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Week 9 of 36 · 10 words · ages 12–13

7th Grade spelling words, week 9: root dic / dict (say)

The Latin roots dic and dict mean to say or proclaim; predicament first meant something said about a thing, before it came to mean a tight spot.
predict
To say what will happen before it does.
dictator
A ruler with total power over a country.
edict
An official order given by a ruler.
jurisdiction
The official power to make legal decisions in an area.
valedictory
Said as a farewell, as in a graduation speech.
dedicate
To devote time or effort to a purpose.
dictatorship
Government by a ruler with total power.
predicate
The part of a sentence that tells what the subject does.
indicator
A sign that shows what condition something is in.
predicament
A difficult or unpleasant situation.

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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