Prefixes
What is a prefix?
A word or letter added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning.
What's a root?
A word that forms the basis of other words.
What's a suffix?
A part of a word that is added to the end of a root word to change its meaning.
What is a topic?
The general subject of the passage.
What is the topic?
The Solar System is a group of planets, moons, asteroids, and comets that go around the Sun. It is in the Milky Way galaxy and has eight planets. The Sun is in the middle of the Solar System and gives heat and light to all the planets. The solar system also has small planets called dwarf planets.
Solar system
What is the preffix of the word "unanimous"?
un-
The root -mal- means:
bad
What is the sufffix of the word "unanimous"?
-ous
What is a topic sentence?
A sentence in a passage that states the main idea of the passage.
What is the main idea?
Jenny visited her grandmother in the hospital. She saw how kind and helpful the nurses were to her grandmother. Now she wants to be a nurse when she grows up. She wants to help sick people get well.
Jenny wants to be a nurse.
The prefix ir- means
not
The root -ben- means
good
The suffix -able means:
"having qualities of"
Define central idea.
The overall point the author is making about the topic.
What is the topic sentence following:
Mount Rushmore is a huge carving in a stone cliff. The carving shows the faces of four U.S. presidents. They are George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. Mount Rushmore is in South Dakota. Each year many people visit this amazing sight.
The carving shows the faces of four U.S. presidents.
The prefix "semi" means:
half; part of
What is the root in the word "prescription"
-script-
What does the suffix "-er" mean
the characteristics of an object; one who does something
What are supporting details?
Details that elaborate on the topic.
What is the main idea?
Landon wanted to be a great skater. But he didn't want to spend the hours practicing. He wished he could just do the tricks easily. Landon's dream was to have everyone stop and stare when he entered the skate park. He wanted them to say, "Landon is the best skater in the whole world."
Landon wants everyone to think he's a great skater without doing the hard work.
Based on the prefix, what does the word "transit" mean?
Ex: Shawn smiled because his package was in transit to him.
a going ‘across’
Roots show the ____ meaning of a word.
Core; main; center
Based on the suffix, what does the word "curable" mean?
Walter felt sick but his mom told him not to worry because his sickness was curable.
The ability to be cured
What are the Central Idea ingredients?
Topic, supporting details, central idea
What is one supporting details from the text:
Mother gorillas do a lot for their babies. They nurse their babies. They protect them from danger. And they teach the tiny gorillas how to get along with other gorillas.
They teach the tiny gorillas how to get along with other gorillas.