LESSON PLAN High School

3rd Year I. OBJECTIVES : At the end of the lesson students would be able to : A. Have knowledge on the origin of words B. Understand how words are formed C. Have thorough knowledge on the formation of words

II.

SUJECT MATTER Topic Reference : : WAYS BY WHICH WORDS ARE FORMED Corzaon G. Almario, Developing Skills in Grammar & Composition. Navotas, Metro Manila: National Bookstore, Inc, pp. 11-25 Flashcards, Slides

Materials III. PROCEDURE

A. Motivation : Ask any of the students what familiar foreign words they have known or common to them. Present one word that is familiar to them. Questions 1. What particular word you have encountered in the dictionary wherein such word is borrowed from foreign language? 2. What do you think are the reasons why we sometimes find it difficult to understand English word even when dictionaries are available? 3. Can you give a sample of a common word?

B. Presentation Checking Prior Knowledge 1. Ive asked you about words because we will discuss today about how words are formed. Before we move on who is familiar with the term Acronym? 2. Very Good. T.V. is an example for Acronym which means Television. Now there are still many ways on how words are formed. English language is constantly growing. In the process of growth , new words are formed each year just as certain words also become obsolete and finally forgotten. 3. Did you know that Oregon Oxford English dictionary is consist of 500,000 words and with another 500 thousand technical and scientific terms? Did you know also that English is the most widespread language for about 350 Million users? Imagine how numerous the words are in the dictionary.

Discussion 1. Teacher explains ways by which words are formed

Words are formed by : A. B. C. D. E. F. G. Clipping Etymology Blending Acronym Back Formation Compounding Formation by Affixes

CLIPPING Cutting off the beginning and end of word or both , leaving just part to stand for the whole. Example : ID, Gym, Lab.

ETYMOLOGY The study of the origin of words. The dictionary provides the etymology of word : by indicating in a capitalized abbreviation the language where the word is derived from. Example : Latin Justitia familia French justice famille English justice family

Derivatives from many sources 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Italian macaroni, malaria, spaghetti, attitude Scandinavian bag, ball, egg, guess, happy Portuguesse- cobra, junk, molasses, tank Arabic algebra, magazine, sofa, sultan, syrup Haitian potato, tobacco

BLENDING Is the process of word formation by the fusion of two words into one, usually the first part of one word with the last part of another. The result is that new word takes both original meanings. Example : news and broadcast-newscast Smoke and frog smog Escalate and elevator escalator Travel and dialogue travelogue Cosmic and astronaut- cosmonaut

ACRONYM

Process by which a word is formed from initial letters or syllable of a succession of words. 1. TV Television 2. VIP Very Important Person 3. Scuba Self Contained Underwater Apparatus 4. WHO World Health Organization 5. TKO- Technical Knock Out

BACK FORMATION A word is formed form one that looks like its derivative to what is apparently a more complex form . 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Babysit Babysitter Typewrite typewriter Teamteach teamteaching Reminisce reminiscence Typeset-typesetting

COMPOUNDING Is the most common of the different process of word formation. This is done by putting two or more words to make a full word different from its parts. Can be formed in three ways namely hyphen, joined word as one word without a hyphen or as separate words. 1. blackout 2. hold up 3. Checklist 4. railroad 5. hand-me-down

AFFIXES One or more letters or by syllable added either end of the base word. If the addition is at the beginning of the base word we call it prefix, if it is at the end we call it suffix. Example Base Play Assign Glad Base plus Suffix Player Assignment gladness Prefix plus Base happy satisfied arrange elect unhappy dissatisfied prearrange re-elect

EVALUTION

Fill each of the following blanks with a word from he list novelist manager inspector 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. pessimist announcer admirer

They wanted to build a house . They hired a ______________. If your want a job in that store , youll have to see the __________. He believes and expects the worst of everyone and everything. He is a _________. He examines the things which are made at the factory. He is an _____________. I like his novels very much. I have been an _____________of his books.

ASSIGNMENT 1. Write 10 common samples of Acronyms. 2. Write 10 examples of word derivatives and give the origin of the word.