Greek and Latin Roots
This greek root means Earth
Geo
What is one strategy you can use when you read a question and get confused?
Possibilities:
-reread for clarification
-look for context clues
-look for things that make sense
"When growing a garden, be sure that you know which plants grow best together. For example, if you grow, beans, corn and squash together, they will nurture each other and grow more quickly."
Which text structure does this match?
-Cause and effect +
-problem and solution
-description
-chronological order
How many letters are in the alphabet?
26
True or False:
You can buy a square watermelon in Japan.
This greek root means to break
rupt
Read the paragraph with the heading, "Inside Earth". What are two details from the text?
Example:
Liquid magma is lighter than solid rock.
Magma is pushed through cracks in the earth when the pressure is great enough.
"In 1985, a beautiful and healthy baby girl was born. She was 6 pounds, 5 ounces and very happy. She always wanted to be cuddled and held. In the morning, she would sleep so late, her parents would be worried! As a teenager, she slept most of the weekends away."
Cause and effect
-problem and solution
-description +
-chronological order
A legend or tall tale explains . . .
-how something natural came to be
-gives an exaggeration of a true story
There is only one letter that doesn’t appear in any US state name:
Q
This greek root word means "the study of"
ology
Read page 8, under the heading, "September 19th, 2017": choose a sentence that shows great description.
"When the fire broke out on the stove, Joe knew what to do. He remembered the presentation from his school about fire safety. Joe grabbed a blanket and placed it on top of the stove, trapping the fire and not allowing any more oxygen in. This completely stopped the fire and Joe was able to save his new kitchen."
Cause and effect
-problem and solution +
-description
-chronological order
A fragment sentence is missing . . .
A subject, a verb or both
True or False: Sesame Street’s Oscar the Grouch was originally orange.
TRUE
This greek root means "ancient"
archae
"Many years later, archaeologists explored the area and found people and their pets preserved in volcanic ash in the exact positions they were in when they died."
What does the word, "preserved" mean as used in the sentence?
"The first world war began in 1914, in Austria, on June 28th. It would be four years before the war would end with Germany on the losing side. Over 16 million people worldwide lost their lives."
Cause and effect
-problem and solution
-description
-chronological order +
A successful body paragraph has:
-a topic sentence
-a claim
-a quote
-elaboration
-closing sentence
Which famous land mark in Europe can grow up to about 6 inches taller in the summer? That’s because the heat makes the iron expand.
Eiffel Tower
This greek root means "to look or examine"
spec
Look at page 15, under the heading "A Famous Eruption". "Archaelologist have learned much more about this ancient time from undercovering Pompei than they have from other cities that aged normally." Why did archaeologists learn more from this situation?
They learned more because it was like time stopped and gave them detailed information about every day life.
"It was another sunny day on the lake. That morning, all the baby ducks swam happily behind their mother. Soon, the sun faded as storm clouds rolled in. The once calm waters turned into large waves, seperating the mother from her babies."
-cause and effect +
-problem and solution
-description
-chronological order
Write a descriptive sentence about the ocean, using three, juicy adjectives.
Do you have more bones when you are a baby or when you are ten years old?
When you are a baby!! You have more bones and they fuse together as your body grows.