Spelling booklet 17-18

Spellings to be given out every literacy
lesson – you will then be tested in the next

literacy lesson (2 weeks later).

Name: ……………………………………………………………………
Literacy Teacher: …………………………………………………..
Form: ……………………………………………………………………..

Lesson 1 Lesson 2

Linked to Novel Study Linked to Gothic Library Lesson work

List A List A

1. Protagonist 1. Cemetery
2. Antagonist 2. Genre
3. Narrator 3. Nightmare
4. Structure 4. Pathetic fallacy
5. Theme 5. Supernatural
6. Device 6. Grotesque
7. Genre 7. Mystery
8. Suspense 8. Necromancy
9. Resolution 9. Possession
10. Climax 10. Heroine
11. Conflict 11. Revenge
12. Ambiguity 12. Horror
13. Chronological 13. Sublime
14. Denouement 14. Superstition
15. Epiphany 15. Villain

List B List B

1. Chapter 1. Haunted
2. Paragraph 2. Castle
3. Setting 3. Graveyard
4. Theme 4. Ghost
5. Device 5. Terror
6. Genre 6. Mist
7. Symbol 7. Mystery
8. Style 8. Spirit
9. Mood 9. Vampire
10. Location 10. Revenge

Lesson 3 Lesson 4

The soft ‘c’ sound Poetry theme

List A List A

1. Accident 1. Alliteration
2. Circumstance 2. Assonance
3. Discipline 3. Repetition
4. Deceased 4. Phonetic
5. Bicycle 5. Simile
6. Cyclone 6. Metaphor
7. Mercy 7. Enjambment
8. Decimal 8. Rhythm
9. Incident 9. Rhyme
10. Century 10. Poetry
11. Except 11. Personification
12. Ceremony 12. Techniques
13. Certain 13. Sibilance
14. Recent 14. Imperative
15. Cyclist 15. Style

List B List B

1. Ceiling 1. Alliteration
2. Bicycle 2. Assonance
3. Centre 3. Repetition
4. December 4. Phonetic
5. Certain 5. Simile
6. Circle 6. Metaphor
7. Cinema 7. Enjambment
8. Accident 8. Rhythm
9. City 9. Rhyme
10. Celebrity 10. Poetry

Lesson 5 Lesson 6

Ie or ei? Common misspellings

List A List A

1. Mischief 1. Accommodation
2. Cashier 2. Achieve
3. Either 3. Argument
4. Receive 4. Bizarre
5. Die 5. Business
6. Thief 6. Completely
7. Neighbour 7. Definitely
8. Deceive 8. Disappoint
9. Conscience 9. Embarrassing
10. Relief 10. Finally
11. Shriek 11. Immediately
12. Foreign 12. Necessary
13. Hygiene 13. Religious
14. Medieval 14. Separate
15. Ancient 15. Therefore

List B List B

1. Tie 1. Therefore
2. Pie 2. Finally
3. Eight 3. Surprise
4. Friend 4. Really
5. Believe 5. Coming
6. Quiet 6. Further
7. Shield 7. Really
8. Chief 8. Tomorrow
9. Weird 9. Until
10. Receive 10. Weird

Lesson 7 Lesson 8

General English words ly , ful and less

List A List A

1. Apostrophe 1. Actually
2. Advertisement 2. Especially
3. Atmosphere 3. Eventually
4. Cliché 4. Merciful
5. Comma 5. Pitiful
6. Tabloid 6. Friendly
7. Grammar 7. Resentful
8. Paragraph 8. Sorrowful
9. Vocabulary 9. Successful
10. Exclamation 10. Thoughtless
11. Dialogue 11. Fearless
12. Quotation 12. Speechless
13. Similarly 13. Kindly
14. Addition 14. Likely
15. Juxtaposition 15. Personally

List B List B

1. Novel 1. Likely
2. Blurb 2. Kindly
3. Quote 3. Hopeful
4. Paragraph 4. Forgetful
5. Title 5. Painful
6. Vocabulary 6. Endless
7. Tabloid 7. Fearless
8. Comma 8. Actually
9. However 9. Beautiful
10. Conclusion 10. Friendly

