Week 21 of 36 · 10 words · ages 14–15

9th Grade spelling words, week 21: Double letters inside

Each long word has one pair of identical letters inside it, and spelling it with only one is the usual mistake.
apparatus
The equipment a job or experiment needs.
exaggerate
To make something sound bigger than it is.
annihilate
To destroy completely.
recollect
To remember.
embellish
To make more attractive by adding details.
satellite
An object that circles a planet or other body in space.
supplement
Something added to complete a thing.
innovative
Using new ideas.
allegiance
Loyalty to a person, group or country.
battalion
A large unit of soldiers in an army.

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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