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Table of Contents
Cycle 1
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Cycle 2
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contra-, inter-, psycho-, circum-, trans-, auto-, intra-, un-, a-
Cycle 3
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Cycle 4
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Cycle 5
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Cycle 6
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Cycle 7
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Cycle 8
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Cycle 9
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Cycle 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-1 - 11-13
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CYCLE #2
Assignment Sheet
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Usage
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Individual Spelling Practice from Personal Spelling and
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Essential Prefixes Practice from Essential Prefixes Review
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Essential Prefixes Computer Practice #2
ESSENTIAL PREFIXES WORKSHEET #2
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Activity 1
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Activity 2
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Activity 3
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Activity 4
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Write five topic sentences
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Written paragraph (as directed by your teacher)
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Written summary of a newspaper article
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Build a prefix tree (Ask your teacher to explain.)
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Read contra- words on pages 5 - 6 of ESSENTIAL PREFIXES WORD BOOK
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Read inter- words on pages 6 - 7 of ESSENTIAL PREFIXES WORD BOOK
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Read psycho- words on page 7 of ESSENTIAL PREFIXES WORD BOOK
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Read circum- words on page 7 of ESSENTIAL PREFIXES WORD BOOK
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Read trans- words on pages 7 - 8 of ESSENTIAL PREFIXES WORD BOOK
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Read auto- words on page 8 of ESSENTIAL PREFIXES WORD BOOK
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Read intra- words on pages 8 - 9 of ESSENTIAL PREFIXES WORD BOOK
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Read un- words on pages 9 - 10 of ESSENTIAL PREFIXES WORD BOOK
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Read a- words on page 10 of ESSENTIAL PREFIXES WORD BOOK
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Complete Essential Prefixes Mastery Test #2
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Put errors from Essential Prefixes Mastery Test #1 on Essential Prefixes Review Sheet
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ESSENTIAL PREFIXES WORKSHEET #2
Activity 1: Write the meanings for the following prefixes. (Try to write the meanings from memory.)
circum-
geo-
auto-
equi-
astro-
multi-
pre-
bio-
trans-
un-
peri-
post-
inter-
semi-
micro-
psycho-
a-
contra-
intraActivity 2: Read the prefixes in Activity 1 to your teacher.
Activity 3: Each sentence contains words with prefixes you have studied. Read each sentence and
find the words containing the prefixes, and write the word on the first line under the
column titled WORD. In the second column titled PREFIX, write the prefix, and in the
third column titled MEANING, write the meaning of the prefix.
1. The formula for finding the circumference of a circle is not the same as finding the perimeter of
an equilateral triangle.
WORD
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MEANING
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2. Contraband being transported over the interstate highway systems is predicted to increase this
decade.
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MEANING
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3. The semiconscious geographer found in the cavern received intravenous feedings due to
dehydration.
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MEANING
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4. The semiannual meeting of geologists will attract a multitude of intracity postgraduate students.
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MEANING
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5. The microcomputer automatically transferred the semifinal results of the biological study from
the laboratory to the interoffice.
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MEANING
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6. The lawyer was unsuccessful in getting the trial postponed to allow the jury time to read the
autobiography of the amoral psychopath.
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PREFIX
MEANING
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7. Circumstantial evidence contradicts studies that lengthy stays in outerspace by astronauts may
affect their equilibrium and peripheral vision.
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MEANING
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8. The multitalented astronomer was prepared to use a microphone at the meeting.
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MEANING
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9. During the postgame interview, the coach stated the interception gave his team the psychological
advantage to score the winning touchdown.
WORD
PREFIX
MEANING
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10. Several intrastate railroad tracks were abandoned unlawfully due to the increasing costs of
maintenance.
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MEANING
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Activity 4: Read the words containing prefixes you found in the sentences in Activity 3 to your
teacher.
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Activity 5: Using the clues given in the definitions, complete the words by writing one of the prefixes
from Activity 1 on the line.
1. Treatment of a mental or emotional problem
_____________therapy
2. Use of stars and planets to influence humans in making
decisions
3. Representing the world on a small scale
_____________logy
4. Part of the world in which living things exist
_____________sphere
5. Study of land forms and living things on earth
_____________graphy
6. Occurring within a community, organization or school
_____________mural
7. Not wholesome or helpful to one’s body
_____________healthy
8. Occurring after surgery
_____________operative
_____________cosm
9. An opinion formed about something before sufficient evidence
is available
10. Draw a line around
_____________judice
11. Equal in force, amount or value
_____________valent
12. With little or no feeling or emotion
_____________pathetic
13. A building which has many apartments or rooms
_____________dwelling
14. To come between or among two things
_____________vene
15. A statement that is opposite to what was meant
_____________dictory
16. A form of government in which an individual rules by
himself/herself
17. Span across a continent
_____________cracy
18. Boundary around an area
_____________meter
19. Happening twice a year
_____________annually
20. A machine that completes a set of operations by itself
_____________ maton
21. To suppose to be true before there is actual proof
_____________sume
22. Move across from one thing or individual to another
_____________plant
_____________scribe
_____________continental
Activity 6: Read the words you added prefixes to in Activity 5 to your teacher.
Activity 7: Choose ten of the words you created in Activity 5 and write ten intelligent sentences.
Refer to your WRITTEN EXPRESSION CHECKLIST in your folder.
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Activity 8: Complete the crossword puzzle by writing the meanings for the prefixes.
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1. inter5. trans6. micro10. a12. multi14. intra16. trans17. inter19. auto21. post22. astro-
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2. contra3. geo4. un5. contra7. circum8. bio9. a11. semi12. psycho13. peri15. semi18. equi20. pre-
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