OPSHACOMP — Adjective Order, and Greek/Latin Combining Forms

Teacher gives 4 mixed adjectives; children order them per OPSHACOMP.

• Hold up tiles
• Children rearrange to anchor
• Affirm correct order

Today TWO moves: OPSHACOMP adjective order AND Greek/Latin combining forms. PART 1 OPSHACOMP: 8 slots — Opinion (lovely) → Size (big) → Age (old) → Shape (round) → Color (red) → Origin (Chinese) → Material (wooden) → Purpose (cooking). Example: 'a beautiful little old round brown wooden jewelry box'. Native speakers feel this order; writers can use it on purpose. PART 2 GREEK/LATIN: AUTO- = self, BIO- = life, PHOTO- = light, -GRAPH = writing/drawing, -LOGY = study of. Combinations: AUTO + GRAPH = autograph ('self-writing'); BIO + GRAPH + Y = biography ('life-writing'); BIO + LOGY = biology ('study of life'); AUTO + BIO + GRAPH + Y = autobiography ('self-life-writing'); PHOTO + GRAPH = photograph ('light-writing'); PHOTO + SYNTHESIS = photosynthesis ('light-putting-together'); GEO + LOGY = geology ('study of earth').

• OPSHACOMP and combining forms are both about COMPOSITION — putting parts together in a pattern.

  model ADJ ORDER: 'a red old big ball' → reorder to 'a big old red ball' (size, age, color). MORPH: 'AUTOGRAPH = AUTO (self) + GRAPH (writing) = a self-written signature.' 'BIOLOGY = BIO (life) + LOGY (study) = the study of life.'

  prompt Teacher orders adjectives and combines forms.

• Order: 'wooden round Chinese small jewelry box' → ?
• What does PHOTO-GRAPH mean by parts?

M-4-F-GR-16-A Chart

Reproduction of MG-7 at 11x17: 8 slots in horizontal row with example adjectives per slot and one fully worked noun phrase at the bottom. Print-ready, dyslexic-friendly font.

MG-7 Chart

OPSHACOMP adjective-order anchor: a horizontal 8-column strip with order positions and example adjectives. 1. OPINION (lovely, useful), 2. SIZE (big, tiny), 3. AGE (old, young), 4. SHAPE (round, square), 5. COLOR (red, blue), 6. ORIGIN (Chinese, French), 7. MATERIAL (wooden, plastic), 8. PURPOSE (running, cooking). Worked example: 'a beautiful (opinion) little (size) old (age) round (shape) brown (color) wooden (material) jewelry (purpose) box'. Bottom rule: 'OPSHACOMP — opinion → purpose. Native speakers feel the order without thinking; writers can use it on purpose.' Print-ready 11x17.

M-4-F-VOC-16-A Chart

Reproduction of MG-15 at 11x17: 5 combining forms with meaning and example words, plus 6 combinations worked through (autograph, biography, biology, photograph, photosynthesis, autobiography). Print-ready, dyslexic-friendly font.

MG-15 Chart

Greek/Latin combining-form anchor: 5 combining forms with meaning and example words. AUTO- ('self'): autograph, autobiography, automatic. BIO- ('life'): biology, biography, biome. PHOTO- ('light'): photograph, photosynthesis, photogenic. -GRAPH ('writing/drawing'): autograph, telegraph, paragraph. -LOGY ('study of'): biology, geology, zoology. Worked combinations: AUTO + BIO + GRAPH + Y = AUTOBIOGRAPHY ('self-life-writing'); PHOTO + GRAPH = PHOTOGRAPH ('light-writing'); BIO + LOGY = BIOLOGY ('study of life'). Print-ready 11x17.

• Reorder 5 jumbled adjective strings using OPSHACOMP.

  scaffold MG-7 anchor; adjective tile kit
• Combine Greek/Latin forms in 6 word-build challenges and predict meaning.

  scaffold MG-15 anchor; combining-form tile kit

• Write a 3-adjective noun phrase using OPSHACOMP about your topic.
• Predict the meaning of BIOLOGY by parts.

• Star your strongest 3-adjective phrase.

• Find a noun phrase with 2+ adjectives at home. Reorder per OPSHACOMP. Bring tomorrow.