Latin Root Word Booklet Assignment

Make a page for each word listed below. Your page should include the Latin root, its English definition, the four example words and one or more pictures related to the root word or the example words.

1. foli=leaf:  foliage, bifoliate, portfolio, defoliant
2. manu=hand: manufacture, manuscript, manicure, manipulate
3. mal=bad: malevolent, malicious, malady, malnutrition
4. miss/mitt= to send: missive, transmit, missile, missionary
5. gen= birth; origin:  genesis, generation, gender, indigenous
6. ped/pod=foot: pedal, pedestal, pedestrian, podiatrist
7. stell=star; stellar, constellation, interstellar, stelliform
8. aqua=water: aquarium, aquatic, aqueduct, Aquarius
9. mob/mot=to move: motor, automobile, motivated, remote
10. bene/bon=good: bonus, benediction, benefactor, benevolent
11. cor=heart: courage, encourage, concord, discord
12. cis=to cut: scissors, incision, incisors, precise
13. cred=to believe; to trust: credit, incredible, credentials, credibility
14. dict=to say: dictator, dictionary, predict, contradict
15. fract/frag=to break: fraction, fragment, fragile, fracture
16. mem=mindful: remember, memory, memorial, commemorate
17. port= to carry: portable, import, transport, portfolio
18. rupt=to break; to burst: erupt, interrupt, disrupt, rupture
19. scrib=to write: scribble, prescribe, manuscript, inscription
20. spect= to look at: spectator, specimen, inspector, suspect

For the cover of your book, include:

• an original title
• your full name
• a clever Latin phrase or proverb. (You can find these on-line.  Google "funny Latin phrase" or something like that until you find a really good one.
• the Latin phrase in English
• illustrations

This project is due on Tuesday, November 3.  That's election day.  Don't forget to vote! :-)