The document provides various spelling strategies for year 7 students, including: 1. Breaking words into sounds or syllables, looking at affixes or word origins, using mnemonics or words within words. 2. Applying common spelling rules such as doubling consonants after short vowels or with certain prefixes. 3. Guidelines for adding suffixes to words ending in silent e or -ce and -ge.

1. SPELLING STRATEGIES Year 7

2. Some suggestions 1. Break it into sounds: (d-i-a-r-y) 2. Break it into syllables: (di-a-ry, bus-in-ess) 3. Break it into affixes: (dis+satisfy) 4. Use a mnemonic: (necessary = one collar and two sleeves) 5. Refer to words in same family:(muscle, muscular) 6. Say it as it sounds: (Wednesday) 7. Words within words: (parliament = parl I AM ent) 8. Refer to etymology: (bi+cycle) 9. Use analogy: (bright, light, night) 10. Use a key word: (horrible/drinkable) 11. Learn by sight: (look, cover, write, check) 12. Apply spelling rules:

3. COMMON SPELLING RULES

4. Spelling Strategy:Double consonants It is usual for a short vowel to take a double consonant after it, if a further syllable follows, as below: short vowel long vowels don’t! Wr i tten write, writing L a tter later B i t, b i tten bite H o lly holy D i nner dine, dining subm i t, subm i tted Comm i t, comm i tted NB – commitment! Date set: 28 th February 2011 Tested in class: week beginning 7 th March

5. Spellings written writing latter submit submitted commit committed commitment wrapped dining Date set: 28 th February 2011 Tested in class: week beginning 7 th March

6. Spelling Strategy: Double consonants Prefixes such as un, dis and ir only have a double consonant if the root word starts with the same consonant as the prefix. These prefixes mean ‘not’ or the ‘opposite of’. *Use ir- before words starting with r …not relevant = irrelevant Relevant ir relevant Regular ir regular Satisfy dis satisfy Necessary un necessary Noticed un noticed Date set: 7 th March 2011 Tested in class: week beginning 14 th March

7. Spellings dissatisfy dissimilar disorder unnoticed unnecessary unpopular disrespectful irregular irrelevant irresponsible Date set: 7 th March 2011 Tested in class: week beginning 14 th March

8. Spelling Strategy: Doubling consonants Occur, prefer , refer , take a double rr after stressed syllables, but keep a single r after unstressed ones: prefe rr ed, refe rr ed, occu rr ed, prefe r ence, refe r ence Date set: 14 th March 2011 Tested in class: week beginning 21st March

9. Spellings prefe rr ed refe rr ed occu rr ed prefe re nce refe r ence beginning admitted forgotten forbidden patrolled Date set: 14 th March 2011 Tested in class: week beginning 21st March

10. Spelling Strategy: Prefixes: il-, im- Another 2 prefixes meaning "not" or "the opposite of". The spelling of this prefix often matches the first letter of the root word. This sometimes results in a double letter. So, the opposite of legal is "illegal" instead of "inlegal“ The pattern is like this: *Use il- before words starting with l …not legible = illegible . *Use im- before words starting with m and p . So: not mature = immature not perfect = imperfect . Date set: 21 st March 2011 Tested in class: week beginning 28 th March

11. Spellings illegible illegal illogical illiterate immature impolite imperfect impossible immortal immobile Date set: 21 st March 2011 Tested in class: week beginning 28 th March

12. Spelling Strategy: Adding a suffix to words ending in silent e Drop a silent ‘ e’ before adding a suffix that begins with a vowel. Examples: hope + ing = hop ing , believe + able = believ able If a word ends with a silent ‘ e’ , do not drop the ‘ e’ when adding a suffix that begins with a consonant. Examples: care + less = care less , safe + ty = safe ty , arrange + ment = arrange ment . Date set: 28 th March 2011 Tested in class: week beginning 4 th April

13. Spellings hoping believable caring exciting arrival hating careless safety arrangement peaceful Date set: 28 th March 2011 Tested in class: week beginning 4 th April

14. Spelling Strategy: Adding suffixes to words ending -ce and -ge Where the base word ends in - ce or - ge , then you keep the silent e before - able and - ous . So: enforce + able = enforce able notice + able = notice able service + able = service able courage + ous = courage ous outrage + ous = outrage ous Date set: 4 th April 2011 Tested in class: week beginning 11 th April

15. Spellings enforceable noticeable serviceable irreplaceable traceable courageous outrageous manageable changeable advantageous Date set: 4 th April 2011 Tested in class: week beginning 11 th April