Name: Ashleigh Ramdorsingh

Date: 6/2/16
Instructor: Katie Rybakova
Demographic: You have a classroom of 19 students. 5 are on reduced-lunch (low
SES families). You have 2 ELL students, both who have been in the country for
several years and have had intensive ELL instruction in elementary school.
Your IEPs: (M denotes male, F denotes female)
Herbert Millner (M)- ADHD
Paten Vander (F)- Speech impairment
Lya Gross (F)- Mild dyslexia
Oliver Fore (M)- Mild autism
Title of Lesson
Making Sense of Spelling/8th grade
Purpose/rationale:
I am doing this lesson because I believe it is important for students to
learn about structure of words. One thing that helped me as I went through my
many literature classes was being able to understand words based on their
prefixes or suffixes. It becomes easier to identify the defi As the students prepare
to enter high school they will soon begin studying for their SAT and ACT. These
exams are made to test students knowledge on information that they have
learned throughout middle and high school. Many of the concepts they are tested
on were taught several years ago.
By teaching the students how to recognize prefixes and suffixes the
students will be able to freshen their memory on concepts they have learned
already. They will also be able to use this as a tool when reading passages,
writing papers, and ultimately taking exams. According to LAFS.8.l.3.4, 8 th grade

students should be able to determine or clarify the meaning of unknown or

multiple-meaning words or phrases. Students should be able to meet this
requirement, after this lesson, by learning how to recognize the meaning of parts
of words that make up a whole word.
I will incorporate this lesson towards the beginning of the year. This timing
is appropriate because this is a lesson that the students can use throughout the
entire year. When doing this lesson, we, as a class, can create visuals such as
charts and word walls bearing the facts that they learned about spelling. This way
students will be able to refer to them throughout the year.
Before this lesson students should have been gone through two years of
middle school reading and vocabulary lessons. In both sixth and seventh grade,
students will be reading young adult novels and learning new vocabulary
regularly. After this lesson, students will be able to understand the structure of the
English language better. Words in the English language are structured in such a
way that if they were split into several parts, the individual parts each have a
particular meaning. When these parts are put together to make a word they
create a new meaning. My goal is for my students to be able to identify the
meaning of parts of words instead of whole words. This way they will be able to
understand more words simply by recognizing its parts.
This is a flipped lesson; therefore the students should have watched the
Making Sense of Spelling video at home. They will use all of the class time to
discuss, practice and collaborate on the lesson at hand.
Florida Standards:
LAFS.8.L.3.4 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning
words or phrases.
b.Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to
the
meaning of a word.

Objectives:
SWBAT evaluate the definition a word by distinguishing the meaning of its parts.

Materials:
Flipped lesson video (used as homework the previous night):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=0mbuwZK0lr8&list=PLF9A468788928A351&index=21

Access to the Internet and projector

Posters and markers
Anticipatory set:
For the first ten minutes of class, the students will write the definitions of a prefix,
suffix, and root word. They will also write three words each containing either a
prefix, suffix, or root word that can be easily distinguished. They will identify the
prefix, suffix, and root word in each word that they come up with. While the
students are doing their anticipatory set, the teacher will be booting up the
projector and Internet.
Teaching Strategy/Procedure/Activity:
Time

Student is doing

Teacher is doing

10 minutes

See anticipatory set

See anticipatory set

10 minutes

When the students finish

After the students are done

with their bell ringer, a few

with their anticipatory set,

students will share their

the teacher will start a

definition and words they

discussion with the

wrote down. They will then

students. The teacher will

have a discussion with the

ask for volunteers to read

teacher about their

their definitions and words

thoughts on the video. They

from their bell ringers. The

will be discussing what they

teacher will then ask them

learned from the video and

how the video they watched

discuss how it helped them

helped them come up with

come up with words for

these words. The teacher

their bell ringer.

will guide the discussion so

that the students will talk

about their thoughts on the

video and what they
learned from it.
10 minutes

After the discussion, the

The teacher will display a

students will listen to the

list of prefixes, suffixes and

teacher and pay attention to

roots with their meanings

the projection displayed.

and examples. These lists

The students will respond

can be very extensive so it

the any questions that the

is important to pay attention

teacher might ask.

to the time. Students do not

need to learn every single
root, prefix and suffix. The
teacher will show the
student how to dissect a
word. For example: aside is
dissected into a-side. The
teacher will choose several
examples to show the
students and ask the
students to identify some of
their own.

