This twelve-lesson course systematically helps build student vocabulary and comprehension through the word roots approach. Each lesson pack includes slide decks, teacher notes and accompanying student worksheets. Try the first lesson slide deck, worksheet and teacher notes for free by clicking on these links here:
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Foundation Lesson 1: The origins of English A history of how today’s English came about, introducing the concept of ‘word roots’ using an exercise matching English words to their Latin ancestors.
Foundation Lesson 2: Ancient Roots in the English language Similar to the previous lesson, this one looks at how Ancient Greek gives us many words in English. The exercise gets students to match English words with their Ancient Greek origins.
Classical Culture in Modern Times Some places you may see a classical influence today, with a language-based exercise looking at modern Latin mottoes.
Inventing a Product Using knowledge of Latin roots, the students invent and name their own modern products.
Mythical Monster Making Create a novel monster from Ancient Greek compounds.
Latin Numbers An exploration of English words that have their roots in Latin number words.
Ancient Greek Numbers An exploration of English words that have their roots in Ancient Greek number words.
Dinosaur Compounds Investigate the Ancient Greek compounds used to make up dinosaur names, and then reveal a new dinosaur ‘discovery’ in the Palaeontology Times.
Scientific Classification The Latin binomial classification system (e.g. homo sapiens) broken down for a younger audience.
Preposition Roots Discover how Latin prepositions (e.g. circum, ex, in, per) pop up frequently in English, often as prefixes.
Antonym Prefixes Learn about the prefixes (from Latin and elsewhere) used in English to create opposites.