Vocab words for the Week of March 30th

Affixes: An affix is added to the root of a word to change its meaning. An affix added to the front of a word is known as a prefix. One added to the back is known as a suffix.
(https://www.grammar-monster.com/glossary/affixes.htm)

Affixes are important because they do change the entire meaning of a word, and once affixes are taught and learned, they become a tool for decoding unknown words since the meanings behind affixes are unchanging. 

Morphemic Analysis: A strategy in which the meanings of words can be determined or inferred by examining their meaningful parts (i.e., prefixes, suffixes, roots, etc.).

(http://reading.uoregon.edu/big_ideas/voc/voc_skills_goals.php)

Morphemic analysis is important because once this skill is taught, it provides developing readers the ability to decode unknown words much more easily and quickly and allows them to understand the meaning behind those words. 

Inflectional Endings: A group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning. 

https://sites.google.com/a/norridge80.net/ms-matocha-s-first-grade/phonemic-experts/inflected-endings)

Inflectional endings are important because they do change the meaning of a word and once this is learned and taught, readers are able to encode words much more easily and quickly. Inflectional endings' meanings are unchanging, such as how adding "ed" to a work makes it past tense. Once this is realized, comprehension increases.

Syllable Juncture: Syllable juncture is a term used to identify the point at which two syllables join

(https://www.wtps.org/cms/lib/NJ01912980/Centricity/Domain/2421/Feature%20L%20Sort%

203.pdf)

Syllable juncture is important because once the patterns of vowels and consonants are taught and understood, readers will be able to better decode unknown words because they have an educated idea of where the point of division should be within the word. 

Domain Specific Academic Vocabulary: Language or word choice that is directly related to the class for which you are writing.

(https://sites.google.com/a/tahomasd.us/the-writing-collegium/home/language-and-vocabulary/academic-and-domain-specific-vocabulary)

Domain specific academic vocabulary is important because it directly relates to the class one is in. It is the proper words to be spoken so that others in this specific class understand what you are trying to convey. For example, mathematical terms such as "perpendicular" and "pi" are necessary to know and understand so that one can be successful and understood in their mathematics class. However, these words would cause confusion and likely be irrelevant and wrongly used if they were carried on to another class (such as English) or common conversation.

General Academic Vocabulary: Language that is aimed at an intelligent audience.

(https://sites.google.com/a/tahomasd.us/the-writing-collegium/home/language-and-vocabulary/academic-and-domain-specific-vocabulary)

General academic vocabulary is important because it escalates the sophistication and intelligence of one's vocabulary. These are the words that need to be used in essays and resumes and high level conversation. Their formality is strong and neccessary.

Accented Syllables: Syllables that are stressed in pronunciation.

(http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000310.htm)

Accented syllables are important because they oftentimes change the meaning of a word and always change the pronunciation of a word.