English 4 & 4H: 11/4/11

1. Read and study page R73 related to word parts: prefix, suffix, root words


2. Pick up word parts handout and make it a part of your notebook resources


3. Do the following project in order: A. Break down the word "antidisestablishmentarianism" into its word parts. B. Define each of the word parts from the handout. C. Come up with your best guess definition. D. Check your definition against the real one, which you can find in a dictionary or online. E. Explain how well or poorly you guessed and why.


4. Hobbit #15: Read from 165 to 170. Assign: find twenty words that have prefixes and/or suffixes


5. Beginning 11/14, there will be a vocabulary test every Monday and Tuesday for four weeks. They appropriate homework will be required for each set of words on each test day.