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  Academic C

  Advanced Level

  English through Biology

  L1: Spanish, Portuguese,

and French

English Through Biology

Reading and Listening Packet

Weeks 1-6

Biology

Reading and Listening Packet

Weeks 7-12

1)   The Human Body 2)   Health and Disease

3) Conception to Birth 4) Sustaining Life in the Planet

Theme and packet Readability (Average Grade Level)

Packet 1 - The Human Body

(Readings 1-40) 13.08

Packet 1 - Health and Disease

Readings 41-80) 11.22

Packet2 - Conception to Birth

(Readings 1-47) 11.44

Packet2 - Sustaining Life in the

Planet (Readings 48-92) 10.86

WORD LIST TOKENS/% TYPES/% FAMILIES

one 209130/71.35 2998/18.14 984

two 18971/ 6.47 1822/11.02 810

three 18607/ 6.35 1711/10.35 542

not in the lists 46379/15.82 9999/60.49 ???

Total 293087 16530 2336

Type Freq Cell 487 Genetic 385 Gene 340 Species 290 Symptoms 270 Immune 256 Genes 238 Cancer 207 Syndrome 203 Dna 183 Infection 163 Chromosomes 162 Sperm 156 Tissue 153

Type Freq Abdomen 42 Abdominal 26 Able-bodied 13 Abnormalities 31 Abrac 12 Absorb 16 Absorbed 13 Abuse 45 Acid 89 Acids 64 Acne 19 Activated 13 Acute 18 Adélie 14

By Alpha By Frequency

out of, because of

base on, depend on

responsible for

heart attack, heart disease,

gene therapy,

food allergy

in addition, in fact, instead

of, for instance

play a role, see a doctor

birth control pills, human

genome project, cough

medicine abuse

as long as, more and more

in other words

at the same time, in the

same way, a couple of

days, a great deal of

on the other hand.

1.  A gloss

2.  Concept maps

3.  Images to illustrate A concept

4.  Exercises with derivational words,

exercises with Latin and Greek roots

5.  Flashcards

ENGLISH SPANISH PORTUGUESE FRENCH Abdomen Abdomen Abdome Abdomen

Able-bodied Sano Robusto Valides Abnormality Anormalidad Anormalidade Anomalie

Absorb Absorber Absorb Absorber Abuse Abuso Abuso Abus Acid Ácido Acid Acide Acute Agudo Aguda Aigu

Adrenal Suprarrenal Adrenal Surrénales Adverse Adverso Adverso Indésirable

Algae Algas Algas Algues Allele Alelo Alélica Allele

Allergen Alérgenos Allergen Allergenes Allergic Alérgico Alérgico Allergique Allergy Alergia Alergia L'allergie

Amniotic Amniótico Amniótico Amniotique

http://www.language-learning-advisor.com/learn-spanish-cognates.html http://www.learn-portuguese-with-rafa.com/free-portuguese-lessons.html http://www.lafrenchconnection.com/about/Cognates/Cognates

1.  Spanish cognates: gene, tumor, cancer,

2.  Spelling a little different: insulin vs. insulina, intestine

vs. intestino

3.  Spelt the same in all the four languages: habitat, X-ray.

http://www.fed.cuhk.edu.hk/~johnson/misconceptions/concept_map/cellstr.html

Illustration by Bryan Christie

http://www.bryanchristiedesign.com/portfolio.php?category=13&open=0

Directions: Write the original meaning of the word. Add the indicated suffix, add spelling changes to write the new word. Lastly, write the meaning of the new word. 1. endanger + -ment Meaning = New word when prefix is added = Meaning of new word = 2. alcohol + -ism Meaning = New word when prefix is added = Meaning of new word =

3. biology + -ist Meaning = New word when prefix is added = Meaning of new word =

Idea taken from http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/language_arts/prefix/derivational.html

Antibiotic , antibody Root: anti-

Meaning: against, opposed to, preventive

Biology, biodiversity, biomass, biosphere, biotechnology

Root: bio- Meaning: life

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_and_Latin_roots_in_English

http://quizlet.com/subject/biology/ http://quizlet.com/subject/bio-biology-roots-greek-latin/ http://quizlet.com/688119/latingreek-roots-4-biology-life-science-flash-cards/