This Week's ELA

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port and mis/mit
graph and scrib/script

3^rd 9 Weeks, Week 4

Spelling: Roots port and miss/mit (definitions) AND roots graph and scrib/script

*STUDY both word sets- last week’s and this week’s!  Everyone has a required choice this week for graph and scrib/script.

*You need to know the definitions of these words as well as how to spell them for the tests on Friday (graph and scrib/script).  You will also test on the port and miss/mit definitions (due to our snow days).

graph = _____________________________________ scrib/script = _____________________________________

1.              autobiography (n.) writing about a person’s life written by that person

2.              autograph (n.) the writing of one’s own name

3.              bibliography (n.) the written list of all the books or sources used in a report or book

4.              biography (n.) a book written about a person’s life

5.              cartography (n.) mapmaking; the writing involved in making maps and charts

6.              homograph (n.) a word written the same way as another word but having a different meaning (i.e. bow – hair and bow – ship)

7.              paragraph (n.) a section of writing that has a topic and concluding sentence

8.              phonograph (n.) record player; a device that turns the writing on records into sound

9.              photography (n.) the use of light to record an image using a camera

10.          seismograph (n.) a device that writes down (records) the movements of the earth

11.          describe (v.) to say or write down how something or someone looks; to use adjectives in writing

12.          inscription (n.) a short dedication written in a book or engraved on something, such as a coin or monument

13.          manuscript (n.) a piece of writing; a book

14.          postscript (n.) P.S.; a short bit of writing added after a letter is finished

15.          prescription (n.) a piece of paper written by a doctor that lets you get medicine at the pharmacy

16.          scribble (n.) sloppy writing that is hard to read

17.          scribe (n.) a person who writes things down

18.          script (n.) a set of papers with writing that will be read and acted out

19.          subscription (n.) a written agreement to buy and read a magazine or newspaper for a set period of time

20.          transcribe (v.) to write down or record; to translate

*This week’s vocabulary is a continuation of last week’s (Number the Stars).  You do NOT have a vocabulary choice due this week.

*WOWs are due Wednesday, and DITB 12 is due Friday.