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English · Grade 6

Academic Vocabulary and Word Analysis

Learners analyze words the way linguists do: they use Greek and Latin roots such as aud, vis, script, ject and cred, choose the right meaning of multiple-meaning words with context and a dictionary entry, compare the connotations of words with similar definitions, and use word relationships to solve analogies.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 85 minutes
  • Word analysis check: 9 questions
  • Ways to answer: fill in the blanks, choose an answer, highlight a text, match pairs, sort into groups and arrange tiles
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What learners will discover

  • Use Greek and Latin roots and affixes (such as aud, vis/vid, scrib/script, ject, mit/miss, bene, mal, chron, cred) as clues to word meanings.
  • Use context and a dictionary entry to choose the correct meaning and part of speech of a multiple-meaning word.
  • Distinguish the connotations (positive, negative or neutral feelings) of words with similar denotations.
  • Use relationships between words (part and whole, item and category, cause and effect, synonym, antonym) to understand and complete analogies.

Lessons

  1. Greek and Latin roots 6 steps4 practiceabout 22 min
  2. Multiple meanings and the dictionary 5 steps3 practiceabout 21 min
  3. Connotation: the feeling behind the word 5 steps3 practiceabout 21 min
  4. Word relationships and analogies 5 steps3 practiceabout 21 min
  5. Word analysis check 9 questions at the end

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