Week 27 of 36 · 10 words · ages 13–14

8th Grade spelling words, week 27: -sion endings

The shun or zhun sound at the end of a word is often spelled -sion, as in cohesion and explosion; in these words it follows a vowel, an l or an r.
cohesion
The state of sticking firmly together.
compulsion
A strong urge that is hard to resist.
explosion
A sudden, violent burst.
dispersion
A spreading out over a wide area.
invasion
An enemy's entry into a country by force.
exclusion
Keeping someone or something out.
immersion
Being fully covered in liquid, or deeply absorbed.
intrusion
Entering where one is not wanted.
evasion
Avoiding a question or duty by cleverness.
persuasion
The act of winning someone over by argument.

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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