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Using
Prefixes,
Suffixes
and
Root
Words
to
Improve
College
Level
Vocabulary
Steven
Reid
6/15/2013
1
Table
of
Contents
Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................ 2
Overview.............................................................................................................................................................. 3
Word
Circle.......................................................................................................................................................... 4
Prefixes
Card
Sort................................................................................................................................................ 5
Suffixes................................................................................................................................................................. 6
Prefix,
Suffix,
and
Root
Worksheet.................................................................................................................... 7
Appendix
A
?
Word
Circles................................................................................................................................. 8
Appendix
B
?
Card
Sort..................................................................................................................................... 12
Appendix
C
?
Suffix
Worksheet........................................................................................................................ 17
Appendix
E
?
Prefix,
Suffix,
and
Root
Worksheet........................................................................................... 20
Appendix
F
?
Prefixes ....................................................................................................................................... 25
Appendix
G
?
Root
Words ................................................................................................................................ 29
Appendix
H
?
Suffixes ....................................................................................................................................... 35
2
Introduction
Often
students
approach
vocabulary
acquisition
as
a
"Just
Memorize
It"
type
of
exercise.
Some
student
painstakingly
waste
time
dragging
out
a
dictionary
when
the
word
could
easily
be
broken
apart
to
discern
its
meaning,
if
only
the
student
knew
what
the
individual
pieces
of
the
word
meant.
In
this
unit,
I
will
show
students
how
to
dissect
words
by
exploring
the
meanings
of
the
prefixes,
suffixes
and
roots
that
were
used
to
create
the
word.
By
taking
their
knowledge
of
the
pieces,
they
will
be
able
to
gain
the
understanding
of
more
complicated,
college--level
vocabulary
simply
by
breaking
it
apart.
3
Overview
One
of
the
best
methods
for
teaching
the
word
construction
method
of
vocabulary
is
through
the
use
of
analogies.
By
using
words
the
students
already
know,
they
will
be
able
to
build
on
that
knowledge
to
learn
new
words.
With
that
in
mind,
the
first
part
of
the
lesson
will
involve
Word
Circles.
These
are
used
to
take
the
new
affix
or
root
and
pair
it
with
words
already
in
the
students'
vocabulary.
The
Word
Circles
can
be
used
in
discussion
each
time
new
affixes
or
roots
are
taught.
Prefixes
are
explored
through
the
use
of
a
Card
Sort
activity
where
the
students
will
be
asked
to
look
at
a
set
of
prefixes
and
roots
and
then
match
them
together.
The
suffix
lesson
uses
matching
to
begin
the
process
of
suffix
understanding
and
expands
to
look
at
acquiring
meaning
based
on
the
root
and
the
suffix
combination.
Finally,
all
three
pieces
are
used
to
define
new
vocabulary.
These
lessons
may
be
expanded
by
following
up
with
passages
taken
from
literature
to
allow
students
to
discover
more
vocabulary
that
can
be
dissected
using
their
newfound
skills
with
prefixes,
suffixes
and
roots.
Articles
from
journals,
cuttings
from
novels,
stories
from
newspapers
or
magazines
could
all
be
possible
sources
for
additional
work
in
this
area.
4
Word
Circle
Objective:
To
help
students
see
the
connection
between
the
affix
or
root
when
used
in
a
word
they
are
familiar
with
and
how
it
could
be
used
to
help
define
new
vocabulary.
Materials:
Copies
of:
From
Appendix
A:
Word
Circle
(completed
copy
with
root
word
"man")
handout
Large
Word
Circle
handout
Small
Word
Circle
handout
From
Appendices
F,
G,
and
H:
Copies
of
Prefix
List,
Root
List,
Suffix
List
Directions:
1.
Discuss
with
students
how
to
fill
out
the
chart:
a. Start
with
the
affix
or
root
to
be
learned,
place
it
in
the
center.
b. Define
the
affix
or
root.
c. Fill
in
as
many
words
as
possible
using
the
affix
or
root.
d. Complete
the
Circle
by
using
a
dictionary
or
the
internet
to
find
more
words
that
use
that
affix
or
root.
2. Using
the
completed
copy,
discuss
how
each
of
the
words
in
the
Circle
are
related
to
the
definition
of
the
root
"man"
?
"hand.
a. Manuscript
?
a
handwritten
copy
b. Manacles
?
handcuffs
c. Manipulate
?
to
move
it
by
hand,
etc.
3. Choose
another
affix
or
root
and,
using
the
large
Word
Circle,
have
the
class
as
a
whole
complete
the
circle.
Students
can
call
out
words
that
use
that
affix
or
root
and
then
how
it
is
related
to
the
definition.
4. Next,
you
may
want
to
provide
you
students
with
a
few
copies
of
the
pages
with
4
small
circles
on
it.
They
can
use
these
for
their
personal
exploration,
or
you
may
want
to
assign
them
4
(or
more)
affixes
or
roots
and
have
them
complete
the
Word
Circles
for
each.
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