Tenth Grade Mini Literacy Pack: From Academic Language to Precise Meaning (Greek onym, Eponyms, and Toponyms)
Your scholar learns the Greek part onym, which means name, in words like synonym, antonym, homonym, and acronym. They also discover word histories: eponyms named for people, like sandwich and saxophone, and toponyms named for places, like denim. Then they read a story called The Word History Project.
What's inside:
13 pages, instant PDF download
Grown-Up Guide, Toolkit, and Answer Key
Hear It, Map It, and Break It
Read It: a decodable story, The Word History Project
Understand It: Pick It, Order It, and Draw It
Write It: Sort It, Spell It, Count It, and Say It, Write It
New heart words: pseudonym, Fahrenheit
Vocabulary word: intrigue
How it works: five short sessions, about 15 to 20 minutes a day. No prep. Just print and begin.
A great fit if your scholar reads words with roots from science and law and is curious where words come from.
This is a digital download. No physical item will be shipped.