詞彙的樂趣 IV：希臘語和拉丁語前綴和詞根

This will be the fourth set of five chapters in a series, but you do not need to have taken any of the previous Joy of Vocabulary classes to jump into this one. In this class, we will work from the vocabulary workbook The Joy of Vocabulary by Norman Levine, completing five chapters together. 

I have used this workbook in English classes for two decades and consider it the best tool I've ever come across for expanding understanding of the English language. Chapters introduce a new set of Greek and Latin roots and prefixes or, also mixed in for this particular set of chapters, enlist culture and history to familiarize students with expressions adopted from other languages, such as 
'Cogito, ergo sum' and 'Laissez faire'. Chapters provide a list of 18 to 25 words that show these word parts or expressions in action. 
It is great fun to explore the origins of these expressions. Each chapter gives sets of exercises on which the student may practice usage and meaning. Exercises are varied and creative, and include analogies, practice with concise writing, and sentence usage (to name a few). 

Our class will meet twice a week for five weeks, and complete one chapter in the workbook per week, for a total of five chapters. Each student will need to get a copy of the workbook for the class. 

In each first session of the week, we will discuss the word/phrase list. I will add to the book definitions and provide examples and additional perspective. At the end, we will play a quizzing game. The next step for the student will be to complete the exercises for the chapter independently; then, in our second meeting for the week, we will discuss the answers to all of the exercises for the chapter. 

Week 1: Chapter 8   Words of beginning and ending 
Week 2: Chapter 11 "Anti" words
Week 3: Chapter 16 "Going" words
Week 4: Chapter 21 "Living" words 
Week 5: Chapter 26 Expressions adopted from other languages