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6th grade · English Language Arts · Unit 13 of 14

Roots: mis, bene, man, vac, scrib, jur

Greek and Latin roots that unlock academic words.

What your child practices

Your child uses the roots mis/mit (send), bene (good), man (hand), vac (empty), scrib/script (write) and jur/jus (law) to work out word meanings.

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) teks student expectation: 6.2(C) · academic words built on the roots mis/mit, bene, man, vac, scrib/script and jur/jus

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. mis/mit means send, bene means good, man means hand.
  2. vac means empty, scrib/script means write, jur/jus means law.
  3. Find the root, then use the rest of the word and the sentence.

Example: The root vac means “empty.” What does “vacant” mean? Find the root: vac. Vacant has the same meaning as the root. Answer: empty

Roots: mis, bene, man, vac, scrib, jur in Texas

In the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), this is unit 13 of 14 in 6th grade English Language Arts, after Spelling: Endings and Sound-Alikes and before Devices or Fallacies?.

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

    Which word has a root meaning “good”?

    • manual
    • justify
    • submit
    • beneficial

  2. Question 2

    To “emit” light is to…

    • write it down
    • make it fair
    • send it out
    • hold it by hand

  3. Question 3

    A “manufactured” product was first made…

    • by sending it
    • by emptying it
    • by law
    • by hand, though now often by machine

  4. Question 4

    Which idea is “justice” most connected to?

    • fairness and the law
    • handwriting
    • sending messages
    • empty spaces

  5. Question 5

    To “evacuate” a building is to…

    • empty it of people
    • paint it by hand
    • judge it in court
    • write about it

  6. Question 6

    Which word does not share a root with the others: mission, emit, permit, manual?

    • emit
    • permit
    • manual
    • mission

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