Mayra Hinojos 1

Mayra Hinojos
Eng 487
10/27/15
Project # 2
1. Underline all recognizable English roots and derivational affixes (prefixes and suffixes)
One of the most ironic consequences of the current trend in publishing is
the reappearance of workbooks and readers intended to supplement
whole-language classroom reading programs. The original design of many
programs omitted or obscured instruction in phoneme awareness, letter
recognition, sound-symbol association, blending and word attack, spelling,
and the application of phonics in reading decodable text. Millions of dollars
were invested by schools in the literature based basals of the early 1990s
and they will not be discarded lightly. Districts will be tempted to spend
money on gap-filling phonics, phoneme awareness, and spelling kits that
will have to be taught as separate components of a language arts block
rather than as integrated parts of a coherent lesson. Fragmentation of
instruction is a likely consequencethe very problem that whole-language
programs were designed to combat.
Passage from page 8 ,Teaching Decoding by Moatz
2. Content words and function words
Function Words

Content words

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One, of, the, most , in, many, and,

were, by, they, will, not , be , to,
and, that, will , be , as, a, rather,
than, very, were

Ironic, consequences, current, trend,

publishing,
reappearance,
workbooks,
readers,
intended,
supplement,
whole-language,
classroom,
reading,
programs,
original, design, omitted, obscured,
instruction, phoneme, awareness,
letter, recognition, sound-symbol,
association, blending, word, attack,
spelling,
application, phonics,
decodable, text, millions, dollars,
invested, schools, literature, based,
basals, early, discarded , lightly,
districts, tempted, spend , money,
gap-filling, kits, taught, separate,
components, arts, block, integrated,
parts,
coherent,
lesson,
fragmentation, instruction, likely,
consequence, problem , wholelanguage, programs, designed ,
combat

3. Compound and Complex words

Compound
Workbooks
whole-language,
classroom(s)
Sound-symbol, decodable , gapfilling,

Complex
Ironic, consequences, current, trend,
publishing, reappearance, readers,
intended,
supplement,
reading,
programs, original, design, omitted,
obscured,
instruction,
phoneme,
awareness,
letter,
recognition,
association, blending,
wordattack,
spelling,
application,
phonics, decodable, text, millions,
dollars, invested, schools, literaturebased, basals, early, discarded ,
lightly, districts, tempted, spend ,
money, kits, taught, separate,
components, arts, block, integrated,
parts,
coherent,
lesson,
fragmentation, instruction, likely,
consequence, problem , programs,
designed ,combat

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4.

From the complex words, separate the derivational morphemes and

inflectional suffixes from the complex words list.
Inflectional
Derivational
Consequences,
readers. Ironic, publish, reappearance,
Intended,
reading, programs, original, instruction, awareness,
omitted, obscured, blending, recognition,
association,
spelling,
phonics,
millions, application
decodable,
dollars,
invested,
schools, literature-based,
basals,
discarded,
lightly, fragmentation,
districts,
tempted,
kits,
components, arts, integrated,
likely, programs, designed

5. For all the Derived words with recognizable English stems, give the
word class of the original word and derived word.
Stem

Derivation

Irony (N)

Ironic (Adj)

Publish (V)
Reappear (V)
Origin (N)

Publishing (N)
Reappearance
(N)
Original (Adj)

Instruct (V)
Aware (N)

Instruction (N)
Awareness (adj)

Recognize (V)
Associate (V)
Apply (V)
Decode (V)
Fragment (N)

Recognition (N)
Association (N)
Application (N)
Decodable (Adj)
Fragmentation
(N)

6. List all complex words that have Latin or Greek Origins and divide them
into morphemes.

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Word
Ironic
Consequences
Current
Publishing

Origi
n
Latin
latin
Latin
Latin

Reappearance

Latin

Intended

Latin

Supplement

Latin

Root

Affix(es)

Ironi- pretend ignorance

Sequ- following
Curr- running
Publi- belonging to the -ish
=
people
characteristic
of
Pear- to come forth
-Ance = state
of
Tendto move in a
certain direction
Ple- to fill
-sup=
under,
below, beneath

-ment= result of,

means of, act of

Programs

Greek

Original

Latin

Gram- write, a written -pro=before,

forward
record
Ori- to rise, arising, to be born -al= pertaining to,
like, of the kind of

Design

Latin
Latin

De-from, away from, off

Sign- mark, token, indication

Omitted
Obscured

Latin
Latin

Instruction

Latin

Mit- to send, to let go

Obscur- dark, dusky,
indistinct
Struct- to build up; to pile -tion= an act or

Phoneme

Greek

Phon- sound, voice, speech,

Letter
Recognition

Latin
Latin

process
tone

Liter- letter; a graphic symbol

Cogni- know, learn

-re=back,
backward, again

-tion= an act or
process

Association

Latin

Socia- companion, partner, -ation=

ally, comrade

Application

Latin

Phonics

Greek

Plicat- to fold, bend, curve,

turn

Phon- sound, voice, speech,

tone

action,
act, process, state,
or condition
-tion= an act or
process

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Decodable

Latin
Latin

De-from, away from, off

Cod- a code of laws, a writing
tablet

Millions
Invested
Discarded

Latin
Latin
Latin

Milli- thousand
Vest- covering for the body
Disseparation,
apart,

Districts

Latin

Tempted

Latin

Money

Latin

Separate

Latin

Components

Latin

arts

Latin

integrated
Parts
Coherent

Latin
Latin
Latin

asunder

Distric-political

or

geographical division
Tempt- to try out, to
influence, to test
Mone- monere, to warn; to
remind, to advise, to instruct
Se- aside, apart from,
without, by itself
Ponent- to place, to put, to
set; placement, positioning
Art- skill, handicraft, trade,
occupation, art
Integ- whole, complete
Part- parts, to divide
Her- stick to, cling to, cleave
to

Fragmentation

Latin

Frag-

Problem

Latin

Problem-

combat

Latin

break,
broken; cracked

breaking;

literally,
"something thrown forward, to
throw forward
Bat- beat, strike, hit; attack

-Co=together,
together with,
-Ent=action
or
being; performing a
particular
-ation=
action,
act, process, state,
or condition

-Com=together,
together with, with

7. Make a morpheme map from one of your greek or latin root

Adhere

Gather

Adherabl
e
Adherenc
Inherent
e
inherentl
Adherent
y
adherenc

Gatherable
Word root :
Her (latin) to
stick to

Gathering
Cohere
Gathered
Coherent
coherenc
y