This Week's ELA: Roots #7 and "Spirit of Endurance"

Check out this Quizlet to help you study your spelling this week!

Spelling: Roots bon/ben/bene and mal/male

*Spelling choice activity due Thursday. 

*You need to know the definitions of these words as well as how to spell them for the tests on Friday.  Use the definitions to help you study.

bon/ben/bene = ________________________________ mal/male = ___________________________________

1.    benediction (n.) a good blessing in a religious service

2.    benefactor (n.) a good person who offers help or donates money

3.    beneficial (adj.) having a good outcome; favorable

4.    beneficiary (n.) a person who receives something good from someone else, such as an inheritance

5.    benefit (v.) to gain or receive good results for something

6.    benevolent (adj.) kind; good-hearted

7.    benign (adj.) favorable; having a good effect; not harmful

8.    bonafide (adj.) in good faith; authentic; genuine; real

9.    bonus (n.) anything good that is received over and above what is expected (usually money)

10.         bon voyage (n.) French for “have a good trip”

11.         dismal (adj.) depressing; causing gloom or misery; causing bad feelings

12.         malady (n.) bad health; illness; sickness

13.         malaria (n.) bad air; a disease usually spread by infected mosquitoes

14.         malefactor (n.) an evildoer; a person who does bad things

15.         malevolent (adj.) a word that describes a person or character who wishes bad things would happen to others

16.         malfeasance (n.) wrongdoing or bad conduct by a public official

17.         malice (n.) mischief; evil intent; bad will

18.         malignant (adj.) harmful; something bad enough that it could result in death when related to cancer

19.         malnourished (adj.) having bad health or having poor nutrition

20.         malodorous (adj.) bad smell; stinky 

VOCABULARY:

Vocabulary choice is due Thurs.

Study vocabulary words and definitions each night Monday through Thursday for your test on Friday.

1.    frigid: very cold

2.    treacherous: full of danger

3.    triumph: to be successful or win

4.    uninhabited: not lived in

5.    expedition: a journey with a specific purpose

6.    labor: hard work or toil

7.    dismantled: taken apart piece by piece

8.    abandon: to leave and not return

TESTED SKILLS/STRATEGIES: Word parts, base & roots, words with affixes (prefixes & suffixes); problem/solution

GRAMMA FOCUS: Adjectives & demonstrative adjectives

DITB #15 is due by Friday!