St Bernadette English Department Spelling and Grammar Focus

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St Bernadette English Department Spelling and Grammar Focus What is this? A booklet with common misspelt words and common grammar errors to help you become more confident with spelling and grammar. How does it work? Each task is on two pages: First page: Learn – here are exercises to help you learn the word or rule as well as a section to help you Understand – a break down of the mistakes made with the word or rule and explanations of why these commonly happen Apply – sentence level work, mastering the skill and remembering exercises for the word or rule Second Page: Find and Fix - exercises for you to edit and adapt. For this you can write in the booklet Extension Work - a plethora of spelling, punctuation and grammar errors and on the next page a self assessment exercise to see if you have correctly selected all the errors.

Spelling Strategies • Break a word down into syllables E.g. un-for-tu-nat-ely • Break a word into prefix and root and suffix E.g. un – employ – ment • Sound out the word • Identify the root word E.g. mistrust (root = trust) • Use a Mnemonics E.g. Because • Big – Elephants – Can’t – Always – Use – Small – Exits • Learn key words using – Look, Cover, Write, Check • Keep a glossary of common mistakes in your exercise books Literacy Codes For self/peer and teacher marking. Underline the error and mark the code in the margin. C = Capital Letter P = punctuation error SP = Spelling error // NP = Paragraph error ? = proof read your work to ensure it makes sense Sentence Variety Simple sentence starts with a capital letter and ends with a full stop. It is made up of one main clause. E.g. The boy was cold. He had been playing football. Compound sentence consists of two or more independent clauses (or simple sentences) joined by connectives: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so. E.g. The boy was cold, as he had been playing football. Complex sentence contains one independent clause and at least one dependent clause. Unlike a compound sentence, however, a complex sentence contains clauses which are not equal. E.g. The boy, who had been playing football, was cold.

Question Marks (P) ? • Used when asking something • Often used with common command words – Who, What, Where, When, Why, How… • E.g. • Can you pick that up? Full Stop (FS) . Used to demarcate the end of a sentence. E.g. Eventually, the sentence ended. • Capital Letters (CL) • Used for ‘I’ • Used at the start of a sentence • Used for proper nouns – names of people & places & dates • E.g. • Certainly, I said… • Mr. Jones was born in January in Bristol… • Some people believe Paragraphing (// NP) TIPTOP = Time, Place, Topic, Person = New Paragraph E.g. Yesterday, we…//Today, was a… The classroom…//Outside… She was bursting with joy…//Black clouds were now following her… “Go outside” exclaimed the teacher “No, it is freezing”, Sarah shivered violently. More Advanced Punctuation • Colon (P) : • Used to introduce a list • Used to justify your reasoning • Comma Use (P) , • Used in a list • Used in embedded clauses • Used for sentences starting with adverbs or connectives • E.g. • Mrs. Jones liked order, routine, lists, focus and control. • The commas, which were imperative, were often missed out. • Interestingly, commas are often missed in this example. • Furthermore, we need… • Semi-colon (P) ; • Used to separate longer linked clauses • Exclamation Mark (P) ! • Used for humour • Used to emphasise a point • Used to show surprise or excitement • E.g. • That was a diamond shot! (after he missed the shot) • No, I meant the other one! • How utterly thrilling! • Apostrophe (P) ‘ • Used to show possession (belonging) • Used for contractions • E.g. • Bob’s coat • James’ coat • I am = I’m • Does not = doesn’t • Vary Sentence Openings • Use PANIC • P = Preposition E.g. Over there • A = Adjectives/Adverbs E.g. Blue/suddenly • N = Nouns E.g. Tables • I = “Ing” words (active verbs) E.g. Running • C = Connective E.g. Also, • Brackets (P) ( ) • Used to include extra information • Ellipsis (P) … • Used to omit • Used to interrupt or as a thought

