Week 30 of 36 · 10 words · ages 14–15

9th Grade spelling words, week 30: Courtroom words

These Latin-based legal words come up in civics, the news and trial stories, and several have silent or doubled letters.
plaintiff
The person who brings a case to court.
defendant
The person accused or sued in a court case.
testimony
A statement made by a witness under oath.
subpoena
A written order to appear in court.
indictment
A formal charge accusing someone of a crime.
affidavit
A sworn written statement.
litigation
The process of taking a dispute to court.
prosecutor
The lawyer who argues that the accused is guilty.
bailiff
An officer who keeps order in a court.
deposition
Sworn testimony taken outside the courtroom.

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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