Week 8 IT 29 Prefixes and suffixes (un-, dis-, -less) which reverse the meaning of the word

1. Week 8 IT 29Prefixes and suffixes (un-, dis-, -less) which reverse the meaning of the word This teacher led activity introduces some of the morphemes which reverse the meaning of the word. The children are shown a series of slides which show the stem word and they then have to choose which beginning or ending they are going to add to make the meaning of the word change. The children have an answer sheet (see next slide) which needs to be printed off before the lesson. There is an example question’ happy’ + ‘un’ makes the reverse meaning, ‘unhappy’. The children will see a pencil symbol appear which is their prompt to write and then give their answer to the group. Feedback is then given on the next click.

2. Answer sheet for IT 29 Beginnings and Endings Name:……………………Date: ……………...…… before Put the correct ending or beginning on the word. beginning? or ending? • happy • end • like • fair • friend • fold • belief • tied • respect • breath • honest • head How do these endings and beginnings change the meanings of the words? ……………………………….. ……………………………….. ……………………………….. ……………………………... after

3. Beginnings and endings which reverse the meaning of a word (To be viewed as slide show)

4. Choose the beginning or the endingof the word to make the reverse meaning un- -less dis-

5. un e.g. un dis less happy

6. un un dis less tidy

7. un dis less The dragon had an end___ sleep. less

8. dis un dis less like

9. un un dis less fair

10. un dis less He is sad because he is friend___ less

11. un un dis less fold

12. dis un dis less belief

13. un tied un dis im in

14. dis un dis less respect

15. un dis less She ran very fast and became breath___ less

16. dis un dis less honest

17. un dis less He was afraid to go out because he saw a head___ ghost. less

18. Discuss with your group how these word beginnings and endings CHANGE the meaning of the word? ???????

19. The End! Well done, you finished!