18 October
Lina told me that she has a vocabulary quiz soon on a new set of words. She said that this quiz might also contain words that they aren't particularly covering but she needs to know by guessing what they mean using prefixes and suffixes.
For example, in her vocabulary, she never covered the word spectacles but her list did include the prefix spect- so she had to use her knowledge to guess what the word meant.
So not only is she learning 7-9 vocabulary words and 4-5 prefixes/suffixes, she has to be able to properly guess what other words mean. She caught on to it very quickly. She did get a little frustrated when I explained that inflammable and flammable meant exactly the same thing even though the in- prefix says otherwise.
There was a lot to cover this session but she took really detailed notes and we made sentences together with all the words to make it easier for her to use later.
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