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Alphabetical Order ***FULL MARKS = MERIT*** Put the following words into alphabetical order…be careful not to rush! § § § Frigate Fret Frond Fat From Frisbee Frost Frog Forget Fly Frivolous Flap If you finish: write a sentence explaining how you know the list is now in alphabetical order.

Dictionary § Following on from our work on alphabetical order, you need to find and note down the definition for as many words as you can in ten minutes! uniform knowledge business music citizen objective heir client hero novel knowledge business § HINT: the dictionary can be thought of as being in four quarters: 1. abcdef 2. ghijkl 3. mnopqrs 4. tuvwxyz

Spellings - necessary - disappoint § Many people get these words wrong because they get muddled up with where the doubled letters should go (e. g. neccesary) § BUT, we can come up with sayings to help us remember these types of words e. g. “It is necessary to have one Coat and two Socks” and “I would be disappointed to get only one Sausage and two Peas” Try and come up with sayings to help you remember how to spell: - embarrassed - beginning - tomorrow § We can also remember spellings by looking for words within words e. g. “There is definitely a NIT in my hair” See if you can find any words within the below words that may help you to remember their spelling: - average - potential - trainspotter How many other words can you think of that are like this?

Syllables § A syllable is a chunk of sound which makes up one part of a word. § All words have at least one syllable, but many have more than one and can be split up into their syllables: - but-ter-fly Split the following words up into their syllables like the examples: - attention - specialism - chemistry Now, write down these words and the number of syllables they have: ruler detention board assembly teacher dictionary uniform English homework commendation information work

‘A’ § The vowel ‘a’ can be pronounced with a short sound (bat), or a long sound (bait) § List 15 words you can think of that have a long ‘a’ sound § You will start to notice there are three types: ‘a’ followed by ‘y’; ‘a’ followed by ‘i’ and ‘a’ followed by another letter then ‘e’. Write these down. § Also, if you add ‘e’ to the below words, the short ‘a’ sound becomes long… cap, mat, rat § Can you think of any other words where you can change the ‘a’ sound from short to long by adding an ‘e’ on the end? List them.

‘ee’ and ‘ea’ § Some words with a long ‘e’ sound in the middle can be spelt with ‘ee’, whilst words that have the SAME SOUND can be spelt with ‘ea’, and therefore have a DIFFERENT MEANING e. g. - been/bean - heel/heal - real/reel § Take these examples and try to write a sentence for each word § Now, write the correct spelling for the following: The fisherman loved to be at s**. I had a cup of t**. I have size ten f**t. You hit your golf ball from a t**. It was a f**t of true courage. The couple could s** a shooting star. He was a r**l hero. § See if you can think of any other examples of these such words

‘ou’ and ‘ow’ § Write down 10 words with the ou/ow sound in them e. g. house/down § You will notice 3 spelling patterns amongst your words: ‘ow’ at the end of a syllable/word ‘ow’ where last letter is ‘l’ or ‘n’ ‘ou’ where last letter is ‘d’ § Here is a sentence using 3 words with the ‘ou’ sound…The mouse ran around the house § Try to write another sentence where the ‘ow’ sound is repeated 3 or more times

‘oi’ and ‘oy’ § Below are clues to certain words that all contain either ‘oi’ or ‘oy’. Write them down if you can guess them: Something you play with You might get told off if you’re making too much of this To give someone a job The place where your bones meet This is another word for shy This is a type of money If you offer someone a number of alternatives then you are giving them a… § Now, choose two ‘oi’ words and two ‘oy’ words and come up with clues for each one to give to the class… § You will notice, that ‘oi’ usually appears in the middle of a word and ‘oy’ at the end…can you think of any exceptions?

