to attach

Prefixes

“anti-” means against, “inter-” means between “poly-” means many, “homo-” means the same

“pseudo-” means false, “trans-” mean across

Suffixes

“-ology” means study of, “-ism” is belief in “-cide” means killing, “-or” and “-er” means demonstration“-phobia” means fear of, “-kinesis” means movement

Prefix Line Match Review: 1) Copy down the 14 text

boxes you see on a piece of paper.

2) On the next slide you need to copy down the words provided in the exact order.

3) Next, draw a line to the correct definition.

4) The top three quickest and most accurate students earn Extra Credit.

Prefix Line Match Review:

Fix

Hemo

Geo

Inter

Vita

Ami

Pre

Earth

Life

Blood

Attach

Before

Between

Love

7th Grade Bell Ringer Write down 3 literary devices you got

wrong for the quiz.o For each literary device write a new

sentence with an example of that literary device within that sentence.

Prefixes“Auto-” means self, “Chron-” means time

“Min ” means small, “Spec” means to see

“Port” means carry, “Path-” to feel/suffer

“Morph” means form/ structure “trans-” mean across

“Dic” means to speak “Cred” means to believe

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ACROSS 2. means to belief5. means form or structure6. means small8. means self9. means see

DOWN 1. means carry2. means time3. means speak4. means across7. means to feel/suffer

Prefixes & Root Words Week 4

“Bell ” means war “crac, crat” means rule/ruler

“Grad, gress ” means to step “man” means hand

“pseudo” means fake “sens, sent -” to feel/be aware

“Pro” means for or forward “sub-” means under

“Magn” means large “scrib/script” means write

Prefixes & Root Words Week 5

“Demo” means people “Graph” means writing/printing

“Psych” means soul or mind “Bene” means good

“Com” means with or together “de”means down /away

“A” means not/without “IL”means not

“circum” means around “Tele”means distant/far off

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Across:1. means water 3. means before 4. means carry7. means life 9. means between 12. means time13. means to feel or be aware of 14. means belief in16. means rule 17. means feel or suffer

Down:1. means love 2. means attach 3. means many 5. means the study

of 6. means to step 8. means self 10. means across 11. means hand15. means structure or form 17. means feel or suffer

Prefixes & Root Words Week 6

“Pac” means peace “Arch” means leader, chief, ruler

“Im” means not or into “In” means not or into

“An” means nor/without “Mort”means death

“Sect” means to cut “Corp”means body

“post” means after “Ist”means one who believes in

Prefixes & Root Words Week 7

“Re” means again, back “Cog” means to know

“Arm” means weapon “Mal” means bad

“Cede, ceed” means to go “Audi”means to hear

“Able, ible” means capable of “Ious”means full of

“Ize” means to make “Cy”means state of being