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Word Study & Vocabulary 3: Unit 26: Greek roots tele, phon, photo, graph ©2010 Benchmark Education Company, LLC

3 3

3 3

3 3

3 3

3 3

3 3

3 3

3 3

autograph

graphic

graphite

headphones

homophone

paragraph

phonics

phonograph

photocopier

photograph

photographer

photosynthesis

telecast

telegram

telegraph

television

Word Cards (BLM 3)


Name ___________________________________ Date ____________________________________

Sorting Greek RootsParent Directions: Have your child read each word from the box and write it in the appropriate place on the web depending on the Greek root.

Word Bank graphite headphones photocopier telecast calligraphy photogenic telemarketing phonetically bibliography phonemic photofinishing telethon

Take-Home Activity (BLM 6)

Parent Directions: Have your child choose four words from the list, one from each category, and write a sentence for each word.

1. ____________________________________________________________________

2. ____________________________________________________________________

3. ____________________________________________________________________

4. ____________________________________________________________________

Greek Roots

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____________

____________

____________

tele

____________

____________

____________

____________

photo

____________

____________

____________

____________

graph

____________

____________

____________

____________

phon


Name ___________________________________ Date ____________________________________

Choose the WordDirections: Read the sentences and choose the word that best completes each sentence.

1. Mr. Gibson asked us to check for errors in spelling in our __________________.

paragraph photograph telegraph

2. Melba used __________________ to write the names on the wedding invitations.

choreography calligraphy telepathy

3. In English class, we listed the books we used to find facts in a __________________.

bibliography seismograph phonograph

4. Brad plays the __________________ in the school band.

symphony saxophone photoactive

5. The presidential candidate hired a __________________ to record movies of his

speeches.

videographer photographer topography

Directions: Look at the pairs of words. Circle the word with the Greek root meaning “write.”

6. graphite homophone

7. phonograph photocopier

8. photosynthesis photographer

9. telegraph telegram

10. television photograph

Classroom Activity (BLM 7)


Name ___________________________________ Date ____________________________________

A Very Brief History of Photography

Taking photographs is so easy today. There are cameras in all price ranges,

with all sorts of features, including telephoto lenses that make it possible to take

pictures of things very far away and lenses that can take microscopically close-up

shots. Even most mobile telephones are equipped with cameras. People can

take pictures and distribute them immediately via telecommunication networks,

sending them to be posted on Web sites or printed if they desire. Images can

be manipulated easily on computers using graphics software.

Things were not always so easy, to say the least. Early photographers

needed bulky equipment to take photographs and elaborate darkrooms to

develop them. Two Frenchmen are credited with inventing the first method of

recording an image, Joseph Nicephore Niepce and Louis Daguerre. Daguerre

managed to get exposure time down to 30 minutes, which still meant that

a subject had to hold perfectly still for that length of time! The images were

recorded on sheets of silver-plated copper. With a process that took so long, the

subjects did not worry about being photogenic; they were just happy to get a

reasonable likeness.

Others later invented ways of recording images on tin and coated glass, and

in 1889 George Eastman invented flexible roll film. Variations on this type of

film, including those with the ability to record images in color, were commonly

used until the widespread adoption of digital cameras. Today, digital imaging has

taken over because film developing is not necessary and one can take and store

multiple digital images more cheaply. This way, the photographer can choose to

print or post the best images from many choices.

Reading Passage (BLM 9)

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Word Study & Vocabulary 3: Unit 26: Greek roots tele, phon, photo, graph ©2010 Benchmark Education Company, LLCAnchor Chart (BLM 1)

Greek Roots tele, phon, photo, graph

Root Meaning Example

tele distanttelepathy, telescope

phon soundphonics,

symphony

photo lightphotosynthesis,

photocopy

graph writeparagraph, autograph

The sound /f/ is spelled ph in the roots phon and graph.


Word Study & Vocabulary 3: Unit 26: Greek roots tele, phon, photo, graph ©2010 Benchmark Education Company, LLCCategory Cards (BLM 2)

tele phon

photo graph

distant sound

light write



3 3

3 3

3 3

3 3

3 3

3 3

3 3

3 3

autograph

graphic

graphite

headphones

homophone

paragraph

phonics

phonograph

photocopier

photograph

photographer

photosynthesis

telecast

telegram

telegraph

television

Word Cards (BLM 3)



4 4

4 4

4 4

4 4

4 4

4 4

4 4

4 4

bibliography

digraph

ethnography

graphically

phonemic

photoactive

photofinishing

photons

photosensitive

saxophone

seismograph

symphony

telethon

topography

videographer

xylophone

Word Cards (BLM 4)



5 5

5 5

5 5

5 5

5 5

5 5

5 5

5 5

cacophony

calligraphy

choreography

euphony

microphone

phonetically

photoelectric

photogenic

telecommunications

telecommute

teleconference

telemarketing

telepathy

telephone

telephoto

telescope

Word Cards (BLM 5)



Name ___________________________________ Date ____________________________________

Sorting Greek RootsParent Directions: Have your child read each word from the box and write it in the appropriate place on the web depending on the Greek root.

