Basic Education Department

Junior High School

A.Y. 2022 – 2023
Grade 8 - English

Detailed Lesson Plan

Date Implementation: February 13, 2023

Grade and Section: Grade 8 – St. Agatha

I. Learning Competency
 Explain the meaning of a word through structural analysis.

II. Learning Targets

 I can define prefix, root and suffix.
 I can determine the affix whether it is prefix or suffix.
 I can identify the root, prefix, suffix and meaning of the given words.

III. Values Integration

 Awareness

IV. Subject Matter

Topic: Prefixes, Roots and Suffixes
Resources:
 English Communication Arts and Skill through Afro-Asian Literature
Materials (ECAS), page 212
 https://pressbooks-dev.oer.hawaii.edu/cmchang/chapter/15-4-prefixes-and-
suffixes/
 https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/learn-prefixes-and-suffixes-to-
expand-your-vocabulary/4140658.html
 https://www.enchantedlearning.com/grammar/prefixsuffix/index.shtml
 https://testbook.com/learn/english-grammar-prefix-suffix/
 http://www.uefap.com/vocab/build/building.htm
Materials:
 Laptop
 TV/Monitor
 Microsoft Power Point Presentation

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V. Procedures
A. Preliminary Activities
1. Prayer
“Let us all stand and have short prayer”
“Brix, please lead the prayer”
“Yes Ma’am!”
“In the name of the Father, Son and the Holy
Spirit. Amen” “In the name of the Father, Son and the
Holy Spirit. Amen”
“Our Father Who art in Heaven, hallowed be
Thy name Thy kingdom come Thy will be “Our Father Who art in Heaven, hallowed
done on Earth, as it is in Heaven” be Thy name Thy kingdom come Thy will
be done on Earth, as it is in Heaven”
“Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive
us our trespasses, as we forgive those who “Give us this day our daily bread, and
trespass against us, and lead us not into forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive
temptation, but deliver us from evil.” those who trespass against us, and lead us
not into temptation, but deliver us from
“Amen” evil.”

“Hail to the Cross” “Amen”

“Our only Hope” “Hail to the Cross”

“Our only Hope”

2. Greetings
“Good afternoon St. Agatha!” “Good afternoon Ma’am!”
“Before you take your seat, kindly picked up
the piece of papers and candy wrappers under
your chair” “Okay Ma’am!”

“Okay, you may now take your seat”

3. Checking of Attendance “Thank you, Ma’am!”

“Class president, kindly check the attendance

and give it to me after our class. Thank you!” “Okay Ma’am!”
4. Review
“Before we proceed to our next lesson, let us
have a short review of our previous topic.”

“What was our previous lesson all about?

“Okay before proceed into our new lesson let “Our topic last meeting was all about the
us have a game 4 Pics 1 Word if you want to Features of Persuasive Text and its
answer just raise your hand.” features”
5. Motivation “Okay Ma’am!”
4 Pics 1 Word
“The mechanics of this game is you just have
to complete the letters with the help of the
pictures.”

(students will participate in the game)

“CHAMPION”

“LIFTED”

“ACTOR”
 “INTRAMURAL”

“Well as you can see our game has something

to do with our lesson today, do you have any
idea what is it all about?”
“Well as you can see those are the example of
words with prefixes and suffixes. Are you “Nothing Ma’am”
familiar with that?”
“Very good then this discussion will be easy
for all of you.” “Yes Ma’am!”

6. Lesson Proper
“Take a look at this word ‘REHEATED’ if
you look at this word carefully you might
notice that it has smaller word hidden inside.
Let’s take a look at the word ‘heat’ which is
the root word.”

“What do you mean by root could you please

read it?”
“Ma’am!”
Root – is a word from which many words are
derived.
“Root – is a word from which many words
“Okay thank you! And even though heat is are derived.”
just a part of the word reheated stilled it can
stand alone.”
“As you can see root is the simlest form of
words in which it can have beginning and
ending added to it and when we combine root
wordse with beginning and ending it create
new word.”
Now we’re going to look at the beginning
and ending the we added to the root word
heat.”

“Let’s talk about the word ‘re’ or the Prefix.”

First, let’s define Prefix coul you please read
it?”
Prefix – is a syllable that is placed before a “Ma’am!”
root word.
“Pre which means before and then fix which “Prefix – is a syllable that is placed before
means to attach so this means that Prefix are a root word.”
the words that is added before a root word to
alter its meaning.”
“Now let us go back to our example
‘REHEATED”the prefix ‘re’ which means
again, so when you see the word reheat we
know that it means to heat again.”
“Did you understand?”
“There are prefixes that have only one “Yes Ma’am!”
meaning and others with more than one
meaning.”
‘Here are the example of prefixes with only
one meaning and its example.”

Prefixes with Only One Meaning

- good
benediction
benefactor
ben- beneficial
beneficiary
benefit
benevolent
- around
circumstances
circumnavigate
circum- circumference
circumvent
circle
circus
equi- - equal
equable
equal
equalize
equilibrium
equinox
equity
 equivocal
inequality
inequity
- outside
extra- extraterrestrial
extraordinary
- not
nonfat
nonperishable
nonpoisonous
non-
nonstick
nonsensical
nonsmoker
nonexistent
within
intra- intranet
intracellular
- into
introduce
introduction
introit
intro- introjection
introrse
introspect
introspection
introvert
“Now here are the prefixes with more than
one meaning.”

