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The Origins of Our Words a
vocabulary-building programme based on word origins and research |
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The programme, collated
from task sheets and transparencies developed over many years of classroom
use, includes Æ
34 pages of ready-to-photocopy write-on
worksheets (also formatted as paper-saving task sheets); Æ
33 pages of detailed answers; and Æ A PowerPoint
Presentation (CD only) on the history and development of English; also
formatted for photocopying (and 22 masters for OHP transparencies if anyone
still uses one). |
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Contents
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Part 1 |
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Introduction |
2 |
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Answers to
all task and worksheets |
3 - 33 |
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Part 2 – Write-on
Worksheets |
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1.
Words Named after Places |
1 |
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2.
Words Named After People |
3 |
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3.
Words from Situations and Events |
5 |
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4.
Words from Literature |
7 |
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5.
Words from Greek and Roman Mythology |
9 |
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6.
Where the Scientists Turn |
12 |
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7.
Combination |
14 |
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8.
Invention |
15 |
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9.
'Loan' Words from Foreign Languages |
17 |
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10.
'That Foreign Flavour' |
19 |
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11.
'That Foreign Flavour' 2 |
20 |
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12.
Words from Ancient Languages |
22 |
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13.
Word Families |
23 |
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14.
Words From Latin |
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15.
More Latin Roots |
26 |
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Still more Latin |
28 |
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Greek Roots |
30 |
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Appendices |
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Old English Worksheet |
32 |
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Neologisms from the Nineties |
33 |
Part 3 – Task
Sheets
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as above |
1 - 18 |
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More Than
Just Research – Thinking Required! |
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Slang Today
and Gone Tomorrow |
21 |
Part 4 –
Background Notes
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The Story of
English - OHP transparency masters |
1 – 16 |
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The Story of
English – b&w, reduced for printing |
1 – 10 |
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So Where do
New Words Come From? (+ OHT master) |
11 |
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How Words
Change (+ OHT master) |
12 |
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The
Prevalence of 'Loan' Words (+ OHT master) |
13 |
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An Historical
Menu (+ OHT master) |
14 |
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Words of the
Twentieth Century |
15 |
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A Bank of
Loan Words into English |
16 |
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A Bank of
Loan Words into English 2 |
18 |
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To see sample pages – a worksheet and a page from
the photocopiable history of the English language - click on the link below |
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