Personal Spelling Development

Transcript Personal Spelling Development

Personal Spelling Development Year 7 Spelling Starters

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Introduction

Yes, I got 100%! How did you do Tom?

Are you a good speller? Do you keep a record of your errors? Do you know what your spelling problems are? Do you know how to improve?

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Typical spelling errors

You need to keep a sharp eye out for errors in your spelling, Tom. Then try to identify what kind of mistakes you usually make. Typical errors include: problems with homophones missing out silent letters confusion over double letters confusing words which sound similar not knowing the rules endings.

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Double letters

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Spotting mistakes

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Now rewrite Tom’s description accurately.

Recording mistakes

1. Draw a table like this one: Spelling error Correct spelling Type of error 2. Gather as many pieces of your writing as you can.

3. List the mistakes, the correct spelling and the type of error.

4. Try to identify your common mistakes.

5. Now give yourself at least one spelling target.

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Personal spelling notebook

Keep a personal spelling notebook.

Here are some of the things you might include in it: Personal errors Spelling strategies Types of errors Subject keywords 8 of 17 Rules and conventions Targets © Boardworks Ltd 2006

Study, cover, write, check

If you have problems with a word, try one of the strategies suggested here!

Write the strategies down in your spelling notebook.

Study, cover, write, check study the word carefully cover it write it down from memory check it.

Repeat the strategies above until you are positive you know how to spell a difficult word.

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Sounding out

Sound out the word Sometimes it is helpful to sound out the syllables of a word, e.g.

re-mem-ber

. Some words, particularly those with unstressed or silent letters, can be sounded out very deliberately: e.g.

Wed-nes-day

def-i-nite

Find five other words suitable for

sounding out

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Letter patterns

Look for letter patterns It’s difficult to remember the pattern of letters in some words. So try to find the same pattern in other words that you do know. This may help you to associate the words and remember the pattern.

11 of 17 For example, guard is often misspelled (as gaurd).

is the problem area So look for other words with

gu ,

like ‘

n’, ‘

st’, ‘lea

e’. You can even invent a phrase to help you remember: ‘The guard with the gun.’ Find letter patterns for three other difficult words, e.g. calend

Mnemonics

Use mnemonics These are rhymes or phrases that help you to remember the letters in a word, e.g.

rhythm –

hythm

elps

our

ips

ove because –

lephants

lways

pset

mall

lephants 12 of 17 In your notebooks, write down any mnemonics you know. Create a new mnemonic for a tricky word.

Words within words

Find words within words Lots of words contain other words. Use this knowledge to help you spell the more difficult words, e.g.

There is a

lie

in the middle of be

lie

ve.

Conscience is another tricky word, but it has a school subject in it: con + science.

See how many other examples you can find of words within words.

Catchphrases

Does anyone have a technique for remembering how to spell the tricky word

separate?

Create your own catchphrases For this tricky word you could use a catchy phrase.

Separate

is a rat of a word to spell.

Or you could remember a picture in your mind.

Separate

has a rat in it:

sepARATe

Mental pictures

Does anyone have a technique for remembering how to spell the tricky word

necessary?

Create mental pictures Think of a shirt.

One collar Two sleeves It has 1 collar and 2 sleeves.

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neCeSSary

Rhymes

Does anyone have a technique for remembering how to spell the tricky word

friend?

Remember a rhyme For this tricky word you can use a

rhyme.

friend

is always there to the

end

This will help you to remember to spell

friend

not

freind

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