Vocabulary Assignments for Students New to Advanced Language Arts
Welcome to Advanced Eighth Grade Language Arts! We are looking forward to an engaging, challenging year
with you. Your first step is to bring yourself up to speed with vocabulary and etymology study by completing all
assignments and quizzes for lessons 1-10 in Book 2 of the Vocabulary from Greek and Latin Roots online
workbook. Since students who were enrolled in Advanced LA-7 have already completed these lessons, your class
will begin with lesson 11 when school resumes.
Log in Directions:
Go to http://chca.mysatori.com/chca/_
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User ID is your last name and first initial (for example,
WashingtonG).
Password is Eagles 8
Only students who are enrolled in a section of Advanced
Language Arts 8 have a current account set up and assignments
designated.
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Once you log in, on the left, select your class: ADV-8-1 (Mr. Daniel) or ADV-8-2 (Mrs. Pritchard).
To the right, select your book title (Book 2). You will follow these steps every time you log in to work.
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At the bottom of the screen, you should see your assignments. These exercises are in the same format
you are accustomed to from your grade 7 vocabulary book. Click an exercise in Unit One to start. It is
recommended that you start with Exercise II and save Exercise I for last since the first one requires
deeper understanding of the words.
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IMPORTANT: Before you start answering questions, carefully read and study the dictionary pages of
the book. Get to these from any exercise by selecting the “Lesson” tab. You may want to record some
notes on the pages listed at the end of this document because you will not have continuous access to the
lesson information (it disappears once you finish a unit).
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When you are ready to begin answering questions, return to the “Question” tab at the top of the screen.
You may revisit the “Lesson” page at any point in the program if you need to review the word parts or
vocabulary definitions. You may also click “Pause” to save your answers if you need to interrupt a
lesson.
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Exercise II is a standard “drag and drop” response as you fill in the blanks with the correct word. Click
“submit” at the bottom when you finish the set. You will see immediate feedback about your answers.
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To go to the next set of questions in Exercise II, click the orange “Next” button at the top of the screen.
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When Exercise II is complete, the “Turn in” button turns orange so you can send your responses and
scores to your teacher’s online vocabulary grade book for recording. You will be returned to the start
menu, where you can select the next exercise. You should see that your completed lesson has
disappeared once it is turned in to your teacher.
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Exercise III is multiple choice. After clicking your selected answer, you will receive feedback.
Remember: you may review the words and etymologies by clicking “Lesson” as often as necessary.
Continue to click the orange “Next” button to work through all the questions. Click “Turn in” last.
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For Exercise IV, type your responses in the blue boxes. Be sure to demonstrate your understanding of
the words, and check for correct spelling and punctuation. Click “submit” when you finish the section,
and “Turn in” to send your responses to your teacher for grading (TG). You will not see a score until
your teacher has evaluated your work and recorded the grade.
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Exercise V is the reading section, which contains two parts. As you read the passage, fill in the correct
derivative of the word suggested. Misspelled answers will be marked incorrect, so be sure to consult
“Lesson” to double check your answers. After reading the passage carefully, click the orange “Next”
button to view the multiple choice questions about it. You can drag the line over to enlarge or reduce
the size of the passage or the questions, or use the “Passage” and “Question” tabs if you need to re-read
something. Click “Turn in” when you finish. You should see your scores.
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Exercise VI requires you to use etymology skills and context clues to determine the meaning of
unfamiliar words. Type your responses in the blue boxes, and click “Submit” and “Turn in” for teacher
grading.
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IMPORTANT: Before you complete the last Exercise, you will need to review for the Unit Quiz—
if you wait until you have submitted all the exercises, you will lose access to the “Lesson”
dictionary review tabs. Study for the quiz early.
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Exercise I should be completed last. Type your responses in the blue boxes, taking time to
demonstrate your understanding of each word. Check for correct spelling and punctuation. When
you finish studying for the quiz, click “submit” at the end of the section, and the orange “Turn in” to
send your responses to your teacher for grading.
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The last step is to take the multiple choice quiz. You should know the material well enough to take the
quiz without using notes or other outside resources. Your quiz score will give you and your teacher an
honest assessment of how much you understand.
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Move on to the other units, and plan ahead so that you have learned all the etymologies and vocabulary
words listed below when school resumes on August 21.
If you have questions or problems logging in, please e-mail your teacher (bryan.daniel@chca-oh.org or
bonnie.pritchard@chca-oh.org).
