Creative Poster PROJECT – Roots, Prefixes and Suffixes

v  Due Tuesday, January 18, 2011… this project is worth 70 points.

1.   Find your name in the chart below, and look over your assigned Latin and Greek root words.
2.   For the back of the large poster, make & attach a typed list (word document) of all the English words derived from these root words and their meanings. Refer to both print and on-line dictionaries (e.g. dictionary.com), other on-line resources (e.g., wordinfo.info) and to the attached lists of prefixes and suffixes. You will find most, if not all, your words on www.wordinfo.info. (10 points)
3.   For the front of the large poster, choose 40 words (20 from Greek + 20 from Latin) [just the words, please!],
and be sure to incorporate these 40 words creatively into your design. Add color, creative touches and symbols to
your poster. E.g., if you have the roots for water (aqua/hydro) you could make your whole poster in the form of an
aqueduct and each word could be an individual brick in the aqueduct. (50 points: 40 points for the words +
up to 10 possible points for creativity. Be creative!)
4.   Also, for the front of the poster, Invent 4 new words with their meanings: one using a Latin prefix, another using a Latin suffix, a 3rd using a Greek prefix, and the 4th using a Greek suffix. Be appropriate!!! (5 points)
5.   Present your poster on Tuesday, January 18. (5 points) Each day late it goes down a letter grade.

àNote: I will check your wordlists against the lists on www.wordinfo.info.

è  Also note: You can change the shape of the poster or use another form, e.g., a mobile.

Name / Latin Root Word / Greek Root Word / English Meaning
Caggiula, Maximillian / -igne- / igni- / -pyr(o)- / fire
Carey-Annibali, Jasper / -terr(a)- (not terror) / -chthon- / -geo- / land
Caulfield, Timothy / -dom- / -eco- / -oiko- / house, home
Chang, Thomas / -temp(or)- / -chron(o)- / time
Donato, Lena / -cal- / -calor- / -therm(o)- / hot; heat
Donches, Jack / -cur(r)- / -curs- / -cour- / -tach(o)- / -tachy- / run (Latin); fast (Greek)
Lanzone, Mike / -verb- / -log- / -log(ic)- / word
Palmer, Jack / -vid- / -vis- / -scop- / -skept- / see
Ruben, Ross / -vert- / -vers- / -stroph(e)- / turn
Schreiber, Brett / -optim- / -arist(o)- / best
Springob, Tanner / -vit- / -viv- / -bio- / life
Stahl, Ingrid / -scrib- / -script- / -graph- / -gram(m)- / write
Stroczynski, Alec / -cede / -ceed- / -cess- / -kine(t)- / -cine(ma)- / move
Taylor, Zachary / -vinc- / -vict- / -nic- / -nik- / win
Wadell, Kyle / -fer- / -late- / -phor- / carry
Wolff, Emory / -luc- / -lumin- / -phos- / -phot(o)- / light (as in sunlight)
Zielinski, Connor / -mar- /-marin- / -thalass(o)- / sea
-urb- / -polit- / -polic- / city
-reg- (rex) / -crat- / -crac(y)- /-arch(y)- / rule
-ocul- / -ocell(i)- / -opthalm- / eye
-ped- / -pod- / -p(o)us- / foot
-aqu- / -hydr(o)- / water
-mal- / -caco- / bad
-arbor- / -dendro(n)- / tree
-de(i)- / -the(o)- / god
-vir- / -hom(o)- / -anthrop(o)- / -andr(o)- / man


àNote: I will check your wordlists against the lists on www.wordinfo.info.

v  Due Tuesday, January 18, 2011…this project is worth 70 points.

  • For the back of the large poster, make & attach a typed list (word document) of all the English words derived from these root words and their meanings. Refer to both print and on-line dictionaries (e.g. dictionary.com), other on-line resources (e.g., wordinfo.info) and to the attached lists of prefixes and suffixes. You will find most, if not all, your words on www.wordinfo.info. (10 points)
  • For the front of the large poster, choose 40 words (20 from Greek + 20 from Latin) [just the words, please!],
and be sure to incorporate these 40 words creatively into your design. Add color, creative touches and symbols to
your poster. E.g., if you have the roots for water (aqua/hydro) you could make your whole poster in the form of an
aqueduct and each word could be an individual brick in the aqueduct. (50 points: 40 points for the words +
up to 10 possible points for creativity. Be creative!)
  • Also, for the front of the poster, Invent 4 new words with their meanings: one using a Latin prefix, another using a Latin suffix, a 3rd using a Greek prefix, and the 4th using a Greek suffix. Be appropriate!!! (5 points)
  • Present your poster on Tuesday, January 18. (5 points) Each day late it goes down a letter grade.

Front of the Poster :

Creative Design
è  à Creative Design in a related and/or representative image. Ask me if this is unclear.
è  à 40 words (20 from Greek + 20 from Latin) [just the words, please!] – incorporated into the
creative and colorful design. (50 points: 40 points for the words + up to 10 possible points
for creativity. Be creative!)
è  à 4 newly invented (by you!) words with their meanings: one using a Latin prefix, another using a
è  Latin suffix, a 3rd using a Greek prefix, and the 4th using a Greek suffix. Be appropriate!!! (5 points)
è  à lots of color
è  à lots of creativity

Back of the Poster :

1. Title: English root = Latin root = Greek Root
example: water = aqua = hydro
2. Paste your lists of all the English words derived from these Greek and Latin root words and their meanings.[1]

[1] Note: Not all the words on www.wordinfo.info are defined. Still include all derived words.