English Etymology, Comprehensive No Prep Lesson, Editable

Are you looking for a NO PREP LESSON on the Etymology of English? Look no further! This slide show is a fascinating and comprehensive introduction that is designed to pique your students' interest and deepen their curiosity about the English Language and how it is formed. It explores ideas of language formation such as Derivation, Back formation, Compounding, Repurposing, Conversion, Eponyms, Abbreviations, and much, much more!

How words come into the English language is amazing -- here is an excerpt from the presentation about Abbreviations:

....There are three main subtypes (of abbreviations): clippings, acronyms and initialisms. 

Some words that you might not have known started out longer are taxi/cab (both from taximeter cabriolet), mob (mobile vulgus), goodbye (God be with you), rifle (rifled pistol), canter (Canterbury gallop), curio (curiosity), van (caravan), sport (disport), wig (periwig), laser (light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation), scuba (self-contained underwater breathing apparatus)......

This is an excellent presentation to introduce your students to the fascinating story of how words have entered the English language. It will deepen their understanding of language. It is a very engaging and inspiring lesson.

This presentation is perfect for including visuals in your learning modules and works well in both traditional and homeschool settings.

A wonderful exploration of the etymology of the English Language. Editable, for your convenience. Image-rich slide show.

As a teacher, I know how important it is to be able to edit my lessons to meet the specific needs of a specific group of students. For this reason, and to make you like easer and better, all of my lessons are fully editable.

This is the Google Slides version, for the PPT version, CLICK HERE.

For your convenience, this is an EDITABLE document. If you need to tweak the presentation to better suit the needs of your classroom, you will be able to edit this document!

SLIDES:

1. Cover Slide
2. Growing Language
3. New Words
4. Shakespeare
5. John Milton
6. Chaucer, and others
7. How do words enter a language?
8. Some ways for words to enter a language
9. Derivation
10. Back formation
11. Compounding
12. Repurposing
13. Conversion
14. Eponyms -- words from proper nouns
15. Abbreviations -- clippings, acronyms, initialisms
16. Clippings
17. Acronyms
18. Abbreviations
19. Loanwords
20. Loanwords, continued
21. More borrowed words
22. Etymology of a word, example
23. Etymology of a word, example
24. Onomatopoeia
25. Reduplication
26. Nonsense Words
27. Error
28. Portmanteaus, Word Blend
29. Combination of Methods
30. Closing Slide

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