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LO: avoid and to errors errors able spelling use to correct be. LO: common to be able to avoid common and use correct spelling. L4 L5 L6 I can write with generally correct spellings with occasional errors with silent letters and unstressed vowels. I can write with correct spellings, including the correct use of silent letters. I can write with correct spellings, including the correct use of silent letters and unstressed vowels. Pre-Starter What do all of the words below have in common? knife Silent letters – structured input Some words have silent letters. It’s really important that you know which words do, and which letter to use! 1) Silent letters are letters which you can’t hear when you say the word aloud. This makes words with silent letters tricky to spell. 2) There’s no easy way around this – you have to learn the spellings of the common words that have silent letters in them. Silent letters – structured input These are the most common words that contain silent letters. Glue the sheet with the silent letter examples into your book. Silent ‘c’ scene science conscience scissors scent muscle descend fascinate Silent ‘k’ kneel knife knight knock knot know knowledge Silent ‘b’ lamb debt tomb subtle doubt bomb comb knit which whether when while hour Silent ‘h’ ghost whistle chemist honest Silent ‘w’ write whole two wrong answer who Silent ‘t’ listen Christmas castle fasten Silent ‘l’ should could would half calf walk talk school Silent letters – structured output Some of the words in this story have silent letters. Write out all of the words that have a silent ‘t,’ ‘c,’ or ‘h’ in them in a table with three columns in your exercise book. It was the first morning of the Christmas holidays and Mary was enjoying not being at school. She spent the morning playing with her dog and watching her mum cook. She liked to listen to her mum singing while she worked. After her mum had finished, they spent an hour wrapping presents. They used scissors to cut the paper and then fastened the gifts with tape. Then they made some cards, which took ages. Mary drew a nativity scene for her dad and a picture of a castle for her brother. She sprayed perfume on them to make them scented and then put them in their envelopes. Silent ‘t’ Silent ‘c’ Christmas listen fastened castle scissors listen scene scented Silent ‘h’ school while which Silent letters – communicative task Write in the correct silent letters to complete the sentences below. You may do this activity as a table. k w The ___night used his s___ord to kill the dragon. b l I need to ta___k to someone about my de___t. h c C___emistry is the hardest s___ience lesson. l Emma’s father wa___ked her down the aisle on her wedding day. l John wanted to make a si___n show people where g that wou___d to go. w of the explorers left the group to search for the lost 6) T___o b tom___. w 7) The ___hole football team started lifting weights to develop c their mus___les. 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Unstressed vowels – structured input In some words, the vowel sound isn’t clear – these are called unstressed vowels. These words can be hard to spell because the vowels don’t make the sound you would expect. Here are the most commons ones to learn: private separate definitely doctor difference government describe company general easily parliament biscuit frighten vegetable ridiculous animal factory desperate Unstressed vowels – structured output Choose the correct letter out of ‘a’ or ‘e’ and write the words out in your exercise book. You may complete this activity in pairs. a) b) c) d) e) f) g) h) i) j) k) l) e diff__rent a diction__ry instrum__nt e a origin__l e int__rest e int__rrupt a prim__ry e marv__llous a veget__ble e fright__n a natur__l a parli__ament Hard and soft ‘c’ sounds – structured input Words with hard and soft ‘c’ sounds can be tricky to spell. 