Spelling 3Hello lovely students,

Please number and take notes on each slide (10). The Siege Paragraph is due Monday, and I will be grading for spelling. I will also be checking your notes for ten slides. There are eleven with the title slide.

Cheers, Ms. Stewart

A phrase like “My niece is nice” can help you remember to put i before e niece.

Or the more popular, i before e except after c. Of course, there are always exceptions to English grammar rules, so watch out for those.

A device like “2 m’s, 2 t’s, 2 e’s” can help you remember how to spell committee.

1. Make up mnemonic devices.

Use it to record the words that you have had trouble spelling. Here are some suggestions for organizing your spelling journal.

Write the word correctly. Write the word again, underlining or circling the

part of the word that gave you trouble. Write a tip to help you remember how to spell the

word.

2. Keep a spelling journal.

weird weird Weird is weird. It doesn’t follow the i before e

rule. Others?

3. Examples:

Knowing common spelling generalizations can help you to spell hundreds of words. Some of these generalizations are based on spelling patterns, such as the choice between ie and ei. Other generalizations deal with forming plurals, writing numbers as numerals or as words, and adding prefixes and suffixes to words. Understanding certain common word patterns can help take the guesswork out of spelling many new words.

4. Spelling Generalizations

When you spell words with ie or ei, i comes before e except when the letters follow c or when they stand for the long a sound.

5. Words with ie and ei

Examples ie believe fieldei after c ceiling

receivesounds like a neighbor

weigh

6. IE and EI

Exceptions

ancient efficient neither seizeconscience species heightweirdsufficient either leisureforeign

7. IE and EI

The generalization about ie and ei applies only when the letters occur in the same syllable and spell just one vowel sound. It does not apply when i and e appear in different syllables.

be ing re imburse sci ence soci ety

8. IE and EI in Different Syllables

Often confused words alert! Be certain you use the word that suits your meaning!

siege-[noun] the surrounding of an area by military forces trying to stage a takeover; a steady try to get something

The rebel forces planned a siege of the capital.

9. siege and seize

Write a paragraph about a fictional (made-up) or nonfictional (real) siege. Answer the following questions to develop your paragraph. Sentences do not have to be in any particular order. Be creative, and dazzle me!

1. Who2. What3. When4. Where5. Why6. How

1o. The Siege Paragraph HW due Monday! I will also be

checking for 10 Spelling 3 slides.