Class Oct 27 & 28 and Class Oct 29 & 30

"WORDS, WORDS, WORDS!!!" Packet (find links below)

On these days in class, we worked on a short unit meant to practice these State Core objectives:

1. Evaluate how words from various origins impact text.
2. Determine word meaning through contextual inference.

BELLWORK: Choose one of the "ABCs of Life" on the front cover of the packet and write for five minutes about it in your Writer's Notebook.

CLASS ACTIVITY: Take notes on "Song Lyrics and Cultural Origins."

Latin-based word: an English word based on a word that was originally Latin.
 Examples: cheese, mile, street, tile, cup, hymn, priest, bishop
Greek-based word: an English word based on a word that was originally Greek.
Examples: hypothesis, crisis, technical, colon
Street slang: words made up on the street that have meaning to those who use them.
Examples: bro, dawg, hobo, cool beans, 
Dialect: words understood by people in a particular geographic area or people of a particular ethnicity.
chips, pram, sluff, heck, top o' the mornin', cracker
Ethnic term--words that originally come from foreign countries but that we've adopted in English.
Examples: burrito, crepe, kindergarten, laissez-faire

LYRICS PRESENTATION: if you missed the sign-up dates for this presentation, see me. Here is the log that you'll need to record information during the presentations.

INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES genealogy:
1. Find English and trace its ancestry up to the top with a highlighter.
2. Add this definition at the top of the sheet: "language family that was spoken starting around 1000 BC in Europe and parts of SW and S Asia.

ORIGIN OF "resurge": highlight the word, highlight the L, look inside the front or back covers of the dictionary to see what L means. Answer questions.

FOLLOW PACKET DIRECTIONS TO COMPLETE Practice 1, 2, and 3. Get copies of the two articles from me; I don't have a link to them yet.

HOMEWORK:

1. Find a new book to read.
2. Work on Lyrics presentation.
3. Finish "Words" packet--due Nov 2/3.