Spelling List – Grade 7 –
Week 20
Engage
Comparison
Therefore
Leap
Prefer
Weapon
Bound
Fortunate
Victim
Prisoner
Struggle
Beyond
Intention
Recover
Contrary
Sensible
Bridle
Mercy
Curve
Radiator
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Spelling List – Grade 7 –
Week 5
attacked
avoid
injury
peculiar
defense
enemies
approach
completely
lantern
hollow
decrease
biscuit
volume
defend
index
burst
battery
temple
arise
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Look at these words:
clock, cloak, desk, stick, pink.
They all have a “k” sound at the end, but some are
spelled with a k and some with ck. How do you know which one to use when?
It is simple.
Easy, isn’t it?
The rule is exactly the same for ch and tch. Listen to
the word. If the ch sound comes directly after a short vowel sound, you need the
t. If it comes after a different sound, you don’t need the t.
Examples:
each, teach, stitch,
scratch, pitch
Guess what? The rule is the same again. If the ge sound
comes directly after a short vowel sound, you need that d. Otherwise just put ge.
Examples:
orange, edge,
judge, strange
Next lesson we will look at different ways of making the
long vowel sound, and how to remember them.
Spelling List – Grade 7 –
Week 7
Publish
Altogether
Submit
Interview
Details
Recent
Corrected
Content
Carnival
Gymnasium
Debate
Innocent
Ballot
Sorrow
Topic
Defeat
Deny
Verse
Concert
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Lesson 1 – Short Vowel Sounds : Tricks to remember short vowel sounds.
Lesson 2 – Short Vowel Tricks : Tricks with short vowel sounds: ck / k,
tch / ch, dge / ge.
Lesson 3 – Plural Nouns : Plurals with “s”
sound: words ending in s, x, z, sh, ch, y and f / fe.
The five most important sounds to know are the short
vowel sounds. If you recognize them when you hear them, they give you a lot of
clues as to how to spell words.
The vowels are a, e, i, o and u.
A as in apple
E as in egg
I as in insect
O as in orange
U as in umbrella
Here is a little rhyme to help you remember them:
A, a, a, a – apple,
E, e, e, e – egg,
I, i, i, i – insect,
The short vowels we do say,
O, o, o, o – orange,
And u, u – umbrella, too.
Now I know my short vowel sounds,
I’ll say them all for
you.
Next, you need to practice saying each of the consonants
with the each vowel after it. Remember that these are sounds and not words, so
even if it spells a word, say the vowel with the short sound.
Like this:
Ba, be, bi, bo, bu
Ta, te, ti, to, tu
Fa, fe, fi, fo, fu
With the consonants c and g, only use a o and u. Don’t
use e and i, as they change the sound of the consonant.
Write all the
combinations out on cards. Pick a card and say the sound. Are you sure you know
them all? Once you know them the next step is to add a letter after the sound.
Example: ba
Add a t, what does it say? Add a g, what does it say. Try
with other letters. See how many real words you can make.
Once you can do this you can spell all sorts of words.
Just say the word slowly and write every sound that you hear, in the order you
hear them.
Example: bag. Say b-a-g, and then write the sounds you
hear. You can even write some longer words, like desk and stop. In fact, you can
write most words that only have a short vowel sound.
Once you know your short vowel sounds really well, there
are all sorts of neat spelling tricks you can learn.
When you are ready, check
out lesson 2 to discover some secrets!
Spelling
List – Grade 1 – Week 3
me
get
I
up
this
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Spelling
List – Grade 1 – Week 2
you
it
in
a
of
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Spelling
List – Grade 1 – Week 1
and
is
the
that
to
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What is Contextual
Vocabulary, and how does it work?
First read the passage about Sea
Turtles. Try and decide what the highlighted words mean. Then test your
powers of deduction and memory with the exercises.
Words are the building blocks of every language and using English vocabulary game to teach English language is one of the most effective methods of doing so. In fact, English language game happens to be a far more productive method of learning the subject, compared to the age-old classroom techniques. No wonder, more and more teachers all over the world are taking resort to vocabulary games to make their students learn the alphabets effectively.
More on vocabulary games
Active participation of the whole class in acquiring, understanding and using English can be achieved to a great extent through interactive English language games, which give the pupil a reason to communicate and a context for speaking practice. As you all know, repetition is essential for developing skill but not in a parrot-like fashion. Thus, if you can present the required repetition to your students in an attractive package then their focus will remain on the fun-environment of the game and unknowingly they will learn using the language.
Actually, learning English through vocabulary games form a part of the contextual approach of teaching whereby the students themselves ascertain the meaning of the words through reading and related activities. The teachers and the parents can indulge in ESL games like innovative and interesting puzzles, fill in the blanks, word finds and true / false game. Interactive exercises in varying levels of difficulty are also apt for increasing students’ vocab skills and are found over the Internet.
Merits of vocabulary games
As Nguyen Thi Thanh Huyen and Khuat Thi Tha Nga (authors of “learning vocabulary through games”) puts it, students tend to learn and retain new vocabulary better, when it is applied in a relaxed environment like playing vocab games. In fact it has been proved that an interested and involved class, learning through several fun-filled English language games takes in 100% of the lesson and retains 80% of it.
Secondly, healthy competition that forms an elementary part of the English games encourages player discovery, examination and a voluntary involvement of the child in the learning process. Thirdly it leads to a better bonding between the teacher and the students. Most importantly, these games usher in the real world context into the classroom and thus increase the students’ capacity to speak English in a practical and flexible manner.
Therefore it’s no wonder that the vocabulary games are fast becoming invincible tools for mastering the English language.