Jennifer Chavez

Professor

English 487

17 April 2017

Morphology Project 2

Passage

“Needless to say, the students don’t have a uniform response, and I use such comments to foster
discussion. When necessary or appropriate, I also interject questions that might help the students
deepen or reconsider their views. I also try to draw connections between such problems and
conflicts that I witness daily in the class. When a students talks about a killing over a mundane
argument or a piece of clothing, for instance, I ask how these differ from the conflicts in our
school and on our playground, and how we might solve them.

Focusing on problems in writing and discussion acknowledges the seriousness of a child’s

problem; it also fosters community because the students recognize that we share common
concerns. Ultimately, it can help students to re-examine some of their own attitudes that may in
fact be part, albeit, small, of the problem. (144 words)

Content Words and Function Words

Function words Content words

To also assay the about the or a don’t their a
have or a also a and try of I to for use such I to
and ask when that how or I these I in from that
the the might when in our and on our and how
we might them on in and the of a it also
because the that we it can to some of their own
that my in be a of the ultimately differ such
between common over
Needless instance students uniform conflicts
response school playground comments solve
foster focusing discussion problems necessary
writing appropriate discussion interjects
acknowledges questions seriousness help
child’s students problem deepen fosters
reconsider community views students draw
recognize connections share problems concerns
conflicts witness help daily students class re-
examine student attitudes talks part killing
albeit small mundane problem argument fact
piece clothing
Compound: Needless, playground

Complex (with recognizable English roots):

Needless students comments discussion question students deepen reconsider views connections
problems conflicts daily talks killing argument clothing instance conflicts focusing problems
writing discussion acknowledges seriousness child’s community students concerns ultimately
students reexamine attitudes fosters

Inflectional
Students writing comments acknowledges
questions child’s students views concerns
connections problems attitudes conflicts fosters
talks killing clothing conflicts focusing
problems
Derivational
Needless discussion deepen reconsider
connections daily argument instance discussion
acknowledges seriousness community
ultimately reexamine

Stem Derivation
Need’ Discuss Needless Discussion
Deep Deepen
Consider Reconsider
Connect Connections Daily
Day Argument
Argue Instance
Instant Discussion
Discuss Acknowledges
Knowledge Seriousness Community
Serious Ultimately
Commune Reexamine
Ultimate
examine