Gracemount High SchoolGracemount High School

Weekly Spelling Book

August – December

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PERIOD:

TEST TIME (DAY):

CLASS:

NAME:

Learning StylesThere is no right or wrong way to learn. Most people find one particular way of learning helps them to learn more easily.

a. Visual learners – see words in their head and may need to see words written before they can learn them.

b. Auditory learners – often need to repeat information aloud or sound out words to help with learning.

c. Physical learners (Kinaesthetic learners) – may need to write out words to learn them. The muscle movement involved helps with learning. Sometimes tracing the words can also help.

Some people like to use two or even all three of these ways.

Which learning style do you prefer?

I am a learner

HOW TO USE THIS BOOKLETYou will be given a test each week in class to check on your progress. The time for your test is noted on the front.

You should spend some time each week trying to learn how to spell the words for each lesson.

Your teacher will tell you how many words to learn for each lesson.

This booklet is available on GLOW which will allow you to go over your words at home. Also on GLOW you will find

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links to other spelling sites which provide fun activities to help you improve your spelling.Ways to Help You Learn Correct Spelling1. Beat out the syllables (the number of beats in the word)

e.g. – “spelling” has 2“word” has 1

2. Highlight the difficult bits of a word.e.g. – yacht

3. Link a new word with ones you already know.e.g. – found – mound – ground –

astound

4. Find words within words.e.g. – fat-her : father

5. Exaggerate the way you say the word – say it as it sounds.

e.g. – yacht – “ya.ch.t”mother – “moth.er”

6. Say the names of the letters in a rhythm.

7. Trace the letters of the word.

8. Remove or add the start and end of words (prefixes and suffixes

e.g – reborn (re) bornforgetful forget (ful)

9. Use mnemonics (“nem-on-icks”) e.g. there’s end on the end of friend

Don’t believe the lie in “Believe me”

10. Use the Look, Cover, Write and Check methodi.e. – LOOK at the word

COVER it upWRITE it downCheck or compare it…carefully

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Do this several times

Lesson 1Personal and Autobiographical

Writing

*family birthday

*mother baby

*father feelings

*brother thoughts

*sister presentunwell personalmoving anniversaryson experiencedaughter originaltimeline Christmas

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Lesson 2Solo Talk

*individual voice

*audience gestures

*tone emphasis

*register project

*language contactpace fluentpitch hesitationspeaker postureexpression interestingclarity volume

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Lesson 3Imaginative Writing

*happy jealous

*upset sensational

*cheerful marvellous

*quick aggressive

*quiet carelesstired awfulexciting brutalthrilling frustratingconfused embarrassin

gsilently disgusting

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Lesson 4Advertising and Media

*talk director

*listen dialect

*video monologue

*tone dialogue

*solo editingadvert languagemedia stereotypefilm representatio

npitch audienceinformation interview

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Lesson 5when C is followed by i or e or y the

sound is s

*cycle centre

*city except

*December decide

*cell certain

*circle circularsuccess circumferenc

eaccident civilisationprince percentagecentimetre sincerelycircus cylindercities concern

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Lesson 6Words from Science

*plant alkali

*cell mammal

*acid intestine

*gas bacteria

*solid digestionliquid dissolveparticles evaporationartery vertebratevein invertebratereptile classification

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Lesson 7Poetry

*poem alliteration

*verse structure

*simile acrostic

*ballad narrative

*personification atmospherehaiku imageryrhyme syllablerhythm metaphorstanza comiclimerick genre

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Lesson 8Drop the e and add ing*

saving caring*

hoping baking*

liking diving*

timing moving*

facing dancingracing forcingtiring makingliving blamingtyping wastingwiping tasting

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Lesson 9Onomatopoeia

*bang quack

*crash tinkle

*thud whoosh

*splash zap

*roar clickhush whistlegrunt rumblebuzz chirpsmash clinkplop gurgle

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Lesson 10Words from CDT

*brass landscape

*copper sketch

*hardwood drawing

*painting elevation

*varnish developingdesign evaluatingtechnical initialacrylic generatingmanufactured measureportrait material

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Lesson 11Novel Study

*story author

*reading characters

*plot mystery

*chapter adventure

*blurb science fictionsetting introductionfact descriptionsummary relationshipsmotive narrativetheme reference

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Lesson 12Words from Maths

*add rectangle

*half decimal

*divide angle

*circle calculator

*fifteen decreasemultiply increasefraction eightquarter percentageequals measuresymmetry square

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Lesson 13Words from IT

*report spreadsheet

*visitor database

*email browser

*memory presentation

*processor business

budget enterprise

server

tablet

netbook

internet

desktop

software

hardware

search engine

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Lesson 14Words from RME

*moral Catholic

*Easter evolution

*Eid Ramadan

*Jew pilgrimage

*Hindu Buddhistcreation agnosticfasting Protestantspiritual Muslimreligion philosophyatheist Sikh

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Lesson 15December

*church decorations

*sacrifice mistletoe

*Jesus nativity

*Yule Hanukkah

*stable receivecarols beginningholly beliefgift prayerfeast Christianoccasion Hogmanay

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