PANIC SENTENCE OPENERS MEANS: P P Preposition. Examples: over there, behind, next to etc. Prepositions usually describe the position of something, the time when something happens and the way in which something is done A Adjectives/Adverbs. Examples: Red, energetic/sympathetically Words that describe. Words that describe how an action takes place N Noun. Examples: Mr. Jones, Mrs. Jones, table, St Bernadette, window Words that name objects, people and places. (People and places need capital letters) I “Ing” Words. Example: Running, throwing, skirting etc. Words that end in ‘ing’ generally these indicate an action (verbs) C Connectives. Example: Next to, However, Firstly, Secondly, Also, Comparatively Connectives are words that link sentences, when used at the start of the sentence it indicates that this is a complex sentence

Spelling: Does and Doesn’t Understand • Means to do – does or not to do - does not • Doesn’t - Must have an apostrophe between the n and t (n’t) • Often oe is written as ose in the mis-spelling • Why? Your dialect means the way you say it is the way you write it. Apply At Sentence Level: • Write the words in a sentence • Write the words in a range of sentences • Find and fix the incorrect spelling in the passage Master it: Write the correct spelling in the back of your book and explain why it is important to remember to spell it accurately. Use this area as a reference guide for yourself. Remember it: If you know it is a common word for you to mis-spell write it at the top of your work as a reminder Learn • Does - Doesn’t • Look, cover, check • Write it out ten times accurately • Go over your work and adapt using a green pen every time you have used it incorrectly

Find and fix exercise: does and doesn’t All across the world people mis-spell some words. Some people say this dosen’t matter as we know that this is common. However, we know that it dose. Why dose it matter? Well, when you write something people make assumptions based on the grammar and spelling about how capable you are, deosnt surprise me that you would want the impression you give to be favourable. Spelling well can help to portray a certain level of authority. Doesnt that make you want to learn how to spell well? If you use our strategies – then you too will be spelling like a champion. Dose that not sound fantastic? Doesnt that make you want to learn these words accurately? It dose for me.

Spelling: alternative Understand • Means another possibility or option • Alternative- must have an -e at the end • Often -e is left out in the mis-spelling • Why? Your dialect means the way you say it is the way you write it. Apply At Sentence Level: • Write the word in a sentence • Write the word in a range of sentence • Find and fix the incorrect spelling in the passage Master it: • Write the correct spelling in the back of your book and explain why it is important to remember to spell it accurately. Use this area as a reference guide for yourself. Remember it: If you know it is a common word for you to mis-spell write it at the top of your work as a reminder Learn • Alternative • Look, cover, check • Write it out ten times accurately • Go over your work and adapt using a green pen every time you have used it incorrectly

Find and fix exercise: alternative The best way to avoid misspelling words is to practice writing them. However, an alternativ way of making sure you spell correctly is to test yourself daily. Alternitive approaches can be successful, provided you practice these alternatif methods every day. Although there are alternativ routes towards spelling accuracy, there is no alternatave to making sure you proofread your work.

Spelling: significantly Understand • Means to do something in a significant way. To do something in an important way. • Significantly - Must have -ly at the end • Often -ly is written as -ley in the mis-spelling • Why? Other rules for words have -ley at the end and both sound the same Apply At Sentence Level: • Write the word in a sentence • Write the word in a range of sentence • Find and fix the incorrect spelling in the passage Master it: • Write the correct spelling in the back of your book and explain why it is important to remember to spell it accurately. Use this area as a reference guide for yourself. Remember it: If you know it is a common word for you to mis-spell write it at the top of your work as a reminder Learn • Significantly • Look, cover, check • Write it out ten times accurately • Go over your work and adapt using a green pen every time you have used it incorrectly

Find and fix exercise: significantly There are lots of different rules for words. There is a significantley greater risk of misspelling words due to this. When spelling words wrong, it can singificantly hinder the meaning of what you’re trying to say. Therefore it is of singificant importance to familiarise yourself with specific rules. If you take this advice, your chances of improving spelling will increase significantli.

Spelling: symbolically Understand • Means something is being represented or implied • Symbolically - Must have an -ly at the end • Often sym is spelled as sim and the double l is placed after symbol • Why? Y and I sound similar and we usually don’t pronounce the a in cally Apply At Sentence Level: • Write the word in a sentence • Write the word in a range of sentence • Find and fix the incorrect spelling in the passage Master it: • Write the correct spelling in the back of your book and explain why it is important to remember to spell it accurately. Use this area as a reference guide for yourself. Remember it: If you know it is a common word for you to mis-spell write it at the top of your work as a reminder Learn • Symbolically • Look, cover, check • Write it out ten times accurately • Go over your work and adapt using a green pen every time you have used it incorrectly

Find and fix exercise: symbolically These deities were symbolicly represented by three men who went round the house by night. They simbolically dressed in loose clothing and ate a feast simblysing the last supper. This was a simbol of their devotion.

