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English lesson plan · 8th grade (Year 9 in England) · 30 minutes

Latin roots: vit, mort, corp, nov, ann, fid and more

Vocabulary

CCSS L.8.4.BEngland: KS3 English (vocabulary and etymology)

Objective and success criteria

Students will: Latin roots: vit, mort, corp, nov, ann, fid and more.

  • I can answer questions on today's skill on my own, without help.
  • I can explain each step and say why it works.
  • I can check my answer and spot a mistake.

Before and after

Needs first: Latin roots: bene, mal, cred, sequ, vert and more

Leads to: Decoding advanced words from their roots

Materials: Word cards, A thesaurus or dictionary, A short text with the target words, Mini whiteboards, A short model text on the board, Printed student sheet (below).

Warm-up · 4 min

  • Quick retrieval from earlier learning (Latin roots: bene, mal, cred, sequ, vert and more). Students answer on mini whiteboards.
  • Show answers together and note who needs support in the main task.
  1. What does the Latin root "junct" mean? (as in junction, juncture, conjunction) (join / voice, call / bad, badly / come) → joinPrompt: What do the example words have in common?
  2. Which word contains a Latin root that means "turn"? (malnourished / reverse / consequence / advocate) → reversePrompt: Split each word into parts. Which part could mean "turn"?
  3. These words share a Latin root that means "good, well". Type it. benevolent, benign, benediction → benePrompt: Look for the letters that appear in every word.

Hook · 3 min

  • Show an interesting word in a sentence and ask what it might mean from the clues around it.
  • Share the objective: Latin roots: vit, mort, corp, nov, ann, fid and more. Read the success criteria together.

I do: model it · 7 min

  • Work through the example out loud, saying why you do each step, not just what you do.
  • Example: What does the Latin root "magn" mean? (as in magnitude, magnificent, magnify)
  • Step 1: Knowing what a Latin root means helps you work out unfamiliar words that contain it.
  • Step 2: magn means "great, large", as in magnify, magnificent, magnitude.
  • Step 3: So the answer is: great, large
  • Answer: great, large
  • Pause after each step and ask a student to say what comes next.

We do: guided practice · 6 min

  • Do these together. Students try each step on whiteboards before you reveal it.
  • Use the hints as prompts rather than giving the answer.
  1. What does the Latin root "vit / viv" mean? (as in vital, survive, vivid) (land / great, large / life / year) → lifePrompt: What do the example words have in common?
  2. Which word contains a Latin root that means "year"? (confident / mortal / anniversary / omniscient) → anniversaryPrompt: Split each word into parts. Which part could mean "year"?

You do: independent practice · 7 min

  • Students work on the student sheet. Circulate and check the first two answers of every student early.
  • Students who finish: write a question of their own for a partner, with the answer.

The 6 questions are on the student sheet below, with answers in the key.

Exit ticket · 3 min

  • Two questions on their own. Sort answers into got it / nearly / not yet to plan the next lesson.
  1. What does the Latin root "ann / enn" mean? (as in anniversary, centennial, perennial) (body / year / place / land) → yearPrompt: What do the example words have in common?
  2. Which word contains a Latin root that means "new"? (fidelity / decapitate / novel / corpse) → novelPrompt: Split each word into parts. Which part could mean "new"?

Watch out for

  • Picking a "bigger" synonym that doesn't fit the meaning.
  • Ignoring the clues in the rest of the sentence.

Support and stretch

Support

  • Review first: Latin roots: bene, mal, cred, sequ, vert and more.
  • Use concrete materials: word cards.
  • Give the first step of each question, or a partly worked example to finish.
  • Pair with a confident partner for the guided practice.

Stretch

  • Move on to: Decoding advanced words from their roots.
  • Explain a common mistake in writing and how to fix it.
  • Write a word problem that uses today's skill, then solve a partner's.

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Latin roots: vit, mort, corp, nov, ann, fid and more

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  1. Question 1

    These words share a Latin root that means "faith, trust". Type it. confide, confident, fidelity

    Answer

  2. Question 2

    What does the Latin root "magn" mean? (as in magnify, magnificent, magnitude)

    • A. great, large
    • B. land
    • C. new
    • D. all

  3. Question 3

    Which word contains a Latin root that means "group, flock"?

    • A. omnipotent
    • B. gregarious
    • C. survive
    • D. relocate

  4. Question 4

    These words share a Latin root that means "new". Type it. renovate, innovate, novice

    Answer

  5. Question 5

    What does the Latin root "greg" mean? (as in congregate, gregarious, segregate)

    • A. life
    • B. group, flock
    • C. place
    • D. head

  6. Question 6

    Which word contains a Latin root that means "place"?

    • A. vital
    • B. corporation
    • C. mortal
    • D. local

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Answer key: Latin roots: vit, mort, corp, nov, ann, fid and more

  1. 1. fid

  2. 2. A. great, large

  3. 3. B. gregarious

  4. 4. nov

  5. 5. B. group, flock

  6. 6. D. local