notes for grammar and roots words

1.  1) Journal: Sticky Note Journal
 2) Notes! Notes! Notes! Notes! Notes!
◦ Etymology
◦ Irony/Satire
◦ HOMEWORK: Expelling Huck Finn article and
questions

2.  Take a sticky note and troll the room. Find
THREE words that you find appealing and
write them on the sticky note.
 Stick the sticky note in your journal. You
MUST include these three words in your
journal entry. It can be about any topic,
creative or real.

3. ◦ Example: Peaceful Dreams Disaster
 When I was a little girl, I had night terrors. I have
vague memories of going to sleep and waking up in
strange places. Like the living room floor, the bathtub,
the stoop on the front porch. I am not sure what the
exact content of these dreams were, just that I had a
disastrous feeling as I drifted off to sleep. I know that
these episodes terrified my parents. Even though the
doctor said it was actually fairly common and not a
symptom of anything, they would just pray for me to
have peaceful sleep. Luckily, I grew out of them when I
was about 8.

5.  The study of the history of words
 1)When they entered the language
 2)From what source (ex. latin/greek)
 3)How their form and meaning have changed
over time

6.  Whatlanguage is English
derived from???

8.  German:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsU6vLIaWH4
 Old English:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkaPNlOz0N4&
feature=related
 Middle English:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE0MtENfOM
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 Modern English:
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww

9. 5000
1500

10.  Canyou think of any
words in existence today
that were not around in
Shakespeare’s time? (mid
1500’s)

11.  Can
you think of any
words whose meaning
has changed since
Shakespeare’s time?

12. Class Notes
Name: _________________________________________________
Class: _________________________________________________
Topic: _____________________________ Period: ________________________________________________
Questions and Main Ideas: Date: _________________________________________________
Notes: ________ Unit: ________
Etymology: (definition) The study of the history of words
Concentrates on three Main areas 1)When they entered the language
2)From what source (ex. latin/greek)
3)How their form and meaning have changed over time
*English is derived from the Germanic language
Important Numbers: 5000 – more words than there were 500 years ago
1500 – more words than there were 100 years ago
Words that were not in existence in the Examples:
1500’s:
Words whose meaning has changed since Examples:
1500s:
Summary:

13.  Write one sentence that makes perfect sense
today, that would have made NO sense 100
years ago.
 My Example:
 While blogging on Facebook about his new
grill, Sean was listening to ‘Lil Wayne on his
MP3 and texting a hottie on his Slider.

14.  is the primary unit of a word, which carries
the most significant aspects of content and
cannot be reduced into smaller constituents
 Usually either Latin or Greek based
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOJrjNR7
ZZM

15. Class Notes
Name: _________________________________________________
Class: _________________________________________________
Topic: _____________________________ Period: ________________________________________________
Questions and Main Ideas: Date: _________________________________________________
Notes: ________ Unit: ________
Etymology: (definition) The study of the history of words
Concentrates on three Main areas 1)When they entered the language
2)From what source (ex. latin/greek)
3)How their form and meaning have changed over time
*English is derived from the Germanic language
Important Numbers: 5000 – more words than there were 500 years ago
1500 – more words than there were 100 years ago
Words that were not in existence in Examples:
the 1500’s:
Words whose meaning has changed Examples:
since 1500s:
Root Words: The smallest unit of a word. The part that carries the base
meaning. Cannot be broken into smaller parts
* Usually Greek or Latin Based
EXAMPLES:
Summary:

16. Root Meaning Examples

17.  Meaning: Warlike
 Examples: (what word with this definition has
BELLI as the root??)

18.  Answer:
 Belligerent

19.  Answer:
 Antebellum

20.  Answer:
 Rebellion

21.  Meaning:
 Water

22.  Answer:
 Aquarium

23.  Answer:
 Aqueduct

24.  Answer:
 Aquanaut

25.  Meaning:
 Believe

26.  Answer:
 Credible

27.  Answer:
 Credit

28.  Answer:
 Credo

29.  Meaning: human/man

30.  Answer:
 Anthropology

31.  Answer:
 Misanthrope

32.  Meaning:
 Death

33.  Answer:
 Mortician

34.  Answer:
 Immortal

35. Root Meaning Examples
Belli War/Warlike Belligerent,
antebellum
Aqua/aque Water Aqaurium,
aquanaut
Cred Believe Credo, credible
Anthrop Human/man Anthropology
Misanthrope
Mor/Mort Death Mortician,
Immortal

36.  Write at least three sentences putting this
lesson into your own words.