L.N.1 Reading for Meaning - Nonfiction
Build Vocabulary: Derivatives
Instructions: As your group reads the passage, identify unfamiliar vocabulary words from the
reading and write them in the left-hand column below.
Once you have finished reading, review your list. Some of the words have other words closely
associated with them that give you a hint about the word’s meaning. In the middle column, write
other words that are similar to the vocabulary word from the passage (similar roots, similar
prefixes and/or suffixes, etc.).
Then, in the right-hand column, write your definition of the word from the passage. Check a
dictionary if you are not sure.
Example:
Word from passage
Persist
Similar words
Persistent, persistence,
persevere, insist
Your List From the Passage:
Word from passage
Similar words
Meaning of word from passage
To last or endure
Meaning of word from passage