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Vocabulary from Latin and Greek Roots: A Study of Word Families
Book II (Units1-10)
UNIT
1
1.
2.
3.
ROOT
ORIGIN
MEANING
ERG, URG
VIG
IC, AG, ACT, EG
Greek
Latin
Latin
work
be lively, energetic
do, drive, act
ROOT
ORIGIN
MEANING
POS, PON
STAN, STAT
THES, THET
Latin
Latin
Greek
to place, put
to stand, stand something up
placed
1. agile
2. agitate
3. allege
4. enact
5. energetic
6. ergonomic
7. invigorate
8. prodigal
9. reactionary
10. surgical
11. vigorous
UNIT
2
1.
2.
3.
1. composure
2. exponential
3. hypothesis
4. imposition
5. inconstant
6. instantaneous
7. parenthetical
8. reinstate
9. repository
10. synthesize
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UNIT
3
1.
2.
3.
4.
ROOT
ORIGIN
MEANING
CEPT, CIP CIEVE
HAB, HIB
DIT
DON
Latin
Latin
Latin
Latin
to take, seize
to have, to hold, to dwell
to give
to give
ROOT
ORIGIN
MEANING
SANCT
DEI
THE
CAST, CHAST
Latin
Latin
Greek
Latin
holy
god
god
pure
1. anticipate
2. cohabitation
3. conceive
4. condone
5. deceptive
6. donor
7. editorial
8. exceptional
9. exhibit
10. intercept
11. nontraditional
12. participant
UNIT
4
1.
2.
3.
4.
1. castigate
2. chastened
3. chastise
4. deify
5. deity
6. monotheism
7. pantheon
8. polytheistic
9. sanctify
10. sanctions
11. sanctuary
12. sanctum
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UNIT
5
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
ROOT
ORIGIN
MEANING
HUM
STELL
ASTR
NEB, NIM
CELES
TERR
Latin
Latin
Greek
Latin
Latin
Latin
ground, earth
star
star
cloud
sky
earth, ground
ROOT
ORIGIN
MEANING
CURS, COURSE
CELER
VOLA
MOV
FUG
Latin
Latin
Latin
Latin
Latin
to run
fast, swift, quick
to fly
to move
to flee
1. astronomical
2. celestial
3. exhume
4. humility
5. inter
6. nebulous
7. nimbus
8. stellar
9. subterranean
10. terrestrial
UNIT
6
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
1. accelerated
2. demote
3. discourse
4. excursion
5. fugitive
6. immovable
7. mobile
8. refuge
9. subterfuge
10. volatile
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UNIT
7
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
ROOT
ORIGIN
MEANING
VAL, VAIL
FORT
DUR
ROB
SOLID
Latin
Latin
Latin
Latin
Latin
to be strong
strong
tough, hard, to last
oak, strength
to make solid
ROOT
ORIGIN
MEANING
INSUL
IDIO
NUM
PLUS, PLUR
SING
Latin
Greek
Latin
Latin
Latin
island
single, peculiar, personal
to count
many
single
1. avail
2. consolidate
3. corroborate
4. durable
5. duration
6. enduring
7. forte
8. fortitude
9. roust
10. solidarity
11. valiant
12. valor
UNIT
8
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
1. enumerate
2. idiom
3. idiosyncrasy
4. innumerable
5. insular
6. insulate
7. nonplussed
8. plurality
9. single
10. singular
11. surplus
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UNIT
9
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
ROOT
ORIGIN
MEANING
MENT
MNE
GNO
NOT, NOISS,
NAISS
RATIO
Latin
Greek
Greek
Latin
mind
to remember
to know
to know
Latin
reason
ROOT
ORIGIN
MEANING
JURIS
PUN
LITI
NOM, NEM
Latin
Latin
Latin
Greek
DIC
Greek
law
to punish, penalty
to press a lawsuit
law, custom, share, to measure
out
justice
1. amnesty
2. connoisseur
3. demented
4. diagnosis
5. mentality
6. mnemonic
7. notorious
8. prognosis
9. ration
10. rational
11. reconnaissance
UNIT
10
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2.
3.
4.
5.
1. autonomous
2. impunity
3. jurisdiction
4. jurisprudence
5. litigant
6. litigation
7. nemesis
8. perjure
9. punitive
10. subpoena
11. syndicate
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