Spelling: exaggerate Understand • Means to emphasise how good/worse/better something is • Exaggerate - must have two g’s • Often exaggerate is misspelled by only using one g • Why? Double consonants are often a problem when it comes to misspelling words. Apply At Sentence Level: • Write the word in a sentence • Write the word in a range of sentence • Find and fix the incorrect spelling in the passage Master it: • Write the correct spelling in the back of your book and explain why it is important to remember to spell it accurately. Use this area as a reference guide for yourself. Remember it: If you know it is a common word for you to mis-spell write it at the top of your work as a reminder Learn • Exaggerate • Look, cover, check • Write it out ten times accurately • Go over your work and adapt using a green pen every time you have used it incorrectly

Find and fix exercise: exaggerate I sometimes exagerate about how much fun spelling is. However, I never exagrate about how important it is to spell correctly. It would be an exageration to say that spelling changes lives but I think you would know that I was ecsagerating if I said that!

Spelling: amendment Apply At Sentence Level: • Write the word in a sentence • Write the word in a range of sentence • Find and fix the incorrect spelling in the passage Master it: • Write the correct spelling in the back of your book and explain why it is important to remember to spell it accurately. Use this area as a reference guide for yourself. Remember it: If you know it is a common word for you to mis-spell write it at the top of your work as a reminder Understand • Means a small change, designed to improve a text/legislation. • Often written as amm, which is the mis-spelling. • Why? When you break the word down into sounds, it can sound like there are two ‘m’ sounds at the start of the word. Learn • Amendment • Look, cover, check • Write it out ten times accurately • Go over your work and adapt using a green pen every time you have used it incorrectly

Find and fix exercise: amendment You often hear about ammendments to government documents. One particularly well known example is the the fifth ammendment to the US Constitution, where people on US television shows say “I plead the fifth!” They mean the fifth ammendment. There are also ammendments to UK government bills. In the UK, ammendments work by changing the language of the bills.

Spelling: achieve • Understand • Means to succeed in finishing something or reaching an aim, especially after hard work or effort. • Often ie is written as ei in the mis-spelling • Why? Other words which sound the same - like receive - are spelt with an ei vowel sound. • In this case, remember i before e except after c. Unfortunately there are some exceptions to this rule! • Apply • At Sentence Level: • Write the word in a sentence • Write the word in a range of sentence • Find and fix the incorrect spelling in the passage • Master it: • Write the correct spelling in the back of your book and explain why it is important to remember to spell it accurately. Use this area as a reference guide for yourself. • Remember it: • If you know it is a common word for you to mis-spell write it at the top of your work as a reminder Learn • Achieve • Look, cover, check • Write it out ten times accurately • Go over your work and adapt using a green pen every time you have used it incorrectly

Find and fix exercise: achieve We all want to acheive our goals, whether we acheive them on the football pitch, in the classroom or in the swimming pool. It is important to remember that when we achieve something, we have worked hard to do that. We should celebrate our own acheivements and the achievements of other people.

Spelling: government • Understand • Means the group of people who have the authority to run and manage a country or state. • Often written as goverment, which is a mis-spelling • Why? Your dialect means the way you say it is the way you write it. Quite often, you don’t hear the ‘n’ sound between ‘gover’ and ‘ment.’ • Apply • At Sentence Level: • Write the word in a sentence • Write the word in a range of sentence • Find and fix the incorrect spelling in the passage • Master it: • Write the correct spelling in the back of your book and explain why it is important to remember to spell it accurately. Use this area as a reference guide for yourself. • Remember it: • If you know it is a common word for you to mis-spell write it at the top of your work as a reminder Learn • Government • Look, cover, check • Write it out ten times accurately • Go over your work and adapt using a green pen every time you have used it incorrectly

Find and fix exercise: government Theresa May is our Prime Minister, which means she leads the goverment. The governement do lots of important things, such as setting economic rules, making laws and collecting taxes. We get to decide who is involved in the goverment by voting in elections.

