First+Semester

1. Due Thursday 12/08/11 2. Please click here to USE the weekly template: (You do not need to go to the template gallery) 3. You may write your sentences using any of the brush strokes that we've learned thus far to add more pizazz to your sentence and use of the vocabulary word. Below each sentence label what type of brush stroke you've used.
 * Week 11 - pel, puls= drive, driven, force **

1. Due Thursday 11/10/11 2. Please follow the directions to access the week's template: Falcone-Greek and Latin Week 10 in the template gallery 3. Referring back to the lesson in class regarding the construction of sentences using ADJECTIVES OUT OF ORDER BRUSH STROKE. Note that the example sentences do NOT contain adjective out of order brush strokes. Please construct sentences correctly using ADJECTIVES OUT OF ORDER BRUSH STROKE and the vocabulary word correctly. **4. ADVANCED STUDENTS will find three more words that use this week’s roots and type them into the final box.** You will have to check the part of speech and assure that you have used the word correctly. Please just bold-face-type your correct use of an ADJECTIVES OUT OF ORDER BRUSH STROKE in each of your sentences. 5. When you are finished - drop the document into your GTLA folder. (It is then turned in for credit.)
 * Week 10 - fer = to carry, bear, bring together **
 * **Adjective Out of Order Brush Stroke **
 * Similar to the absolute, but specifically, ADJECTIVES OUT OF ORDER Brushstrokes contain two consecutive adjectives that are positioned after the noun .
 * The OLD car, DENTED AND RUSTY, went into the parking lot.


 * Week 9 - tain, ten, tent = hold **
 * Week 8 - cap = to seize, to take **

1. Due Thursday 10/13/11 2. Please prepare a GLOG, Google presentation, or PREZI (See Cool School Tools). If there is another way that you would like to present your learning, just be sure to get teacher approval. 3. You will need to present the root and it's meaning. 4. Then, for each root, choose three of your favorite words that utilize that root and creatively present the word...(picture, audio message, video clip, etc.) and use the word correctly in a sentence. 5. Have fun reviewing!
 * Week 7 - 6 Root Review: **
 * mob, mot, mov = move
 * grad, gress = step
 * pos = to place, put
 * sed, sid, sess = to sit
 * log = word, idea, reason, speech
 * **ono, nym, onym = word, name **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Week 6: ono, nym, onym = word, name week 6 list ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Due Friday10/07/11 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Please follow the directions to access the week's template: Falcone-Greek and Latin Week 6 in the template gallery <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Referring back to the lesson in class regarding the construction of sentences using PARTICIPLE BRUSH STROKES, and the example sentences beneath the definition, please construct sentences correctly using PARTICIPLE BRUSH STROKES and the vocabulary word correctly. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**4. ADVANCED STUDENTS will find three more words that use this week’s roots and type them into the final box.** You will have to check the part of speech and assure that you have used the word correctly. Please just bold-face-type your correct use of a PARTICIPLE BRUSH STROKE in each of your sentences. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. When you are finished - drop the document into your GTLA folder. (It is then turned in for credit.)
 * **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 90%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Participle Brush Stroke **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 90%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Similar to the absolute, but without the noun; Participle Brushstrokes can be defined as an -ing word tagged onto the beginning or end of a sentence:
 * <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">SLIDING ON THE LOOSE GRAVEL <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, the car went into the parking lot.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The car went into the parking lot, <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">BOUNCING, CLANKING, and RATTLING <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> like a skeleton in a sack.

(Click here for some [|new study tools] I also posted a growing list of study resources at the bottom of this page.) 1. Due THURSDAY 9/29/11 2. Please follow the directions to access the week's template: Falcone-Greek and Latin Week 5 in the template gallery. 3. Please follow the sentence COMPLEX writing directions found in the week's template. 4. Watch for the challenge question this week. 5. When you are finished - drop the document into your GTLA folder. (It is then turned in for credit.)
 * Week 5: log = word, idea, reason, speech [|week 5 list] **


 * Week 4 : sed, sid, setss = to sit <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">[|week 4 list] **

1. Due FRIDAY 9/23/11 2. Please follow the directions to access the week's template: Falcone-Greek and Latin Week 4 in the template gallery 3. Please follow the ABSOLUTE sentence writing directions found on the week's template. 4. Watch for the challenge question this week. 5. When you are finished - drop the document into your GTLA folder. (It is then turned in for credit.)

