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INTRODUCTION TO GRADE 11 - SPELLING AND VOCABULARY

In Grade 11 students will learn the spelling and meanings of Greek root words, root words which designate color, and the adverb suffixes. They will identify the spelling/meanings of at least 50 pairs of homophones. They will analyze unfamiliar words based on individual word elements, spell and use words from professional lists prepared for grade level. They will add to their vocabulary new words that are found in literature selections. They will identify the spelling and different shades of meaning of at least 50 more pairs of words that are close in spelling/meaning.

TEACHER ELEMENTS	STUDENT ELEMENTS

GRADE 11	GRADE 11


*THE TEACHER SHALL:*	*THE STUDENT SHOULD:*
REVIEW, RETEACH, AND REASSESS PAST CONCEPTS.

NEW CONCEPTS	NEW CONCEPTS

Provide opportunities for students to use dictionaries and trace the spelling, pronunciation, and etymology of spelling/ vocabulary words.	Trace the etymology of spelling/vocabulary words by using dictionaries.

Teach the spelling/meanings of Greek root words.	Give the spelling/meanings of Greek root words MORPH, NEO, NOM, ORTH, PAN, PATH, PHIL, PHOBIA, PHON, PHOTO, POD, PROTO, PSYCH, PYRO, SCOP, SOM, SOPH, THEO, THERM, TROP.

Teach the spelling/meanings of root words which designate color.	Explain that CHLOR and PRAS mean green.

	Explain that MELAN, NIGR, and ATR mean black.

	Explain that AUR, CHRYS, CIRR, FLAV, and XANTH mean yellow or gold.

	Explain that RUB, RHOD, PHOENI, and RUF mean red.

	Explain that ALB, BLANC, BLEACH, and CAND mean white.

	Explain that CAES and CYAN mean blue.

	Explain that ARGENT and PLATIN mean silver.

Teach the spelling/meanings of the adverb suffixes LY, WARD, WISE.	Explain that words containing these suffixes are adverbs.

Teach the spelling/meanings of at least 50 more pairs of homophones.	Give the spelling/meanings of at least 50 more pairs of homophones.

Provide opportunities for students to analyze the spelling/meanings of unfamiliar words based on the spelling/meanings of the individual word elements.	Analyze the spelling/meanings of unfamiliar words based on the spelling/meanings of the individual word elements.

Regularly and systematically teach spelling/vocabulary words taken from professional lists prepared for grade level.	Spell and use words regularly and correctly from professional lists prepared for grade level.

Teach the spelling and different shades of meaning of at least 50 more pairs of words that are close in meaning (e.g., accident/mishap, acknowledge/admit, adjacent/contiguous).	Identify the spelling and different shades of meaning of at least 50 more pairs of words that are close in meaning (e.g., accident/mishap, acknowledge/admit, adjacent/contiguous).

Provide opportunities for students to add to cumulative, individualized record of new spelling/vocabulary words found in literature selections.	Add to cumulative, individualized record of new spelling/vocabulary words found in literature selections.

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