2020-03-13 TOEFL: writing practice, biology vocabulary

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Writing practice - ETS 1 test 5 (both tasks)
Email your responses to me when you finish.
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BREAK
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Biology vocabulary - In each sentence on the handout, find the word that has each given definition.
1 distinguish - distinguished/distinguishing, distinct, distinguishable
2 evolved - evolve, evolving, evolution, evolutionary
3 estimate (n) - estimate (v), estimation, estimated
4 cell - cellular
5 vary - variation, varied/varying, variety, variable
6 genetic - gene, genome, geneticist, genetics (Words with the same original root include “generate”, “genital”, “genre”, “general”, “genus”, “kind”, “kin”, “kindred”.)
7 factor (n) - factor (v)
8 identify - identity, identifiable, identified/identifying, identification, identical
9 DNA - deoxyribonucleic acid
10 process (n) - process (v), processed/processing, procedure, procedural, processor
11 nutrient - nutrition, (nourish)
12 adapt - adaptation, adapted/adapting, adaptable, adaptive
13 system - systemic, systematic, systematize
14 survive - survival, survivor, survived/surviving, survivable
15 layer (n) - layer (v), layered/layering
16 classify - class, classification, classified/classifying, classifiable
17 characteristic (n) - characteristic (adj), characterize, characterized/characterizing, characterization
18 organism - organic
19 microscopic - microscope
20 link (n) - link (v), linked/linking, linkable
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Suffixes like “able” and “ity” are very productive, meaning we can easily make new words from them that people will understand even if they’ve never seen the word before.
unspammability
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Classes next week: 10am here (full schedule moved 1 hour later)
If we move to online classes: 9am with Zoom (and normal module schedule)
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Homework: handout p. 25 parts A and B
	Optional: if you want more feedback than a grade and a sentence, email me with a self-evaluation about your writing today