1. Spelling “rule” of the week:
Spelling Unit #15
Spelling “rule” of the week:
For a one-syllable word ending in a single consonant that is NOT preceded by a vowel, do not double the final consonant before adding
–ing, -ed, -er, or –est.
Exceptions: (related rules to be learned in future weeks)

2. 1) reaping (reap + ing) 2) pleaded (plead + ed) 3) wilder (wild + er)
Focus Rule Words:
1) reaping (reap + ing)
2) pleaded (plead + ed)
3) wilder (wild + er)
4) neatest (neat + est)
5) folded (fold + ed)

3. Academic Verbs:
6) establish to found (as in a new business) or show to be true
Let’s establish a strong thesis first.
7) exemplify to typify, depict, or show by example
The character’s wittiness is exemplified when he makes smart comebacks.
8) indicate to show or be a sign of
His comebacks indicate his wittiness.

4. 10) judgment (drop the e in judge) 11) license (c before s)
Commonly misspelled words:
9) occasion (two c’s)
10) judgment (drop the e in judge)
11) license (c before s)

5. Roots/prefixes/suffixes:
phon = sound vid = look
tele = far omni = all

6. 12) phonetic related to sound
13) telephone carries sound far
14) evidence clues you find by looking closely
15) omniscient one who knows (sci) all
(as in an omniscient narrator)

7. Commonly confused words:
16) cloths the plural of “cloth” (fabric)
Use dry cloths to clean the TV.
17) clothes the things you wear
Hang up your clothes.

8. Review Words:
18) dependent (there’s a dent in dependent)
19) threw/through (verb, preposition)
20) becoming (becom [-e] +ing)