Transcript Spelling Rules

Spelling Strategies
Taylor High School
English Department
© MJB 01/12
Strategy One- Sounding Out
• The most common spelling strategy is
to actually sound out every single
sound in the word.
• c-a-t
• h-o-p
• Ch-ai-r
Strategy Two- Syllabification
• Another way to work out spelling is
to break the work down into the
various syllables
• El-e-phant
• Sat-is-fied
• Un-der-stand
• Yes-ter-day
Strategy Three-Words Within
Words
• Often we can remember tricky words or tricky
phonemes by remembering that there is a word
within that word.
• separate
• reaction
• business
• permanent
• disappearance
• conscience
• concentration
Strategy Four- Compound
Words
• With some words you can remember how
to spell them by working out they are
compound words (originally made up of two
or more words which have become one )
• meanwhile
• however
• furthermore
• outside
Strategy 5 – Using an
Mnemonic
• Sometime you can learn a word by
creating a mnemonic for that word
• Eg: Every Naughty Old Unlucky
Ghost Haunts
• Seven Elephant’s Noses Tangle Easily
Near Cakes Eventually