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RULES FOR THE DIVISION OF WORDS

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RULES FOR THE DIVISION OF WORDS
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American usage tends to the termination _-ize_ where English usage often
sanctions _-ise_. Use the termination _-ise_ in
advertise
advise
appraise
apprise (_to inform_)
arise
chastise
circumcise
comprise
compromise
demise
devise
disfranchise
disguise
emprise
enfranchise
enterprise
exercise
exorcise
franchise
improvise
incise
merchandise
premise
reprise
revise
rise
supervise
surmise
surprise

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The Vowel in the last Syllable silent

Posted in Characters, Education, English, K-12, Letters, McGuffey, Orthography, Pronunciation, Reading, School, Silent, Silent Letters, Sounds, Spelling, Spelling Books, Spelling Curriculum, Spelling Exercises, Spelling Practice, Spelling Resources, Spelling Rules, Spelling Words, Syllable, Teacher, Teachers, Teaching, Teaching Spelling, Vowels, Words on March 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Lesson 74.
The Vowel in the last Syllable silent.
ba’con    sweet’en    dam’son     bit’ten
to’ken    trea’son    fat’ten     driv’en
bra’zen   weak’en     flax’en     kit’ten
ha’ven    wea’sel     glad’den    pris’on
ha’zel    height’en   hap’pen     quick’en
maid’en   light’en    mad’den     ris’en
ma’son    lik’en      rav’el      smit’ten
ra’ven    rip’en      sad’den     stiff’en
shak’en   tight’en    red’den     swiv’el
wea’zen   wid’en      fresh’en    writ’ten
tak’en    bro’ken     o’pen       fast’en
wak’en    clo’ven     leav’en     glis’ten
spok’en   froz’en     length’en   drunk’en
dea’con   gold’en     reck’on      mut’ton

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Spelling Games – Letter Fill Game

Posted in Characters, Definition, Definitions, Editing, Education, English, Games, K-12, Letters, School, Spelling, Spelling Curriculum, Spelling Exercises, Spelling Games, Spelling Practice, Spelling Resources, Spelling Rules, Spelling Words, Teacher, Teachers, Teaching, Teaching Spelling, Words on March 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Spelling Games
Letter Fill Game
Provide the first and last letter and let children make as many words as possible by completing the middle letters.
b __ __ d
f __ __ d
s __ __ k
h __ __ d
s __ __ p

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SPELLING

Posted in Education, English, Homonyms, Homophone, Homophones, K-12, McGuffey, Orthography, Reading, School, Spelling, Spelling Books, Spelling Curriculum, Spelling Exercises, Spelling Practice, Spelling Resources, Spelling Rules, Spelling Words, Teacher, Teachers, Teaching, Teaching Spelling, Words on March 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Spelling
Homophones 
Lesson 73.
hart, the male deer.            hour, sixty minutes.
heart, the seat of life.        our, belonging to us.
hear, to perceive by the ear    in, within.
                                inn, a hotel.
here, in this place.            key, a fastener.
heard, did hear.                quay (ke), a wharf.
herd, a drove.                  rhyme, poetry.
hie, to hasten.                 rime, white frost.
high, lofty.                    knot, a fastening of cord.
him, objective case [...]

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SPELLING

Posted in Characters, Division of Words, Editing, Education, English, Grammar, K-12, Letters, Orthography, Pronunciation, Proofreading, Punctuation, Reading, Spelling, Spelling Books, Spelling Curriculum, Spelling Exercises, Spelling Practice, Spelling Resources, Spelling Rules, Spelling Words, Teacher, Teachers, Teaching, Teaching Spelling, Words, Writing on March 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

SPELLING
From “Division of Words“
The idea that there is one right way to combine the letters representing a
certain sound or group of sounds, that is a word, and that all other ways
are wrong and little short of shameful is a comparatively new idea among
us. The English speaking folk held down to a comparatively recent time that
any [...]

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