 EX2a:Affect: Make a difference to (verb)  EX2b:Effect: An outcome (noun)  EXMD: RAVEN-Remember Affect Verb Effect Noun  EX3a: Atleast : Does not exist.

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 EX2a:Affect: Make a difference to (verb)  EX2b:Effect: An outcome (noun)  EXMD: RAVEN-Remember Affect Verb Effect Noun  EX3a: Atleast : Does not exist  EX3b: At least: Not less than  EXMD: Leave at least one space.  EX4a: Alot: Does not exist  EX4b: A lot: A large number  EXMD: Do you want a lot or a little space? Please Write Bell Ringer On Activity Sheet

 Verbal: Definition, context clues, play on words  Sounds: Rhyme, alliteration, or similar  Visual: Spelling (correct/unique) and/or drawing  Acronym: First letters spell word  If there are two words, one of the two must be addressed. Try for both!  If there are three words, two of the three must be addressed.

 1. Already  2. Altogether  3. Borne  4. Altar  5. Break  6. All Ready  7. Capital  8. Alter  9. Born  10. All Right  11. Cloths  12. Alter  13. Capitol  14. All Together  15. Borne  16. Clothes  17. Capital  18. Brakes  19. All Right  20. All Together

 1. Consul  2. Dessert  3. Coarse  4. Formerly  5. Councilor  6. Formally  7. Its  8. Compliments  9. Course  10. Desert  11. It’s  12. Counselor  13. Course  14. Latter  15. Compliment  16. Deserted  17. Counselor  18. Led  19. Course  20. Complement

 1. Arrange into groups of 2 or 3  2. Create mnemonic device(s) for assigned words  3. Write the device on the chalk board AND the paper Mrs. Moore gave you (add names). TURN THIS IN!  4. Write down the definitions for each word  Italicized font  Shorten as needed!  4. Present/record devices from the board.  5. Complete activities on the back.  Activities 10&11 (Due Monday)  5 points: participation/completion

 16a. Loose: Free, not close together  16b. Lose: To suffer loss

 17a. Miner: Worker in a mine  17b. Minor: Under legal age; less important

 18a. Moral: Good/lesson of conduct  18b. Morale: Mental condition, spirit

 19a. Passed: verb  19b. Past: noun, adjective, or preposition

 20a. Peace: Opposite of strife  20b. Piece: A part of something

 21a. Personal: Individual  21b. Personnel: A group of people employed in the same place

 22a. Plain: Not fancy; a flat area of land; clear  22b. Plane: A flat surface; an airplane

 23a. Principal: Head of a school; the main one of several things  23b. Principle: A rule of conduct; a main fact or law

 24a. Quiet: Still, silent  24b. Quite: Completely, wholly; to a great extent or degree

 25a. Stationary: In a fixed position  25b. Stationery: Writing paper

 26a. Than: Conjunction  26b. Then: Adverb meaning at that time

 27a. There: A place; expletive  27b. Their: Possessive  27c. They’re: They are

 28a. To: Preposition or part of an infinitive verb (to ___)  28b. Too: Adverb meaning also or too much  28c. Two: One plus one

 29a. Waist: Middle part of the body  29b. Waste: Unused material; to squander

 30a. Who’s: Who is, who has  30b. Whose: Possessive

 31a. Your: Possessive  31b. You’re: You are