Letters and Sounds
10th Grade Reading · 20 lessons
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Lessons in this unit
- 1What Etymology Tells a ReaderLearn how tracing a word's history gives you a reliable clue to its present meaning.
- 2The Two Layers of English: Germanic Core and Latinate OverlaySee why English often has a short everyday word and a longer formal word for the same idea.
- 3After 1066: How French Reshaped EnglishDiscover how the Norman Conquest added French words, especially in law, government, and food.
- 4Greek Combining Forms in ScienceUse common Greek building blocks to read scientific vocabulary at a glance.
- 5-ology and -ologist: Naming Fields of StudyRead and build the names of academic disciplines and the people who practice them.
- 6-cracy and -archy: The Vocabulary of PowerDecode the names of government systems using Greek roots for rule and power.
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