Week 17 of 36 · 10 words · ages 13–14
8th Grade spelling words, week 17: French: -eur and -oir
8th Grade spelling words · week 17 · French: -eur and -oir · spellchirp.com
- entrepreneur
- Someone who starts their own business.
- connoisseur
- Someone who knows a subject inside out.
- voyageur
- A canoe paddler who carried furs across North America long ago.
- saboteur
- Someone who secretly wrecks plans or property.
- poseur
- A person who acts in a fake way to impress others.
- masseur
- A man who rubs muscles to relieve soreness.
- memoir
- A written account of one's own life.
- reservoir
- A lake, often man-made, where water is stored.
- rapporteur
- A person who writes up a committee's findings.
- armoire
- A tall cupboard for clothes.
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.
Monday
Read the list together. Say each word, clap its syllables and find the pattern in it.
Tuesday
Look, say, cover, write, check — each word once from memory, then check the letters.
Wednesday
Use every word in a sentence, out loud or on paper, so each one means something.
Thursday
Practice test: a grown-up reads each word aloud. Circle the misses for tomorrow.
Friday
The test. One try per word, no letters given. The circled words go first.
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