Suffixing
Write the correctly suffixed words on your board.
penny + es
gate + ed
argue + able + ly
- pennies
- gated
- arguably
What does a prepositional phrase start with, and what does it always end with?
- starts with a preposition
- ends with the object of the preposition
Write two words on your board: one for each sound that the phonogram "eigh" makes.
sounds: long A, long i
What is a suffix?
A group of letters that form a word ending that changes the meaning of the word
What are the three Latin /sh/ phonograms? Write them out, and write what we call them.
Tall /sh/ = ti
Short /sh/ = ci
si = sh/zh used at the beginning of the syllable after the first one
Hope + ing
To get all 200 points, you must give the correctly suffixed word AND the spelling/suffixing rule that explains it.
- Hoping
- drop the silent final E because: we add a vowel suffix, and there are no other spelling rules that say we must keep the silent final E.
What questions do adverbs answer?
What other parts of speech do adverbs modify?
To get all 200 points, you must answer BOTH questions correctly.
How? When? Where? Why? To what extent?
Adjectives, verbs, other adverbs
Which two-letter /n/ phonogram can be used at the beginning or end of a word?
gnat / sign
Suffix the following word:
response + ible + ly
responsibly
Suffix the words:
- explode + ion
- divide + ion
AND explain the rule that fits both words. To get all 200 points, you MUST suffix both words and explain the rule.
Explosion; division
When words end in "de" and the suffix is "ion", we turn the "de" into sh-zh "si"
Refer + ed
To get all 300 points, you must give the correctly suffixed word AND the spelling/suffixing rule that explains it.
referred
Rule: 'refer' has a vowel-consonant ending, and the syllable before the suffix is stressed; so we must double the last consonant.
What do linking verbs connect?
What is the linking verb in this sentence: The soup tastes delicious.
To get all 300 points, you must answer BOTH questions correctly.
Linking verbs connect the subject of a sentence to a predicate noun or predicate adjective.
Tastes
What sounds does the 'ough' phonogram make?
ŏ-ō-ö-ow-ŭf-ŏf
"We are at the mall."
AND rewrite the sentence in BOTH of the other tenses (that it currently is not in). To get all 300 points, you must tell me what tense the sentence is in, and rewrite it in the two other tenses.
(For example: if the sentence is in past tense, you will write Past Tense AND rewrite the sentence to be present and future tense.)
Present.
Ask teacher if your two other sentences are correctly in past and future tense.
Suffix the following word:
image + ine + ative
AND explain how you did. To get all 300 points, you must correctly explain the choices for dropping/keeping letters as needed.
imaginative
drop the first silent e, because 'ine' starts with a vowel; drop the second silent e, because 'ative' starts with a vowel; keep the last silent final e, because English words do not end in a U or V.
What question do you need to ask when suffixing a word that ends in a single-vowel y?
Does the suffix begin with any letter except I?
What two things do helping verbs do?
- show tense (past, present, future)
- modify an action verb
List all phonograms that make the /er/ sound and provide an example word for each.
ear, er, ir, ur; check with teacher to be sure words are correct.
What is the difference between adjectives and adverbs?
Adjectives only modify nouns; adverbs modify adjectives, verbs, and other adverbs.
Think of the word "explode"
Suffix this word to be in past tense, present tense, and future tense.
Hint: to be in future tense, you will need to add a helping verb.
To get all 400 points, you must include three versions of the word "explode"
exploded
exploding
will explode (or other future-tense helping verbs)
Think about the word "happy".
What suffix should we add to turn "happy" into a noun?
Write the new word, spelled correctly with the suffix, on your boards.
happiness
Rewrite the following sentence on your board and label each part of speech.
Yesterday, the energetic dog quickly jumped over the fence.
Identify the phonograms in the sentence:
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
Th
e
qu
i
ck
b
r
ow
n
d
o
g
j
u
m
p
ed
o
v
er
th
e
l
a
z
y
d
o
g
Label the parts of speech in the following sentence.
"The actress will rehearse the poem about elephants, monkeys, and giraffes for the director."
RANDOM BONUS JEOPARDY QUESTION
What is the origin of Valentines Day?
Whoever is closest to the correct answer will get the points!
There was a time in Rome when an Emperor made it illegal to get married. St. Valentine continued to marry people and was arrested for it. In jail, he wrote letters to his partner and signed them, "Love, your Valentine."
We now give valentines to those we care about because of his dedication to love!