‘c’ § The letter ‘c’ can be pronounced in different ways, depending what word it’s in; it can be ‘soft’ or ‘hard’. § Think of 6 words with a soft sounding ‘c’ (e. g. ceiling, bicycle) and 6 words with a hard sounding ‘c’ (e. g. cat, cut). § You will notice the general rule for hard/soft ‘c’ sounds is: if followed by ‘e’, ‘i’ or ‘y’ = soft, if followed by ‘a’, ‘o’, ‘u’, ‘h’ = hard § Knowing this rule, how do you think the following words would be pronounced; with a soft or hard ‘c’? cantankerous cygnet cipher centaur calliper § Extension: write a tongue twister in which most – or all - of the words begin with a soft or hard ‘c’ (you decide!)

‘G’ § Just like the letter ‘c’, the letter ‘g’ can have a hard or a soft sound dependent on the vowel it is followed by § In pairs, one of you come up with a list of ‘hard g’ words and one of you come up with a list of ‘soft g’ words (try 10 each – NOT from the words below!) § Looking at these, can you work out the spelling rule? Gap goat giraffe Gentle give gullible Gender germ gig Merit for anyone Gutter gag gym who works it out! Gyrate gosh gin

‘g’ § See if you can guess the word beginning with ‘g’ and spell it correctly: 1. You would do this with a present 2. You fire bullets from this 3. A tall animal with very long legs 4. Footballs are kicked into this 5. Your teeth grow out of these 6. A place where you do sport and exercise 7. The opposite of mean 8. Somewhere full of dead people 9. Football, Top Trumps and COD are all examples of these 10. When you call someone but they are talking to someone else, they are, , , § Now, think of three more clues for words beginning with ‘g’ for the rest of the class to solve!

Plurals § Plurals are used when there is more than one of something e. g. dog / dogs, box / boxes, city / cities § The rules for turning a noun into a plural are: -most end in ‘s’ -nouns ending in ‘ss’, ‘z’, ‘x’, ‘ch’ or ‘sh’ end in ‘es’ -nouns ending in ‘ y ’ change the ‘ y ’ to ‘i’ and end in ‘es’ § Turn the below nouns into its correct plural: Fox church Meal try Girl hoax Patch worry Hiss dish Day cry Boy puppy Bus watch

Plurals – ‘f’ § List eight words that end in ‘f’ or ‘fe’ e. g. calf § To create a plural from a word that ends in “f” or “fe”, the “f” or “fe” is removed and “ves” is added e. g. calves § Now turn your words into plurals. § Are there any this rule doesn’t work for? Why not?

Purals Test! § Turn all of these into their plural form – aim to get the spelling correct. list hat house calf latch church fly wish half beast life cave hiss pony thief sheep

Suffixes § The following are what we call suffixes (word endings): ness er est ly § They are added to the end of words to change their meaning; sometimes this changes the spelling of the main word § Add the above suffixes to the following words and see if you can work out the spelling rule… Happy, empty, ugly, heavy, pretty § What if I want to add the suffix ‘ing’ to empty? What happens then and why?

COMPLETE THIS TASK AT THE BACK OF YOUR BOOK ‘ing’ § ‘-ing’ is another example of a suffix § Add the ‘-ing’ suffix to the words in the 3 lists below – each list follows a different rule for adding ‘-ing’, so follow the example at the top. Clean=cleaning think dream say do hop=hopping shop shut hug plan hope=hoping take write bite share Now, see if you can complete these sentences about the rules for adding ‘-ing’ to words: For most words we just… For words with a short (rap) vowel sound we… For words that end in ‘e’ we…

‘ing’ For most words we just add ‘ing’ For words with a short (rap) vowel sound we repeat its last letter, then add ‘ing’ For words that end in ‘e’ we take away the ‘e’ then add ‘ing’ § The below words ending in ‘ing’ are spelt incorrectly; see if you can amend them so that they are accurate. Packking Phoneing Skiping Checkking Careing Moanning Runing Dareing Askking Failling Diging Tring

‘ful’ § By adding the suffix ‘ful’ to the end of a word, we can change some of them into adjectives e. g. Youth(ful), Care(ful), Joy(ful) § Try to think of more examples of words we can add ‘ful’ to to make an adjective § The person with the most gets a merit!

