LESSON PLAN

High School
3rd Year

I. OBJECTIVES :

At the end of the lesson students would be able to :

A. Have knowledge on the origin of words

B. Understand how words are formed
C. Have thorough knowledge on the formation of words

II. SUJECT MATTER

Topic : WAYS BY WHICH WORDS ARE FORMED

Reference : Corzaon G. Almario, Developing Skills in Grammar &
Composition. Navotas, Metro Manila: National Bookstore, Inc,
pp. 11-25
Materials : Flashcards, Slides

III. PROCEDURE

A. Motivation :

Ask any of the students what familiar foreign words they have known or
common to them. Present one word that is familiar to them.

Questions

1. What particular word you have encountered in the dictionary wherein such word is
borrowed from foreign language?
2. What do you think are the reasons why we sometimes find it difficult to understand
English word even when dictionaries are available?
3. Can you give a sample of a common word?

B. Presentation

Checking Prior Knowledge

1. Ive asked you about words because we will discuss today about how words are formed. Before
we move on who is familiar with the term Acronym?
2. Very Good. T.V. is an example for Acronym which means Television. Now there are still many
ways on how words are formed. English language is constantly growing. In the process of
growth , new words are formed each year just as certain words also become obsolete and finally
forgotten.
3. Did you know that Oregon Oxford English dictionary is consist of 500,000 words and with
another 500 thousand technical and scientific terms? Did you know also that English is the
most widespread language for about 350 Million users? Imagine how numerous the words are
in the dictionary.
Discussion

1. Teacher explains ways by which words are formed

Words are formed by :

A. Clipping
B. Etymology
C. Blending
D. Acronym
E. Back Formation
F. Compounding
G. Formation by Affixes

CLIPPING

Cutting off the beginning and end of word or both , leaving just part to stand for the whole.

Example : ID, Gym, Lab.

ETYMOLOGY

The study of the origin of words. The dictionary provides the etymology of word : by indicating in a
capitalized abbreviation the language where the word is derived from.

Example :

Latin French English

Justitia justice justice
familia famille family

Derivatives from many sources

1. Italian macaroni, malaria, spaghetti, attitude

2. Scandinavian bag, ball, egg, guess, happy
3. Portuguesse- cobra, junk, molasses, tank
4. Arabic algebra, magazine, sofa, sultan, syrup
5. Haitian potato, tobacco

BLENDING

Is the process of word formation by the fusion of two words into one, usually the first part of one word
with the last part of another. The result is that new word takes both original meanings.

Example : news and broadcast-newscast

Smoke and frog smog
Escalate and elevator escalator
Travel and dialogue travelogue
Cosmic and astronaut- cosmonaut
ACRONYM

Process by which a word is formed from initial letters or syllable of a succession of words.
1. TV Television
2. VIP Very Important Person
3. Scuba Self Contained Underwater Apparatus
4. WHO World Health Organization
5. TKO- Technical Knock Out

BACK FORMATION

A word is formed form one that looks like its derivative to what is apparently a more complex form .

1. Babysit Babysitter
2. Typewrite typewriter
3. Teamteach teamteaching
4. Reminisce reminiscence
5. Typeset-typesetting

COMPOUNDING

Is the most common of the different process of word formation. This is done by putting two or more
words to make a full word different from its parts. Can be formed in three ways namely hyphen, joined
word as one word without a hyphen or as separate words.
1. blackout
2. hold up
3. Checklist
4. railroad
5. hand-me-down

AFFIXES

One or more letters or by syllable added either end of the base word. If the addition is
at the beginning of the base word we call it prefix, if it is at the end we call it suffix.

Example

Base Base plus Suffix

Play Player
Assign Assignment
Glad gladness

Prefix plus Base

happy - unhappy
satisfied - dissatisfied
arrange - prearrange
elect - re-elect
EVALUTION

Fill each of the following blanks with a word from he list

novelist pessimist
manager announcer
inspector admirer

1. They wanted to build a house . They hired a ______________.

2. If your want a job in that store , youll have to see the __________.
3. He believes and expects the worst of everyone and everything. He is a _________.
4. He examines the things which are made at the factory. He is an _____________.
5. I like his novels very much. I have been an _____________of his books.

ASSIGNMENT

1. Write 10 common samples of Acronyms.

2. Write 10 examples of word derivatives and give the origin of the word.