Lesson 9 Lesson 10

Myths and Legends Ible and able

List A List A

1. Quest 1. Disposable
2. Sequel 2. Indestructible
3. Mythology 3. Invincible
4. Legend 4. Manageable
5. Mysterious 5. Susceptible
6. Villain 6. Reliable
7. Mythological 7. Valuable
8. Narrative 8. Responsible
9. Greece 9. Miserable
10. Olympic 10. Adorable
11. Belief 11. Credible
12. Ancient 12. Edible
13. Philosopher 13. Reversible
14. Goddess 14. Terrible
15. Invincible 15. Tangible

List B List B

1. Quest 1. Terrible
2. Sequel 2. Enjoyable
3. Mythology 3. Possible
4. Villain 4. Horrible
5. Hero 5. Able
6. Greece 6. Noticeable
7. Religion 7. Adorable
8. Belief 8. Valuable
9. Ancient 9. Miserable
10. Demigod 10. Table

Lesson 11 Lesson 12

Words that end in ‘e’ Linked to Shakespeare

List A List A

11. Tangible 1. Shakespeare
12. Programme 2. William
13. Hassle 3. Theatre
14. Voyage 4. Character
15. Realise 5. Soliloquy
16. Terrorise 6. Direction
17. Wrestle 7. Iambic
18. Attainable 8. Pentameter
19. Possible 9. Stressed
20. Article 10. Tragedy
21. Literature 11. Playwright
22. Mistake 12. Bard
23. Relate 13. Sonnet
24. Evacuate 14. Caesura
25. Fake 15. Scene

List B List B

1. Article 1. Shakespeare
2. Force 2. William
3. Hope 3. Theatre
4. Life 4. Character
5. Care 5. Soliloquy
6. Cycle 6. Direction
7. Fake 7. Iambic
8. Wrinkle 8. Pentameter
9. Possible 9. Stressed
10. Free 10. Tragedy
11. Playwright
12. Bard
13. Sonnet
14. Caesura
15. Scene

Lesson 13 Lesson 14

Linked to exam prep Drama

List A List A

1. Suggest 1. Audience
2. Implies 2. Monologue
3. Foreshadow 3. Ellipsis
4. Alternatively 4. Interruption
5. However 5. Minor
6. Similarly 6. Characterisation
7. Opposition 7. Connotation
8. Likewise 8. Flashback
9. Writer 9. Foreshadowing
10. Emphasise 10. Gesture
11. Difference 11. Hyperbole
12. Infer 12. Irony
13. Reinforce 13. Pathos
14. Faithfully 14. Subplot
15. Sincerely 15. Theme

List B List B

1. Suggest 1. Props
2. Foreshadow 2. Stage
3. However 3. Audience
4. Similarly 4. Monologue
5. Likewise 5. Gesture
6. Writer 6. Interruption
7. Difference 7. Minor
8. Infer 8. Timing
9. Faithfully 9. Theme
10. Sincerely 10. Foreshadow

Lesson 15 Lesson 16

Ation, ition, otion, ution Cian, sion, ssion, tion

List A List A

1. Demonstration 1. Collision
2. Completion 2. Discussion
3. Education 3. Electrician
4. Lotion 4. Ocean
5. Revolution 5. Mission
6. Devotion 6. Confusion
7. Competition 7. Russian
8. Nation 8. Possession
9. Pollution 9. Session
10. Translation 10. Profession
11. Institution 11. Extension
12. Position 12. Direction
13. Foundation 13. Magician
14. Station 14. Fiction
15. Opposition 15. Explosion

List B List B

1. Station 1. Ocean
2. Lotion 2. Musician
3. Nation 3. Session
4. Revolution 4. Fiction
5. Devotion 5. Religion
6. Foundation 6. Mission
7. Creation 7. Condition
8. Position 8. Electrician
9. Pollution 9. Profession
10. Education 10. Direction

Lesson 17 Spelling tests in the 2 remaining
weeks:
Doubling or not doubled?
Individual teachers to construct a list
List A in response to the spelling test
results already received throughout
1. Begged the year / typical spelling mistakes
2. Mopping noticed in class books.
3. Stopped
4. Helped
5. Dreaming
6. Burning
7. Running
8. Run
9. Sunny
10. Tricked
11. Helped
12. Hummed
13. Bigger
14. Dreaming
15. Mopped

List B

1. Dream
2. Dreamer
3. Dreaming
4. Beg
5. Begged
6. Beggar
7. Big
8. Bigger
9. Feel
10. Feeling