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7th grade · English Language Arts · Unit 14 of 15

Roots: omni, log, gen, vis, phil, luc, sent

Greek and Latin roots for all, word, birth, see, love, light and feel.

What your child practices

Your child uses the roots omni (all), log/logue (word), gen (birth), vid/vis (see), phil (love), luc (light) and sens/sent (feel) to work out word meanings.

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) teks student expectation: 7.2(C) · academic words built on the roots omni, log/logue, gen, vid/vis, phil, luc and sens/sent

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. omni means all, log/logue means word, gen means birth.
  2. vid/vis means see, phil means love, luc means light, sens/sent means feel.
  3. Find the root, then use the rest of the word and the sentence.

Example: A “bibliophile” is a person who… Biblio means book. Phil means love. Answer: loves books

Roots: omni, log, gen, vis, phil, luc, sent in Texas

In the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), this is unit 14 of 15 in 7th grade English Language Arts, after Spelling: Prefixes and Patterns and before Talking to You: Rhetoric & 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 “word” or “speech”?

    • monologue
    • envision
    • sensory
    • omnibus

  2. Question 2

    A “monologue” in a play is…

    • a list of props
    • a short scene with no words
    • a long speech by one character
    • a song for the whole cast

  3. Question 3

    To “elucidate” an idea is to…

    • love it
    • make it clear by explaining it
    • feel it
    • hide it

  4. Question 4

    “Philharmonic” describes a group that…

    • loves harmony and plays music
    • eats everything
    • sees the future
    • studies light

  5. Question 5

    The root omni means “all.” An “omnivore” eats…

    • only plants
    • nothing at all
    • both plants and animals
    • only meat

  6. Question 6

    Which word means “able to feel or perceive”?

    • generic
    • visible
    • lucent
    • sentient

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