Bonus: Latin and Greek Affixes (Root Words Prefixes / Suffixes)

Great Additional Learning Site:

for students wanting to go "above and beyond"

Here's a great site for students wanting to learn even more about Latin and Greek Affixes

https://www.learnthat.org/pages/view/roots.html#f

And here is why it's important:

Common Core State Standards:

*Adopted by the Michigan Department of Education and Birmingham Public Schools


Vocabulary Acquisition and Use:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.4
Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words or phrases based on grade 8 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.4.B
Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., precede, recede, secede).

http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/L/8/

How Latin and Greek root words will help in the SAT:

http://www.freetestprep.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/SAT-Vocabulary-List.pdf

https://www.education.com/magazine/article/latin-root-words-sat-tricks/

And finally, from PBS:

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/can-latin-help-younger-students-build-vocabulary/