Vocabulary and Concept Development EDI

1. 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).

2. Learning Objective concept • I will knowcommon roots derived from Greek and Latin and use this knowledge to analyzethe meaning of complex words. skill

3. Activating Prior Knowledge • Have you heard the word civilize? • The root civi means “relating to citizens.” • Can you see the root ord in order? • The root ord means “regular.” • Can you see the root ord in the Spanish word “orden” or in the English word order?

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

5. Concept Development • civi: From the Latin word civis meaning “citizen” or “a member of a city.” • ord: From the Latin word ordo meaning “regularity” or “order.” Bullet proof definitions • civi:Latin root meaning “citizen.” • ord: Latin root meaning “regular.” Student friendly definitions

6. Civiis a Latin root meaning “citizen.” Tell your partner what civi means.

7. Ordis a Latin root meaning “regular.” Tell your partner what ord means.

8. Read the following Latin roots. ord regular, order Latin civi citizen Latin

9. 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?

10. Skill Development • Read these words: civics civil civilian civility coordinate extraordinary ordinarily uncivilized

11. without an organized or developed society, wild; acting without courtesy or consideration • Read these definitions / synonyms: • to bring together to work smoothly • the study of a citizen’s rights and duties in a society • usually, generally, in the regular way • courteous behavior • having to do with citizens and their relation with each other and to the government • more than ordinary, beyond what is expected, remarkable • a person who is not in the military; relating to civil life, not military

12. without an organized or developed society, wild; acting without courtesy or consideration • Match the words with the correct definitions or synonyms: civics • to bring together to work smoothly civil • the study of a citizen’s rights and duties in a society civilian • usually, generally, in the regular way civility • courteous behavior coordinate • having to do with citizens and their relation with each other and to the government extraordinary ordinarily • more than ordinary, beyond what is expected, remarkable uncivilized • a person who is not in the military; relating to civil life, not military

13. Answer these questions: • What is a root? • Does civi as in civilize mean “relating to citizens” or “regular”? • What does the rootordmean? • What is the root in order? • What does the root mean?

14. Guided Practice Identify the roots. • coordinate • civics • extraordinary • civil • ordinarily • civilian • uncivilized • civility

15. Meaning in Context Use the words in the box to fill in the blanks in the following paragraph. Civics extraordinary coordinated civil Ms. Weber teaches classes in two related subjects, United States history and (1) ____________, the study of our government. In both cases, she teaches about Martin Luther King Jr., who (2) ______________ the drive for legislation that would ensure equality for everyone. Her students say that after studying with her, they have a much better understanding of Dr. king’s role in the (3) __________ rights movement. They can see clearly what an (4) _____________________ time it was. coordinated

16. Closure • A root is – • the part of the word that contains the basic meaning. • civi means – • civiis a Latin root meaning “citizen.” • ord means – • ordis a Latin root meaning “regularity” or “order.”

17. Independent Practice Match the bolded word with the best synonym: • a group of civilians • a. non-military people b. soldiers c. doctors • an extraordinary storm • a. fine b. terrifying c. common • uncivilized behavior • a. rich b. healthy c. uneducated • was dressed ordinarily • a. unusually b. fairly c. quickly 5. acted with civility a. order b. rudeness c. kindness

18. Extension One of the key words in this lesson is civility. It ends with the suffix –ity. This suffix shows that a word is a noun. The meaning of a noun ending in –ity is usually connected to the meaning of its adjective partner. Civility is related to “beingcivil,” just as equality is related to “beingequal.” Civil and equal are adjectives. Civility and equality are nouns. All of the nouns in the first column end in the suffix –ity. Match the adjective from which the noun was formed. __activity __ possibility __ vitality __ originality __ creativity a • active • creative • original • possible • vital d e c b