Global Context: Personal and Cultural Expression

 

Key Concepts: Context

 

Statement of Inquiry: Understanding and use of the nuances of language enhance how people communicate with one another.

 

Inquiry Questions:

• Factual -

  What is a word root?

  What is a prefix?

  What is a suffix?

   

  Conceptual -

  How do word origins relate to the skills of reading, writing, and understanding?

   

  Debatable -

  What are interesting words?

 

Approaches to Learning:

• Communication skills

 

Assessments:

Vocabulary will be assessed using Criterion D as part of the written work in other units, as students apply their Word of the Day work in their writing.