• Quick retrieval from earlier learning (Greek and Latin roots). Students answer on mini whiteboards.
• Show answers together and note who needs support in the main task.

1. What does this root mean? scrib / script (as in scribble, manuscript) (carry / write / break / see) → writePrompt: Think about what the example words have in common.
2. Use the word parts to work out the meaning. What does "telescope" mean? (tele = far, scope = look) (a phone for calling far away / a tool for writing / an instrument for seeing far away / a type of map) → an instrument for seeing far awayPrompt: Put the meanings of the parts together.
3. What does this root mean? bio (as in biology, biography) (earth / life / water / light) → lifePrompt: Think about what the example words have in common.

• Show an interesting word in a sentence and ask what it might mean from the clues around it.
• Share the objective: Latin roots: port, dict, rupt, spect and more. Read the success criteria together.

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

• 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 "spect" mean? (as in spectacles, respect, spectator) (write / hear / carry / look) → lookPrompt: What do the example words have in common?
2. Which word contains a Latin root that means "hear"? (contradict / transport / destruction / auditorium) → auditoriumPrompt: Split each word into parts. Which part could mean "hear"?

• 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 8 questions are on the student sheet below, with answers in the key.

• Two questions on their own. Sort answers into got it / nearly / not yet to plan the next lesson.

1. These words share a Latin root that means "break". Type it. rupture, bankrupt, interrupt → ruptPrompt: Look for the letters that appear in every word.
2. What does the Latin root "port" mean? (as in porter, transport, export) (carry / send / write / shape) → carryPrompt: What do the example words have in common?

Free online practice with hints and printable worksheets for this skill: eurekami.com/english/grade-6.