Do Now: Let’s review spelling tips and tricks! Learning Target: I can become a master speller by following spelling rules Do Now: Let’s review spelling tips and tricks!

NOTE!! English spelling can be frustrating for native speakers, and especially for non-native speakers. English is consistently inconsistent; therefore, following rules and suggestions offered will help you become a Master Speller and will help you to be able to find exceptions to rules.

Follow These Study Tips Practice writing words Break words up in syllables Look the meaning up in a dictionary Review for 15-20 min. daily Create a sentence using spelling words Create a story using spelling words

i before e, except after c RULE ONE i before e, except after c achieve, believe, bier, brief, chief, fiend, friend, grief, grieve, hygiene, patience, pierce, priest, thief ceiling, conceive, conceit, deceive, deceit, perceive, receipt, receive

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Exceptions to RULE ONE: words that make the “a” sound beige, freight, neighbor, sleigh, vein, weight, and weigh Exceptions that do not have a pattern either, feint, foreign, forfeit, height, leisure, neither, seize, weird

RULE TWO Change y to i when adding an ending supply supplies supplied supplying worry worries worried worrying merry merrier

Exception to RULE TWO When –ing is added, keep y. cry crying cries cried study studying studies studied When a vowel comes before the y , keep y obey obeyed obeying obeys obeyer say said saying says sayer

RULE FOUR Drop silent e if the ending begins with a vowel. advance + -ing = advancing surprise + -ing = surprising Keep silent e if the ending begins with a consonant advance + ment = advancement like + ness = likeness If a vowel comes before silent e DROP silent e argue + -ment = argument true + -ly = truly © White Educational Products

© White Educational Products RULE FIVE Doubling final consonant when adding –ed, -ing, or a suffix Single final consonant And follows a single vowel And the suffix begins with a vowel One syllable or is stressed on the last syllable: In the examples the “trol” syllable in control is stressed, while the “en” of enter is stressed. Control controlling controlled controllable enter entering entered © White Educational Products

EXAMPLES: ADMIT + -ed = ADMITTED FLAP + -ed = FLAPPED ADMIT ends with a consonant Follows a vowel Accented on the last syllable Therefore double the t before adding an -ing or –ed admitting admitted FLAP + -ed = FLAPPED The word FLAP is a one syllable word

to double the consonant Examples when NOT to double the consonant When there are two syllables with the stress on the first syllable, do not double the consonant before. COUNSEL + -ing = COUNSELING When there are two vowels together before the consonant, do not double the consonant. DESPAIR + -ed = DESPAIRED

Change the -c to -ck panic panicking picnic picnicking RULE SIX Words that end in -c Change the -c to -ck panic panicking picnic picnicking

-l, -m, & -p exception With some verbs ending in -l, -m, and p you can either double the consonant or not. travel traveling or travelling program programing or programming worship worshiping or worshipping

Silent Letter Combinations Some words have silent letter combinations. You must memorize these patterns. gn, pn, kn= n gnome pneumonia knife rh, wr = r rhyme wrestle pt, ght = t ptomaine height ps, sc = s psalm science wh = h whole 

Good Luck! Becoming a Master Speller takes a personal commitment and Finding your own method to add this important skill to your writing arsenal. Let’s practice! Good Luck!