15 minutes

For the rest of the period

As the students start on the

students will get into groups

group work, the teacher will

of 3 or 4 and each group

take time visit each group

with take a poster and a few

and get an idea of what

markers. The students will

they are working on. The

create a poster stating rules

teacher will give advice to

on how to dissect a word,

groups as the teacher sees

how to identify the meaning

fit and will help student

of each part of the word,

expand on the subjects they

and create a few examples

are already working on. The

using sentences.

teacher will also pay

attention to the time so that
they can use the last bit of

class to share some of their

ideas and put their posters
up on the walls.
5 minutes

Once the students have

Once the groups have

finished, one or two groups

finished, the teacher will

will be asked to volunteer

ask the students to

the information they have

volunteer to present their

written. The students will

posters. The teacher will

show the class the

ask the students to show

examples they came up

some of their examples and

with and the way in which

how they dissected their

they dissected their words.

words. After this the

At the end of class the

teacher will have the

students will listen as the

students put their posters

teacher gives a summary of

up on the wall and finish by

the lesson.

having a closing discussion

about what they learned
that day and how they can
use prefixes, suffixes and
roots to help with their
writing throughout the year.

Summary/Closure:
After the lesson, we will finish by having a closing discussion about what they
learned that day and how they can use prefixes, suffixes and roots to help with
their writing throughout the year.
Assessment:

Formal assessment: The teacher will grade the students on their posters
based on participation and completion of all parts. Since the teacher will
be visiting each group at least once, the teacher will be able to judge
participation.

Informal assessment: The teacher will assess the students based on the
responses given during discussion time. The students were to watch a
video prior to the lesson, therefore they should be able to participate fully
in the in-class discussion.

Homework/follow-up assignment:
None
Accommodations/adaptations:
ELLs: Given that the students have had intensive English instruction in
elementary school and have been in the country for several years, I think that
integrating them into the groups with the rest of the students would be the best
option. If needed, I can pair the students with another bilingual student in case
they need help understanding something. Dissecting words should help them
with English instruction so keeping them engaged by maybe asking them direct
questions and keeping them in groups will be helpful for them.
Herbert (ADHD): A student with ADHD will have tendencies to get distracted. The
teacher will pay attention to keeping the student engaged. The teacher will
provide preferential seating, for the student, to eliminate their distractions. The
teacher could ask the student to share their bell ringer at the beginning of class in
order to get them engaged from the start and the teacher could also reach out to
him during group work to make sure he has understood what they have been
doing and give him some advice on how to help with the assignment
Paten (Speech impairment): I would not force a student with a speech impairment
to talk excessively during discussion. If the student wishes to add to the
discussion or share her work then I will make sure she gets the chance. Also if
she does not want to speak too much in her group, I would have their group
discuss their thoughts and have Paten draw up the poster.
Lya (Mild dyslexia): For Lya I would want her to write a little bit more in her bell
ringer about what she learned from the video. I will ask her for a few more

examples as well. This is just to make sure that she has fully understood the
video and will be able to participate in the discussion.
Oliver (Mild autism): I would provide the student who has mild autism with
preferential seating to keep this student engaged and comfortable. I would
provide this preI will make sure to keep my physical appearance always in his line
of view so that he has a focal point to pay attention to. I will make sure to speak
to him directly, as well, during the group work to make sure he has fully
understood the lesson.
Attachments/Appendices:
Youtube video (for previous night): https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=0mbuwZK0lr8&list=PLF9A468788928A351&index=21

