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Engage your 7th graders with an interactive exploration of Greek and Latin root words. Students will learn the meanings of roots such as "aud" (hear), "bio" (life), and "cred" (believe), while also discovering numerous examples like "audio," "biology," and "incredible." Through a creative tree activity, students will identify root words, illustrate their meanings, and showcase related vocabulary. This engaging lesson not only enhances vocabulary but also promotes critical thinking and creativity, allowing students to produce beautiful displays for the classroom walls.
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Greek and Latin Roots 7th Grade
act • Meaning: do • Examples: activity, react, active, actor, activist, counteract
aud • Meaning: hear • Examples: audio, audience, audiovisual, auditorium, audition
bio • Meaning: life, living matter • Examples: biography, autobiography, biology, biosphere, biome, biodegradable
cred • Meaning: believe • Example: credence, credulous, incredulous, incredible, credit,
dem • Meaning: people • Examples: democracy, demographic, epidemic, demagogue
dict • Meaning: speak • Examples: contradict, prediction, dictate, predict, verdict
geo • Meaning: earth, soil, global • Examples: geography, geology, geometry, geode, geocentric
graph • Meaning: writing, written • Examples: graphology, autograph, seismograph, graphic, graphite
loc • Meaning: place • Examples: dislocate, location, relocate, locomotion, allocate
man • Meaning: hand • Examples: maneuver, manual, manuscript, manufacture, manacle
ped • Meaning: foot, feet • Examples: pedal, pedestrian, pedicure, impede, centipede
pop • Meaning: people • Examples: popular, population, populist, populace, popularize
port • Meaning: carry • Examples: export, portable, porter, report, transportation
sign • Meaning: sign, mark, seal • Examples: signal, signature, design, insignia, significant
spec • Meaning: see, look • Examples: circumspect, retrospective, spectator, spectacular, speculate
tract • Meaning: pull, drag • Examples: attract, distract, tractor, extract, contract
vid • Meaning: see • Examples: video, evident, provide, providence
volv • Meaning: turn about, roll, bend • Examples: revolve, revolver, voluble, convolution, evolve, involve
Root Word Trees • Choose a root word. • Write the root word and its meaning on the trunk of the tree. • Include at least four leaves with words containing that root word. • Include one leaf with an illustration that demonstrates the meaning of the root word. • Make it look nice! They will line our walls.