English 4 and 4H: 9/4, 5/12

1. Guiding questions
• What is the value of knowing word parts?
• How does figurative language enrich understanding?
• What techniques help you understand complex text?
2. Bell Ringer
• For the word: antidisestablishtarianism
• Use your word parts handout
• Break the word into its parts: prefix, suffix, root word
• Define each of the parts
• Do your best to guess the meaning of the word from what you've done
3. Activities:
• Complete bell ringer
• Ask students for their definition of the bell ringer.
• Give a complete definition and explanation with the value of why we study word parts
• Give students additional time to complete Beowulf assignment and take up all related work
• While students work, have them sign up and receive their eBook or hardbound copy. All have instructions for the online book
• Have students identify issues with reading and understanding Beowulf
• Find best solutions and techniques that will help overcome the problem