English From the Roots Up

English from the Roots Up is a book of 100 Greek and Latin roots. It is used for understanding the fundamentals of English and building vocabulary. While teaching second grade at Seattle's Bush School, Joegil Lundquist found that her students had difficulty understanding large words until they grasped the Greek and Latin roots from which those words were constructed. Rather than attempting to teach the Greek and Latin languages, Joegil concentrates on teaching individual words – a practical approach that can bring quick, solid improvement to the student's grasp of English. EFTRU is widely used in home schooling and to prepare for SATs. Cune is selling this title to adults who wish to increase their confidence with language and especially to authors who wish to increase the precision of their writing.

The following is an excerpt from English from the Roots Up.

scribo
scriptum

write

scriptures - sacred writings (Bible, Torah) inscription - (in - in) - writing in a book or in stone describe - (de - down) - write down proscription - (pro - for) - written list of names put up for all to see prescription - (pre - before) - something written ahead scribe - one who knows how to write transcribe - (trans - across) - transfer speech into writing manuscript _ (manus - hard) - written by hand script - writing (e.g., the words of a play)

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