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Spelling Unit # 10. Spelling “rule” of the week: When a word ends in y and is preceded by a consonant, usually change the y to i when adding a suffix that does not begin with i . Do not change the y if it is preceded by a vowel or if adding -ing .
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Spelling Unit #10 Spelling “rule” of the week: When a word ends in y and is preceded by a consonant, usually change the y to i when adding a suffix that does not begin with i. Do not change the y if it is preceded by a vowel or if adding -ing. Exceptions: dryness, fryer, pay--paid
Focus Rule Words: 1) historical (histor [y to i] + cal) 2) enjoying(keep the y-- preceded by a voweland adding -ing) 3) marrying (keep the y-- adding -ing) 4) buyer (keep the y-- y is preceded by a vowel) 5) payment (keep the y-- y is preceded by a vowel)
Academic Verbs: 6) contextualizeto mention important related information Contextualize a quote used in a Response to Literature essay; mention when and why a character said that. 7) rejectto refuse to accept Many dog trainers reject the saying that “old dogs can’t learn new tricks.” 8) concedeto gowith (together), admit truth I finally conceded that old dogs can learn new tricks; fifteen-year-old Fido just learned to play dead! (Or is he really dead?)
Commonly misspelled words: 9) attendance Did they take attendanceat the dance? 10) cafeteria (A cafeteria is a cafe with a long counter.) 11) niece(i before e except after c…)
Roots/prefixes/suffixes: cise = cut graph = writing bio = life photo = light
12) concise to “cut to the chase,” using just the right words 13) biographywriting about someone’s life 14) photograph a writing (or recording) of light on film 15) photosynthesis using light to make something (put together)
Commonly confused words: 16) conscious(adjective) aware Are you conscious of your snoring? 17) conscience(noun) the feeling of morality Lying goes against my conscience.
Review Words: 18) beautiful (beaut [y to i] + ful) 19) happiness(happ [y to i] + ness) 20) surprise (sur + prise)