Rules for Dropping the E

Junior Spelling

Week 5

Week 5 Agenda

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Check Spelling Bee Preparation Sheet and give feedback

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Final E quiz

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Common Spelling Rules lesson and practice

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Introduction to Roots

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Homework for next week

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●Students to share the Spelling
Bee preparation sheets

●Discussion
○What did you learn?

○Do you understand prefixes
and suffixes well?

○Which books did you read?

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Final -e quiz

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Word 1: Liberate + ion

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FinAL e qUiZ

Can YOu fIGurE oUt To dROp oR kEeP tHe fINal E?

Remember the rules for dropping final E!

Multiple Choice

Keep or drop the e?

• keep

• drop

Word 2: Budge + ing

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FinAL e qUiZ

Can YOu fIGurE oUt To dROp oR kEeP tHe fINal E?

Remember the rules for dropping final E!

Multiple Choice

Keep or drop the e?

• keep

• drop

Word 3: Enforce + able

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FinAL e qUiZ

Can YOu fIGurE oUt To dROp oR kEeP tHe fINal E?

Remember the rules for dropping final E!

Multiple Choice

Keep or drop the e?

• keep

• drop

Word 4: Negotiate + or

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FinAL e qUiZ

Can YOu fIGurE oUt To dROp oR kEeP tHe fINal E?

Remember the rules for dropping final E!

Multiple Choice

Keep or drop the e?

• keep

• drop

WorD 5: coNfUSe + Ed

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FinAL e qUiZ

Can YOu fIGurE oUt To dROp oR kEeP tHe fINal E?

Remember the rules for dropping final E!

Multiple Choice

Keep or drop the e?

• keep

• drop

Word 6: Imagine + ary

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FinAL e qUiZ

Can YOu fIGurE oUt To dROp oR kEeP tHe fINal E?

Remember the rules for dropping final E!

Multiple Choice

Keep or drop the e?

• keep

• drop

WorD 6: ANsWer: ImaGInaRy

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FinAL e qUiZ

Can YOu fIGurE oUt To dROp oR kEeP tHe fINal E?

Remember the rules for dropping final E!

Word 7: Appreciate + ive

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FinAL e qUiZ

Can YOu fIGurE oUt To dROp oR kEeP tHe fINal E?

Remember the rules for dropping final E!

Multiple Choice

Keep or drop the e?

• keep

• drop

Word 8: Replace + able

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FinAL e qUiZ

Can YOu fIGurE oUt To dROp oR kEeP tHe fINal E?

Remember the rules for dropping final E!

Multiple Choice

Keep or drop the e?

• keep

• drop

Word 9: Forge + able

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FinAL e qUiZ

Can YOu fIGurE oUt To dROp oR kEeP tHe fINal E?

Remember the rules for dropping final E!

Multiple Choice

Keep or drop the e?

• keep

• drop

Word 10: Bustle + ing

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FinAL e qUiZ

Can YOu fIGurE oUt To dROp oR kEeP tHe fINal E?

Remember the rules for dropping final E!

Multiple Choice

Keep or drop the e?

• keep

• drop

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Common Spelling Rules

Common Spelling Rules

● /k/ sound - Use ‘c’ or ‘k’?

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c - if the next sound is /yoo/, /oo/ or a consonant
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cucumber, cricket

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k - if the next vowel is an e or i
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kitchen, kettle

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Some exceptions: kudos, Celtic, klutz

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Common Spelling Rules

● /j/ sound use ‘j’ or ‘g’ ?

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g will only sound /j/ when it comes directly
before ‘e‘, ‘i‘ or ‘y‘
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giardiasis, gel, agile

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Use j if you think next letter is not ‘e’, ‘i’ or
‘y’
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judge, joker

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Some exceptions: margarine, gaol

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Common Spelling Rules

● /z/ sound use ‘x’ or ‘z’

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x will only sound /z/ at beginning
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Xenophobia, Xanadu, Xancus (mostly
derived from Greek)

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x sounds /gz/ when it is followed by a vowel
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example, exaggerate, exude, exalt

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Some exceptions: Xhosa, exercise, execution
(/ks/ sound but spelled with x)

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Common Spelling Rules

Quiz

Common Spelling Rules - Quiz

Fill in the blank

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Word 1: /ˌzenə'fōbik/ Greek + Greek : _enophobic

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Word 2: /ig'zänəˌrāt/ Latin: e_onerate

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Word 3: /ˈkyü-ti-kəl/ Latin: _uticle

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Word 4: /ˌjäləˈlē(ˌ)nō/ Italian: _iallolino (Can you find
any Italian words spelled with ji? A speller should always
inquire these patterns to narrow down choices for
unknown words)

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Word 5: / ˈjī-ənt / Middle English: _iant (Can you find any
Middle English words spelled with jia?

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ComMOn SpeLlINg RulES - QUiz

FilL In The BlANk

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Word 6: / jē-ˈau̇ / Chinese : _iao (Beware of language
specific exceptions)

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Word 7: /ˌa-lig-ˈzan-dər , ˌe-/ Greek: Ale_ander

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Word 8: /ˌkakə̇ ˈstäkrəsē/ Greek: ka_isto_racy (Many
greek words use chi for /kə̇ / sound, but not here)

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Word 9: /ˈkal-sə-ˌmīn/ unknown origin: _alcimine

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Word 10: /ˈkäkə(r)/ Hindi: _a_ar (Beware of language
specific exceptions)

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5 MInS bREak!!!!

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Roots - Introduction

RoOtS inTrODucTIon

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Exercise: Take a few seconds and find the
second original root from Greek in the word
cartography using the dictionary

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Explore roots for the words using the dictionary
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cheka
zeitgeist
pajamas
Yeatsian
photochromic
verdure

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