This bundle contains the Word-Building Suffixes, Common Prefixes, and Using Word Roots to Understand Vocabulary packets, but costs over 15% less as a bundle than each packet would cost individually. It has 55 pages of explanation, practice, and game activities in addition to answer keys for each worksheet. It's a good introduction to word decoding and gives a basic understanding of how prefixes, roots and suffixes work together to show word meanings. It includes examples, explanation, practice worksheets, and game ideas, including: > 7 pages of suffix worksheets as well as explanations, a suffix table with brainstorming ideas, a poster, a quiz, and answer sheets, > Explanations of the main types of prefixes (including examples of many negative prefixes), 5 pages of worksheets practicing prefixes of various types, a prefix table with suggestions and space for brainstorming more examples, > Examples and practice (gap-fills, multiple choice, matching, and games) for over 30 important Latin and Greek roots, including 3 pages on Greek roots, 2 on sensory roots (aud, vid, spect, etc.) and 1-2 pages each on words made from cedere (access, exceed, preceding, procedure, successive, etc.), and 2 other especially high-value roots, pointing out Spanish cognates (as well as warning about false cognates like sensible, which means sensitive in Spanish.) It also includes includes suggestions for teaching roots and practicing them with several games, including 'memory' (or 'Concentration')-- with 4 sets of memory cards to practice 24 words and meanings from the roots in the packet.

Teach the basic academic vocabulary needed to understand test instructions, writing prompts, and academic discussions. In these six or seven lessons, students read and practice the words in multiple ways including by proofreading an essay, completing task cards and a crossword, and choosing the best thesis statements for suggested essays. It’s important for English Language Learners to fully understand the words used in writing instructions and test prompts so that they know what they are expected to do. Understanding basic academic vocabulary will also help reading comprehension and class participation. These lessons offer several ways to differentiate instruction, so that several of them (especially on essay writing and proofreading) will work for classes with native speakers as well as English learners. The lessons in this packet show the ways about 30 important verbs (and related nouns and adjectives, as well as a few lone nouns or adjectives) can be used. The words appear first in short texts about essay writing. They are practiced multiple times in example essays, task cards, and a crossword so students can see them in different contexts, use them themselves, and have a chance to really acquire them. Key vocabulary, mainly in order of use in essays and task cards: analyze (including analysis and analytical), conclude/ conclusion, determine (etc.), evaluate, identify, interpret, predict (all from the Scientific Method essay, as well as bias, evidence, and valid from its glossary– not on cards). The most basic verbs for instructions, in “Sharing Ideas”: demonstrate, explain, illustrate, describe, respond, integrate, develop (and in comparison essay) compare, contrast, similar, distinguish. Essay Organization: organize, consequence, significance, persuade, argue, support, oppose, thesis, specific, transition, summarize, (and from Transitions practice: access), then imagine, imply (and related practice with infer), and transform from the essay on Consequences/Proofreading practice.) These lessons can help ELLs ease into essay writing, with some explanation of what is expected in an essay in English, then several example essays, practice with transition words and proofreading, before they need to write themselves.

This Word Detective bundle is an introduction to basic academic vocabulary and word decoding skills, affixes, roots, and context clues. It includes the lessons, worksheets, games, and other practice materials in four of my packets, at a discount: the Word Detectives packet (with several high interest reading selections and practice activities), the Word-Building Suffix, Common Prefix, and Roots packets. The bundle allows great flexibility, as most activities after the first week will fit into 15 minutes or sometimes half an hour, with some reviews even shorter. It explicitly teaches about 33 important academic words with multiple ways to practice them (most 6-8 times-- enough for a student to acquire the words and fix them in long-term memory) as well as many roots and affixes and reading comprehension skills. Contents: 3 pages teaching notes for the Word Detective bundle Word Detectives packet: 5 lesson plans with engaging readings, worksheets for vocabulary and reading comprehension skills including inferences, close reading, word analysis, and and context clues, with related games and quizzes-- about 1 week. (The word analysis lessons are also in the root and affix bundles below, and you might want to teach some of them later. ) Word-Building Suffix packet: worksheets and suffix practice, 2-3 days (or 15 minutes to 1/2 hour spread over several weeks) Common Prefixes packet: prefix examples and practice, 1-2 days Roots packet, 15 minutes to half an hour for 5 days or so, as well as games when time permits or students finish their work early. It’s a high-interest introduction to academic vocabulary and word recognition skills.