Week 34 of 36 · 10 words · ages 14–15

9th Grade spelling words, week 34: Latin roots tract, duct

Latin tract means pull and duct means lead, and both are hidden inside these longer words.
abstraction
An idea considered apart from real things.
contraction
A shortening, or a tightening of muscles.
induction
Reasoning from particular facts to a general rule.
detract
To take away from the value of.
protracted
Lasting longer than expected.
intractable
Hard to control or manage.
abduct
To take away by force.
ductile
Able to be drawn into wire.
reduction
The act of making something smaller or less.
deduction
A conclusion reached by reasoning.

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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