Nouns
This type of noun names something specific and must be capitalized.
What is a proper noun?
What is the denotative meaning of a word?
the dictionary definition
What's the difference between a synonym and an antonym?
Antonym = Opposite
Tell what these roots mean:
hydra
therm
counter
water, heat, against
Explain the difference between a prefix, affix, and suffix
affix -- added to a word
prefix -- an affix added to beginning of word
suffix -- an affix added to the end of the word
Nouns can typically be four different things. What are those things?
What is a Person, Place, Thing, Idea.
Explain two different things included in connotative meanings.
word associations, positive/negative/neutral, not everyone always has the same association, they don't always translate
Explain the meanings of the tiers for vocab using ELA appropriate definitions.
Tier 1 -- everyday, conversational words
Tier 2 -- challenging, academic words
Tier 3 -- technical words related to a specific field
bad
one hundred
one
mal, cent, mono
Give the meanings of the following prefixes:
sub-
inter-
semi-
How many proper nouns are in the sentence:
They live in my neighborhood, and I go with Mrs. Fuentes to the State Police every few weeks.
They live in my neighborhood, and I go with Mrs. Fuentes to the State Police every few weeks.
2
Some people who live in Alaska have negative associations with "Eagle" because they are very populous and nuisances to the communities.
People in Pennsylvania may have positive associations with the word "Eagle." Explain these two associations.
Philadelphia Eagles = football & our National Bird = America
Explain the difference between explicit and implicit as they apply to examining literature.
Explicit evidence will be directly stated.
Implicit evidence is implied but the reader must access their background knowledge and use inferencing to figure it out.
Provide the root or meaning for each
bene
strength
bio
write
good, fort, life, graph
-ic: having elements/qualities of; poetic, chronic
en: become; sharpen, strengthen
How many nouns are in the sentence:
Sara looks at her editor, Juana, who stands up and closes the glass door to the office.
Sara looks at her editor, Juana, who stands up and closes the glass door to the office.
5
A teacher needs to write an email home to a parent communicating that their child is quite energetic in class. The teacher could write a positive email, explaining how being energetic is great or a negative email explaining how all that energy is a disruption. Come up with two words that have similar denotative meanings to energetic that the teacher could use for each email, one positive and one negative.
+: Your child is very enthusiastic, animated, active in class.
-: Your child is off-the-walls, taxing, jittery, in class.
Read the quote:
Sara thinks for a long time about the letter they received that morning. Does she really want to pursue something that could harm Mami and Emiliano, the two people she loves the most?
Determine:
1. The meaning of pursue & how you determined the meaning
2. The tier of pursue
3. An antonym for the word
1. to investigate or seek something -- using the context clues of her having received a letter and the possibility that it can cause problems for her family, she must be deciding if she should risk investigating it
2. Tier 2
3. ignore / avoid / forget
Explain why "Monopoly" is the name of the famous game using what you know about the root "mono" and schema about how to play the game.
The goal is for one person to have control of everything to make the most money and win the game
Give the correct suffix or prefix for each:
is, can be (2)
not, opposite of (2)
full of
without
before
-able, -ible
dis-, un-
-ful
-less
pre-
There is no capitalization in the sentence. Identify how many nouns in total; then explain which words must be capitalized.
we had to take cousin maria with us to translate at the emergency room last fall because it was located in a spanish neighborhood.
We had to take Cousin Maria with us to translate in the emergency room last fall because it was located in a Spanish neighborhood.
Read the famous Mark Twain quote:
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do."
Explain why Twain used "disappointed" in this quote rather than a word a similar denotative meaning, like frustrated or depressed. Be sure to examine "connotation" in your answer.
Answers will vary; some people may have the connotation of an elder scolding them or saying they are disappointed in their behavior. This will be similar in the future where the person is scolding their younger self. Disappointed gives a notion of both upset and angry with oneself while also showing regret whereas depressed more depicts sadness and frustration depicts anger.
Read the quote about a threatening email to a character named Sara:
"Just from a quick look, this email was sent by someone who knows a lot about encryption. The server bounced the message around so no one can locate the sender."
1. Determine the meaning of the underlined word and explain how you determined this.
2. What is the tier of the underlined word? Why?
3. Based on this information, infer who is speaking in this quote to Sara.
1. encryption is when someone turns a message into a code to hide its content; background knowledge about technology
2. T3 -- related to the field of technology
3. someone from an IT department
Scrib & Script are roots that mean the same thing as another root you know. Use the sentence below to figure out the meaning of them
The scribes scribbled a description of his manuscript.
Choose three words from above and explain how they helped you determine this.
write
scribes -- their job was to write
scribble -- to write sloppily
description -- they are writing this
manuscript -- a type of writing
Read the quote from an employee evaluation:
"His performance in editing was subpar."
The meaning of the underlined word is ironic--there's something about it that seems opposite of what it should be (think sarcasm.) Use your schema about the meaning of "sub" as well as your scheme about the game of golf to determine the meaning of this word.
+100 points if you can also explain why its meaning is ironic.
subpar means something is not "Good" or "Up to standard" this because sub means "Below" and "Par" in golf is the standard of what you should hit on the hole.
Its meaning is ironic because if you are under par in golf, that is a good thing!