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Improve Comprehension: A Word Game Using Root Words and Affixes
Grades | 6 – 8 |
Lesson Plan Type | Standard Lesson |
Estimated Time | Three 45-minute sessions |
Lesson Author |
Berkeley, California |
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OVERVIEW
Middle school students love friendly competition, and word games can be an ideal context to help them study the meaning, structure, and spelling of words. In this lesson, students practice analyzing word meanings by learning root words and affixes. They work in a variety of ways with a list of about 20 common but challenging words to learn the definition and spelling of each. Then they get in small groups to design and play the Make-a-Word card game, during which they must form complete words with three cards: a prefix, a root word, and a suffix.
FEATURED RESOURCES
Make-a-Word Game Chart: This handy chart will help your students research and record the meaning of each prefix, root word, and suffix of the words listed.
FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE
Pressley, M. (2001). Comprehension instruction: What makes sense now, what might make sense soon. Reading Online, 5(2).
- Word-recognition skills must be developed to the point of fluency if comprehension benefits are to be maximized. In this way students can use their cognitive skills to focus on comprehension of the text.
- A first recommendation to educators who want to improve students' comprehension skills is to teach them to decode well.
- Experiments have shown that comprehension improves as a function of vocabulary instruction.