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Week 36 of 36 · 10 words · ages 16–17

11th Grade spelling words, week 36: ie and ei in hard words

I before e except after c is only a guide: some of these follow it, like fiend and inconceivable, and others, like weir and sufficient, break it.
sufficient
As much as is needed.
proficient
Skilled and competent.
deficient
Lacking something needed.
inveigle
To win over by flattery or trickery.
unwieldy
Too big or heavy to handle easily.
fiend
An evil spirit or cruel person.
reveille
A bugle call that wakes soldiers in the morning.
quotient
The answer you get when you divide one number by another.
weir
A low dam built across a river.
inconceivable
Impossible to imagine or believe.

Ten minutes a day this week

Short and daily beats long and once. A word met on five separate days is remembered; a word met five times on Thursday night mostly is not.

  1. Monday

    Read the list together. Say each word, clap its syllables and find the pattern in it.

  2. Tuesday

    Look, say, cover, write, check — each word once from memory, then check the letters.

  3. Wednesday

    Use every word in a sentence, out loud or on paper, so each one means something.

  4. Thursday

    Practice test: a grown-up reads each word aloud. Circle the misses for tomorrow.

  5. Friday

    The test. One try per word, no letters given. The circled words go first.

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