Spelling Lesson 27

1. action picture nation creature motion failure mention nature caution furniture location feature condition posture direction attention lecture departure creation moisture Spelling Lesson 27 Spelling Tip The /shən/ sound is often spelled –tion. The /chən/ sound is often spelled –ture. The /yər/ sound is often spelled –ure. Spelling Words Ending in –tion, -ture and -ure

2. action picture nation creature motion failure mention nature caution furniture location feature condition posture direction attention lecture departure creation moisture 1-8 Write the Core Words that end with –tion. 9-14Write the Core Words that end with –ture. 15Write the Core Word that ends with –ure. 16-20 Write the Challenge Words. Circle the last syllable in each word.

3. action picture nation creature motion failure mention nature caution furniture location feature condition posture direction attention lecture departure creation moisture The Most Awful Creature I asked myself the same question for days. What horrible ( 1 ) could I dress up like on Halloween? I could pick something from ( 2 ) and the outdoors. Yet a cow would not frighten anybody. It would probably be about as scary as a chair or some other piece of ( 3 )! Or, I could be the most wanted robber in the ( 4 ). Scary—that is the ( 5 ) I wanted to go in.

4. action picture nation creature motion failure mention nature caution furniture location feature condition posture direction attention lecture departure creation moisture But I had the best idea when I saw a ( 6 ) in a horror magazine. It was a creature called Dragonking. It was all bent over in a stooping ( 7 ). Its arms were making a sweeping ( 8 ). Seeing Dragonking in ( 9 ) would frighten anyone! Smart people would approach it only with ( 10 ).

5. action picture nation creature motion failure mention nature caution furniture location feature condition posture direction attention lecture departure creation moisture Unfortunately, the magazine did not ( 11 ) the ( 12 ) of the shop where the costume could be bought. My friend offered to make a costume like it on the ( 13 ) that I help. Each ( 14 ) of the face looked really scary. My costume was not going to be a ( 15 ). I would be scariest monster of the night!

6. action picture nation creature motion failure mention nature caution furniture location feature condition posture direction attention lecture departure creation moisture Suffixes • nature • nation • condition • region • practice The ending -al means like or having thenature of. Change the nouns to adjectives by adding -al. Remember to drop the final e before adding -al.

7. action picture nation creature motion failure mention nature caution furniture location feature condition posture direction attention lecture departure creation moisture Read and Rhyme 1. I have a notion to stop that _____. 2. Did I ___ this test will cause a lot of tension? 3. There was a strong reaction to the mayor’s ___. 4. Those horns are a feature of that wild-looking ____. Write the Core Words that rhyme with the underlined words.

8. action picture nation creature motion failure mention nature caution furniture location feature condition posture direction attention lecture departure creation moisture Shape the Words Write the Core Words by combining one of the syllables in the shapes. Use the code to help you. mo fail tion fea ture na ure pos cau 9. 10. 11. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. action picture nation creature motion failure mention nature caution furniture location feature condition posture direction attention lecture departure creation moisture Group the Words • birds, flowers, trees, grass • Mexico, United States, Egypt, Japan • chair, table, couch, bed • north, south, east, west • healthy, weak, strong, poor • place, spot, area, section • view, scene, drawing, sketch Write the Core Words that tell about the word groups.

10. action picture nation creature motion failure mention nature caution furniture location feature condition posture direction attention lecture departure creation moisture • Write an ending to the story about Dragonking. • Use at least four Core Words from this lesson.

11. action picture nation creature motion failure mention nature caution furniture location feature condition posture direction attention lecture departure creation moisture Here is the draft of one student’s story ending. 1-4. Find four misspelled words and write them correctly. 5-6. Two words should have been capitalized. Rewrite the story correcting all errors.