Spelling: guarantee and guaranteed • Understand • Means to promise with certainty. • Often written as ‘garranty’, which is a mis-spelling • Why? You try and write the word the way it sounds. It also sounds similar to ‘warranty.’ • Apply • At Sentence Level: • Write the words in a sentence • Write the words in a range of sentence • Find and fix the incorrect spelling in the passage • Master it: • Write the correct spelling in the back of your book and explain why it is important to remember to spell it accurately. Use this area as a reference guide for yourself. • Remember it: • If you know it is a common word for you to mis-spell write it at the top of your work as a reminder Learn • Guarantee/ guaranteed • Look, cover, check • Write it out ten times accurately • Go over your work and adapt using a green pen every time you have used it incorrectly

Find and fix exercise: guarantee We can garranty that you will have to be a confident speller when you sit your exams. If you want to garranty a good mark in the written exam, you should keep revising spellings you find challenging.

Spelling: hindrance Understand • Means something that gets in your way or makes things difficult for you. • Often is written as hinderence in the mis-spelling • Why? Your dialect means the way you say it is the way you write Apply At Sentence Level: • Write the word in a sentence • Write the word in a range of sentence • Find and fix the incorrect spelling in the passage Master it: Write the correct spelling in the back of your book and explain why it is important to remember to spell it accurately. Use this area as a reference guide for yourself. Remember it: If you know it is a common word for you to mis-spell write it at the top of your work as a reminder Learn • Hindrance • Look, cover, check • Write it out ten times accurately • Go over your work and adapt using a green pen every time you have used it incorrectly

Find and fix exercise: hindrance How do you say the word hinderence? Well, in this part of the country because of our regional dialect (the way we speak,) we have a tendency to pronounce words with extra letters in them. This will go against a pupil in an exam as the examiner who grades your work will come from another part of the country and will not make allowances for which region you come from. So, if you do not want the way that we speak to be a hinderence to you in your exams you will need to learn how to spell this word accurately.

Spelling: recommend Learn • Recommend • Look, cover, check • Write it out ten times accurately • Go over your work and adapt using a green pen every time you have used it incorrectly Understand • Can have several meanings: to say someone is suitable for a job; to advise someone to do something. • Often is written without the double consonant in the mis-spelling - recomend • Why? Your dialect means the way you say it is the way you write it. Apply At Sentence Level: • Write the word in a sentence • Write the word in a range of sentence • Find and fix the incorrect spelling in the passage Master it: Write the correct spelling in the back of your book and explain why it is important to remember to spell it accurately. Use this area as a reference guide for yourself. Remember it: If you know it is a common word for you to mis-spell write it at the top of your work as a reminder

Find and fix exercise: recommend To recomend someone for a job – means that the employer thinks that you will have the skills necessary to fit in well within the company you have applied to work in. Another meaning would be to advise someone to do something – I recomend you visit Scotland as it is a beautiful place with lots to do.

Spelling: aggressive Apply At Sentence Level: • Write the word in a sentence • Write the word in a range of sentence • Find and fix the incorrect spelling in the passage Master it: Write the correct spelling in the back of your book and explain why it is important to remember to spell it accurately. Use this area as a reference guide for yourself. Remember it: If you know it is a common word for you to mis-spell write it at the top of your work as a reminder Understand • Can have two meanings – violent and very likely to attack people or very forceful. • Often written without one of the double consonants - either one a g or a s are in the mis-spelling • Why? Your dialect means the way you say it is the way you write it. Learn • Aggressive • Look, cover, check • Write it out ten times accurately • Go over your work and adapt using a green pen every time you have used it incorrectly

Find and fix exercise: aggressive The older man shouts to his young son in a very aggresive manner. You notice this and go to speak with the person involved. He then turns on you and starts to behave very agressively. There are varying forms of the word, when you add an ly to the adjective it becomes an adverb. Whereas you can also use the word agresiveness. This then becomes a noun.

