Week 17 of 36 · 10 words · ages 14–15
9th Grade spelling words, week 17: Silent g: gn, gm
9th Grade spelling words · week 17 · Silent g: gn, gm · spellchirp.com
- gnash
- To grind the teeth together in anger.
- diaphragm
- The muscle under the lungs that helps you breathe.
- phlegm
- Thick mucus coughed up from the throat.
- benign
- Gentle and harmless, or not cancerous.
- gnomon
- The part of a sundial that casts a shadow.
- align
- To arrange in a straight line.
- feign
- To pretend.
- deign
- To agree to do something while acting as if it is beneath you.
- poignant
- Touching deeply and causing sadness.
- consign
- To hand something over to another's care, or to send it away for good.
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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