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from The Mini Page © 2010 Universal Uclick Language of the Ages
Language of learning Latin is all around us. For years,
people believed it was the language of learning. Scientific and medical terms come from Latin and Greek. The front of the Great Seal of the
United States of America, which also appears on our dollar bills, is printed with the Latin saying “E pluribus unum.” This means, “Out of many, one.” You don’t need to actually know
Latin to get a rough idea of the meaning. You just need to know other words that came from the same word. For example, pluribus sounds like “plural,” or more than one. Unum sounds like “unite,” or “one.”
The motto of Kansas is on its state seal. “Ad Astra per Aspera” is Latin for “To the stars through difficulties.” Many state mottos are in Latin.
from The Mini Page © 2010 Universal Uclick Ready Resources The Mini Page provides ideas for websites,
books or other resources that will help you learn more about this week’s topics.
On the Web: •
www.firstschoolyears.com/literacy/word/other/prefixes/ prefixes.htm
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www.betterendings.org/homeschool/Words/ Root%20Words.htm#SUFFIXES
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www.funbrain.com/roots/index.html
At the library: • “If You Were a Prefix” by Marcie Aboff • “If You Were a Suffix” by Marcie Aboff
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http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/adventure/ grammar3.htm
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© 2010 Universal Uclick Latin and Greek Are the Keys
The front of the Great Seal of the United States of America. The eagle is holding a banner saying “E pluribus unum.”
Language of magic
Latin was also the language of ancient magical practices. J.K. Rowling used Latin and Greek to create the spells in the “Harry Potter” books. Did knowing English
words help you figure out the meaning of those spells in the books?
The top motto on the back of the seal means “It (the eye of God) favors our undertakings.” The bottom Latin phrase means “New Order of the Ages.”
Some Harry Potter spells include:
• Confundo, Latin for “I confuse”; • Protego, Latin for “I protect”; • Impedimenta is a little
harder to figure out. It is Latin for “baggage.” Baggage holds you down, so impedire means “to hinder,” or interfere with. There is a similar expression in English. We say, “He is carrying a lot of baggage.”
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TRY ’N FIND
Words that remind us of building words are hidden in the block below. Some words are hidden backward or diagonally. See if you can find: AFTER, ASTRA, BEFORE, CAP, CODE, ENGLISH, FAMILY, GREEK, IMPORT, KEY, LANGUAGES, LATIN, NAUT, NOVEL, NOVUS, PRE, PREFIX, REPORT, ROOT, SCIENCE, SPANISH, SUFFIX, WORDS.
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GE C T U W L D E R O F E B I RY V A R S T W S V T U A N S ET W V P A K T R O P M I K H EH S I N A P S E C N E I C S KN I T A L S E G A U G N A L
Have you ever thought about how
words are made? Many English words are built from words from other languages, especially Latin. Take a bunch of Latin, toss in some
Greek, and you have the codebook for English (and Spanish, French and others). The Mini Page talked with an expert on languages to learn more about decoding the meaning of words.
Latin rules About 2,000 years ago, the Romans
had conquered much of Europe, the Middle East and northern Africa. The Roman Empire united the conquered countries under Roman law and one language, which was Latin. When the Romans defeated Britain,
early British peoples mixed a lot of Latin with their own languages. The Roman Catholic Church used Latin to communicate everywhere. It added more Latin words to the English language.
The Latin roots
Even though the Romans conquered Greece, they still admired Greek ideas. They brought many Greek words into their own culture. Greek words later became part of English too. Latin and Greek are language cousins. Both are part of the same language family, the Indo-European. Another cousin, the Germanic branch, also added many words to the English language. But Latin is the main source of English words. Experts say that about 65 percent to 70 percent of English words come from Latin roots.
August 22, 2010 from The Mini Page © 2010 Universal Uclick Cracking the Word Code
Breaking the code Latin gives you an important key to
the word code. It can help you figure out how to take words apart, which can help you figure out the meaning. It can even help you build new words. For example: The
Latin word for “new” is novus. In English, a novice is a beginner, or someone new to something. A novel is a book with a new story, or a story that was created. What do you think it means when somebody says, “What a novel idea”? What do you
Novice skier
think astronomers are seeing when they view a nova? What is a novelty?* You can also use Latin to figure out
words in other languages that came from Latin. For example, the Spanish word for “new” is nuevo. The “o” in Latin becomes “ue” in Spanish.
*A novel idea is a new, different idea. Astronomers thought a star that seemed to burst into light was a new star. They named these stars novas.A novelty is something new or different.
Basset Brown The News Hound’s
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