Vocabulary 1
Word for weird or very strange
Peculiar
Word for digging into something
Burrowed
The names of James' two aunts
Aunt Spiker and Aunt Sponge
James' full name
James Henry Trotter
magic e, ie, ei, ea, ee
The difference between an open syllable and a closed syllable
Open = ends in a vowel, long vowel sound
Closed = ends in a consonant, short vowel sound
Word for die in a terrible way
Perish
Word for very valuable
Precious
The names of all of the friends that James meets inside the peach.
Centipede, Earthworm, Grasshopper, Spider, Glowworm, Silkworm, Ladybug
The odd item gifted to James that set him on his adventure.
Magical crocodile tongues in a brown paper bag.
The rule for changing 'y' to an 'i' when adding a suffix to a word that has a consonant before the 'y.'
If the suffix starts with 'i', DON'T change it, if it doesn't, change it!
The rule for changing 'y to i' when adding a suffix to a word that ends in 'y' and there is a vowel before the 'y.'
NEVER change the 'y'!
Word for a small and irritating problem
Nuisance
Word for doing something in an anxious, worried, fast way
Frantically
A book, also written by Roald Dahl, that is referenced in this book.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The type of bird that lifted the peach up into the sky and carried it
Seagull
Definition of a diphthong
ck, k, ke
Word for a rude and impolite person
Brute
Word for incredibly full or overflowing with something
Teeming
Where James is from.
England
The number of legs that centipede has.
42
Which of these are an example of a 'just add' word?
skater ripen paled pavement
List four words showcasing the 4 sounds of y
Answers vary. Ex: yellow, gym, sky, sunny
Word for strongly encourage or urge someone
Exhorting
Word for doing or saying something in a longing and/or sad way
Wistfully
The number of birds it took for the Peach to lift off the ground
502
The animal that ate James' parents.
An angry rhinoceros
Name a word that has three of our spelling rules in it.
Answers vary
The four ways to add a suffix to a base word.
Just Add, Double and Add, Drop and Add, Change y to i