If your language arts students think etymology isn't relevant to their everyday lives, show them a presentation that will prove them wrong! The slideshow provides explanation about various words, roots, and suffixes that have adapted in modern English.

Concepts

etymology, word meanings, root words

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Invite learners to create their own presentations that examine how one prefix or suffix can change several root words, or that explore the entomology of various words
• Use during a vocabulary unit on Greek and Latin roots

Classroom Considerations

• Presentation is 65 slides long; consider scheduling it over several class periods

Pros

• Slides are engaging and easy to read
• Discusses both older and more modern examples of etymology

Cons

• None

Common Core

L.6.4.a L.7.4.a L.8.4.a L.9-10.4.a L.11-12.4.a