This document outlines a spelling bee social club that teaches spelling rules and practices spelling words. The club covers spelling rules like vowels, consonants, "i before e" except after c, and that q must have a u. Students practice spelling words using spelling rules and learn tricky words like professional vs profesional. The objective is for students to test their spelling skills and learn which words to practice.

1. Game Time: Spelling
Bee!
(L3-5)
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INTRODUCTION
ERIC YAU
Your teacher

3. Housekeeping
• I will send you a link to the powerpoint at the end
of class

4. Warm-up:
Which one
is correct?

5. Objective
By the end of this social
club, students will have
tested their spelling and
learned what words they
need to practice spelling.

6. Outline
1. Warm-up
2. Spelling rules & practice
3. Tricky words

7. Every word has at
least 1 vowel

8. Every word has at least 1 vowel
◦ What’s a “vowel”?
◦ A,E,I,O,U
◦ (and sometimes Y)
◦ What’s the opposite of a vowel?
◦ Consonant
◦ (Everything else: R, T, L, N, Q…)

9. Every word has at least 1 vowel
◦ 1-letter words:
◦ A
◦ 2-letter words:
◦ It, he, at, is
◦ 3-letter words:
◦ She, boy

10. Every word has at least 1 vowel
1. 2-letter words
2. 3-letter words

11. “i” before “e”,
except after “c”

12. “i” before “e”, not after “c”
1.Friend
2.Ceiling
3.Receive
4.Believe
1
4
3
2

13. “i” before “e”
not after “c”

14. “i” before “e”, not after “c”

15. “q” must have a
“u”

16. “q” must have a “u”
1. quit

17. 4
2
3
1
Do only 1,2,3 & 4
“q” must have a “u”c

18. “q” must have a “u”

19. “q” must have a “u”

20. 1 sound? 1 vowel? F,L or
S @ end?
2x.

21. Do only
green
squares
1 sound? 1 vowel? F,L or S @ end? 2x.

22. 1 sound? 1 vowel? F,L
or S @ end?
2x.

23. Summary
ie vs ei?
Q
1 sound?
1 vowel?
F,L or S @ end?

24. Tricky words

25. professional or profesional?
◦ Profe$$ional

26. Dessert vs desert?
dessert desert

28. Social club recommendation – don’t use the
“autocorrect” function of grammar and spell checks
(unless you really have to)

29. Recommendation

31. Wall Street English Hong Kong
Prizebox 2021

32. Thankyou
Andseeyousoon!
Wall Street English Hong Kong
Comments? Questions?
eric.yau@wallstreet.edu.hk
Thefatladyhassang.

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