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Personal Spelling Development

Year 7 Spelling Starters

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Contents

Typical spelling errors

Double letters

Spotting mistakes

Recording mistakes

Spelling strategies

Spelling strategies activity



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?

Introduction

Did you do well on the spelling test Lei?

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

I only got 40%. Could you help me improve?


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 lettersconfusion over double lettersconfusing words which sound similar not knowing the rules endings.

Typical spelling errors


Double letters


Spotting mistakes

Now rewrite Tom’s description accurately.


1. Draw a table like this one:

Type of errorCorrect spellingSpelling 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.

Recording mistakes


Keep a personal spelling notebook.

Here are some of the things you might include in it:

Personal errors

Types of errors

Subject keywords

Spelling strategies

Rules and conventions

Targets

Personal spelling notebook


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 the word carefully

cover it

write it down from memory

check it.

spelling

Study, cover, write, check

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


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.

Sounding out


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.

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

gu is the problem area

So look for other words with gu, like ‘gun’, ‘gust’, ‘league’. 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. calendar.

Letter patterns


Use mnemonics

These are rhymes or phrases that help you to remember the letters in a word,

e.g.

rhythm – rhythm helps your two hips move

because – big elephants can always upset small elephants

In your notebooks, write down any mnemonics you know.

Create a new mnemonic for a tricky word.

Mnemonics


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 believe.

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.

Words within words


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

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

Catchphrases

Create your own catchphrases


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

One collar

Two sleevesIt has 1 collar and 2 sleeves.

This will help you to remember that the word necessary has 1 ‘C’ and 2 ‘S’s: neCeSSary

Think of a shirt.

Mental pictures

Create mental pictures


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

A friend is always there to the end.

This will help you to remember to spell friend

For this tricky word you can use a rhyme.

not freind

Rhymes

Remember a rhyme


Spelling strategies activity

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