Greek Roots: bene, mal, misBENE- root Good/ well

MIS- root Badly, Wrongly

MAL- root Bad

BENEFICIAL adj. Having good or favorable results

BENEVOLENT adj. The quality of doing good things or good deeds

MALADY n. A disease, a disorder, or sickness

MALEVOLENT adj. Having an evil or harmful influence

MISCALCULATE v. To wrongly calculate

MISCONSTRUE v. To mistake the meaning of; misunderstand

Greek Roots: bene, mal, misBENE- root Good/ well

MIS- root Badly, Wrongly

MAL- root Bad

BENEFICIAL adj. Having good or favorable results

BENEVOLENT adj. The quality of doing good things or good deeds

MALADY n. A disease, a disorder, or sickness

MALEVOLENT adj. Having an evil or harmful influence

MISCALCULATE v. To wrongly calculate

MISCONSTRUE v. To mistake the meaning of; misunderstand

Greek Roots: bene, mal, misBENE- root Good/ well

MIS- root Badly, Wrongly

MAL- root Bad

BENEFICIAL adj. Having good or favorable results

BENEVOLENT adj. The quality of doing good things or good deeds

MALADY n. A disease, a disorder, or sickness

MALEVOLENT adj. Having an evil or harmful influence

MISCALCULATE v. To wrongly calculate

MISCONSTRUE v. To mistake the meaning of; misunderstand

Greek Roots: bene, mal, misBENE- root Good/ well

MIS- root Badly, Wrongly

MAL- root Bad

BENEFICIAL adj. Having good or favorable results

BENEVOLENT adj. The quality of doing good things or good deeds

MALADY n. A disease, a disorder, or sickness

MALEVOLENT adj. Having an evil or harmful influence

MISCALCULATE v. To wrongly calculate

MISCONSTRUE v. To mistake the meaning of; misunderstand

BENE- Good/ well

MIS-Badly,

Wrongly

MAL- Bad

Greek Roots Warm-Up

Beneficial (adj.)

The doctor told me that eating lots of fruits and vegetables was beneficial to my health.

Benevolent (adj.)

She was a very benevolent young woman, always helping elderly women cross the street.

Malevolent (adj.)

The malevolent teenagers tried to persuade the elementary school students to do drugs.

Malady (n.)

The malady that kept Michelangelo from school so long turned out to be a really bad case of the flu.

Miscalculate (v.)

Christopher Columbus slightly miscalculated his journey. He thought that he was in India, when in fact, he was in the Caribbean.

Misconstrue (v.)

Poor Robert misconstrued the directions, so he ended up doing his homework incorrectly.

1. The students ______________ Ms. Williams reaction to their generous gift. When she began to cry, they thought she hated it, when in fact, she loved it.

2. The _________________ witch in Disney’s Sleeping Beauty is appropriately named “Maleficent”.

3. When our students donated almost $1000 to Hurricane Katrina victims, the Red Cross wanted to reward their _______________ gesture by coming on BCTV and personally thanking them.

4. Henry was so sick, he threw up all morning and had a high fever. His frantic mother took him to the doctor who told them that Henry’s frightening ________________ was simply the flu.

5. When Raul went to the store to buy groceries for his family, he ________________ the amount of money he’d need. He only had $20, but the bill was $23.54.

6. There are many _____________ things that you can do to raise your grade; studying, doing your homework, and writing daily assignments down in your agenda are three.

Warm-up: Write the words that correctly finish the sentences in your spiral.

Beneficial OR Benevolent?For each of the following sentences, decide whether the sentence

requires the word beneficial or benevolent. Remember – Something beneficial helps create good results, while a benevolent act is one that

is extremely kind and full of good will.

1. Reading every night is ________________ for building your vocabulary.

2. I could not believe Justin’s incredibly _______________ attitude. He donated his entire year’s worth of allowance to the victims in Pakistan’s deadly earthquake.

3. Many people believe that you cannot choose to be a ____________ person; naturally, you are or you aren’t.

4. It would be rather __________________ of YLMS students to fundraise for poor families during the holidays.

5. If you’re trying to get into shape, it is quite ____________ to exercise each day.