Spelling: vehicle Apply At Sentence Level: • Write the word in a sentence • Write the word in a range of sentence • Find and fix the incorrect spelling in the passage Master it: Write the correct spelling in the back of your book and explain why it is important to remember to spell it accurately. Use this area as a reference guide for yourself. Remember it: If you know it is a common word for you to mis-spell write it at the top of your work as a reminder Understand • Means a means/way of transporting/moving people or goods around on land. Often the h is omitted in the mis-spelling • Why? Your dialect means the way you say it is the way you write it. Learn • Vehicle • Look, cover, check • Write it out ten times accurately • Go over your work and adapt using a green pen every time you have used it incorrectly

Find and fix exercise: vehicle Veicle is a word that we do not use very often, we would normally say car or taxi etc. In this part of the country, the way that we say specific words or phrases sounds as if some of the letters are missing from the correct spelling. This is the case with the word veicle. South western dialect does not sound the ‘h’, therefore more often than not we always spell this word incorrectly. This is something that Bristolian’s have to take care with as in exams no allowances will be made.

Spelling: programme/programming/programmed Understand • Definition: Arrange according to a plan/schedule or a series of codes given to create a function in a computer. • Often it is written in American English: program • As Apple is an American Company it will autocorrect in your phone to the American spelling ‘program’. • In English academia the correct spelling has the double m and e ending: programme. • This is also true when adding the suffix ing and ed: programming and programmed. Apply At Sentence Level: • Write the word in a sentence • Write the word in a range of sentence • Find and fix the incorrect spelling in the passage Master it: • Write the correct spelling in the back of your book and explain why it is important to remember to spell it accurately. Use this area as a reference guide for yourself. Remember it: If you know it is a common word for you to misspell write it at the top of your work as a reminder Learn • Programme • Look, cover, check • Write it out ten times accurately • Go over your work and adapt using a green pen every time you have used it incorrectly

Find and fix exercise: programme The man looked at the program in front of him. It outlined the day’s events clearly, including a session on computer programing. As he had always struggled with all types of programing, even programing his TV to the right channels, he decided that this workshop would be a good place to start. He picked up his phone and programed a reminder: 12pm: programing workshop.

Spelling: occur/occurring/occurred/occurrence Understand • Definition: something that happens or takes place. • Often the number of consonants are incorrect: the correct spelling has two c’s and one r. • It is not unless you add a suffix on the end for example: ing/ed/ence that it changes to two r’s. The reason for this is In English, the final letter is doubled when a word of two or more syllables has stress on the final syllable. • So it remains occur, unless it is becoming occurring or occurred. Apply At Sentence Level: • Write the words in a sentence • Write the words in a range of sentence • Find and fix the incorrect spelling in the passage Master it: • Write the correct spelling in the back of your book and explain why it is important to remember to spell it accurately. Use this area as a reference guide for yourself. Remember it: If you know it is a common word for you to mis-spell write it at the top of your work as a reminder Learn • Occur • Look, cover, check • Write it out ten times accurately • Go over your work and adapt using a green pen every time you have used it incorrectly

Find and fix exercise: occur/occurring/occurred/occurrence It suddenly ocured to her that she hadn’t seen the dog for a little while. She called its name and listened for the familiar barking. Instead, she heard a commotion ocurin down the road and rushed to the window, it not ocurrrin to her that the missing dog and the barking and screaming could be connected. She was horrified to see that their elderly neighbour (who she would later find out had been making tea when it ocured to her that she had no milk) had stepped outside to pop to the shops, had been greeted at her front door by the ocurence of our ferocious chihuahua frantically yapping at her feet.

