Week 11 of 36 · 10 words · ages 14–15

9th Grade spelling words, week 11: Words with graph, graphy

Greek graph means write or draw, so these words are about writing, drawing, recording or describing.
cartography
The art and science of making maps.
monograph
A detailed written study of a single subject.
stenography
Writing in shorthand.
oceanography
The study of the seas and what lives in them.
demography
The study of populations and how they change.
cinematography
The art of filming moving pictures.
discography
A list of recordings made by an artist.
lexicography
The work of compiling dictionaries.
orthography
The accepted way of spelling in a language.
typography
The style and arrangement of printed letters.

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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