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Root of the Week = JECT

Remember: 

• Study vocabulary cards ALL WEEK
• Flash cards due WEDNESDAY
• THURSDAY = TEST & the practice sheet DUE

The root is ject. This root comes from the Latin, jacere, meaning to throw. Here are your ten words for the week:

1. dejected adj. – Feeling sad; feeling thrown down “in the dumps”.

2. eject v. – to throw out, as a player from a game or a pilot from a burning fighter jet.

3. injection n., inject v. – a shot of medicine given via syringe and needle by a doctor or nurse; to “throw something in”, such as injecting fuel into an engine.

4. interjection n. - a word thrown into the middle of a conversation or a thought train.

5. jettison v. – to throw cargo or fuel overboard from a boat or plane to lighten it so it will not sink as fast.

6. projectile n. – an object thrown into the air with great force, such as a bullet or a rocket.

7. projector n. – a machine that throws an image onto a wall or screen.

8. reject v. – to throw out a defective object; to deny an argument.

9. subject v. – to throw oneself under the rule of another.

10. trajectory n. – the curved path of an object thrown into the air.

As always, we are interested in any ject words you can think of, too! How about conjecture? Or maybe abject? Worry about the ten words above first.

Bryant Travel Project Research Example: Must Visit Place

If you can ignore the terrible quality of this document, the information inside will be helpful in completing your research sheets.

Research Example 

TSB Vocab Pretest

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Story Elements Notes (Reading)

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Root of the Week (Test on Friday)

 

• emancipate  v. - To set free, the way Abe Lincoln emancipated the slaves during the Civil War, he took them out of the hands of their masters.
• manacles n. - Well, we say handcuffs, but I like manacles better as a way of describing that gilhickie that holds a thief's hands together.
• manager n. - This is the person who has the running of the store, the shop, the city in his or her hands; when I like what an employee does, I tell his or her manager.
• mandate n. - This is an imperative or a rule put into your hands that you must follow and enforce; a law, or an order that must be obeyed.
• maneuver n., v. - To skillfully or handily avoid an obstacle, go around something adroitly. (Oops! Droit is a French root. We'll get to that later.
• manicure n., v. - This is a pedicure for your hands. Didn't think this weeks words had any connection to last weeks words, didja?
• manipulate v. - To modify skillfully by hand;
• manual n., adj. - A handbook of instructions or guidelines for a process or piece of equipment; to be operated by hand, as in manual transmission; manually, adv. - done by hand.
• manufacture v. - to make by hand or produce with machines; to convert raw material into a product.
• manuscript n. - a book, article, or paper that is not yet published; it can be either typed or handwritten.

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Source: words and handouts for vocabulary are from the Learning Works publication: Greek and Latin Roots: Teaching Vocabulary to Improve Reading Comprehension by Trisha Callela

Applicable Standards:

 L.6.4. Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 6 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.

L.6.6. Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.

Applicable Targets:

I know the parts of a word

I can choose and use an appropriate resource when acquiring new vocabulary

I can describe the relationship between particular words

I can spell the word correctly

 

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