Spelling: environment • Understand • Means the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates. • Often the ‘n’ in the middle is missed out as it is not pronounced. We are more likely to say ‘enviromen(t)’ • Remember that the correct spelling of environment has 3 n’s. • It has four syllables en/vi/ron/ment. • This does not change when the suffix (ally) is added as the stress is not on the ‘ment’. Instead it is on the ‘en’ so the number of consonants at the end remains unchanged. Apply At Sentence Level: • Write the word in a sentence • Write the word in a range of sentences • Find and fix the incorrect spelling in the passage Master it: Write the correct spelling in the back of your book and explain why it is important to remember to spell it accurately. Use this area as a reference guide for yourself. Remember it: If you know it is a common word for you to mis-spell write it at the top of your work as a reminder Learn • Environment • Look, cover, check • Write it out ten times accurately • Go over your work and adapt using a green pen every time you have used it incorrectly

Find and fix exercise: environment/environmentally The enviroment is of increasing concern. It is regularly in the headlines that our own evironment is changing beyond recognition. We must teach our children to be environmetly aware and to make choices that are good for a safe and secure future enviroment. The enviroment will be here long after we go, but it is up to us to decide what kind of environmet it will be.

Spelling: pronunciation/pronounce Understand • pronounce definition: to make a sound in a particular way or to announce something • pronunciation definition: the way that a word is spoken • Common errors include pronounciation as this is the logical way of changing pronounce (adding tion on the end) however in this case the word itself must also change • These are actually different words, so to make pronunciation you are not just adding a suffix onto pronounce. • pronunce/pronounse these are common misspellings as they are phonetically how we would say it. Apply At Sentence Level: • Write the words in a sentence • Write the words in a range of sentences • Find and fix the incorrect spelling in the passage Master it: • Write the correct spelling in the back of your book and explain why it is important to remember to spell it accurately. Use this area as a reference guide for yourself. Remember it: If you know it is a common word for you to misspell write it at the top of your work as a reminder Learn • Pronunciation • Pronounce • Look, cover, check • Write it out ten times accurately • Go over your work and adapt using a green pen every time you have used it incorrectly

Find and fix exercise: pronunciation/pronounce ‘The Queen’s prununciation is something we should all aim for. She speaks in what is known as received prununciation’, the teacher explained. She continued, ‘When speaking with correct pronounciation you will articulate every word, you will pronouns every sound beautifully’. Billy piped up from the back of the room, ‘but I dont want to pronunse words like The Queen! She sounds really posh! What’s srong with how I prunounse things?!’

Spelling: necessary Apply At Sentence Level: • Write the word in a sentence • Write the word in a range of sentence • Find and fix the incorrect spelling in the passage Master it: Write the correct spelling in the back of your book and explain why it is important to remember to spell it accurately. Use this area as a reference guide for yourself. Remember it: If you know it is a common word for you to mis-spell write it at the top of your work as a reminder Understand • Means needs to be done, essential • Necessary - Must have one ‘c’ and double ‘s’ • Often it is written without the double consonant ‘s’ in the misspelling or putting the ‘c’ and ‘s’ in the wrong order. • Why? In a word with two or more syllables the final consonant is doubled (‘y’ does not count as a consonant in this case) Also, the ‘c’ and ‘s’ have the same sound in this word. Learn • Necessary – Unnecessary • Look, cover, check • Write it out ten times accurately • Go over your work and adapt using a green pen every time you have used it incorrectly

Find and fix exercise: necessary To maximise your chances of living a long and healthy life it is necesary to eat a balanced diet, and ensure that you find time to be physically active. A diet which includes fruit and vegetables provides essential vitamins and minerals, as well as fibre which is necissary for healthy digestion. Try to avoid drinks with added sugar as they may cause you to consume unecessary calories and additives. Drink more water instead as this will quench your thirst much more effectively than soft drinks. If you put more time and thought into cooking nutritious and filling meals, then consuming snacks full of sugar and saturated fat throughout the day will not be nessesary.

Spelling: harass Apply At Sentence Level: • Write the word in a sentence • Write the word in a range of sentence • Find and fix the incorrect spelling in the passage Master it: Write the correct spelling in the back of your book and explain why it is important to remember to spell it accurately. Use this area as a reference guide for yourself. Remember it: If you know it is a common word for you to mis-spell write it at the top of your work as a reminder Understand • Means to pester, pressure or intimidate. • Often written with double consonant ‘r’ or a single ‘s’ in the misspelling. • Why? In a word with two or more syllables the final consonant is doubled Learn • Harass - harassment • Look, cover, check • Write it out ten times accurately • Go over your work and adapt using a green pen every time you have used it incorrectly

Find and fix exercise: harass A negative side effect of the popularity of social media platforms is the increase in cases of bullying and harrassment. Almost 50% of the young people who took part in a recent survey reported being harrassd online, and 90% said that no action was taken against those perpetrating the harrissment. Online abuse can have devastating consequences and people who harras others should have their access to social media sites revoked. Reporting abuse and harassmeant to the website and to the police is essential in order to tackle this problem.

