| TELE TELE means FAR This is another word part that is found in a lot of common, concrete words. "Tele" can also simply be short for "telephone" as in the words "telethon" or "telegenic." I. FOR EACH WORD: 1. Write the word 2. Write what it means 3. Draw a picture to go with it 4. Answer the question about it. | word | meaning and example | what to draw | question to answer (you may draw your answer, too) | | telephone | an instrument for producing sounds at a distance (or the action of using such an instrument) | two different kinds of telephones | What are two things that are a lot easier because of the telephone? | | television | An instrument for receiving electrical waves from a distance and changing them into pictures and sounds | two different kinds of televisions | What are two things you wouldn't know about without television? | | telescope | an instrument for looking at very distant objects
AND/OR: (optional) to become forced together lengthwise with one part entering the other as the result of a collision; to become compressed or condensed (like a collapsing telescope). | a telescope | Who would want to own a telescope? | | telegram | a message sent over distance by coded signals, commonly used for very important messages before telephones were reliable; messages were as short as possible because each word added to the cost. Often someone would be sent to a person's house to deliver the telegram. | SOmeone delivering a telegram. | What are two messages that would be important enough for someone to send a telegram? | | telepathy | communication from one mind to another through "extrasensory" means -- sending thoughts or feelings directly into someone's mind from yours, or knowing what they are thinking. (Usually happens in science fiction stories.) | Someone getting a telepathic message. | What are two things you would do if telepathy were possible? | | teleconference | a meeting of several people who are in different, distant places by using telephones or computers | People having a teleconference | What are two reasons to have a teleconference? | | telephoto | A lense system that makes far-away things look closer | | Where are two places where a telephoto lens would be a good thing to have? | | telemetry | sending information over a distance by machines. Satellites use telemetry to take information and then send it to different places; hospital systems use telemetry to send medical information to nurses' stations | Something that uses telemetry | What are two things that telemetry makes easier for people? | | telemeter | an instrument for measuring the distance of an object from the observer
OR an instrument to send measurements over a distance (such as from Mars to the Earth) | *Both* kinds of telemeters | What are two things you could do with a telemeter? | telephone, television, telescope, teleconference, telemeter, telemetry, telepathy, telegram, teleconference, telephoto Complete these sentences with the "tele" word. Be sure to mix these sentences with words learned in previous lessons. 1.There will be a video _teleconference_ and people from all over the world will be joining. 2. The army sent the soldier's wife a _telegram_ when he was killed in action. 3. The reporter took a picture of the actress from half a mile away with a _telephoto_ camera. television, telescope, telemeter, telepathy, 4. Some people think talking on the _telephone_ while you are driving should be against the law. 5. The robot on Mars uses _telementry_ to send information about the land and atmosphere to scientists on Earth. 6. When people have known each other for a long time, they can sometimes know what the other is thinking or feeling without a word spoken -- it's like _telepathy_. 7. We used a _telemeter_ to figure out how far we were from the ground. 8. There is a huge _telescope_ in New Mexico that is used to look at far distant stars. | 
