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ExpansionWeb:light

light

lightlylightlesslightlessly

lightlessnessrelightrelightedrelighting

lightweightlighthouselightprooflightheartedflashlight

daylightdelightheadlight

lighterlightest

lightslightedlightinglightable

(AdaptedfromHenry,2010)1

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ExpansionWebActivity:word

word

(AdaptedfromHenry,2010)2

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rupt

ab-abruptabruptly

abruptness

dis-disruptdisruptsdisruptingdisrupteddisruptivedisruptively

disruptiveness

e-erupteruptseruptederuptioneruptions

rupturerupturedrupturesrupturing

un-,in-uninterruptuninterrupted

cor-corruptcorruptscorruptedcorruptlycorruptingcorruptive

corruptivenesscorruptivelycorruptivitycorruptionIncorruptibleincorruptibility

(AdaptedfromHenry,2010)

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DeterminingWordMeaning

DefinetheinventedwordsonthefirstpageofHandout7.

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UsingKnowledgeofMorphology

• caustocelerator:apersonorthingthatburnsquickly

• durocranialness:thestateofbeinghardheaded

• dendrodemoite:treepeople• unfractable:notabletobebroken• osteostructor: onewhobuildsbones

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ReviewTheseTerms

• Baseword• Prefix• Suffix• Derivative

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