Spelling: mischievous Apply At Sentence Level: • Write the word in a sentence • Write the word in a range of sentence • Find and fix the incorrect spelling in the passage Master it: Write the correct spelling in the back of your book and explain why it is important to remember to spell it accurately. Use this area as a reference guide for yourself. Remember it: If you know it is a common word for you to mis-spell write it at the top of your work as a reminder Understand • Means having a fondness for causing trouble in a playful way. • Often ‘ie’ is written as ‘ei’ in the mis-spelling or ‘ous’ at the end is written as ‘ious’ • Why? Your dialect means the way you say it is the way you write it. Learn • Mischievous • Look, cover, check • Write it out ten times accurately • Go over your work and adapt using a green pen every time you have used it incorrectly

Find and fix exercise: mischievous Most puppies have the potential to be naughty, but some dogs will continue to be mischeivous throughout their whole lives. One of the reasons why a dog may enjoy mischeif is because they want your attention. Dogs may behave mischieviously in order to entertain us, please us and make us a laugh. Dogs with a tendency for mischef are often highly intelligent, fun loving and have a sense of humour.

Spelling: twelfth Understand • Means the number twelve in a sequence • Twelfth – has an ‘f’ before the ‘th’ • Often the ‘f’ is written as a ‘v’ or the ‘th’ is omitted in the misspelling • Why? It is derived from the word ‘twelve’ which has a ‘v’ not an ‘f’, and your dialect means the way you say it is the way you write it. Apply At Sentence Level: • Write the word in a sentence • Write the word in a range of sentence • Find and fix the incorrect spelling in the passage Master it: Write the correct spelling in the back of your book and explain why it is important to remember to spell it accurately. Use this area as a reference guide for yourself. Remember it: If you know it is a common word for you to mis-spell write it at the top of your work as a reminder Learn • Twelfth • Look, cover, check • Write it out ten times accurately • Go over your work and adapt using a green pen every time you have used it incorrectly

Find and fix exercise: twelfth I can still remember my twelvth birthday… I was born at the twelfthe hour on the twelf day of the twelv month. Twelve will always be my lucky number.

Spelling: yacht Understand • Means a large boat • Yacht – often yaut ‘au’ instead of ‘acht’ • “aught” is sometimes used instead if yacht • Why? The silent c often confuses people as it is not a common letter pattern. Apply At Sentence Level: • Write the word(s) in a sentence • Write the word(s) in a range of sentence • Find and fix the incorrect spelling in the passage Master it: • Write the correct spelling in the back of your book and explain why it is important to remember to spell it accurately. Use this area as a reference guide for yourself. Remember it: If you know it is a common word for you to mis-spell write it at the top of your work as a reminder Learn • Yacht • Look, cover, check • Write it out ten times accurately • Go over your work and adapt using a green pen every time you have used it incorrectly

Find and fix exercise: yacht The yat club was full of people. They were watching the yaughts come in after the Regatta (which is a boat race). While they watched the many yauts come in, the people were envious of the wealth and opulence on display, yauts of all shapes and sizes were racing that day. Some yats were just incredible and clearly very expensive.

Spelling: separate • Understand • Means to move apart • Often separate is written as seperate in the mis-spelling • Why? Often when spoken we pronounce the second syllable in the word with an “e” sound. Apply At Sentence Level: • Write the word in a sentence • Write the word in a range of sentence • Find and fix the incorrect spelling in the passage Master it: Write the correct spelling in the back of your book and explain why it is important to remember to spell it accurately. Use this area as a reference guide for yourself. Remember it: If you know it is a common word for you to mis-spell write it at the top of your work as a reminder Learn • Separate • Look, cover, check • Write it out ten times accurately • Go over your work and adapt using a green pen every time you have used it incorrectly

St Bernadette English Department Spelling and Grammar Focus