Vocabulary Activity: Week 4

over- semi- ultra-

Definitions and Usage

over-: excessively, completely; upper, outer, over, above Julie, overcome with emotion, sobbed hysterically at her fathers funeral.
semi-: half or partly Running out of salt, the ghost hunter knew the semicircle of salt couldnt protect him. ultra-: beyond or extreme Sam, a pale red-head, worries about the strength of ultraviolet rays in the summer time.

Match the prefixes with the word endings that make sense.
Prefixes over over over over semi semi semi semi ultraWord Endings -colon -conservative -loaded -microscopic -conscious -whelmed -annual -board -marine

ultra ultra ultra-

-sonic
-darkness -cast

Extension Activity: Understanding Word Parts and Navigating a Dictionary

Use a dictionary to add two more words for each

prefix to your list.

Include their definitions and an explanation of

how the prefixs meaning plays a role in the words definition.

Extension Activity: Context Clues

Choose three words (one for each prefix) and

create three separate context clue sentences.

Underline the word you use and context clues you

include in each sentence.

Extension Activity:
Choose one of the following prompts to respond to in a short answer:

Do parents go overboard in their attempts to keep their children safe from the dangers of the outside world? Defend your answer. Explain why an author would want to take an ultra-descriptive approach in a piece of writing.
We tend to overlook semicolons as a viable piece of punctuation when writing; explain how you could use them more to develop a stronger writing style.