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6th grade · English Language Arts · Unit 7 of 14

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.

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) teks student expectation: 6.2(B); 6.2(C) · 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 Texas

In the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), this is unit 7 of 14 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: Texas Education Agency (TEA)

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

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

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

  2. Question 2

    The Latin root “spect” appears in inspect and spectator. What does it mean?

    spectinspect · spectator
    • look
    • build
    • sound
    • hear

  3. Question 3

    Complete the analogy.

    carrot : vegetable :: salmon :

    • swim
    • pink
    • river
    • fish

  4. Question 4

    Which word has a root that means “one”?

    • monorail
    • eject
    • percent
    • barometer

  5. Question 5

    Which word has a root that means “see”?

    • vision
    • eject
    • structure
    • monotone

  6. Question 6

    Use the roots: what does “portable” most likely mean?

    • easy to break
    • easy to carry
    • able to be heard
    • built to stay in one place

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