List of Prefixes, suffixes and roots: http://www.prefixsuffix.com/rootchart.php

Roots/Prefix/Suffix List AF
Root, Prefix
or Suffix

Meaning

Examples

a, ac, ad, af,

ag, al, an, ap,
as, at

to, toward, near, in addition

to, by

aside, accompany, adjust, aggression, allocate,

annihilate, affix, associate, attend, adverb

a-, an-

not, without

apolitical, atheist, anarchy, anonymous, apathy,

aphasia, anemia

ab, abs

away from, off

absolve, abrupt, absent

-able, -ible

Adjective: worth, ability

solvable, incredible

acer, acid,
acri

bitter, sour, sharp

acerbic, acidity, acrid, acrimony

act, ag

do, act, drive

active, react, agent, active, agitate

acu

sharp

acute, acupuncture, accurate

-acy, -cy

Noun: state or quality

privacy, infancy, adequacy, intimacy, supremacy

-ade

act, product, sweet drink

blockade, lemonade

aer, aero

air, atmosphere, aviation

aerial, aerosol, aerodrome

ag, agi, ig,

act

do, move, go

agent, agenda, agitate, navigate, ambiguous, acti

-age

Noun: activity, or result of

action

courage, suffrage, shrinkage, tonnage

agri, agro

pertaining to fields or soil

agriculture, agroindustry

-al

Noun: action, result of action

referral, disavowal, disposal, festival

-al, -ial, -ical

Adjective: quality, relation

structural, territorial, categorical

alb, albo

white, without pigment

albino, albite

ali, allo, alter

other

alias, alibi, alien, alloy, alter, alter ego, altruism

alt

high, deep

altimeter, altitude

am, ami,
amor

love, like, liking

amorous, amiable, amicable, enamoured

ambi

both

ambidextrous

ambul

to walk

ambulatory, amble, ambulance, somnambulist

-an

Noun: person

artisan, guardian, historian, magician

ana, ano

up, back, again, anew

anode, anagram, anagenetic

-ance, -ence

Noun: action, state, quality or

process

resistance, independence, extravagance, fraudule

-ancy, -ency

Noun: state, quality or

capacity

vacancy, agency, truancy, latency

andr, andro

male, characteristics of men

androcentric, android

ang

angular

angle

anim

mind, life, spirit, anger

animal, animate, animosity

ann, annu,
enni

yearly

annual, annual, annuity, anniversary, perrenial

-ant, -ent

Noun: an agent, something

that performs the action

disinfectant, dependent, fragrant

-ant, -ent,
-ient

Adjective: kind of agent,

indication

important, dependent, convenient

ante

before

anterior, anteroom, antebellum, antedate, anteced

antediluvian

anthrop

man

anthropology, misanthrope, philanthropy

anti, ant

against, opposite

antisocial, antiseptic, antithesis, antibody, antinom

antifreeze, antipathy

anti, antico

old

antique, antiquated, antiquity

apo, ap, aph

away from, detached, formed

apology, apocalypse, aphagia

aqu

water

aqueous

-ar, -ary

Adjective: resembling, related

to

spectacular, unitary

arch

chief, first, rule

archangel, architect, archaic, monarchy, matriarch

patriarchy, Archeozoic era

-ard, -art

Noun: characterized

braggart, drunkard, wizard

aster, astr

star

aster, asterisk, asteroid, astronomy, astronaut

-ate

Noun: state, office, fuction

candidate, electorate, delegate

-ate

Verb: cause to be

graduate, ameliorate, amputate, colligate

-ate

Adjective: kind of state

inviolate

-ation

Noun: action, resulting state

specialization, aggravation, alternation

auc, aug, aut

to originate, to increase

augment , author, augment, auction

aud, audi,
aur, aus

to hear, listen

audience, audio, audible, auditorium, audiovisual,

audition, auricular, ausculate

aug, auc

increase

augur, augment, auction

aut, auto

self

automobile, automatic, automotive, autograph,

autonomous, autoimmune

bar

weight, pressure

barometer

be

on, around, over, about,

excessively, make, cause,
name, affect

berate, bedeck, bespeak, belittle, beleaguer

belli

war

rebellion, belligerent, casus belli, bellicose

bene

good, well, gentle

benefactor, beneficial, benevolent, benediction,

beneficiary, benefit

bi, bine

two

biped, bifurcate, biweekly, bivalve, biannual

bibl, bibli,
biblio

book

bibliophile, bibliography, Bible

bio, bi

life

biography, biology, biometricsm biome, biosphere

brev

short

abbreviate, brevity, brief

cad, cap, cas,

ceiv, cept,
capt, cid, cip

to take, to seize, to hold

receive, deceive, capable, capacious, captive, acc

capture, occasion, concept, intercept, forceps, exc
reciprocate

cad, cas

to fall

cadaver, cadence, cascade

-cade

procession

motorcade

calor

heat

calorie, caloric, calorimeter

capit, capt

head

decapitate, capital, captain, caption

carn

flesh

carnivorous, incarnate, reincarnation, carnal

cat, cata,
cath

down, with

catalogue, category, catheter

caus, caut

burn, heat

caustic, cauldron, cauterize

cause, cuse,
cus

cause, motive

because, excuse, accusation

ceas, ced,
cede, ceed,
cess

to go, to yield, move, go,

surrender

succeed, proceed, precede, recede, secession, e

succession

cent

hundred

centennial, century, centipede

centr, centri

center

eccentricity, centrifugal, concentric, eccentric

chrom

color

chrome, chromosome, polychrome, chromatic

chron

time

chronology, chronic, chronicle chronometer,

anachronism, synchronize

cide, cis, cise

to kill, to cut, cut down

fratricide, homicide, incision, incision, circumcision

scissors

circum

around

circumnavigate, circumflex, circumstance, circumc

circumference, circumorbital, circumlocution,
circumvent, circumscribe, circulatory

