Use a word-family change

Supplied materials

• Paper and pencil, or a browser text area. All named people/events/records are fictional learning inputs.
• Worked case: Excerpt A: Jo chose the cautious route because the bridge was untested. The decision appears before its reason. Excerpt B: Context: Jo spends carefully to avoid waste. The description is thrifty. Excerpt C: Jo will decide; the decision is Jo’s. Analyze decide becoming decision. Excerpt D: Supplied entry: orbit comes from Latin orbita, meaning course or track. This is a provided origin note, not independently assigned to another word.
• Primary check: Excerpt A: Because the bridge was untested and the route uncertain, Jo chose the cautious path. The decision is delayed until the end. Excerpt B: Context: Jo refuses to share resources even when doing so would not threaten her needs. The description is stingy. Excerpt C: The nation has a flag; the national flag is blue. Analyze nation becoming national. Excerpt D: Supplied classroom entry: hinge means a joint permitting connected pieces to turn.

Learn the idea

Derivational patterns can change word class: decide to decision, science to scientific, careful to carefully. Inflection can change time or number without the same class shift.

Compare the supplied original and derived forms in their stated roles. Explain how the ending changes their sentence job.

Original worked input: Original excerpt C: Jo will decide; the decision is Jo’s. Analyze decide becoming decision. The task is to use a word-family change. The answer is “verb to noun”. Evidence: Jo will decide; the decision is Jo’s. Analyze decide becoming decision. Reasoning: verb to noun is supported because a verb naming an action becomes a noun naming its result. Decided remains a verb form here.

1. Read the supplied worked case and identify the part named in this lesson. An adult can model unfamiliar words.
2. Compare the supplied original and derived forms in their stated roles. Explain how the ending changes their sentence job.
3. Check the worked solution: verb to noun. Evidence: Jo will decide; the decision is Jo’s. Analyze decide becoming decision. Reasoning: verb to noun is supported because a verb naming an action becomes a noun naming its result. Decided remains a verb form here.
4. Use the new primary and practice cases. Give a reason from the actual words before checking the feedback.

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Take it further

Changed-input task: Original excerpt C: The label is clear; Lea speaks clearly. Analyze clear becoming clearly. Give an evidence-based answer before looking at the model. Expected reasoning: Evidence: The label is clear; Lea speaks clearly. Analyze clear becoming clearly. Reasoning: adjective to adverb is supported because an adjective becomes an adverb modifying an action. Decided remains a verb form here. Then write a brief alternative sentence, paragraph, source note or scene that demonstrates the same operation; label new fictional details and preserve source limits.

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