English Language Arts, Expository Writing Unit



Freshman English Language Arts, Word Root Study for Building Vocabulary, Unit Plan, Lesson 19: Man, Mani, Manu (Latin, hand)Standards Met: This lesson is part of the Word Roots as the Building Blocks of Vocabulary Unit Plan and meets the standards adumbrated therein. Big Ideas: continuity, connections, correlation, cycles, evolution, exploration, interactions interdependence, invention, order, patterns, perspective, repetition, symbol, system, variance. This lesson aims to train students to build their vocabularies through familiarity with word roots. Specifically, this lesson aims to teach students the most frequently used Latin and Greek roots and the words in English that are “grown” from these roots, as well as how these words are used in academic and scholarly discourse. This lesson activates prior knowledge of previous word root exercises and therefore the extent to which many English words “grow” from Latin and Greek roots and how many of those words are the basis of scholarly inquiry and discourse. Students will be able to define, using an analogue or digital collegiate dictionary, between six and eight words that stem from the day’s word root, infer the meaning of the root from common meanings in the defined words, then use any five vocabulary words in the list in complete declarative sentences.Classroom Aim: What is a word root? How do we “grow” words from word roots? How can we use the words we learn in declarative sentences?Do Now: Context Clues Worksheet: Digit Class Work: Word Root Worksheet: Latin Man, Mani, Manu (hand) . Using an analogue or digital dictionary, students will define between six or eight words that grow from the Latin word roots man, mani, and manu. In the process of this work, students will work to infer from their definitions the common meaning of them all, and therefore the meaning of the root itself. In the event that the meaning of the root **** is opaque in the definitions of the words, the teacher will serve as a Socratic interrogator, asking questions designed to elicit the meaning of the root by calling on students’ manifest prior knowledge.Independent Practice: Compose five sentences using any five of your vocabulary words from today’s worksheet.Methods and Materials: The word roots this lesson aims to teach are those Roger S. Crutchfield in his book of word roots, English Vocabulary Quick Reference: A Comprehensive Dictionary Arranged by Word Roots (Leesburg, VA: Lexadyne Publishing, 2009), notes are “…very likely to appear on the SAT and other college entrance exams.” This is, very simply, a vocabulary building lessons that seeks to help students develop an understanding of the deeper structures of language—i.e. the roots that make up words. Students will use a teacher-authored worksheet to define between six and eight vocabulary words that stem from a common Greek or Latin root. Students will complete the tasks for this lesson as above, in the Class Work box.Need for Lesson: ELA WR FR UP LP19*lp; ELA WR FR UP LP19*dn; ELA WR FR UP LP19*wsKey Points and Connections:Assist students in developing their own understanding of word root’s meaning within each vocabulary word.Draw connections between Latin roots and their Spanish equivalents for Spanish speakers in class.Be prepared to ask Socratic questions,Make connection between digits as numbers and digits as fingers and toes.Essential Questions:What is a word root? How do word roots form the basis of words?What is the relationship between Latin and other “Romance” languages?What is a cognate?How precise must we be?What is the “deeper structure” of language?What few skills would help me become more literate and more sophisticated user of language?How can learning word roots help build my vocabulary? ................
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