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6th grade · English Language Arts · Unit 7 of 12

Roots & Analogies

Greek and Latin word parts

What your child practices

Using Greek and Latin roots (like “geo,” “aud” and “port”) to work out unfamiliar words, and completing analogies that compare word relationships.

Alaska content standards learning standard: L.6.4; L.6.5 · Greek and Latin roots and analogies

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Greek and Latin roots help with new words: geo (earth), aud (hear), port (carry), micro (small), therm (heat).
  2. An analogy compares two pairs that share the same relationship.
  3. Say the first pair’s link as a sentence, then use it on the second pair.

Example: Complete the analogy: puppy is to dog as kitten is to ___. A puppy is a young dog. A kitten is a young… Answer: cat

Roots & Analogies in Alaska

In the Alaska content standards, this is unit 7 of 12 in 6th grade English Language Arts, after Commas & Clauses and before Punctuation Power.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Alaska Department of Education and Early Development

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    The Greek root “meter” appears in barometer and speedometer. What does it mean?

    meterbarometer · speedometer
    • look
    • measure
    • throw
    • pull

  2. Question 2

    Which word has a root that means “sound”?

    • photograph
    • telephone
    • dehydrated
    • automatic

  3. Question 3

    Use the roots: what is a “spectator”?

    • a person who carries equipment
    • a person who watches an event
    • a person who speaks at an event
    • a person who builds stadiums

  4. Question 4

    Complete the analogy.

    author : novel :: composer :

    • piano
    • audience
    • symphony
    • concert hall

  5. Question 5

    Use the roots: what does “chronological” order mean?

    • arranged by color
    • arranged by size
    • arranged in alphabetical order
    • arranged in time order

  6. Question 6

    Complete the analogy.

    exercise : fitness :: study :

    • library
    • test
    • knowledge
    • pencil

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