Year 7Spelling Homework Booklet

Name:.....................................................

Tutor Group:.............................................

English - C1 - Miss Trigg

ExpEctationS:

Each week you are expected to learn the spellings set,for a test the following Friday. You will be tested on yourspelling accuracy and on your ability to use the word ina sentence. You will also need to remember the rules forthe use of capital letters, full stops and other punctuationyou may choose to use.

all - Will use simple sentences (A sentence containingone piece of information, a subject and a verb.) It was raining.

Most - Will use compound sentences (two simplesentences joined together with a connective.) It was raining and we stayed indoors.

Some - Will use complex sentences (a main clause-thepart of the sentence which makes sense on its own anda subordinate clause(s) - part of the sentence oftenseparated by a comma or a connective, which requiresfurther information for it to make sense.) Although it was raining and he had an umbrella, he stillrefused to go out.

How to lEarn wEEklY SpEllingS We suggest Children learn their spellings using the 'look,cover, write, check' Method. This encourages your childto 'see' and 'hear' the word, and to see for himself if hespelt it right.

• Look at a spelling word and say it out loud• Cover the spelling word• Visualise the covered word in the mind and say it outloud• Write the word from memory• Check what has been written with the uncoveredword

During their Literacy lessons, children are given theopportunity to look for patterns in the spelling of wordsand to invent rules and saying to help them improve theirwork.

otHEr waYS to lEarn SpEllingS• Find words within the word (there's a 'hen' in 'when'!)• Break the word up into smaller parts (Wed + nes + day= Wednesday)• Break the word up into sounds (th-a-nk)• Make up a silly sentence using the letters: (big elephants cause accidents under small elephantsspells 'because')• Say the word as it is written (like 'knight')• Find a word that rhymes with it: is the spelling thesame?• Highlight the shape of the word with a funny drawing• Use colours and highlighters to recognise letters visually•Visualise the word in your head

SpElling rulESHelp your child to learn spelling rules. There will alwaysbe exceptions, but they work most of the time:

1. Most question words start 'wh'2. i before e except after c3. Add 's' for plurals except those that end in 's', 'x', 'z', 'ch'and 'sh', when you add 'es'4. Nouns ending in 'y' change to 'ies'5. Use 'ce' for nouns and 'se' for verbs (you advise withadvice)6. When adding 'ing' or 'ed', double the last consonantafter a short vowel sound (so drop becomes droppingor dropped)7. Don't drop the final 'e' when you add 'ly' ('comely'),but do drop it to add 'ing' ('coming')

SpElling tipS1. You hear with your ear.

2. Donkeys, monkeys - There are keys in donkeys andmonkeys.3. The word here is also in its opposite there.4. Villain - A villain is one who lives in a villa.5. There is no word in English ending in - full except full.

thankful grateful spoonful6. The word separate has "a rat" in it (separate). Start tosee the words within words.

SpEllingS - wEEk 1

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might

opened

show

started

stopped

think

thought

told

tries

turn

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SpEllingS - wEEk 2

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turned

used

walk

walked

walking

watch

write

woke

woken

every

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SpEllingS - wEEk 3

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first

half

morning

much

never

number

often

only

second

sometimes

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SpEllingS - wEEk 4

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still

suddenly

today

where

above

across

along

also

around

below

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SpEllingS - wEEk 5

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between

both

different

following

high

inside

near

other

outside

place

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SpEllingS - wEEk 6

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right

round

such

through

until

upon

while

year

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SpEllingS - wEEk 7

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earth

eyes

father

friends

important

lady

light

money

mother

own

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SpEllingS - wEEk 8

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paper

sister

small

sound

white

whole

why

window

baby

balloon

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SpEllingS - wEEk 9

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birthday

brother

children

clothes

garden

great

happy

head

heard

almost

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SpEllingS - wEEk 10

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always

any

before

better

during

young

together

under

without

better

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On this page write down the words you are still strugglingwith. Which parts of the words do you spell correctly?Highlight the letter(s) you get muddled up.Now practice spelling them again - Use the spelling tipsat the front of the booklet to help you.

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