Root Vocab List #8


Quiz  6/13
  • uni: one
    • Latin, unus: one
    • unite (verb): to make one, to join together
  • vac: empty
    • Latin, vacare: to be empty
    • vacant (adjective): empty, not occupied
  • ven, vent: come
    • Latin, venire: to come
    • convene (verb): to assemble, to come together
  • ver: true
    • Latin, venus: true
    • verify (verb): to confirm that something is true
  • vers, vert: turn,change
    • Latin, versare: to turn
    • versatile (adjective): capable of changing or adapting, useful
  • vid, vie, vis: see
    • Latin, videre: to see; Latin, videre: to separate
    • visible (adjective): able to be seen
    • divide (verb): to separate
  • vit, viv: live
    • Latin, vivere: to live
    • vital (adjective) - necessary for life
  • voc, voke: call
    • Latin, vocare: call, voice
    • vocal (adjective): spoken or uttered by the voice
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2nd Semester Review


American History

Unit 7
Causes of the Great Depression
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The New Deal
Lasting Effects of the Great Depression

Unit 8
Causes of WWII
US Neutrality & Involvement in WWII
Pearl Harbor
Noose Theory
D-Day
Island Hopping Campaign
Dropping of the Atomic Bombs
Turning Points of WWII
Aftermath of WWII (Partition of Germany/Korea)

Unit 9
Cold War
Containment
Weapons Race
Truman/Eisenhower Doctrines
Space Race
Brinkmanship
Korean War
McCarthyism
Rosenbergs
Economics/Business of the 50s
Baby Boom
Social Conformity
               
Unit 10
John F. Kennedy
    Bay of Pigs & Cuban Missile Crisis
Lyndon B. Johnson
    Great Society
Robert F. Kennedy
Martin Luther King Jr.
Brown vs. Board of Education
Malcolm X
Black Panthers
Civil Rights Act
Geneva Conference/Accords (1954)
Vietcong
Draft Resistance
Warfare of Vietnam
My Lai Massacre
Tet Offensive
Election of 1968
Kent State
Vietnamization
End of American Involvement
Psychological Effects of Vietnam
McNamara’s Lessons
60s Counterculture
Women’s Rights
Latino Rights
Native American Rights
Gay Rights Movement

Blended Units
TV, Film, & Music

Unit 11
Nixon’s Foreign Policy
Watergate Scandal
Gerald Ford
70s Social Changes
70s Economic Recession
Jimmy Carter
Iran Hostage Crisis
Camp David Accords
Ronald Reagan
     New Right/Conservatism
     Reaganomics
     Foreign Policy
     Iran Contra Scandal
War on Drugs
Emergence of AIDS
Invasion of Panama
Fall of Berlin Wall
End of Cold War
Persian Gulf War

Unit 12
LA Riots
Clinton Administration
    Economy
    Don’t Ask Don’t Tell
    Lewinsky Scandal
Dissolution of Yugoslavia and Aftermath
Gen X Identity
Election of 2000
George W. Bush
September 11th, 2001
War in Afghanistan
2nd Iraq War
Current Economic Recession
Election of 2008
Current Political Climate and Debate

English

The Great Gatsby
     Plot Analysis
     Character Analysis
     Use of Symbolism
     Modernism (Death of American Dream)

Essay & Research Writing
     Introductions
     Thesis Statements
     Body Development
     Transitions
     Quote integration
     Conclusions
     Citations
     Works Cited

To Kill a Mockingbird
     Plot Analysis
     Character Analysis
     Theme Development
     Historical Context

Nonconformity Poetry
     Poetic Devices
     Confessionals
     Beats
     Post-Modernism

Fallen Angels
     Plot Analysis
     Character Analysis
     Historical Context & Themes

Grammar
    Parts of Speech
    Types of Sentences
    Sentence Construction Errors
    Punctuation
    Active/Passive Voice

Vocab
     Root Lists 4-8

Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
     Use of Humor
     Voice and tone
     Multicultural perspective

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Root Vocab Lists 4-8


SAT Vocab Root List #4
Quiz  4/23
  • her, hes: to stick
    • Latin, haerere: to stick
    • adhere (verb): to stick
  • jac, ject, jet: to throw
    • Latin, jacere: to throw, to lie
    • reject (verb): to throw out, unwilling to accept
  • jug, junct, just: to join
    • Latin, jungere: to join
    • junction (noun): a place at which two things join
  • lect, leg, lig: choose, gather, select, read
    • Latin, legere: to choose
    • collect (verb): to gather, to bring together
  • log: say, speech, word, reason, study
    • Greek, logos: speech, word, reason
    • logic (noun): the study of reason, reasoning
  • luc, lum, lust: light
    • Latin, lucare: shine
    • Latin, lumen: light
    • Latin, lustrare: light-up
    • translucent (adjective): permitting some light to come through
  • mem: recall, remember
    • Latin, memor: mindful
    • memory (noun): the ability to recall or to bring to mind
  • ment: mind
    • Latin, mens: mind
    • mental (adjective): related to the mind
  • min: little, small
    • Latin, minuere: to lessen
    • minor (adjective): less important, lesser
  • mit, miss: send
    • Latin, mittere: put, send
    • admit (verb): to accept, to allow entry
  • mob, mov, mot: move
    • Latin, movere: move
    • motion (noun): act of moving, action

