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Latin and Greek Root Words to Improve Vocabulary
Mark Tyson B.A., M.A.
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In this 5 week course, students will learn a little over 100 root words and affixes potentially turning them into several hundred vocabulary words.
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Beginner Level
This course teaches a little over 100 Latin and Greek root words and several prefixes and suffixes. By the end of the course, learners could learn up to 500 vocabulary words depending on the participation and interactions of the class. The number of vocabulary words learned is up to each individual, but they will at least learn 100 from the root words alone. The lessons in the classes will be presented via video. The student-paced class includes videos, worksheets, and root word lists. There...
7 lessons//5 Weeks
Week 1Lesson 1Etymology (the Study of Word Origins)How English evolved into a language and how Greek and Latin Root Words played an important part in forming modern English.Lesson 2The First 25 Root WordsLearn Root Word list 1 and do homework for list 1Week 2Lesson 3Words from Latin and Greek that mean the same thing but are used differentlyWords such as hydro (Greek for water) and Aqua (Latin for water) are both used in the English language but we use them for different meanings of the word. We might use hydro in hydrate but we do not use aqua the same way. We do not aquanate. We go to the aquarium but not the hydrarium. We will look list 2 and do the homework over list 2.Lesson 4The Third 25 Root WordsLearn Root Word list 3 and do homework for list 3Week 3Lesson 5Common Greek and Latin Roots List 4We will discuss Root Word List 4. Learn root words in Root Word List 4 and do homework for list 4.Week 4Lesson 6Common Greek and Latin Roots ExtrasIn this lesson we talk about a few important extra root words.Week 5Lesson 7Final thoughts and how to Expand Vocabulary from the 100 Root Words LearnedPutting it all together. Each one of the 100 Root Words learned in this class has the potential to expand into at least 5 more vocabulary words. This lesson will explain how to recognize Root Words while reading and how to expand all the Root Words from the 4 lists into many more vocabulary words.
Students will improve and expand their vocabulary, learn better spelling from learning the root words, learn how to better pronounce words from learning the root words, and they will be able to recognize unfamiliar words from knowing the word's root.
Mark Tyson has a B.A. degree in English and Culture and a M.A. degree in English and Literature. He has been teaching professionally since 2008 in both public schools and on online platforms.
Homework Offered
Each section of 25 words has a worksheet to complete using those same 25 words. Homework can be graded.1 - 2 hours per week outside of class
Assessments Offered
Grades Offered
The 4 worksheets can be graded. If a student wants to submit the optional homework of looking up additional vocabulary words from the roots wrods learned, they can be graded too.
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
dictionary, online dictionary, or search engine to look up word origins and gather words derived from the root words studied.
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Average rating:4.8Number of reviews:(449)
Mark Tyson holds a B.A. in English and Culture from New York Institute of Technology and a M.A. in English From Sanford National University San Diego, CA. He teaches English and Literature classes with a particular focus on 18th and 19th century...
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$18
weekly or $88 for all content7 pre-recorded lessons
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Ages: 11-16
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