Week 27 of 36 · 10 words · ages 12–13

7th Grade spelling words, week 27: root cap / cept (take, seize)

The Latin roots cap and cept mean to take or seize, so these words are about taking, holding and receiving.
incapacitate
To make unable to function.
captive
A person held prisoner.
capacious
Having plenty of room inside.
capacity
The most that a container can hold.
receptacle
A container used to hold things.
concept
An idea or general notion.
intercept
To stop something on its way from one place to another.
deception
The act of tricking someone with false information.
perception
The way a person sees or understands something.
susceptible
Easily affected or harmed by something.

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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