cit

call, start

incite, citation, cite

civ

citizen

civic, civil, civilian, civilization

clam, claim

cry out

exclamation, clamor, proclamation, reclamation, a

clin

lean, bend

decline, aclinic, inclination

clud, clus
claus

to close, shut

include, exclude, clause, claustrophobia, enclose,

exclusive, reclusive, conclude

with, together

cohesiveness, cognate, collaborate, convene,

commitment, compress, contemporary, converge,
compact, confluence, convenient, concatenate, co
combine, correct

co, cog, col,

coll, con,
com, cor

cogn, gnos

to know

recognize, cognizant, diagnose, agnostic, incogni

prognosis

com, con

fully

complete, compel, conscious, condense, confess,

confirm

contr, contra,
counter

against, opposite

contradict, counteract, contravene, contrary, coun

contrapuntal

cord, cor,
cardi

heart

cordial, concord, discord, courage, encourage

corp

body

corporation, corporal punishment, corpse, corpule

corpus luteum

cort

correct

escort, cortage

cosm

universe, world

cosmos, microcosm, cosmopolitan, cosmonaut

cour, cur,
curr, curs

run, course

occur, excursion, discourse, courier, course

crat, cracy

rule

autocrat, aristocrat, theocracy, technocracy

cre, cresc,
cret, crease

grow

create, crescent, accretion, increase

crea

create

creature, recreation, creation

cred

believe

creed, credo, credence, credit, credulous, incredu

incredible

cresc, cret,
crease, cru

rise, grow

crescendo, concrete, increase, decrease, accrue

crit

separate, choose

critical, criterion, hypocrite

cur, curs

run

current, concurrent, concur, incur, recur, occur, co

precursor, cursive

cura

care

curator, curative, manicure

cycl, cyclo

wheel, circle, circular

Cyclops, unicycle, bicycle, cyclone, cyclic

de-

from, down, away, to do the

opposite, reverse, against

detach, deploy, derange, decrease, deodorize, de

deflate, degenerate

dec, deca

ten, ten times

decimal, decade, decalogue, decimate, decathlon

dec, dign

suitable

decent decorate dignity

dei, div

God

divinity, divine, deity, divination, deify

dem, demo

people, populace, population

democracy, demography, demagogue, epidemic

dent, dont

tooth

dental, denture, orthodontist, periodontal

derm

skin, covering

hypodermic, dermatology, epidermis, taxidermy

di-, dy-

two, twice, double

divide, diverge, diglycerides

dia

through, across, between

diameter, diagonal, dialogue dialect, dialectic, diag

diachronic

dic, dict, dit

say, speak

dictation, dictionary, dictate, dictator, Dictaphone,

predict, verdict, contradict, benediction

dis, dif

not, opposite of, reverse,

separate, deprive of, away

dismiss, differ, disallow, disperse, dissuade, divide

disconnect, disproportion, disrespect, distemper,
disarray

dit

give

credit, audit

doc, doct

teach, prove

docile, doctor, doctrine, document, dogma, indoct

domin

master, that which is under

control

dominate, dominion, predominant, domain

don

give

donate, condone

dorm

sleep

dormant, dormitory

dox

thought, opinion, praise

orthodox, heterodox, paradox, doxology

-drome

run, step

syndrome, aerodrome, velodrome

duc, duct

to lead, pull

produce, abduct, product, transducer, viaduct,

aqueduct, induct, deduct, reduce, induce

dura

hard, lasting

durable, duration, endure

dynam

power

dynamo, dynamic, dynamite, hydrodynamics

dys-

bad, abnormal, difficult,

impaired, unfavorable

dysfunctional, dyslexia, dyspathy

e-

not, missing, out, fully, away,

computer network related

emit, embed, eternal,ether, erase, email, e-tailer

ec-

out of, outside

echo, eclipse, eclectic, ecesis, ecstasy, exzema

eco-

household, environment,
relating to ecology or
economy

ecology, economize, ecospheres, ecomanagemen

ecto-

outside, external

ectomorph, ectoderm, ectoplasm

-ed

Verb: past tense

dressed, faded, patted, closed, introduced

-ed

Adjective: having the quality

or characteristics of

winged, moneyed, dogged, tiered

