Session 6

Sarah B. Gonzales
MAEd Language Education
(Candidate)
UP College of Education
▪ At the end of the session, the participants
will:
▪ infer the meaning of unfamiliar words using
knowledge of morphemes
▪ analyze the affixes and roots of “15 power words”
▪ give the meaning of the affixes of “15 power words”
▪ use knowledge of affixes to give meaning of other
words
▪ 15 Power Words; Pre/Suffixes and Roots. (n.d.).
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presuffixes-and-roots-flash-cards/
▪ 15 Power Words to Teach Greek and Latin
Prefixes and Roots [Digital image]. (n.d.).
Retrieved December 1, 2017, from
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inaudible
listen
not /hear
dismiss
transport
across
beyond
unsubscribe
not/
not/
under
under
 predict

before say
 remit
again/
send
back
encounter
in against
opposite
G Word to
r analyze
o
u
p
A offer off-against fer—carry
B inspect in—into, spect-see
towards, on
C epilogue epi-upon logue-
word/study
D antigen anti-against gen-
birth/produc
e
E empathy em-put feeling
 birth/produc
e
E empathy em-put feeling
into/make
F intermediate inter- med-middle
between
G destruction de—apart struct—build
from
H superimpose super-over, pose—put
above, in plce
1. offer off against fer carry, bear
2. inspect in into, towards, spect see
on
3. epilogue epi upon logue word, study
4. antigen anti against gen birth, produce
5. empathy em put into, make path feeling
6. intermediate inter between med/medi middle
7. destruction de apart from struct build
8. superimpose super, im over/above, in pose put, place
 Which
Definition is it?
 scribble
to to
write hear
 dispose
to put to
in throw
place away
 transcend
to go to go
beyon before
d the some-
limits one
 edict
pro- vote
nounce
-ment
 reimburse
buy repay
early or
refund
counterproductive
having
the
having
opposite the
of the ability
desired
effect
to cure
 spectator
a
person a person
who who
listens watches
 generate
to to
create limit
 intercede
help settle continue
differences
between a course
individuals of action
 apathetic
feeling
of no against
someone
feeling or
something
Morphe It!
 Morphe It!
Group morpheme
A trans
B dis
C gen
D dict
E path
F anti
G counter
H miss