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