I. Objective:
Identify meanings of unfamiliar words through structural analysis (words and affixes: prefixes and suffixes)
II. Subject Matter:
Topic: Identifying meanings of unfamiliar words through structural analysis (words and affixes: prefixes and suffixes)
Materials: Charts, flashcards, power point presentation
Reference: Curriculum Guide
Focused Skill: Identifying
III. Learning Activities
A. Setting the Stage
1. Drill: Reading of some words found in the lesson.
postscript |
unfamiliar
vehicle
penmanship
bilingually
2. Review:
What are the different types of text according to structure, purpose and language features? Anybody from the class?
3. Motivation:
Teacher presents a picture.
What do you see in the picture?
What do you think are they doing? Who can make a smart guess?
Have you experienced being in this very crowded place?
Who among you can give the other similar word for very crowded? Anyone?
B. Explaining to the students what to do:
Class, today we will learn how to identify meanings of unfamiliar words through prefixes and suffixes.
C. Modelling:
Reading of the paragraph by the teacher or by a good reader.
The Central Staff decided to hold their post-Christmas party last December 30, 2019 .Each contributed some food to eat. To reach the location, some of them rode on a tricycle while others on their own bicycle. They had to cross the overflowing river. However, Mrs. Retarino, their adviser, misplaced her wallet along with the payments of the journalists. She had to repay their money if she failed but was good she found the lost wallet. The staff did undergo games. Many enjoyed the party including the ex-writers.
What event the Central staff celebrated?
How did they reach the location?
What happened to the wallet of Mrs.Retarino ?
If she couldn’t find her wallet, what she had to do?
How was the river being described in sentence 5 of the paragraph?
Aside from the journalists, who else enjoyed the Christmas party?
Prefixes are syllables added before root words to make new words. Note the changes made in the meaning when a word is added by a prefix.
Below are the list of prefixes and their meaning.
Teacher presents sentences to read.
1. She is different from others.
2 .Shela puts a colorless nail polish.
3. The girl in red is beautiful.
4. Eating junk food is dangerous to health.
The underlined words in the sentences above are words with suffixes. Suffixes on the other hand are syllables added at the end of the root words. There are likewise changes in thE meaning of words when added by suffix. Study the words and their meanings below.
D. Guided Practice:
Group A
Directions: Identify meanings of unfamiliar words through structural analysis - prefixes.
Group B
Directions: Identify the meanings of unfamiliar words through structural analysis- suffixes.
Ex.
The woman is childish.-has characteristics of a child
1. The flower is thorny.
2 The announcer was careless of her words.
3. The writer’s penmanship is readable.
4. Shela is courageous enough to admit her mistakes.
E. Independent Practice:
Group A
Directions: Identify meanings of unfamiliar words through structural analysis- prefixes. Choose the most appropriate answer from the box below
1. miscalculate
2. tricycle
3. postscript
4. bilingually
5. triad
Group B
Directions: Identify meanings of unfamiliar words through structural analysis- suffixes. Complete the blank columns of the table.
F. Closure
- What are prefixes? How about suffixes?
- What happens to the meaning of the root words if you add prefixes or suffixes to it?
- What structural analysis did you use to identify meanings of unfamiliar words?
G. Evaluation:
Identify meanings of unfamiliar words below through structural analysis-prefixes and suffixes.
(tri-, mis-,re-,less-, ful-ex-)
Ex. The ex-governor is extending his help to the people. ex –governor-former governor
ex -governor- former governor
1. The poor man wanted to repay his kindness.__________
2. Lema felt so sorry. She misunderstood her friend’s joke.__________
3. Triangle is a common figure.__________
4. The poor girl thought she was hopeless.__________
5.It is fearful to jump over the fence.__________
V. Assignment:
Use the following prefixes and suffixes in sentences.
1. post-
2. bi-
3. mis-
4. ful-
5. less-