The Egyptian American International School

Understanding New Words and Their Uses

Lesson 2

Grade 8 Language
Week 4-Semester 2 (2021-2022)
 Lesson Guide
 Part 1:
• Instruct

 Part 2:
• Online Practice

 Part 3:
• Practice (Hard Copy)
Objectives
By the end of the session, students should be able to :
• Guess meaning of new words in context
• Use context clues to identify meanings of new words.
• Use context clues to guess meaning of unfamiliar words while reading
literary selections.
• Use new vocabulary words in writing.
• Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as
clues to the meaning of a word .
 Warm up
(In groups, search and discuss)
• What are prefixes and suffixes? Give
examples.
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• What is word origin?
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• How can one word be used to give

different meanings?

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1. Multimeaning
1. Multimeaning
Answer
2. Word Analysis
2. Word Analysis
Answer
3. Word Origins
 Online Activities
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 Differentiated activity
Puzzle Game
Group one makes up words with prefixes and writes them on the puzzle printout.
Group two makes up words with suffixes and writes them on the puzzle printout. .
Group three makes up different sentences using at least 5 words with prefixes and
suffixes.
Group four writes a short paragraph using at least 6 words with prefixes and suffixes.
Understanding New Words and Their Uses

Practice