Age: 10-11 years

Duration: 70 min

Objectives

• Identify Greek and Latin bases (bio, graph, tele, auto, scope) in academic vocabulary.
• Complete a morphology worksheet connecting bases to modern words.
• Use five target words correctly in original sentences linked to class topics.

Vocab

• biology / bio-: "Bio- means life — biology is the study of life."
• graph / photograph: "Graph means write or record — photograph records light."
• tele- / telescope: "Tele- means far — a telescope sees far away."
• auto- / automatic: "Auto- means self — automatic works by itself."
• -scope / microscope: "Scope means look — microscope lets you look at small things."

Warm-up (5min)

Root relay — base card on board (graph) — teams shout words (paragraph, biography, autograph) in 30 seconds.

Main Activity (55min): "Word Roots"

"Greek & Latin Base Lab" — Round 1: Root tree poster — bio, graph, tele, auto, scope with 4 branches each. Round 2: Morphology worksheet — match base to definition, combine with prefixes from Lesson 03 (biology, teleport, autograph, microscope, paragraph). Round 3: Context reading — short science/social studies paragraph with 8 target words — infer then verify. Round 4: Sentence generation — each base gets one sentence about supply chain, school, or environment. Round 5: Word family challenge — from graph, list 5 words; circle academic ones. Round 6: Add to G5 root chart — glue Lesson 03 prefixes beside Lesson 07 bases. Quick quiz: 8 items identify base meaning.

Wrap-up (5min)

Exit: "The base tele- means ___ . One word I learned is ___ ."

Teacher Tips

• Second morphology unit — explicitly connect to Lesson 03 prefix chart (biography, transport).
• Science words feel hard — pair visual diagrams with every base.
• Academic word study pays off on Flyers Reading and G5 TFK articles — spiral in later units.