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Dear Parents of English III CP students, After much thought and consideration, I have decided that it is in the best interests of the students to adjust the way I teach vocabulary. I want to teach them how to fish so they may feed themselves for life, instead of fishing for them, if that makes any sense. Students will now be taught the roots of words. This way they will be able to determine meanings of other words even though they may never have seen the words before. This will help them in their reading of other material and on the SAT as well. Students received roots words and several example words with definitions today in class. (9/1/06) They will be tested on those words on Friday of next week, September 8th. We will have a 10 minute vocabulary activity in class on Wednesday to help prepare for the test. The format of the test will be the following: The students will have a blank piece of note book paper on their desks. I will call out 10 words. (One at a time) They must correctly spell and define those 10 words. Students are asked to keep all of their vocabulary lists. (Even the first 2 we have completed.) In the near future, they will be assigned to include vocabulary words in projects and essays. Listed below are the vocabulary words that your students were given today in class. Thank you in advance for your help and support regarding this adjustment. Please call or email me if you have any questions. Thanks again for your help and support! Angie Kiker Latin Roots 1 Rupt : break, burst 1. abrupt sudden 2. corrupt adj. vicious (broken to pieces) 3. corrupt v. change from good to bad (break to pieces) 4. disrupt break apart 5. erupt burst or break out 6. incorruptible incapable of being corrupted 7. interrupt break into or between 8. rupture break; breaking Voc 9 Latin Roots 2 Cide: killing, killer 1. fratricide act of killing (or killer of) ones brother 2. genocide deliberate extermination of racial or cultural group 3. germicide substance that kills germs 4. herbicide substance that kills plants 5. homicide killing of one human by another 6. infanticide act of killing (or killer of) an infant 7. insecticide substance that kills insects 8. matricide act of killing (or killer of) ones mother 9. patricide act of killing (or killing of) ones father 10. pesticide substance that kills rats, insects, bacteria, etc. 11. regicide act of killing (or killer of) a king 12. sororicide act of killing (or killer of) ones sister 13. suicide act of killing (or killer of) ones self 14. tyrannicide act of killing (or killer of) a tyrant Vocab 10 Latin Roots 3 String (Strict): bind, draw tight 1. astringent adj. stern 2. astringent n. substance that shrinks tissues and checks flow of blood by drawing together blood vessels 3. boa constrictor snake that constricts or crushes its prey in its coils 4. constrict draw together; bind 5. restrict keep within limits; confine 6. stricture adverse criticism; censure 7. stringent strict; rigid; severe 8. unrestricted not confined within bounds; free Latin Roots 4 Vor: eat greedily 1. carnivore flesh-eating animal 2. carnivorous flesh-eating 3. devour eat greedily 4. herbivore plant-eating animal 5. herbivorous dependent on (eating) plants as food 6. insectivorous dependent on eating insects as food 7. omnivore person or animal that eats everything (flesh and plants) 8. omnivorous avidly taking in everything; an omnivorous reader 9. voracious greedy in eating; insatiable, as a voracious appetite |