Guess the name of the person: § a person who helps children learn (teacher) § a person who works on the land § a person who bakes bread § a person who fixes toilets and heating § a person who sells meat § a person who cuts hair What do you notice about what all these words have in common? Can you think of any other examples that would fit into the same category?

‘ful’ & ‘less’ § § § The two suffixes at the end of these words are ‘ful’ and ‘less’. Can you work out what these suffixes might mean? useful useless Notice: although ‘ful’ means ‘full’ there is only one ‘l’ Think of another word which can have both ‘ful’ and ‘less’ added to it and write two sentences; one with the ‘ful’ word and one with the ‘less’ Do this as many times as you can!

Prefixes § A prefix is a letter or group of letters that is attached to the beginning of various words – it cannot usually be an independent word on its own § Some examples are: auto circum trans tele bi § Come up with as many words as you can which begin with these prefixes

Prefixes § The prefixes we looked at last lesson have meanings attached to them: auto (self) circum (around) trans (to move) tele (far away) bi (two) aqua (water) § Now you know these meanings, come up with your own invented words that start with these prefixes! e. g. aquaschool, telefriend

Prefixes § The prefix ‘re’ means ‘to do again’ § See how many examples of words with the prefix ‘re’ at the beginning you can come up with § Person with the most, gets a merit!

Speech Marks § Write the below sentences out, using the correct speech punctuation. Remember: start a new line when a new person speaks and to put other punctuation inside the speech marks.

Friday! § Today is Friday § This word starts with an F and has two syllables. § Write down as many words as you know that follow this same pattern. *If you are unsure of the spelling, you MUST look it up in the dictionary*

Pronouns and Regular Verbs § Complete these phrases with the correct version of the verb.

Pronouns and Irregular Verbs § Complete these phrases with the correct version of the verb.

Word Types § Make a list of all the nouns, then all the adjectives, then all the verbs in the below passage:

Spelling Mistakes § Identify the spelling mistakes made in the below passage and re-write it with the corrections.

Correct the mistakes § Re-write the whole passage with all corrections. There are lots!

How did you do? § There was no answer. He knocked on the door three times, but nobody came. Where could they be? “Is anybody there? ” he shouted and waited for a reply. It seemed strange; their house was always busy. Maybe they’ve gone to the shops, he thought, that’s what it’ll be. He ran round to the back of the house and looked through the window. Five bodies were lying on the floor. He heard a sudden noise behind him and, as he turned, he knew he’d seen his last sunrise.

These sentences are missing apostrophes. Work out where they belong and write them down.

Dictionary Skills § You are the manager of an HMV store. § List the following artists in alphabetical order so you can place them correctly on the shelves. § Order them by their surnames.

Dictionary Skills § § § Beatles Beckham Eminem Gates Gray John Jones Knowles Lopez Madonna Martin Mavericks § § § § Minogue Osbourne Pink Presley Queen Radiohead Spears Springsteen Timberlake Turner Westlife Wonder Young

Omission Apostrophe § Now, match these long versions up with their shorter versions that make use of omission apostrophes:

Possessive Apostrophe § When you place ‘s after a noun, it means that it owns something/someone. If a word already ends in an ‘s’ then you simply put ‘ after it to show possession. e. g. this is Peter’s hat Mr Jones’ hat § Place the ‘ or ‘s in the correct place to make these things belong to the nouns: § Finally, try to write two of your own sentences for each use of the apostrophe (omission and possessive)

Omission or Possessive? § Identify whether the below examples are using omission or possessive apostrophes. Don’t write the whole sentence, just ‘omission’ or ‘possessive’. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. I haven’t done my homework. The window’s open. This is the customers’ car park. He can’t come tonight. It is Matthew’s pencil case. The shopkeeper’s stock was running low. Wouldn’t you like to know? Why isn’t this working? This chair’s really comfortable. It was Manchester United’s first draw of the season.