Welcome! You have arrived at the 6th grade ELA webpage. Here you will find homework assignments and important information. This page will be updated daily or weekly (if for some reason it is not updated, this is not an excuse for any student not to have their assignment done on time for class). * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ********** Scholastic Book orders for February: orders are due by Feb. 16th. Thank you :) Week of February 13 ~ February 17 Monday 2/13/12 Day 2 *study scrip/scrib vocabulary words: quiz on Wed., Feb. 15 Tuesday 2/14/12 Day 3 *study scrib/scrip vocabulary words: Quiz on Wed., Feb. 15 Wednesday 2/15/12 Day 4 *no new Latin/Greek roots this week Thursday 2/16/12 Day 5 * Friday 2/17/12 Day6 * | Suffix | Meaning | Example | | 1. –s or -es | plural | table –tables bush - bushes | | 2. –less | without | motionless, childless | | 3. –ate | to make | abbreviate, concentrate | | 4. –ness | state of | blindness, kindness | | 5. –ish | like | childish, foolish | | 6. –ship | art or skill of | leadership, friendship | | 7. -ous | full of | joyous, furious | | 8. –ery | a place to practice of | bakery, nunnery | | 9. –est | highest in comparison | cleanest, softest, largest | | 10. –ible | capable of being | edible, legible, audible | | Suffix | Meaning | Example | | 1. -able | able to be | excitable, preventable | | 2. -al | Relating to | natural, bacterial | | 3. -arian | a person who | vegetarian, librarian | | 4. -cycle | circle, wheel | tricycle, bicycle | | 5. -ed | past tense(verb ending) | laughed, called | | 6. -er | a person who does an action | barber, teacher, announcer | | 7. -ful | full of | helpful, thankful, cheerful | | 8. -ing | action or process | dancing, seeing, writing | | 9. -ment | action or product | movement, placement | | 10. -ology | study of, science of | biology, archeology | | Prefix | Meaning | Example | | 1. im | not | impossible, immobile | | 2. re | again | reread, repaint | | 3. ex | out | exit, exclude | | 4. sub | below | submarine, subsoil | | 5. pre | before | pre-adolescent, precondition | | 6. trans | across | transnational, transmit | | 7. un | not | unacceptable, unreal | | 8. semi | partly, half | semicircle, semi-conscious | | 9. under | beneath, below | underarm, undercarriage | | 10. pro | favoring, in support of | pro-life, proactive | 1. anti: against 2. de: opposite 3. dis: not 4. fore: before 5. in: not 6. inter: between 7. mid: middle 8. mis: wrong 9. non: absence 10.over: excessively, a lot
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