- opposite, away
from
distant
dissimilar
dis- distract
disrupt
disorder
disquiet
disappear
disease
- not, into
impatient
immoral
imbalance
immature
im-, in-, il- impartial
impenetrable
imperfect
involve
incomplete
insignificant
 invent
insane
inexpensive
intend
inspect
illaudable
illegal
illegible
illegitimate
illiberal
illicit
illimitable
illiquid
- bad, wrong
malfunction
malaria
malformed
malnutrition
malnourished
malpractice
mal-
misconstrue
mis-
misapprehension
misgiving
misnomer
misalliance
misapply
misappropriate
miscalculate
- instead of,
before, in favor
prevent
pre-
preheat
prejudice
preview
predict
- back, again
recede (varied examples)
rseduce (varied examples)
reflect (varied examples)
re- (varied examples)
return
reject (varied examples)
revert
rearrange “Suffix – is a syllable placed after the root
rejuvenate word.”
sub- - under, below
subterranean
 submarine
subsidiary
subplot
subconical
subequatorial
- opposite of, not
unfair
unfairly
unfairness
un- unfelt
unseen
unfitting
unformed
unheard
unforgettable
“Who can give me another examples using
theses prefixes?”

“Now let us talk about the word ‘ed’ which is

the suffix, what do you mean by suffix, could
you please read it?”
Suffix – is a syllable placed after the root
word.
“Now let us go back into our example
“REHEATED’ the suffix ‘ed’ that is added to
the word to make it past tense that means the
root word heat a verb happened in the past so
now we know that the word reheated means
heated again in the past.”
“Suffix can change the part of speech and
tense of the word.”
“Here are some noun-forming suffixes in
which it express condition or state of being.”

achievement
acknowledgement
excitement
disappointment
-ment
contentment
government
improvement
pronouncement
-ion subtraction
collection
 communication
perfection
infection
invention
possession
wilderness
bumpiness
cheerfulness
cloudiness
-ness garishness
tasteless
showiness
goodness
happiness
imperialism
magnetism
fanaticism
feminism
-ism
skepticism
egoism
paganism
altruism
jollity
civility
-ity
latinity
variability
flagship
hardship
township
lordship
-ship
kingship
starship
headship
warship
kingdom
freedom
boredom
stardom
-dom
fiefdom
earldom
filmdom
dukedom
Japanese
-ese Chinese
Taiwanese
“Here are the suffixes that indicates the doer
or one who engages in a certain activity.”

-or actor
-er reader
baker
 teacher
-ee enrollee
communicant
-ant
protestant
actress
-ess
mistress
guitarist
-ist
pianist
-ian guardian
“The suffixes that states a place or location.”

-ary infirmary
planetarium
-rium
audiutorium
“Now here are the adjective-forming
suffixes.”

national
local
-al
autumnal
natural
beautiful
tactful
-ful graceful
grateful
thoughtful
hilarious
-ous gracious
delicious
tactless
homeless
-less “Yes Ma’am!”
restless
boneless
freshly
lovely
-ly
cleverly
coldly
grayish
-ish
boyish
“And here are the commonly used verb-
forming suffixes.”

legalize Prefix: “un”

contextualize Root: “employ”
apologize Suffix: “ment”
jeopardize
-ize agonize
apologize Prefix: “dis”
authorize Root: “connect”
colonize Suffix: “ed”
criticize
 dramatize Prefix: “ir”
idealize Root: “regular”
organize Suffix: “ly”
congratulate
-ate confiscate
segragate “Yes Ma’am!”
“And the adverb-forming suffix which forms
adverbs of manner is…” “No Ma’am!”

carelessly “No Ma’am!”

energetically
dearly
-ly delightfully
desperately
delicately
deceivingly
enormously
“Did you understand?”
Prefix
“Each of these word parts contributes to the Suffix
meaning of the word knowing about roots, Prefix
prefixes and suffixes can help you determine Suffix
the meaning of unfamiliar words.” Prefix
Suffix
“Okay then here’s another example.”
Suffix
unemployment Prefix
Prefix
“Who can identify the prefix, root and suffix Suffix
of this word?”

“How about this one?” “Our lesson today is all about prefixes,
roots, and prefixes that is use to decode
disconnected
the meaning of unfamiliar words.”
“And this?”
irregularly

“Okay, did you understand?”

“Do you have any clarification?
“Question?”
“Then let’s proceed into our activity.”
7. Application
Directions: Tell if the underlined affix is a
prefix or suffix.

Example: replaceable – suffix

1. impolite
2. painless
3. mislead
4. swimmer
5. uncover
6. believed
7. thoughtful
8. return
9. illegal
10. fandom

8. Generalization

“What is our lesson today all about?”

VI. Closure
What have you learned today?

VII. Evaluation
Directions: Identify the root, prefix, suffix and meaning of the given words.
A.
Word Root Word Prefix Meaning
mispronounce pronounce mis- pronounce wrongly

disappear

improper

misinform

dishonest

misunderstand

B.
Word Root Word Suffix Meaning
wonderful wonder -ful full of wonder
tasteless
 player
successful
biker
sleepy

Prepared by:

Janella T. De Guzman
Practice Teacher

Checked by:

Ma. Carmela F. Lajum, LPT Rose Ann T. Tecson, LPT Eufrocinia L. Carillo, LPT
Cooperating Teacher Subject-Area Coordinator English Overall Academic Coordinator