Day 66 Communication (Spelling Strategies II)

Spelling Strategies

Lesson 2 Breaking Words into their Syllables

Spelling List

1. embarrass
2. government
3. carburetor
4. aluminium
5. oxygen
6. pnemonia
7. temperature
8. February
9. secretary
10. psychiatrist
11. opportunity
12. desperate
13. genuine
14. exhilaration
15. jewellery
16. hemorrage
17. environment
18. labratory
19. maintenance
20. perseverance
21. pronunciation
22. Wednesday
23. superintendent
24. restaurant
25. psychology
26. disastrous
27. separate
28. guarantee
29. congratulations
30. performance

SPELLING STRATEGY

Learning to divide a word into syllables may help you to pronounce the word correctly and, as a result, help you to spell it correctly. A syllable is one or more letters pronounced together (e.g. Ca-na-da, A-mer-i-ca).

Usually each syllable contains one or more vowels. A single consonant is usually pronounced with the vowel that follows it (be-gin). Double consonants usually are divided so that one goes with the preceding vowel and one with the following vowel (let-ter). The rules for division of English words into syllables are complicated, but the dictionary for the correct syllabication.

Another way to learn a long or difficult word is to split them into shorter more meaningful sections. Take the word Saskatchewan, for example. Very few people in Canada can spell this word correctly. Break it into smaller parts.
Sask - at - chew - an.
Or how about New Brunswick’s capital city? Fred - eric - ton.
Can you see smaller words inside the longer word. Often remembering the smaller word within the larger word will provide the key to remembering the correct spelling.

SPELLING PRACTICE

Exercise 1

1. Copy this week’s words into your notebook.
2. Break each word into syllables or meaningful sections, whichever seems best.
3. Write the syllables or sections beside each list words. (e.g. em...barr...ass)
4. Use this to help you learn this week’s words.
5 . Then test how well this strategy worked for you by having a classmate or a
friend dictate the list to you before the actual test.

Exercise 2

In your notebook, complete the sentences below with the correct spelling. Many of
the sentences contain ”hints” that may help you. Try to remember the hints.
1. He blushed with emb______ment. (What do the 2 missing syllables sound like?)
2. His _______ary typed the letter in secret.
3. The will be wed on W______esday.
4. That nun’s pro_____ciation of Latin is perfect.
5. Take advantage of our ten dollar main_____ance check. 6. He labored4 for years in the ______atory to find a cure.
7. If you score a par on this golf course, you are in a sep_____ate category.
8. The ten dents in your car occurred in the superin_____’s garage.
9. Make an appointment with the ________iastrist or the _________ologist.
10. In case of an emergency, _____gen masks will drop in front of you.
11. If you get your feet wet, you may catch _____monia.
12. This belt is made from _____ine snake skin.
13. He received gover_____ent loans for $110,000.
14. Are you leaving in Feb_____ary5?
15. I am grateful for your con______ulations.

Exercise 3

Break the rest of the words in this week’s lesson in shorter sections or syllables to help you learn them more easily. If possible, make a “clue sentence” to help you remember the harder parts of the word.

carburetor _______aluminium
temperature______ opportunity
desperate _______exhilaration
jewellery ________hemhorrhage
environment ______perseverance
restaurant ________disastrous
guarantee ________performance