Reader Writer Project

Etymology:
Digital Movie:
Resources: http://www.krysstal.com/english.html (good resource for history fo language) http://www.etymonline.com/ (online etymology dictionary) http://www.etymologic.com/ (etymology game)
http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com/hww/shared/shared_main.jhtml?_requestid=14160 Foreign Language Techniques in Teaching Etymology John W. BurkeThe Classical Journal, Vol. 93, No. 3 (Feb. - Mar., 1998), pp. 275-283This article consists of 9 page(s).
Ayers' English Words from Latin and Greek Elements
Language Musketeer Puppets: http://www.daniellesplace.com/HTML/puppets.html (to make a sock puppet)
PAT: http://www.webenglishteacher.com/etymology.html


Excerpt (Burke):Since the students' prejudices about English are so strong, in order to implement my approach I have found it important initially to address their preconceptions about the course material. The first demonstration that the students speak English at an intuitive rather than analytical level (and for the sake of argument I assume that all are native speakers) is to provide them a few sample words with which they are likely to be familiar, asking their meaning in the abstract (dictionary definition), and then providing the word in context; and then I show how those words can be analyzed into constituent elements which themselves have meaning (e.g. abhorrent, adventure, circumvent, concrete, precise, provide, etc.). I impress upon the students that in fact they are familiar with the subject matter, by virtue of being English speakers, but that there are other levels of comprehension.