English Language ArtsLevel 7 #42Ms. Walker

Today’s Objectives

SuffixesParentheses and BracketsHomonyms, Homophones and Homographs

Part 1 - Suffixes

-ist - a person, one who does an action - artist, linguist, pianist

-ite - resident of, follower, product of - suburbanite, luddite, dynamite

-ization - act or process of making - colonization, fertilization, modernization

Suffixes

-log – speech – dialog, monolog,

-phile - one who loves - bibliophile, audiophile, pyrophile

-phone – sound - homophone, telephone, microphone

Suffixes

-scribe/script - to write - transcript, describe, manuscript

-tion - state or quality - attention, caution, fascination

-ly - in what manner (how) - badly, courageously, happily

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Part 2 -

Parenthesesand

Brackets

Parentheses and Brackets

http://youtu.be/iGX_rxE2Kj8

2:52

Parentheses

http://www.mindbites.com/lesson/2962-basic-punctuation-11-how-to-use-parentheses

7:32

Brackets

http://www.mindbites.com/lesson/2963-basic-punctuation-12-how-when-to-use-brackets

8:44

Assignment

Complete the parentheses and brackets worksheets that accompany this lesson. You must have 75% accuracy to prove proficiency.

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Part 2 –

Homonyms, Homographs and Homophones

http://youtu.be/WKNz-PNbAHc

2:25

 1) Homonyms: sound alike and are spelled alike but have

different meanings

2) Homophones: sound alike but are spelled differently and have different meanings

3) Homographs: have the same spelling, but have different pronunciations and different meanings

Homonyms

The first part of the words – homo – means the same. homonyms are words that sound the same and are spelled the same but have different meanings. Example: right, meaning correct, and right, meaning direction.

bank - a slope, bank - a place for money, bank - a bench or row of

switches

bank - a slope, bank - a place for money

bank - a row of switches)

right, meaning correct,right, meaning direction.bear, a large animal bear, to carry a weightclose as a verb andclose as an adjective 

right, meaning correct,

right, meaning direction.

Your answer is right!

Make a right turn…

bear, a large animal

bear, to carry a weight

close as a verb

close as an adjective 

Close the door.

That was a close call.

Homonyms

Tire

and Tire

Assignment

Review the homonyms packet for examples of homonyms and homophones. Complete the five exercises that accompany the packet. You must have 4 answers correct in each exercise to show proficiency.

Homophones

HomophonesHomophones are words that sound alike but they have different meanings and different spellings.

Won and OneThere and TheirToo, Two, and To

Homophones

See

Meet Meat

Sea

Homophones

BlewBlue

Pair Pear

right

rite

write

Homophones

I’ll

isle

aisle

Homophones

pour

pore

poor

Homophones

so

sew

sow

Homophones

toed

toad

towed

Homophones

wail

wale

whale

Homophones

wear

ware

where

Homophones

way

weigh

whey

Homophones

heel

he’ll

heal

Homophones

by

buy

bye

Homophones

oar

or

ore

Homophones

25 Homophones

http://youtu.be/oUa4FqVn2pA

5:09

Assignment

Complete the homophones worksheet. You must have 75% correct to show proficiency.

Homographs

Homographs have the same spelling but are pronounced differently. They also have different meanings. Examples are wind and wind; bass and bass.

Homographs

Homographs

Wind

and wind;

Homographs

Bass

and bass.

Homographs

TearTear

Content Content

Homographs

Read and Read

I read a book to my son, last night.

I often go to the library to read.

Homographs

BowBow

Scale Scale

Assignment

Complete the homograph worksheet. You must have 75% accuracy to show proficiency.

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Part 3 - The Idiom

Idioms are spoken phrases that cannot be found in the dictionary. An idiom is an expression that means something other than the literal meanings of its individual words.

On Pins And Needles

Anxious or nervous, especially in anticipation of something.

I was on pins and needles in hopes that I would win the big prize.

Lesson Review

Today’s we learned new suffixes. In addition, the lesson focused on the use of homonyms, homophones and homographs.

Next Lesson

Our next lesson will focus on the use of synonyms and antonyms. In addition, we will discuss frequently misspelled and mispronounced words.