TELE
TELE means FARThis is another word part that is found in a lot of common, concrete words. "Tele" can also simply be short for "telephone" as in the words "telethon" or "telegenic."
I. FOR EACH WORD:
1. Write the word
2. Write what it means
3. Draw a picture to go with it
4. Answer the question about it.
| telephone | an instrument for producing sounds at a distance (or the action of using such an instrument) | two different kinds of telephones | What are two things that are a lot easier because of the telephone? |
| television | An instrument for receiving electrical waves from a distance and changing them into pictures and sounds | two different kinds of televisions | What are two things you wouldn't know about without television? |
| telescope | an instrument for looking at very distant objects AND/OR: (optional) to become forced together lengthwise with one part entering the other as the result of a collision; to become compressed or condensed (like a collapsing telescope). | a telescope | Who would want to own a telescope? |
| telegram | a message sent over distance by coded signals, commonly used for very important messages before telephones were reliable; messages were as short as possible because each word added to the cost. Often someone would be sent to a person's house to deliver the telegram. | Someone delivering a telegram. | What are two messages that would be important enough for someone to send a telegram? |
| telepathy | communication from one mind to another through "extrasensory" means -- sending thoughts or feelings directly into someone's mind from yours, or knowing what they are thinking. (Usually happens in science fiction stories.) | Someone getting a telepathic message. | What are two things you would do if telepathy were possible? |
teleconference | a meeting of several people who are in different, distant places by using telephones or computers | People having a teleconference | What are two reasons to have a teleconference? |
| telephoto | A lense system that makes far-away things look closer | Where are two places where a telephoto lens would be a good thing to have? | |
| telemetry | sending information over a distance by machines. Satellites use telemetry to take information and then send it to different places; hospital systems use telemetry to send medical information to nurses' stations | Something that uses telemetry | What are two things that telemetry makes easier for people? |
| telemeter | an instrument for measuring the distance of an object from the observer OR an instrument to send measurements over a distance (such as from Mars to the Earth) | *Both* kinds of telemeters | What are two things you could do with a telemeter? |
Complete these sentences with the "tele" word. Be sure to mix these sentences with words learned in previous lessons.
1.There will be a video _______________________________ and people from all over the world will be joining.
2. The army sent the soldier's wife a _________________________________ when he was killed in action.
3. The reporter took a picture of the actress from half a mile away with a ______________________________ camera.
television, telescope, telemeter, telepathy,
4. Some people think talking on the ________________________ while you are driving should be against the law.
5. The robot on Mars uses ________________________ to send information about the land and atmosphere to scientists on Earth.
6. When people have known each other for a long time, they can sometimes know what the other is thinking or feeling without a word spoken -- it's like __________________________.
7. We used a _______________________________ to figure out how far we were from the ground.
8. There is a huge ________________________ in New Mexico that is used to look at far distant stars.
Answers : 1) teleconference 2) telegram 3) telephoto 4) telephone 5) telemetry 6) telepathy 7) telemeter 8) telescope
Source: http://www.resourceroom.net.comprehension/wordparts/index.asp
BIO
BIO means LIFEBio is the third root to be featured on the Resource Room found often in scientific contexts.
I. FOR EACH WORD:
1. Write the word
2. Write what it means
3. Draw a picture to go with it
4. Answer the question about it.
| biology | study of life | Three different things a biologist would study | What are 10 different living things a biologist could learn about? Make them as different as you can. |
| biography | story of someone's life | A biography | What would be a good title for an biography? |
| autobiography | story of someone's own life | an autobiography | Who are ten people who have had biographies written about them? |
| antibiotic | medicine to kill bacteria such as penicillin | a bottle of antibiotics | Why did more children die before antibiotics were discovered? |
| symbiosis | when two different kinds of living things have a close relationship -- such as bacteria living in cows' stomachs and helping digest grass or bees that get food from flowers and help spread their pollen | a symbiotic relationship | What might the "sym" in "symbiosis" mean? |
| biosphere | layer on the earth that has living things | the whole biosphere | What are three very different places on the biosphere that would have very different kinds of life? |
| biodegradable | able to be broken down (usually into harmless things) in nature -- tree stumps and paper are biodegradable, plastic is not. | Three things that are biodegradable | What is a problem with things that are *not* biodegradable? |
| biopsy | taking out and examining living tissue from a living thing (such as taking a piece of a tumor out to see if it is cancerous) | Who would do a biopsy? | |
| biohazard | Something that could harm living things (such as radioactive material or poisonous chemicals) | A label that would be put on a biohazard | What are three things that could be biohazards? |
| bioluminescence | Light made by living things like lightning bugs or some fish | a bioluminescent animal |
1. My brother had a _______________________________ done on the lump on his elbow.
2. A ___________________________ class is where you learn about living things
3.You would have to write your own ______________________________.
4.Termites could not eat wood without other animals living inside them that digest the wood; this is an example of ________________________.
5.An ________________________ will help cure some diseases like strep throat.
6. Things that might spread an infection at a hospital have a __________________________ label on them.
7. When fish glow in the dark it is called ______________________________
8. I want to read the ________________________ of the first President of the United States.
9. The desert, the swamps and the rain forest are all part of the big _____________________.
10. If you put something _________________________________ in the dump, eventually it will rot away.
Answers: 1) biopsy 2) biology 3) autobiography 4) symbiosis 5) antibiotic 6) biohazard 7) bioluminescence 8) biography 9) biosphere 10) biodegradable
Source: http://www.resourceroom.net.comprehension/wordparts/index.asp
JECT
JECT means TO THROWI. FOR EACH WORD:
1. Write the word
2. Write what it means
3. Draw a picture to go with it
4. Answer the question about it.
| eject | to throw out of, like a videotape from a VCR or a player from a baseball game | something being ejected | What are 3 examples of things or people being ejected? |
| inject | to shoot into something, like a needle injecting insulin | something being injected | |
| reject | to fail to accept, or to throw back (like a fish that is too small) | something rejected or thrown back | What are 2 examples of things or people being rejected? |
| projectile | something being thrown, like an arrow or a cannon. Projectile can also be the path taken by something being thrown | a projectile smaller than a football or larger than you | What are three things that could be projectiles? |
conjecture | speculation - "throwing forward" a possible idea to think about | What are three things people make conjectures about besides the weather? | |
abject | total and hopeless (as if thrown down); abject poverty is the state of being hopelessly poor | someone feeling abject fear | What would a man in abject fear say? What might a man say in abject love? |
| object | |||
| subject | |||
| objective | |||
| subjective | |||
| trajectory |
Choose one of the "ject" words to complete the sentence.
1. My VCR will not _______________________ my tape.
2. The pen became a__________________________________ when it was thrown across the room.
3. A diabetic may have to ____________________________ insulin with a needle.
4. Do you really know they will get married, or is that just __________________?
5. The school will automatically ____________________ your application if you don't pay the fee first.
Answers: 1) eject 2) projectile 3) inject 4) conjecture 5) reject
Source: http://www.resourceroom.net.comprehension/wordparts/index.asp
VOL and MORT
VOL means WISH or WILLMORT means DEATH
J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone introduces us to many character names and spells with word parts which are related to their meanings. The character Voldemort's name begins with "vol" - meaning to will or to wish, and ends with "mort," which means "death." The name should tell you this is quite a sinister character!
vol and mort are the first of a series of word parts from the Harry Potter series to be featured in the Resource Room. Death being a bit of an emotional subject, you may wish to be sensitive about the 'mort' words.
I. FOR EACH WORD:
1. Write the word
2. Write what it means
3. Draw a picture to go with it
4. Answer the question about it.
| volunteer | To offer to serve without pay or reward. A student can volunteer to take a note to the office. Tennessee's nickname as the "Volunteer State" came from the large number of people from Tennessee who volunteered to serve in the War of 1812. Volunteer firefighters do not get paid. | Someone volunteering for something. | What are three things a volunteer could do at a school? What would a volunteer be likely to say? |
| voluntary | Adjective -- done by free choice. A voluntary contribution is one you did not have to make. (also "noun- a piece of music, frequently spontaneous, done as a prelude" - you may have heard a "trumpet voluntary" at a wedding or graduation) | Yourself doing one of your favorite voluntary activities | What are ten things you did today that were voluntary? |
| involuntary | Not done by choice or by thinking about it. Your heart beats involuntarily because you don't decide to do it; if you hear a loud noise you may make an involuntary jump. You may have to make an involuntary purchase of a uniform if you get a job as a nurse. | What are two examples of "involuntary" actions, besides your heart beating or jumping when you are startled? | |
| volition | The act of choosing to do something. For example, Mary apologized to Kate of her own volition, not because anybody told her to do it. | What are three things you could do of your own volition, even though they would not be the easiest thing to do? | |
| benevolent | Intending good things to happen ("bene" is a word part meaning "good")-- a "benevolent dictator" is someone who is has control over a group, but makes decisions that are good for them. A benevolent person says and does things to help people. | Someone doing something benevolent. | What are three things a benevolent person could do? |
| malevolent | intending bad things to happen ("mal" is a word part meaning "bad"). If something is done malevolently, that person knew that what was done could be bad, and that's why he or she did it. | Someone doing something malevolent? | What are three malevolent things a person could say? |
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| mortal | adjective -- subject to death, or causing death. People are mortal, since they die. A mortal illness or injury is one that makes a person die. | What are three kinds of mortal injuries or illnesses? | |
| immortal | never dying; living forever. | What are two things a person might do if he/she thought he/she was immortal? | |
| mortuary | Funeral home | a mortuary | What are three things you would find at a mortuary? |
| mortify | To embarrass or humiliate completely; Teenagers are sometimes easily mortified; for some students, school is a place of frequent mortification. . (A less common meaning is to "subjugate by disciplinary austerities") | Someone who has just been mortified | What are three things that someone might say or do if he were feeling mortified? |
| mortician | Someone who prepares a body for burial | What are two things that you should be good at if you wanted to be a mortician? | |
| post mortem | Examination of a body after death ("post" is a word part meaning "after), often to figure out what caused the death. | Why would a post mortem be done? | |
| rigor mortis | the rigidity of a body that happens after death (and why zombies in movies walk stiffly) | zombies in movies |
1. Voldemort is a very ________________________________ character who likes to see bad things happen to people.
2. A _________________________________ showed that the man had died of natural causes.
3. Joining the Reading Club is ______________________________ , so only join if you really want to read.
4. Cary was ______________________________ when the entire school learned about his secret crush.
5.Is there a __________________________ who would be willing to go pick up our pizza?
6. Even though Shakespeare died, people consider his plays and poems to be ___________________________.
7. Cassie went to school to learn how to become a ___________________________, and then got a job at a mortuary.
8. He's a _______________________________ man who is always looking for ways to help people.
Answers: 1) malevolent 2) post mortem 3) voluntary 4) mortified 5) volunteer 6) immortal 7) mortician 8) benevolent
Source: http://www.resourceroom.net.comprehension/wordparts/index.asp
VERT
VERT means TURN or TWIST"vert" is the next of a set of common, but somewhat abstract, word parts.
I. FOR EACH WORD:
1. Write the word
2. Write what it means
3. Draw a picture to go with it
4. Answer the question about it.
| vertical | "perpendicular to the plane of the horizon or to a primary axis," (example: anything standing up, not lying down; a line that goes up and down) | three vertical things | WHat are three things that are usually vertical? |
| vertigo | dizzy, confused state of mind (the world is spinning or turning) - sometimes caused by looking down from a high place. | a person with vertigo | What are two things that could give someone vertigo? |
| vertebrate | animal with a backbone (the bone we turn around with) | two of your favorite vertebrates | What are three of the most unusual vertebrates you can think of? |
| invert | To turn inside out or upside down (a cup, a fraction in math, a shirt a dive) | something being inverted | What is something you shouldn't invert, and why? |
| convert | to turn from one thing to another (to convert to a different religion, to convert from feet to inches) | something or someone being converted | How is convert different from invert? |
| revert | to turn back to an earlier state or condition (reverting back to your old religion, or a habit or way of doing things, or reverting money back to what you had when you return to your old country) | Why might someone want revert to their old way of doing things? What is one thing they might say? | |
| controversial | the subject of argument or dispute; turning people (or their words) against each other; | people talking about something controversial | What are three controversial things? |
| introvert | to turn inward, or someone who is shy and reserved and keeps to him/herself | an introvert | What are three things an introvert might like to do in spare time? |
| extrovert | to turn outward; a person who is outgoing | an extrovert | what are three things an extrovert might like to do in spare time? |
| avert | to turn away; to see something coming and avoid it(to avert an accident, failing a test, a conversation with someone) | someone averting something | What are two things you would like to avert? |
| adverse | turning against what is wanted (especially adverse weather) | adverse weather for a baseball game | What would be adverse conditions for taking a test? |
| adversity | conditions that make things harder or turn against you; things that make you have to work or fight hard to get what you want or need | an example of adversity | What are two examples of adversity? |
| subversive | trying to undermine (or overthrow; "turn over from underneath") a government or leadership; planning a school strike would be subversive behavior. | someone doing something subversive | Where are three places where someone might do something subversive? |
| diverse | different; made up of different kinds of things or people | a diverse collection of rocks or animals or people | What are two good things and one problem with having a diverse group (of anything or people) |
Complete these sentences with the vert word.. Be sure to mix these sentences with words learned in previous lessons.
1.After the spinning ride at Disneyworld, Pat had _______________________ and had to sit down until he was steady again.
2. We will try to see problems before they arrive and ___________________________ them.
3. I think I will ______________________________ back to the way I used to drive to work because there is less traffic.
4. We have to ________________________ our dollars and cents into pounds and pence before we go to England.
5. When students got together and refused to take standardized tests, they were suspended for the ________________________ activity .
6. We might go camping if the weather is not too _______________________.
7. The rule for the dance marathon was that you had to be _____________________________ and moving. If you stopped or sat down you were out.
8.A good salesperson is often an ________________________ who really likes to get out and talk to people.
9. You have to sign this form to show you give your ___________________ for them to take you on this dangerous rafting trip.
10. Carl had a lot of ________________________ growing up, but he didn't let it keep him from being a good student and going to college.
11. A slug is not a _________________________ because it has no backbone.
12. If you ______________________ the number 9, it looks like a 6.
13. Beth has a ________________________ rock collection from many different places in the world.
Answers: 1) vertigo 2) avert 3) revert 4) convert 5) subversive 6) adverse 7) vertical 8) extrovert 9) avert 10)adverse 11) vertebrate 12) invert 13) diverse
Source: http://www.resourceroom.net.comprehension/wordparts/index.asp
