Creative Poster PROJECT – Roots, Prefixes and Suffixes
Due Tuesday, January 18, 2011…this project is worth 70 points.
1. Find your name in the chart below, and look over your assigned Latin and Greek root words.2. For the back of the large poster, make & attach a typed list (word document)of allthe English words derived from these root words and their meanings. Refer to both print and on-line dictionaries (e.g. dictionary.com), other on-line resources (e.g., wordinfo.info) and to the attached lists of prefixes and suffixes. You will find most, if not all, your words on (10 points)
3. For the front of the large poster, choose40 words (20 from Greek + 20 from Latin) [just the words, please!],
and be sure to incorporate these40 words creatively into your design. Add color, creative touches and symbols to
your poster. E.g., if you have the roots for water (aqua/hydro) you could make your whole poster in the form of an
aqueduct and each word could be an individual brick in the aqueduct. (50 points: 40 points for the words +
up to 10 possible points for creativity. Be creative!)
4. Also, for the front of the poster,Invent 4 new words with their meanings: one using a Latin prefix, another using a Latin suffix, a 3rd using a Greek prefix, and the 4th using a Greek suffix. Be appropriate!!! (5 points)
5. Present your poster on Tuesday, January 18. (5 points) Each day late it goes down a letter grade.
Also note: You can change the shape of the poster or use another form, e.g., a mobile.
Name / Latin Root Words / Greek Root Words / English MeaningsBorowski, Ryan / -igne- / igni- / -pyr(o)- / fire
Bracaglia, Leshya / -terr(a)- (not terror) / -chthon- / -geo- / land
Ellis, Shawn / -cal- / -calor- / -therm(o)- / hot; heat
Gardiner, Emma / -temp(or)- / -chron(o)- / time
Garson, Anna / -dom- / -eco- / -oiko- / house, home
Hanrahan, Sean / -cur(r)- / -curs- / -cour- / -tach(o)- / -tachy- / run (Latin); fast (Greek)
Kim, Hyuhng Min / -verb- / -log- / -log(ic)- / word
Lord, Abby / -vid- / -vis- / -scop- / -skept- / see
McGrath, Megan / -vert- / -vers- / -stroph(e)- / turn
Miles, Mackenzie / -optim- / -bene- / -arist(o)- / best
Northington, Will / -vit- / -viv- / -bio- / life
Parrish, Zach / -scrib- / -script- / -graph- / -gram(m)- / write
Stanley, Morgan / -cede / -ceed- / -cess- / -kine(t)- / -cine(ma)- / move
Tran, Adara / -vinc- / -vict- / -lys- / -lyt- / win / Greek: win, destroy
Wilson, Jack / -fer- / -late- / -phor- / carry
Zwagerman, Colin / -luc- / -lumin- / -phos- / -phot(o)- / light (as in sunlight)
Barnhart, Rosemary / -mar- /-marin- / -thalass(o)- / -naut- / sea
Carlston, Daniel / -urb- / -polit- / -polic- / city
DeLehman, Ethan / -reg- (rex) / -crat- / -crac(y)- /-arch(y)- / rule
Faigenbaum, Anna / -ocul- / -ocell(i)- / -opthalm- / eye
Falcone, Dario / -ped- / -pod- / -p(o)us- / foot
Forte, Thomas / -aqu- / -hydr(o)- / water
Gordon, Elizabeth / -mal- / -caco- / bad
MacCormick, Kirsten / -arbor- / -dendro(n)- / tree
Rosenberg, Alec / -de(i)- / -divin- / -the(o)- / -hier(o)- / god, divine
Yaguchi, Nanako / -dorm- / -somn- / -hypn(o)- / sleep
Zhang, Judy / -sens- / -sent(i)- / -(a)esthet- / -(a)esthes- / feel
Note: I will check your wordlists against the lists on info.info.
Due Tuesday, January 18, 2011…this project is worth 70 points.
- For the back of the large poster, make & attach a typed list (word document) of allthe English words derived from these root words and their meanings. Refer to both print and on-line dictionaries (e.g. dictionary.com), other on-line resources (e.g., wordinfo.info) and to the attached lists of prefixes and suffixes. You will find most, if not all, your words on (10 points)
- For the front of the large poster, choose40 words (20 from Greek + 20 from Latin) [just the words, please!],
your poster. E.g., if you have the roots for water (aqua/hydro) you could make your whole poster in the form of an
aqueduct and each word could be an individual brick in the aqueduct. (50 points: 40 points for the words +
up to 10 possible points for creativity. Be creative!)
- Also, for the front of the poster, Invent 4 new words with their meanings: one using a Latin prefix, another using a Latin suffix, a 3rd using a Greek prefix, and the 4th using a Greek suffix. Be appropriate!!! (5 points)
- Present your poster on Tuesday, January 18. (5 points) Each day late it goes down a letter grade.
Front of the Poster:
Creative Design Creative Design in a related and/or representative image. Ask me if this is unclear.
40 words (20 from Greek + 20 from Latin) [just the words, please!] – incorporated into the
creative and colorful design. (50 points: 40 points for the words + up to 10 possible points
for creativity. Be creative!)
4 newly invented (by you!) words with their meanings: one using a Latin prefix, another using a
Latin suffix, a 3rd using a Greek prefix, and the 4th using a Greek suffix. Be appropriate!!! (5 points)
lots of color
lots of creativity
Back of the Poster:
1.Title: English root = Latin root = Greek Rootexample: water = aqua = hydro
2.Paste your lists of all the English words derived from these Greek and Latin root words and their meanings.[1]
[1] Note: Not all the words on are defined. Still include all derived words.