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Spelling Unit # 14

Spelling Unit # 14. Spelling “rule” of the week: Do NOT double the final consonant before adding –ing , - ed , -er , or -est in words ending in w or x . Exceptions: (related rules to be learned in future weeks). Focus Rule Words: 1) waxed (wax + ed) 2) shallower (shallow + er)

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Spelling Unit # 14

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  1. Spelling Unit #14 Spelling “rule” of the week: Do NOT double the final consonant before adding –ing, -ed, -er, or -est in words ending in w or x. Exceptions: (related rules to be learned in future weeks)

  2. Focus Rule Words: 1) waxed (wax + ed) 2) shallower (shallow + er) 3) guffawed (guffaw + ed) (guffaw = explosive laughter) 4) throwing (throw + ing) 5) rawest (raw + est)

  3. Academic Verbs: 6) justifyto show a satisfactory reason or defense for something being done; cleared of guilt, excused Is the character justified in her anger toward her dad? 7) maintainin writing, this means the same as “asserts” or “keeps arguing that” The author maintains the notion that people will do anything for love. 8) presumeto assume in advance (before) We can presume that all seventh graders completed sixth grade.

  4. Commonly misspelled words: 9) pursue (pur +sue) 10) studies (stud [y to i] + es) 11) numbing(silent b, one m)

  5. Roots/prefixes/suffixes: duct = to lead pend = hang fer = to carry micro = small

  6. 12) induction the act of “leading in” 13) transfer to carryacross 14) suspend to “hang” in the sense of waiting or forbidding participation 15) microscope machine designed to see (scope) small things

  7. Commonly confused words: 16) choose (present tense/infinitive verb) Choose wisely! 17) chose (past tense verb) Yesterday, he chose wisely.

  8. Review Words: 18) affect/effect (verb--to change, noun--a result) 19) embarrassed(double r, double s) 20) there/their/they’re (place, possessive, contraction)

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