1. Due Thursday 9/15/11 2. Please follow the directions to access the week's template: Falcone-Greek and Latin Week 3 in the template gallery 3. Write a short story that includes all of this week's words. You will have to check the part of speech, and assure that you have used the word correctly. Since the first word is appositive, **a word or phrase placed next to another word in order to identify or define it**, please just bold-face-type your correct use of an appositive in at least one of your sentences. (Just like I did in the previous sentence.) 4. When you are finished - drop the document into your GTLA folder. (It is then turned in for credit.)
 * Week 3: pos = to place, put [|week 3 list]**


 * Week 2: grad, gress = step [|week 2 list]**
 * 1) Due by Thursday 9/8/11
 * 2) Please access template: Falcone-Greek and Latin Week 2 in the template gallery
 * 3) Click - Use this template
 * 4) Rename template: firstnamelastintial - SV1 (example: tammyf-SV1)
 * 5) Insert a clipart image that symbolizes the vocabulary word.
 * 6) Please then write a sentence following the format that was taught in the class mini-lesson.
 * 7) When you are finished - drop the document into your GTLA folder. (It is then turned in for credit.)


 * Week 1: mob, mot, mov = move [|week 1 list]**
 * 1) Due by Thursday 8/31/11
 * 2) Please access template: Falcone-Greek and Latin Week 1 in the template gallery
 * 3) Click - Use this template
 * 4) Rename template: firstnamelastintial - SV1 (example: tammyf-SV1)
 * 5) Please then write a sentence using the word correctly.
 * 6) Type the word 5 times - each time in a different font.
 * 7) When you are finished - drop the document into your GTLA folder. (It is then turned in for credit.)

What are ** root words, ** ** prefixes, ** and ** suffixes **?

A ** prefix ** is a word part with a specific meaning at the beginning of a word.

A ** suffix ** is a word part with a specific meaning at the end of a word. A ** root word ** is the main part of a word that contains its core meaning. Sometimes it is a word on its own, as in // unbelievable // ( // believe // is the root word), and sometimes it cannot stand alone, as in // relocation // ( // loc // is the root word). In either case, prefixes and suffixes can be added to root words, which might change either the meaning of the word (// reactivate //, // deactivate // ) or its grammatical function ( // transports // = present tense, transported = past tense, // transportation // = noun). Sometimes spelling changes when suffixes are added to root words (// noise, //// noisy // ). Learning ** root words, **** prefixes, ** and ** suffixes ** can help you because:

• If you recognize these word parts, it is easier to figure out what a word you don’t know means. • They can help you to spell words because you’ll remember patterns.// (Retrieved from original source ////[] on September 29, 2010)//

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= 12 Greek Words You Should Know = by Daniel Scocco as posted inhttp://www.dailywritingtips.com/greek-words/

Along with Latin, Greek is probably the language that most influenced other languages around the world. Many English words derive directly from Greek ones, and knowing their origin and meaning is important. Below you will find 12 Greek words that are commonly used in our society. The next time you hear someone saying “Kudos to you,” you will know where it comes from.

