Escolar Documentos
Profissional Documentos
Cultura Documentos
Date:_______________________Period:________
Focus:GENUS,ORARE, TERRA
PREFIX
SUFFIX
ROOT
GENUS/origin,race,kind;
GENEAfamily,birth,descent,
ORALISmouth,opening(n)
Oraretospeak(v.)
alrelatingto(adjective)
logyscienceorstudyof(noun)
[yi before adding es]
having to do with,
-ory
TERRAearth(noun)
Terrestrisearthly(adj.)
-ly
COTTAbaked
A.Directions:MatcheachwordincolumnAtoitsdictionarydefinitionincolumnB.WRITETHELETTER
ONTHELINE!!!Ifyoudonotknowthedefinitionsofthewords,youmayuseadictionaryforPartA.
COLUMNA
1. g e n e a l o g i e s _ _ _ _ _
COLUMNB
A . n.abakedclayoftenusedtomakepotteryand
sculptures
2. oral_____
B.n.
formalpublicspeaking,theartofeloquence
3. orally______
C.adj.
done,taken,oradministeredthroughthemouth
4. o r a t o r y _ _ _ _ _ _
5. t e r r a c o t t a _ _ _ _ _
D . a d j . anaccountofthelineofancestrywithinafamily
E . adv. giventhrough,orinvolvingthemouth;spoken
Directions:UsethewordsfromColumnAforeachsentence.Useeachwordonlyonce.
1. Forcenturies,thebeliefs,values,andknowledgeofWestAfricanswerepasseddown
_____________________________fromonegenerationtothenext.
2. TheNok,atribeinNigeria,madesculpturesfrom__________________________,atypeof
bakedclay.
3. Inordertogiveagood______________________________,apersonshouldpracticetheir
speechsothattheydonotstumbleoveranywords.
4. WestAfricanseducatedtheiraudienceswithhistoricalaccountsand______________________,
orhistoriesofpeoplesancestry.
5. AttheendofourunitonMedievalWestAfrica,studentswillgivean_________________
presentationofaWestAfricanfolktale.
Name:____________________________________
Date:_______________________Period:________
DefiningWordsUsingtheWordParts
Definethefollowingwordsusingtheirwordpartsandidentifythepartofspeech:
Example:
Induction:(3)Prefix:inSuffix:ionRoot:duct
meaning:theactofleadinginto(Partofspeech:noun)
1.
g e n e a l o g i e s :(3)Prefix:___________Root:_____________________Suffix:_____________________
Meaning:__________________________________________________Partofspeech:(_____________________)
2.
o r a l :(2)Prefix:____________Root:__________________________Suffix:______________________
Meaning:________________________________________________Partofspeech:(_______________________)
3.
o r a l l y :(3)Prefix:_____________Root:_______________________Suffix:___________________
Meaning:________________________________________________Partofspeech:(_______________________)
4.
o r a t o r y :(2)Prefix:______________Root:_______________________Suffix:____________________
Meaning:_________________________________________________Partofspeech:(_____________________)
5.
t e r r a c o t t a :(2)Prefix:____________Root:___________________________Suffix:_________________
Meaning:________________________________________________Partofspeech:(_______________________)