1) A hard ‘c’ is one that sounds like a ‘k.’ 2) When you’re spelling a word with a hard ‘c’ sounds, you need to know whether to use c, k or ch. There’s no rule for this – you just have to learn the correct spellings. provoke kettle cuddle cap c sketch candle curly k cave kite kidnap kilogram stomach Christmas ch architect monarch chemist character school Hard and soft ‘c’ sounds – structured input A soft ‘c’ is one that sounds like an ‘s’ 1) Soft ‘c’ sounds make you want to write an ‘s’ when you need a ‘c’ instead. 2) Here are some common examples to learn: medicine recipe slice city centre sauce sentence recent cellar circus century mice sincere convince ceiling circle cemetery princess office exceed cycle Hint: It will only ever be a soft ‘c’ if the next letter is an ‘i’, ‘e’ or a ‘y’. Hard and soft ‘c’ sounds – structured input A soft ‘c’ can change how you add suffixes. 1) If you’re adding a suffix to a root word which ends in a soft ‘c’ and then an ‘e’ – you don’t drop the ‘e.’ notice + -able noticeable service + -able serviceable Write this rule down – you’ll need to know it later on… 2) Drop the ‘e’ if the suffix starts with an ‘e’ or ‘i.’ notice + -ing noticing Fierce + -est fiercest Hard and soft ‘c’ sounds – structured output 1) Write down all of the words from the list below that begin with a soft ‘c’. You can complete this task with a partner: cymbal car coat cycling circus care ceiling cub carry call century cot cut cement cider 2) Write out the correct spelling of each of the words below. You can complete this task with a partner: a) acseptable / acceptable b) license / lisense c) accidentally / acsidentally d) mussle / muscle e) pronunsciation / pronunciation f) receive / reseive g) experience / experiense h) expensive / expencive i) sensible / sencible ‘i before e rule’– structured input Remember this saying: “ ‘i’ before ‘e’ except after ‘c’, but only when it rhymes with bee.” When it rhymes with bee, it’s ‘i’ before ‘e’… ( the whole word doesn’t need to rhyme with ‘bee’ – just the ‘ie’ sound). piece chief field thief hygiene diesel believe …except after ‘c.’ If the ‘ie’ sound rhymes with ‘bee’ and comes after a ‘c’, it will be ‘ei.’ perceive conceit deceit receipt receive ceiling ‘i before e rule’– structured input If it doesn’t rhyme with ‘bee,’ it’s ‘e’ before ‘i’. These are the most common examples, that you should learn: eight weight neighbour foreign vein their veil sleigh heir rein forfeit weird ‘I’ before ‘e’ rule – structured output 1) Use the ‘i before e’ rule to complete these words: ei dec.....ve ei rec…..ver ie d…..sel ie hyg……ne ie ach……ve ei c……ling ie th……f ie rel……f ie p……ce ei rec……pt ei n……ghbour ei w……ght 2) Add the suffix in brackets to each of these words. Write the new words out: a) b) c) d) Vacancy (es) Fancy (ed) Policy (es) Juicy (est) Vacancies Fancied Policies Juiciest Extension – what can you learn about the ‘i before e’ rule from your new words? That the ‘i before e’ rule doesn’t work for suffixes! Quiz Questions 1 to 3 are about hard and soft ‘c’ sounds. 1) True or false – a hard ‘c’ is one that sounds like a ‘k’? 2) Which of the following words is spelled incorrectly: prinsess sentence recent sincere 3)Write down the unstressed vowel sounds in each of these words: carrot, totally, horizon, lantern, Quiz Questions 4 to 6 are about the ‘i before e’ rule: 4) Complete the missing silent letters in the words below: If he was _onest with himself, he was sure that he had seen a g_ost. 5)Which of these words is spelled correctly? reciept, ceiling, recieve, deciet 6) Fill in the ‘ie’ or ‘ei’ in the following words: n____ghbour, bel___ve, forf___t Quiz Questions 7 to 10 check what you can remember from the last 7 weeks of grammar lessons! 7) Add the correct unstressed vowel to the words below: sep_rate, defin_tely, desp_rate 8) Add the correct silent letter to the words below: Ans_er, w_istle, fas_inate 9) Fill in the gaps below with the correct article (‘a’ or ‘an’): In the garden, I saw __ ant and __ slug. 10) Add your or you’re to the following sentence: Where is _______ house from here? Answers 1) True 2) prinsess (should be princess) 3) carrot, totally, horizon, lantern 4) honest, ghost 5) ceiling 6) neighbour, believe, forfeit 7) separate, definitely, desperate 8) answer, whistle, fascinate 9) An ant and a slug 10) your