Short Story and Elements of Literature Continued

Second quarter is essentially an extension of first quarter with the addition of Latin and Greek Word parts.  In grades six through nine, we have all been given a list of word parts to share with the students in order to enhance their testing success on both Basic Skills Test (BST), but also college level entrance exams.  As you can see, this list has the core content areas linked with words that might appear in their curriculum, so that we can all assist students in making connections.

agri field agriculture, agrarian, agronomy sci      
alter other alternate, alternative, altercation   lit    
ambul walk, go ambulance, amble, preamble, circumambulate, somnambulant sci     ss
ang bend angle, triangle, quadrangle, angular     m  
auto, aut self automobile, autobiography, automatic, autograph   lit   ss
cap head cap, captain, capital, decapitate, caput        
ceive, cept take, receive receive, reception, accept, conception   lit    
deca ten decade, Decalogue, decathlon   lit    
dent tooth dentist, trident, dentifrice, indent   lit    
derm skin hypodermic, dermatology, epidermis, taxidermy sci      
div divide divide, divorce, division, dividend   lit m  
dont tooth orthodontist   lit    
fract break fracture, fraction   lit m  
frag break fragment, fragile   lit m  
germ vital, part germination, germane sci   m  
gon angle pentagon, octagon, diagonal, trigonometry        
ject throw project, inject, projectile sci lit    
jur law jurisdiction, jurisprudence, jury       ss
jus law justice, just, justify       ss
juven young juvenile, rejuvenate   lit   ss
lab work labor, laboratory, collaborate, elaborate sci lit m ss
leg  law legislature, legal, legalize        
lit letters literary, literature, literal, alliteration, obliterate   lit    
magn great magnificent, magnify, magnanimous, magnitude, magnum sci lit    
medi half, middle mediate, medieval, Mediterranean, mediocre   lit m  
min small, less minute, minor, minus, minimize   lit m  
multi many, much multifold, multitude, multimode, multiply   lit m  
mut change, interchange mutation, immutable, mutual, commute sci lit    
narr tell narrate, narrative, narrator   lit    
ocu eye oculist, binoculars, monocular   lit    
opt eye optician, optometrist, optic, optical   lit    
phob fear claustrophobia, acrophobia, xenophobia   lit    
plur more plural, plurality, pluralism       ss
pod foot podium, tripod, podiatrist   lit    
prim first primary, primitive, primal sci   m  
quer, quir ask, seek query, inquiry sci lit    
scribe write scribe, inscribe, describe, prescribe sci lit    
script write script, transcript, scripture   lit    
sect cut section, dissection, intersect, sect, bisect sci   m  
sequ follow sequel, consequence, subsequent, consecutive sci lit m ss
sim like, likeness simulation, simulate, assimilate, simile, simultaneous, similar sci lit m ss
solv loosen dissolve, resolve, solvent, solve   lit m  
strict draw tight constrict, restrict, stricture, strict   lit   ss
struct build