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CAHSEE on Target
English Language Arts Curriculum
Published by
The University of California, Davis,
School/University Partnerships Program
2006
Director
Sarah R. Martinez, School/University Partnerships, UC Davis
Developed and Written by
Syma Solovitch, School/University Partnerships, UC Davis
Reviewers
Jennifer Osborne, UC Davis English Graduate
Faith Paul, School/University Partnerships, UC Davis
Linda Whent, School/University Partnerships, UC Davis
Sarah Rees, School/University Partnerships, UC Davis
Design and Layout
Bo Botelli, Publications Coordinator
Jack Zhang, Publications Assistant
Advising Services, UC Davis
The CAHSEE on Target curriculum was made possible by
funding and support from the California Academic Partnership Program,
GEAR UP, and the University of California Office of the President.
We also gratefully acknowledge the contributions of those teachers
and administrators at Sacramento High School and Woodland High School
who piloted the CAHSEE on Target curriculum.
Copyright The Regents of the University of California, Davis campus, 2005-06
All Rights Reserved. Pages intended to be reproduced for students activities
may be duplicated for classroom use. All other text may not be reproduced in any form
without the express written permission of the copyright holder.
For further information,
please visit the School/University Partnerships Web site at:
http://sup.ucdavis.edu
CAHSEE on Target
What is
CAHSEE on Target?
CAHSEE on Target is a tutoring
course specifically designed for
the California High School Exit Exam
(CAHSEE). The goal of the program is to
pinpoint each students areas of weakness
and to then address those weaknesses
through classroom and small group instruction,
concentrated review, computer tutorials and
challenging games.
Each student will receive a separate workbook for
each strand and will use these workbooks during
their tutoring sessions. These workbooks will
present and explain each concept covered
on the CAHSEE, and introduce effective
strategies for reading comprehension,
essay writing, and text revision.
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While there are only seven CAHSEE questions that directly test your
word analysis skills, the ability to approximate the meaning of unfamiliar
words is a skill that comes into play whenever we read and will be key to
your success in every CAHSEE strand (including math).
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CAHSEE Example
1. What does delicate mean as used in the following sentence?
Now more than 100 years old, many of Andersens delicate paper cuttings
still exist in a museum in Denmark devoted to his work.
A. thin
B. fragile
C. creative
D. old
Passage: The Remarkable Paper Cuttings of Hans Christian Anderson
Source: California Department of Education, 2004
In the example above, underline your clue words.
What is the correct answer?
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B. Signal Words
Context clues often follow signal words and phrases. These alert
or signal to the reader that an important clue is coming.
Pay attention to these words when you are reading; they will help
you figure out the meaning of unfamiliar words.
Lets reexamine an earlier example:
Example: In college, you can choose courses from a broad range
of academic disciplines, such as history, economics, mathematics,
and psychology.
In the sentence above, the phrase such as signals to the reader
that examples of academic disciplines will follow. Even if you
are unfamiliar with the meaning of an academic discipline,
you are probably familiar with all of the examples (history, economics,
mathematics, psychology). You can therefore conclude that a discipline
is a branch of instruction or learning.
Example: The Sacramento Bee is a quotidian publication because
it is put out every day.
In this sentence, because is a signal word. It alerts the reader
that an explanation follows. Here, the words every day define
the word quotidian.
Example: Unlike Robin, who is full of life, Rachel is lackluster.
In this sentence, unlike is a signal word. It lets the reader know
that lackluster can be contrasted with full of life.
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and
such as
like
similar to
because
because of
since
in other words
however
although
though
despite
but
in contrast to
rather
unlike
on the other hand
as opposed to
nevertheless
yet
while
for example
for instance
such as
like
other
one kind
includes, including
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B. destroyed
C. rejuvenated
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D. expanded
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Same Direction
Change Direction
and
however
because, since
although, though
including
nevertheless
in fact
but
indeed
in contrast to
; (semi-colon)
rather
: (colon)
despite, yet
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Charge Words
negative:
neutral:
Charge Words
Charge Words
happy
frightened
work
honest
angry
change
brave
lazy
brunette
smile
cry
telephone
Exercise: For each sentence, write the charge of the underlined word.
