Tuesday - May 17: Freak the Mighty and Morpheme of the week

Today there will be no activity to accompany the novel. We merely be reading chapters 8 and 9.

Below are a list of the Morpheme of the Week that will be on the Final Exam. Please make sure that you study these in depth so you are prepared for the Final Exam:

Morpheme: INTER

Word: Interact

Definition: to act upon one another

Sentence: The students were scolded for their interaction during S.S.R.

Morpheme: INTRA

Word: Intramural

Definition: involving only students at the same school or college

Sentence: I did not make the FSU football team, so I signed up for an intramural team instead.

Morpheme: DIA

Word: Dialog

Definition: conversation between two or more persons

Sentence: I asked them to hold their dialogue until after S.S.R.

Morpheme: AUDIT

Word: Auditorium

Definition: the space set apart for the audience in a theater, school, or other public building

Sentence: Students in 2nd and 3rd period classes were escorted to the auditorium for the Black History Performance.

Morpheme: PEND

Word: Appendix

Definition: extra materials added at the end of a book

Sentence: Joe never reads the chapters; he just uses the appendix to finish his homework.

Morpheme: CIRCUM

Word: Circumvent

Definition: to avoid being stopped by (a law or rule), to get around something in a clever, often dishonest way

Sentence: The hacker circumvented the firewall using a program he created.

Morpheme: TECH

Word: Technique

Definition: a way of doing something by using special knowledge or skill

Sentence: Today we learned some techniques for relieving stress.

Morpheme: LAT

Word: Lateral

Definition: toward, on or coming from the side

Sentence: To avoid getting tackled, he made a lateral pass to one of his teammates.

Morpheme: CO

Word: Coexist

Definition: to exist together at the same time

Sentence: The two species coexist together in the same environment

Morpheme: DEC

Word: decadent

Definition: having low morals and a great love of pleasure, money, fame, etc.

Sentence: The book condemns some of society’s wealthiest members as decadent fools

Morpheme: NYM

Word: Synonym

Definition: a word that has the same meaning as another word used in the same language

Sentence: “Small” and “little” are synonyms

Morpheme: OMN     

Word: Omnibus

Definition: a book containing reprints of a number of works

Sentence: J.R.R Tolkien released an omnibus of all his famous novels.

Morpheme: EX

Word: exclude

Definition: to leave out (something or someone): to not include (something or someone)

Sentence: The prices on the menu exclude tax

Morpheme: NEO

Word: Neonatal

Definition: medical: of, relating to, or taking care of babies in the first month after their birth

Sentence: The baby that was born 3 weeks early was in a neonatal unit.

Morpheme: PRO

Word: Procrastinate

Definition: to be slow or late about doing something that should be done; to delay doing something until later because you “do not feel like it”

Sentence: He procrastinated and missed the submission deadline.