1. Vocabulary Strategies
Unit 1: Lesson 4
Prefixes
(non- , mis-)
Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

2. Part 1: Introduce
Strategy
Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

3. A prefix is a word part
(affix) that is added to the
beginning of a root word.
Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

4. Today we are going to look
at the prefixes:
non- mis-
Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

5. Let’s look at the prefix:
non-
Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

6. The prefix non-
means not or no.
Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

7. EXAMPLE
WORDS
Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

8. nonfat means?
- no fat
Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

9. nonfiction means?
- not fiction
Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

10. Let’s look at the prefix:
mis-
Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

11. The prefix mis- means
bad, badly, incorrect,
wrongly, failure, or
lack of.
Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

12. EXAMPLE
WORDS
Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

13. mistrust means?
- to lack trust in
someone
Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

14. misspell means?
- to spell wrongly
Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

16. How did you do?
Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

17. Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott