Language Arts 7th Grade

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Language Arts7th Grade

• Lesson created by
• Quyen Vu

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Lesson Focus Affixes

• Language Arts Standards
• R1.2 Use knowledge of Greek, Latin, and
  Anglo-Saxon roots and affixes to understand
  content-area vocabulary.
• W1.6 Create documents by using word-processing
  skills and publishing programs develop simple
  databases and spreadsheets to manage information
  and prepare reports.
• WC1.7 Spell derivatives correctly by applying the
  spellings of bases and affixes.
• LS1.4 Organize information to achieve particular
  purposes and to appeal to the background and
  interests of the audience.

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Objectives

• Students will understand what affixes, prefixes,
  and suffixes are.
• Students will define the meaning of the 40 most
  common affixes.
• Students will list at least 2 words that contain
  each of the affixes, break each word down by root
  and affix, and show how the affix affects the
  overall meaning of the word.
• Students will demonstrate their knowledge by
  creating a Comic Life project that includes at
  least 10 affixes with 2 examples for each.

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RUBRIC
The following rubric was given to students to use
as a check-list as they completed their projects.
It was also used a a scoring rubric for their
final project.
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Implementationof Lesson

• Students were given graphic
• organizers on which to
• collect data. They used the
• internet in order to gather
• data on affix meanings. They
• were asked to think up words
• they already knew to use as
• examples. The class shared
• ideas clarified meanings.

A second graphic organizer was given for suffixes.
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Implementation of Lesson

• Students were then assigned 10 affixes and put
  into groups of 4 so that all 40 affixes are
  covered by each project. Using the program Comic
  Life, they created a 40-page comic book (10 per
  student) in which they explain the meaning of
  each affix and provide examples of how they are
  used.

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Sample Project

• Students were
• required to include
• the root word
• and its meaning
• and then show how
• the meaning
• changes when
• the affix is added.

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Sample Project
Students were also able to input images that they
found online in order to enhance the visual
effect of their project.