Word Bank graphite headphones photocopier telecast calligraphy photogenic telemarketing phonetically bibliography phonemic photofinishing telethon


Parent Directions: Have your child choose four words from the list, one from each category, and write a sentence for each word.

1. ____________________________________________________________________

2. ____________________________________________________________________

3. ____________________________________________________________________

4. ____________________________________________________________________

Greek Roots

____________

____________

____________

____________

tele

____________

____________

____________

____________

photo

____________

____________

____________

____________

graph

____________

____________

____________

____________

phon



Name ___________________________________ Date ____________________________________

Choose the WordDirections: Read the sentences and choose the word that best completes each sentence.

1. Mr. Gibson asked us to check for errors in spelling in our __________________.

paragraph photograph telegraph

2. Melba used __________________ to write the names on the wedding invitations.

choreography calligraphy telepathy

3. In English class, we listed the books we used to find facts in a __________________.

bibliography seismograph phonograph

4. Brad plays the __________________ in the school band.

symphony saxophone photoactive

5. The presidential candidate hired a __________________ to record movies of his

speeches.

videographer photographer topography

Directions: Look at the pairs of words. Circle the word with the Greek root meaning “write.”

6. graphite homophone

7. phonograph photocopier

8. photosynthesis photographer

9. telegraph telegram

10. television photograph

Classroom Activity (BLM 7)



Name ___________________________________ Date ____________________________________

Choose the WordParent Directions: Have your child read the sentences and choose the word that best completes each sentence.

1. The beautiful __________________ of the dance impressed the judges.

calligraphy choreography bibliography

2. __________________ is trying to sell something over the phone.

Telephoto Telemarketing Telepathy

3. My family went to the park for the Fourth of July to hear a __________________

perform patriotic songs.

topography symphony telepathy

4. My sister has a __________________, and she likes to play music on it.

xylophone graphic telephoto

5. Plants use __________________ to grow.

photocopier photosynthesis phonics

Parent Directions: Have your child look at the pairs of words and circle the word with the Greek root meaning “sound.”

6. headphones graphite

7. photograph phonograph

8. cacophony photoelectric

9. phonemic bibliography

10. euphony telepathy




Name ___________________________________ Date ____________________________________

A Very Brief History of Photography

Taking photographs is so easy today. There are cameras in all price ranges,

with all sorts of features, including telephoto lenses that make it possible to take

pictures of things very far away and lenses that can take microscopically close-up

shots. Even most mobile telephones are equipped with cameras. People can

take pictures and distribute them immediately via telecommunication networks,

sending them to be posted on Web sites or printed if they desire. Images can

be manipulated easily on computers using graphics software.

Things were not always so easy, to say the least. Early photographers

needed bulky equipment to take photographs and elaborate darkrooms to

develop them. Two Frenchmen are credited with inventing the first method of

recording an image, Joseph Nicephore Niepce and Louis Daguerre. Daguerre

managed to get exposure time down to 30 minutes, which still meant that

a subject had to hold perfectly still for that length of time! The images were

recorded on sheets of silver-plated copper. With a process that took so long, the

subjects did not worry about being photogenic; they were just happy to get a

reasonable likeness.

Others later invented ways of recording images on tin and coated glass, and

in 1889 George Eastman invented flexible roll film. Variations on this type of

film, including those with the ability to record images in color, were commonly

used until the widespread adoption of digital cameras. Today, digital imaging has

taken over because film developing is not necessary and one can take and store

multiple digital images more cheaply. This way, the photographer can choose to

print or post the best images from many choices.

Reading Passage (BLM 9)



Name ___________________________________ Date ____________________________________

Spelling Dictation

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Sentence

Spelling Dictation (BLM 10)



Name ___________________________________ Date ____________________________________

Spelling Peer CheckDirections: Work with a partner. Follow the directions from your teacher to use this BLM to write your spelling words.

Second Try (if needed)

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Correct Spelling

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Spelling Peer Check (BLM 11)


spiral vocabulary unit english class, we listed the books we used to find facts in a _____....

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