SAT Vocab Root List #5 
Quiz  5/23
  • nov: new
    • latin, novus: new
    • novice (noun): a beginner or newcomer
  • path: feel
    • Greek, pathos: feeling
    • sympathy (noun): sharing another’s feelings
  • ped,pod: foot
    • Latin, pes: foot ; Greek, pous: foot
    • impede (verb): to hinder, to slow down
  • pel, puls: drive, push
    • Latin, pellere: to drive, push, beat
    • repel (verb): to drive away or push back
  • phil: love
    • Greek, philos: loving
    • philosopher (noun): a person who seeks (loves) wisdom
  • pict: paint, show, draw
    • Latin, pingere: to paint
    • picture (verb): to paint or draw
  • port: carry
    • Latin, portare: carry
    • import (verb): bring in from a foreign country
  • pli, ply: fold
    • Latin, plicare: fold
    • reply (verb): to respond, to answer
  • pon, pos: put, place
    • Latin, ponere: to lay down, put, place
    • postpone (verb): to put off to a later time
  • SAT Vocab Root List #6 
    Quiz  6/4
    ·            quir, quis, quest, quer: seek, ask
      • Latin, quaerere: seek, ask
      • query (verb): to ask questions
    • rupt: break
      • Latin, rumpere: break
      • rupture (verb): to break or burst
    • sci, scio: to know
      • Latin, scire: to know
      • conscious (adjective): aware, having knowledge of oneself
    • scrib, scrip: write
      • Latin, scribere: to write
      • script (noun): handwriting, something written
    • sequ, secut, sue: follow
      • Latin, sequi: to follow
      • sequence (noun): a continuous series
    • sist: to withstand, make up
      • Latin, sistere: to make a stand
      • insist (verb): to be firm about something needed, to demand
    • soci: to join, companions
      • Latin, sociare, socius: to join, a companion
      • sociable (adjective): inclined to seek friendship, companionship
    • sol: alone
      • Latin, solus: alone, single
      • solitary (adjective): being alone
    • solv, solu, solut: loosen, explain
      • Latin, solvere: too loosen, release
      • solve (verb): to find an answer
    • spec, spi, spic, spect: look
      • Latin, specere: look, look at
      • spectator (noun): a person who watches
    • spir: breath, soul
      • Latin, spirare: breathe
      • respiration (noun): breathing
    • stab, stat: stand
      • Latin, stare: to stand
      • stature (noun) - height of a standing body, importance of position

    SAT Vocab Root List #7 
    Quiz  6/8
    • tele: far away
      • Greek, telos: end
      • telepathy (noun): communication from one mind to another without verbal or written communication
    • tend, tens: stretch
      • Latin, tendere: to stretch
      • contend (verb): to strive or reach for, to argue
    • term: end, boundary, limit
      • Latin, terminusm: limit, boundary
      • exterminate (verb): to kill off, to get rid of
    • test: see, witness
      • Latin, testis: witness
      • attest (verb): to provide proof, to say something is true
    • tract, trai, treat: pull, draw
      • Latin, trahere: pull
      • attract (verb): to draw toward, to arouse interest

      • SAT Vocab Root List #8
    • Quiz  6/13
      • uni: one
        • Latin, unus: one
        • unite (verb): to make one, to join together
      • vac: empty
        • Latin, vacare: to be empty
        • vacant (adjective): empty, not occupied
      • ven, vent: come
        • Latin, venire: to come
        • convene (verb): to assemble, to come together
      • ver: true
        • Latin, venus: true
        • verify (verb): to confirm that something is true
      • vers, vert: turn,change
        • Latin, versare: to turn
        • versatile (adjective): capable of changing or adapting, useful
      • vid, vie, vis: see
        • Latin, videre: to see; Latin, videre: to separate
        • visible (adjective): able to be seen
        • divide (verb): to separate
      • vit, viv: live
        • Latin, vivere: to live
        • vital (adjective) - necessary for life
      • voc, voke: call
        • Latin, vocare: call, voice
        • vocal (adjective): spoken or uttered by the voice
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