Word Wise: Prefixes

Series: Vocabulary Skills Series

Duration: 13

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1976

Creator: Norman Bean Films

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Explores the function of prefixes and their importance in the English language through an imaginary story about a missing code word, a forgetful secret agent, and a winter snow festival. Defines a prefix as a letter or group of letters added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning. Presents, both orally and visually, 15 of the most commonly used prefixes and the basic rules for adding them to words., A winter snow festival provides the zany backdrop for a vocabulary lesson on prefixes. As a bumbling agent tries to meet another agent, viewers learn about prefixes and their meanings, both orally and visually.

Complete Record: Explores the function of prefixes and their importance in the English language through an imaginary story about a missing code word, a forgetful secret agent, and a winter snow festival. Defines a prefix as a letter or group of letters added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning. Presents, both orally and visually, 15 of the most commonly used prefixes and the basic rules for adding them to words., Uses a missing code word, a forgetful secret agent, and a winter snow festival to provide a story to introduce a vocabulary lesson on prefixes. Fifteen prefixes are presented visually as well as aurally.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.