Tier-2 Set 17 continued — 10 more words + 10 academic morphology roots

Quick-share: define UNDERMINE and ILLUMINATE in your own words. Use each in a sentence about a source.

• Affirm definitions and uses
• Connect: today we add 10 more Tier-2 words + 10 morphology roots

Today we round out Tier-2 Set 17 with 10 more academic-synthesis words AND launch 10 new morphology roots. The 10 new Tier-2 words: QUALIFY (limit or moderate a claim — Coates qualifies his argument by noting exceptions). UNDERMINE (weaken — the data undermine the hypothesis). SUBSTANTIATE (provide evidence for a claim — these statistics substantiate the argument). ILLUMINATE (make clear — Adichie's anecdote illuminates the larger pattern). MEDIATE (act as intermediary between — synthesis mediates among multiple sources). ATTRIBUTE (assign credit or cause — the conclusion is attributable to several factors). PRESUPPOSE (assume in advance — this argument presupposes that readers know the context). INFER (draw a conclusion from evidence — readers can infer the writer's stance). WARRANT (the reasoning that connects evidence to claim — from Toulmin; what warrants this leap?). PARADIGM (a foundational model or framework — the dominant paradigm in this field). The 10 new morphology roots: LOG/LOGY = study of (psychology, sociology, etymology, monologue). BIO = life (biology, biography, biosphere). GEO = earth (geography, geology, geopolitics). DEMO = people (democracy, demographic, demagogue). HETERO/HOMO = different/same (heterogeneous, homogeneous, heterodox, homonym). MACRO/MICRO = large/small (macroeconomics, microscopic, macrocosm, microcosm). ORTHO = straight/correct (orthopedic, orthography, orthodox). SOPH = wise (sophisticated, sophomore, philosophy). SPEC/SPECT = see (inspection, perspective, spectator, spectrum). VER/VERI = truth (verify, veracity, veritable, verdict). Combined with G7-fall's 10 research roots and G7-spring's 10 literary-analysis roots, you now have a 30-root toolkit for decoding academic vocabulary.

• Morphology decodes unfamiliar words. Two roots + suffix = full meaning.

  model SOCIO (society — Latin) + LOG (study of — Greek) + ICAL (relating to — Latin/Greek suffix). Meaning: relating to the study of society.

  prompt Decode SOCIOLOGICAL using morphology.
• QUALIFY softens; UNDERMINE weakens. Choose precisely.

  model 'Adichie qualifies her argument by noting that some single stories — those told by their own subjects — can be empowering.' / 'Wallace-Wells's data undermine the optimistic projections offered by earlier reports.'

  prompt Use QUALIFY and UNDERMINE in synthesis sentences.

• Pair-share: use 3 new Tier-2 words in sentences about your synthesis topic.
• Cold Call: decode HETEROGENEOUS using morphology.

M-8-F-VOC-14-A Chart

MG-19 anchor: 20-word grid with definitions and synthesis-context examples. Print-ready 18x24.

M-8-F-VOC-14-B Chart

MG-20 anchor: 10-root grid (log/logy, bio, geo, demo, hetero/homo, macro/micro, ortho, soph, spec/spect, ver/veri) with 3-5 example words per root and brief etymology. Print-ready 18x24.

• Match 10 new Tier-2 Set 17 words to definitions. Then use 5 in original sentences about your synthesis topic.

  scaffold MG-19 Tier-2 Set 17 grid
• Decode 10 unfamiliar academic words using morphology (e.g., PHILOSOPHY, GEOPOLITICAL, ANTHROPOLOGY, ORTHOGRAPHY, MICROCOSM). Identify roots and infer meaning.

  scaffold MG-20 academic morphology card; etymology look-up routine

• Use ILLUMINATE, SUBSTANTIATE, and PARADIGM in 3 sentences about your synthesis topic.
• Decode DEMOGRAPHIC using morphology.

• Restate: Tier-2 vocabulary + morphology = academic-language toolkit
• Preview lesson 15: verbal irony

• Use 3 new Tier-2 Set 17 words in your synthesis essay draft. Add 2 morphology-decoded words to vocabulary notebook.