At the ELC
Content class
Academic C
Advanced Level
English through Biology
L1: Spanish, Portuguese,
and French
English Through Biology
Reading and Listening Packet
Weeks 1-6
Biology
Reading and Listening Packet
Weeks 7-12
1) The Human Body 2) Health and Disease
3) Conception to Birth 4) Sustaining Life in the Planet
Theme and packet Readability (Average Grade Level)
Packet 1 - The Human Body
(Readings 1-40) 13.08
Packet 1 - Health and Disease
Readings 41-80) 11.22
Packet2 - Conception to Birth
(Readings 1-47) 11.44
Packet2 - Sustaining Life in the
Planet (Readings 48-92) 10.86
WORD LIST TOKENS/% TYPES/% FAMILIES
one 209130/71.35 2998/18.14 984
two 18971/ 6.47 1822/11.02 810
three 18607/ 6.35 1711/10.35 542
not in the lists 46379/15.82 9999/60.49 ???
Total 293087 16530 2336
Type Freq Cell 487 Genetic 385 Gene 340 Species 290 Symptoms 270 Immune 256 Genes 238 Cancer 207 Syndrome 203 Dna 183 Infection 163 Chromosomes 162 Sperm 156 Tissue 153
Type Freq Abdomen 42 Abdominal 26 Able-bodied 13 Abnormalities 31 Abrac 12 Absorb 16 Absorbed 13 Abuse 45 Acid 89 Acids 64 Acne 19 Activated 13 Acute 18 Adélie 14
By Alpha By Frequency
out of, because of
base on, depend on
responsible for
heart attack, heart disease,
gene therapy,
food allergy
in addition, in fact, instead
of, for instance
play a role, see a doctor
birth control pills, human
genome project, cough
medicine abuse
as long as, more and more
in other words
at the same time, in the
same way, a couple of
days, a great deal of
on the other hand.
1. A gloss
2. Concept maps
3. Images to illustrate A concept
4. Exercises with derivational words,
exercises with Latin and Greek roots
5. Flashcards
ENGLISH SPANISH PORTUGUESE FRENCH Abdomen Abdomen Abdome Abdomen
Able-bodied Sano Robusto Valides Abnormality Anormalidad Anormalidade Anomalie
Absorb Absorber Absorb Absorber Abuse Abuso Abuso Abus Acid Ácido Acid Acide Acute Agudo Aguda Aigu
Adrenal Suprarrenal Adrenal Surrénales Adverse Adverso Adverso Indésirable
Algae Algas Algas Algues Allele Alelo Alélica Allele
Allergen Alérgenos Allergen Allergenes Allergic Alérgico Alérgico Allergique Allergy Alergia Alergia L'allergie
Amniotic Amniótico Amniótico Amniotique
http://www.language-learning-advisor.com/learn-spanish-cognates.html http://www.learn-portuguese-with-rafa.com/free-portuguese-lessons.html http://www.lafrenchconnection.com/about/Cognates/Cognates
1. Spanish cognates: gene, tumor, cancer,
2. Spelling a little different: insulin vs. insulina, intestine
vs. intestino
3. Spelt the same in all the four languages: habitat, X-ray.
http://www.fed.cuhk.edu.hk/~johnson/misconceptions/concept_map/cellstr.html
Illustration by Bryan Christie
http://www.bryanchristiedesign.com/portfolio.php?category=13&open=0
Directions: Write the original meaning of the word. Add the indicated suffix, add spelling changes to write the new word. Lastly, write the meaning of the new word. 1. endanger + -ment Meaning = New word when prefix is added = Meaning of new word = 2. alcohol + -ism Meaning = New word when prefix is added = Meaning of new word =
3. biology + -ist Meaning = New word when prefix is added = Meaning of new word =
Idea taken from http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/language_arts/prefix/derivational.html
Antibiotic , antibody Root: anti-
Meaning: against, opposed to, preventive
Biology, biodiversity, biomass, biosphere, biotechnology
Root: bio- Meaning: life
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_and_Latin_roots_in_English
http://quizlet.com/subject/biology/ http://quizlet.com/subject/bio-biology-roots-greek-latin/ http://quizlet.com/688119/latingreek-roots-4-biology-life-science-flash-cards/