Slides from a presentation introducing the prefix ex- to a year four class

1. “out of”, “from”

2. Explorer
 “someone who investigates unfamiliar
regions; an adventurer”
 “Christopher Columbus was an explorer”

3. Explorer
 Explorer

4. Explorer
 Ex plorer

5. Explorer
 Ex plorer
“out of”, “from”

6. Explorer
 Ex plorer
“out of”, “from” Latin: plorare
“to flow”, “to cry”
E.g. French
Pleurer – “to cry”
Pleuvoir – “to rain”

7. Explorer
 Explorer
“ out”, “ out”

8. Explorer
 Explorer
“to flow out”, “to cry out”

9. Explorer
 “to flow out”
 When water flows – it fills up every single
spot. Think about water flowing out of the
pump in the playground – water
‘investigates unfamiliar regions’ (just like an
explorer)

10. Explorer
 “to cry out”
 When hunters were unsure of who or what
was ahead of them in the dark, they would
cry out and listen for a response. They were
‘investigating the unfamiliar region’ ahead
of them (just like an explorer)