-en

Verb: to cause to become

lengthen, moisten, sharpen

-en

Adjective: material

golden, woolen, silken

en-, em-

put into, make, provide with,

surround with

enamor, embolden, enslave, empower, entangle

-ence, -ency

Noun: action or process,

quality or state

reference, emergency, dependence, eminence, la

end-

inside, within

endorse, endocardial, endergonic, endoskeleton,

endoscope, endogenous

epi-

upon, close to, over, after,

altered

epicenter, epicarp, epilogue, epigone, epidiorite

equi-

equal

equidistant, equilateral, equilibrium, equinox, equa

equator

-er, -ier

Adjective: comparative

better, brighter, sooner, hotter, happier

-er, -or

Noun: person or thing that

does something

flyer, reporter, player, member, fryer, collector,

concentrator

-er, -or

Verb: action

ponder, dishonor, clamor

erg

work, effect

energy, erg, allergy, ergometer, ergograph, ergoph

-ery

collective qualities, art,

practice, trade, collection,
state, condition

snobbery, bakery, geenery, gallery, slavery

-es, -ies

Noun: plural of most nouns

ending in -ch, -s, -sh, -o and
-z and some in -f and -y

passes, glasses, ladies, heroes

-es, -ies

Verb: third person singular

present indicative of verbs
that end in -ch, -s, -sh, - and
some in -y

blesses, hushes, fizzes, defies

-ess

female

actress, goddess, poetess

-est, -iest

Adjective or Adverb:
superlative

latest, strongest, luckiest, lyingest

ev-, et-

time, age

medieval, eternal

ex-

out of, away from, lacking,

former

exit, exhale, exclusive, exceed, explosion, ex-may

exter-, extra-,
extro-

outside of, beyond

external, extrinsic, extraordinary, extrapolate,

extraneous, extrovert

fa, fess

speak

fable, fabulous, fame, famous, confess, profess

fac, fact, fec,

fect, fic, fas,
fea

do, make

difficult, fashion, feasible, feature, factory, fact, eff

manufacture, amplification, confection

fall, fals

deceive

fallacy, falsify, fallacious

femto

quadrillionth

femtosecond

fer

bear, carry

ferry, coniferous, fertile, defer, infer, refer, transfer

fic, feign, fain,

fit, feat

shape, make, fashion

fiction, faint, feign

fid

belief, faith

confide, diffident, fidelity

fid, fide, feder

faith, trust

confidante, fidelity, confident, infidelity, infidel, fede

confederacy, semper fi

fig

shape, form

figurem, effigy, figure, figment

fila, fili

thread

filigree, filament, filter, filet, filibuster

fin

end, ended, finished

final, finite, finish, confine, fine, refine, define, fina

fix

repair, attach

fix, fixation, fixture, affix, prefix, suffix

flex, flect

bend

flex, reflex, flexible, flexor, inflexibility, reflect,

deflect,circumflex

flict

strike

affliction, conflict, inflict

flu, fluc, fluv,

flux

flow

influence, fluid, flue, flush, fluently, fluctuate, reflux

influx

-fold

Adverb: in a manner of,

marked by

fourfold

for, fore

before

forecast, fortune, foresee

forc, fort

strength, strong

effort, fort, forte, fortifiable, fortify, forte, fortitude

form

shape, resemble

form, format, conform, formulate, perform, formal,

formula

fract, frag, frai

break

fracture, infraction, fragile, fraction, refract, frail

fuge

flee

subterfuge, refuge, centrifuge

-ful

Noun: an amount or quanity

mouthful

that fills
-ful

Adjective: having, giving,

marked by

fanciful

fuse

pour

confuse, transfuse

-fy

make, form into

falsify, dandify

Plan B:
If this lesson isnt working I will first have the students re-watch the video in class to
refresh their memories. Fortunately this video is from TEDEd. The TEDEd site has
Think About It questions for their videos. This section involves about six questions that
are related to the video and also go beyond the video and asks the audience to the more
about the concept. I would use thee questions in order for the students to have the visual
in front of them and to also get them thinking about the lesson as well as to spark a
discussion.