Language+Arts

Welcome to the Language Arts page. We will be studying Language Arts using Reading and Writing Workshop. Our first unit of study is poetry!

Roots Prefixes Suffixes
 * name || origin || meaning || examples ||
 * corp || latin || body || corporal ||
 * culp || latin || guilty || culprit ||
 * anthrop || latin || man or human || anthropology ||
 * path || greek and latin || feeling or suffering || sympathy ||
 * spont ||  || by one's force || spontaneous ||
 * bell ||  || war || belligerent ||
 * dox || latin/greek || opinion/belief || paradox ||
 * zoo || greek || animals || zoology ||
 * arthro || latin || joint || arthritis ||
 * nov || latin || new || renovate ||
 * temp || latin || division or section || temperature ||
 * ami, amic || french || love || amiable ||
 * name || origin || meaning || examples ||
 * dis- || latin || apart || disengage ||
 * hyper- || greek || over || hyperactivity ||
 * anti- || greek || against || antisocial ||
 * epi- || latin/greek || upon || epicenter ||
 * com- ||  || with/together || communicate ||
 * mal- ||  || bad/evil || malediction ||
 * ex- || latin || out of || exodus ||
 * auto- || latin/greek || self || autobiography ||
 * ana- || greek || up/back/again || anagram ||
 * an- || latin || not or without || amoral ||
 * circum- || latin || around || circumference ||
 * ambi- || latin/greek || both || ambitious ||
 * name || origin || meaning || examples ||
 * -isk || latin || one who believes in || Communist ||
 * -cide || latin || kill || suicide ||
 * -ectomy ||  || cutting || appendectomy ||
 * -phobia || greek || exaggerated fear || agoraphobia ||
 * -ics ||  || things having to do with || dramatic ||
 * -oid || greek || resembling || spheroid ||
 * -or/-er || latin || one who takes part in || doctor ||
 * -ism || latin || the belief in || Communism ||