Happy #morphememonday everyone!
Can you believe we are coming up to the anniversary of #morphememondays?
The first #morphememonday was July 8th 2019 and we have covered so much since then.

Origin: Latin & Greek
Definition: forward, in favor of, before
Examples: proclamation, prognosis, propound, prosecute, prohibit
                    <pro> + <voke> -> provoke
                    <pro> + <file> -> profile
                    <pro> + <test> + <ed> -> protested
                    <pro> + <tract> + <or> -> protractor
                    <pro> + <tect> + <ing> -> protecting

• This prefix is very common and found in many words in the English language

• It should be explicitly taught to students in the intermediate grades

• Knowledge of this prefix will give them the ability to use morphemes to hypothesize meanings of words they are not familiar with

• Once you teach this prefix and the prefix <anti> you could have a discussion about different groups that are pro- and anti- topics.

Origin: Latin
Definition: hold
Examples: retentive, continual, discontent, contents, tenure
                    <un> + <ten> + <ant> +<ed> -> untenanted
                    <con> + <tin> + <ent> -> continent
                    <main> + <ten> + <ance> -> maintenance
                    <per> + <tin> + <ent> -> pertinent
                    <ten> + <e> + <ment> -> tenement

• These twin bases are very common in the English language and related to <tain>

• They should be taught to students in the intermediate grades so that the student can use them to try to infer the meaning of words they come across while reading.

Origin: Latin
Definition: one who, quality or state of being
Examples: client, superintendent, president, competent, accident
                    <abs> + <orb> + <ent> -> absorbent
                    <com> + <pet> + <ent> -> competent
                    <im> + <min> + <ent> -> imminent
                    <abs> + <ent> -> absent
                    <par> + <ent> -> parent

• This suffix can be explicitly taught to students in the intermediate years of school

• This suffix can be noun forming or adjective forming

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