Etymology
Adventures
Lesson Objectives:
1. Students will be able to access specific
Internet sites easily.
2. Students will demonstrate an ability to research
word etymology using the Internet. By the lesson's
end, the students will produce a list of three words
along with their origin.
3. Students will be able to use forms on the
Internet. To demostrate proficiency in this area,
the students will write and publish etymology
question on
the site Where's THAT From?
4. Students will practice reading and following
instructions.
Someone invented every word you know.
Etymology is the study of where words come from.
To learn more about word origins, follow the steps
below:
1. Go to Mrs. G's English Links at
https://www.angelfire.com/ok/freshenglish/newlinks.ht
ml.
2. Scroll down to Vocabulary. Click on
Where's THAT From?
3. Scroll down until you see a multiple choice
question. Use your dictionary to answer the
question. Click on submit.
4. Answer all ten questions. If the word in
question is not in your dictionary, make your best
guess. When you are through, record your score
here______________.
5. Return to Mrs. G's English Links.
6. Scroll down to Vocabulary.
7. Click on Archives of Word
Etymology.
8. At this site you will find a long list of
words. Scan the list. Choose three interesting
words, click on each, and copy down the word history
for each on the back of this paper. After each word
history, write down the source from which this word
history came. You will find this information in
small print after each word history.
9. Read each word history, and choose the one you
think is the most interesting. Then complete the
following information.
10. Chosen word___________________________
Question concerning that
word:
Four possible answers for
the question (note the fake answers should sound
believable and should be kept clean): a. the true
answer
b. a fake
answer
c. another fake
answer
d. the third fake
answer
Record here the source
from which the word history came. You will find
this information in the small print after the word
history.
11. When you have completed the above step, please
conference with me for editorial approval.
12. Return to Mrs. G's English
Links.
13. Click on Where's THAT From?
14. Take the quiz again. Record your score
here_______________.
15. Click on Submit Your Own
Question.
16. Enter the information you created earlier this
week in the spaces provided. When finished, click
Click Da Button.
