I handed out the weekly word parts to my class today. As is our routine, they received a chart with five Greek and/or Latin word parts, a definition, and an example word. Their job is to look up the exemplar, figure out how the word part definition works with it, and then find another example of their own.
The five word parts for this week were aqua, port, circum, geo, and narr. Soon after receiving it a student approached my desk, his face cloaked in concerned confidentiality.
"Can I use the word "circumcise" for my example?" he asked, sotto voce.
"I wouldn't," I answered him, honestly.
"I know what it means," he told me.
I nodded, but before I could reply, he continued.
"AND, I know how it fits the word part. Circum? Means "around," and cise means "cut"!"
"Very good," I said, and I meant it-- his response was a paragon of word study precepts-- "but imagine the conversations we'll have to have if you put that word on the board."
"I'm mature," he assured me. "I can handle it."
Not me! I inwardly cringed, and in the end we agreed that it could be his private example.
The five word parts for this week were aqua, port, circum, geo, and narr. Soon after receiving it a student approached my desk, his face cloaked in concerned confidentiality.
"Can I use the word "circumcise" for my example?" he asked, sotto voce.
"I wouldn't," I answered him, honestly.
"I know what it means," he told me.
I nodded, but before I could reply, he continued.
"AND, I know how it fits the word part. Circum? Means "around," and cise means "cut"!"
"Very good," I said, and I meant it-- his response was a paragon of word study precepts-- "but imagine the conversations we'll have to have if you put that word on the board."
"I'm mature," he assured me. "I can handle it."
Not me! I inwardly cringed, and in the end we agreed that it could be his private example.
A short film starring you, ran in my head as I read this gem you wrote which made me chuckle to tears.
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