1. When Mrs. Brown saw the horrible mess her students had made while she was absent,
she became livid.
What is the charge of livid? ________
2. I try to overlook many things, said Mr. Dalton, but this mistake is so egregious
that I will have to take action!
What is the charge of egregious? ________
Note: If word is difficult to pronounce or decode, substitute it for xxxxx,
or blah blah blah. It wont affect its meaning.
3. Fred was confident that he had performed well. Several people in the audience
went even further and called his performance superlative.
What is the charge of superlative? ________
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7. Jason is a genuine raconteur: he excels at telling stories that fascinate his listeners.
Signal Word/s or Punctuation Marks: ________________________________________
Context Clues: __________________________________________________________
Direction: ________
Charge of raconteur: ________
Meaning of raconteur: ____________________________________________________
8. The divorce was extremely acrimonious. The husband and wife had really come
to hate one another.
Signal Word/s or Punctuation Marks: ________________________________________
Context Clues: __________________________________________________________
Direction: ________
Charge of acrimonious: ________
Meaning of acrimonious: __________________________________________________
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Engagement
Excel:
___________________________
Propel:
Repel:
___________________________
Censor:
___________________________
Dcor:
___________________________
Converse:
___________________________
Repute:
___________________________
___________________________
Circulation
Emotive:
___________________________
Exemplify:
___________________________
Brevity:
___________________________
Nutrient:
___________________________
Unison:
___________________________
Spacious:
___________________________
Salutation:
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Roots combine with prefixes and suffixes to form new words. Often, you can take apart
(or deconstruct) an unknown word by examining each individual part.
Example: The Latin root -tract- means to pull. You can combine it with the prefix de-,
which means away to get the word detract. Detract means to pull away.
Example: Now lets combine the root -tract- with the prefix re-, which means again or
back. The word retract, means to pull back.
On Your Own:
The Greek prefix bio- means life and the Greek suffix -ology means the study of.
What does the word biology mean?
_____________________________________________________________________________
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The root -cardio- means heart and the suffix -ologist means one who studies.
What does the word cardiologist mean?
_____________________________________________________________________________
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The prefix auto- means self. The prefix bio- means life.
The root -graph- means to write. The suffix -ical means pertaining to,
or about.
What does the word autobiography mean?
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A. Roots
In general, roots serve the role of nouns, verbs and adjectives.
Look at the examples for each root and see if you can figure out the meaning.
Root
Meaning
Examples
-ambul-
to walk
-audi-
to hear
-cardio-
heart
-bene-
good, well
-chron-
time
-cide-, -cis-
to kill, to cut
-cred-
to believe
-cycl-
circle, wheel
-dei-, -div-
God, god
-demo-
people
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Root
Meaning
Examples
-dict-
speak
-duc-, -duct-
to lead, pull
-dyn-, -dyna-
power
-flu-, -flux-
flow
-flect-, -flex-
to bend
-graph-, -gram-
to write
-jac-, -ject-
to throw
-lat-
side
-man-
hand
manual
-meter-
measure
-mit-, -miss-
to send
-morph-
shape
polymorphic, morpheme
-psyche-
mind
psychology, psychologist
-pel-
to drive
-pend-
to hang
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Root
Meaning
Examples
-phot-
light
photograph, photosynthesis
-port-
to carry
-quest-
ask
-sanct-
holy
-scrib-, -script-
to write
-sect-, -sec-
cut
-spect-
to look
-syn-
together
-tele-
distance, from
afar
-temp-
time
temporary, temporal
-theo-, -the-
God
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Root
Meaning
Examples
-tract-
to pull, drag,
draw
-veh-, -vect-
to carry
vehicle, convection
-vert-, -vers-
to turn
-vita-
life
-volve-
to roll
revolve, revolution
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Prefix
Meaning
Examples
ab-
ante-
before
anti-, ant-
