Latin Roots: circum-, contra-/counter-, dict-, duc-/duct-, fac-

Pay attention to the pictures in this weeks instructional slides. Use the clues in the images to infer something about the state of the earth today and the role people like us play in it. You will have an additional assignment at the end of this that incorporates your research skills and the ideas you pick up in your inferences.

circum-: around contra-/counter-: against dict-: to say duc-/duct-: to lead fac-: to do; to make

Use a dictionary to find words using each root, and make a list of them (five total).
Include each words definition and explain where you see the roots meaning in their definitions.

 Choose five words that use the

roots (one for each root) and create five separate context clue sentences. Use the inferences from the pictures as to build a general topic that connects your sentences together.
Underline the word and context

clues you use in each sentence.

Search Wikipedia for Environmental Issues to get an idea of what you want to write about. Choose one issue from the list that comes up. Use the databases to research that issue; it should be something you personally connect with. Choose one article that discusses the issue you chose, think about what the authors perspective is in the article, and explain it to me or teach me about it.

Use the article to support your explanation in a short one- to twoparagraph expository response. Think about your purpose as you write. What are you trying to prove and why is it so important? What conclusion style will you use to end it meaningfully?