The highest point of a structure. The peak or zenith of something. One could say that Rome reached the acme of its power on 117 AD, under the rule of Trajan. > The acme of modular, factory-built, passively safe reactor design, however, is found in South Africa. People there have been experimenting with so-called pebble-bed reactors for decades. (The Economist) //Acro// means edge or extremity, while //polis// means city. Acropolis, therefore, refers to cities that were built with security purposes in mind. The word Acropolis is commonly associated with Greece’s capital Athens, although it can refer to any citadel, including Rome and Jerusalem. > The Beijing Olympics torch relay reached the ancient Acropolis in Athens on Saturday amid heavy police security and brief demonstrations by small groups of protesters. (New York Times) The //Agora// was an open market place, present in most cities of the ancient Greece. Today the term can be used to express any type of open assembly or congregation. > The most characteristic feature of each settlement, regardless of its size, was a plaza—an open space that acted as a cemetery and may have been a marketplace. It was also, the archaeologists suspect, a place of political assembly, just as the agora in an ancient Greek city was both marketplace and legislature. (The Economist) //Anathema// is a noun and it means a formal ban, curse or excommunication. It can also refer to someone or something extremely negative, disliked or damned. Curiously enough, the original Greek meaning for this word was “something offered to the gods.” > Some thinkers argue that while collaboration may work for an online encyclopedia, it’s anathema to original works of art or scholarship, both of which require a point of view and an authorial voice. (USA Today) Anemia refers to a condition characterized by a qualitative or quantitative deficiency of the red blood cells (or of the hemoglobin). Over the years, however, the term started to appear in other contexts, referring to any deficiency that lies at the core of a system or organization. > In comments to the Dallas Morning News, Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher, the lone dissenter in last week’s decision to keep the federal funds target at 2%, said the U.S. faces “a sustained period of anemia” and that “in the second half of this year we will broach zero growth.” Last week Fisher wanted higher rates, his fifth-straight dissent in favor of tighter policy. (The Wall Street Journal) Translated literally from the Greek, ethos means “accustomed place.” It refers to a disposition or characteristics peculiar to a specific person, culture or movement. Synonyms include mentality, mindset and values. > Consumerism needs this infantilist ethos because it favors laxity and leisure over discipline and denial, values childish impetuosity and juvenile narcissism over adult order and enlightened self-interest, and prefers consumption-directed play to spontaneous recreation. (Los Angeles Times) Dogma refers to the established belief or set of principles held by a religion, ideology or by any organization. Dogmas are also authoritative and undisputed. Outside of the religious context, therefore, the term tends to carry a negative connotation. Notice that the plural is either dogmata or dogmas. > It’s not a new type of web, it’s just where the web has got to – it’s also a terrific excuse for much chatter on the blogging circuit, and a huge amount of dogmatism. (Financial Times) The exclamation //Eureka// is used to celebrate a discovery, and it can be translated to “I have found!”. It is attributed to the famous Greek mathematician Archimedes. While taking a bath, he suddenly realized that the water displaced must be equal to the volume of the part of his body he had submerged. He got so excited with the discovery that he left his home and started to run and shout “Eureka!” through the streets of Syracuse. > Those eureka moments in the shower or on the bus when something suddenly starts to make sense only happen if you keep plugging away. (The Guardian) //Genesis// means birth or origin. There are many synonyms for this word, including beginning, onset, start, spring, dawn and commencement. Genesis is also the name of the first book of the Bible. > And when Mr McCain headed to the safe shoals of policy wonkery, Mr Obama flayed his idea of calling for a commission to investigate the genesis of the financial crisis as the resort of politicians who don’t know what else to do. (The Economist) Many people wrongly think that a phobia is a fear. In reality it is more than that. Phobia is an irrational and exaggerated fear of something. The fear can be associated with certain activities, situations, things or people. > Poorer communities have a phobia of undercooked food. Very advanced societies enjoy their fish and meat either raw or very close to it. To the French their idea of cooking a steak is so perfunctory one might as well hack the thing off the cow and tuck in. (Financial Times) You have a plethora when you go beyond what is needed or appropriate. It represents an excess or undesired abundance. > In California, for example, some neighborhoods have been blighted by the plethora of empty homes. Joe Minnis, a real estate agent for Prudential California, knows foreclosed homes in San Bernardino that have been systematically stripped, trashed and tagged by gang members. (Business Week) Kudos means fame or glory, usually resulting from an important act or achievement. It is interesting to notice that in Greek and in the Standard British English, Kudos is a singular noun. Inside the United States, however, it is often used in a plural form (e.g., //You deserve many kudos for this accomplishment!//) > They deserve the kudos because they could be deemed responsible for the marked improvement in the commercials during Super Bowl XL last night. (New York Times)
 * 1. Acme **
 * 2. Acropolis **
 * 3. Agora **
 * 4. Anathema **
 * 5. Anemia **
 * 6. Ethos **
 * 7. Dogma **
 * 8. Eureka **
 * 9. Genesis **
 * 10. Phobia **
 * 11. Plethora **
 * 12. Kudos **