against, opposite
auto-
self
circum-
around
co-
together
con-, com-
with, together
contra-, counter-
against, opposite
de-
from, down,
away
dia-
through, across,
between
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Prefix
Meaning
Examples
away, not,
negative
equi-
equal
e-, ex-
exter-, extra-
outside of
hetero-
other
heterogeneous, heterosexual
homo-
same
hyper-
over, above
hypo-
in-, im-
not
infra-
beneath
infrared, infrastructure
inter-, intro-
between
intra-
within, into
intravenous
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Prefix
Meaning
Examples
mal-
bad, badly
mega-
great, million
meta-
beyond, change
micro-
small
microcosm, microscope
mis-
bad, badly,
wrong
multi-
many
neo-
new
non-
not
nonabrasive, nondescript
omni-
all
poly-
many
pan-
all
post-
after
pre-
before
re-
back, again
retro-
backwards
retrospective, retroactive
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Prefix
Meaning
Examples
semi-
half
sub-
under, below
super-, supra-
above
tele-
distance,
from afar
therm-, thermo-
heat
trans-
across
un-
not
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Prefix
Meaning
Examples
mono-
one
uni-
one
bi-
two
di-
two
tri-
three
quat-, quad-
four
quint-, penta-
five
six
sept-
seven
septet, septennial
oct-
eight
non-
nine
nonagon, nonagenarian
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Prefix
Meaning
Examples
dec-, deka-
ten
deci-
tenth
decimal
cent-
hundred
centi-
hundredth
centipede, centimeter
mill-, kilo-
thousand
millennium, kilobyte
milli-
thousandth
milligram, millimeter
mega-
million
megabyte
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Suffix
Meaning
Examples
-able
forms adjectives
and means capable of
manageable, respectable,
likeable, flexible
-al
relating to
logical
-ation
beautification, purification
-ence, -ance
condition
confidence, radiance
-ful
full of
-ic, -ical
pertaining to
scientific, biological,
psychological, medical
-ician
beautician, electrician
-ify
-ism
practice
-ist, -gist
scientist, psychologist
-less
without
-ology
study of
sociology, psychology
-ous
having, full of
wondrous
-phile
love
audiophile, Francophile
-phobia-
fear
claustrophobia, hydrophobia
-phon-
sound
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Example: The man was immutable; even his wife couldnt get him to change his ways.
1. Context Clues:
Signal: The semicolon (;) signals that an explanation is coming.
Text Around it: His wife couldnt get him to change his mind
(explanation of why the man is immutable)
Charge:
Direction:
2. Structural Clues: Adjective to describe a character trait
3. Deconstruction: I recognize a similar word: mutate, which means to change;
the prefix im- means not; the suffix -able means able to or capable of.
The word immutable means not changeable.
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Vocabulary Exercise
Use all of your vocabulary strategies (Context Clues, Structural Clues, Direction,
Charge, Word Association, Deconstructing the Word) to decipher the meaning
of the underlined word in each sentence below. Beneath the sentence,
write what you think it means.
1. Our cross-country road trip was leisurely; we took our time and were able
to see many wonderful places.
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2. The president hopes for bipartisan support.
____________________________________________________________________________
3. I sued my doctor for malpractice.
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4. Sometimes external forces cause major changes in our lives.
____________________________________________________________________________
5. Please expel that noisy group from the library.
____________________________________________________________________________
6. In this country, there is a huge chasm between the rich and poor.
____________________________________________________________________________
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Part II:
Now, working in pairs, invent your own nonsense words (blablablum, popodo).
For each word, make up your own definition, write it down, and then create
a contextual sentence using the word. Underline the nonsense word in
each sentence. Give your classmates these sentences and see if they can guess
the definition based on your sentence.
Part III:
Look up words in the dictionary and choose one that is especially challenging
(for example, epidemiologist). Write a sentence using your word and provide
sufficient context so that your classmates can deduce the meaning of the word.
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