Week 36 of 36 · 10 words · ages 14–15

9th Grade spelling words, week 36: Words from French

These French words kept their original spellings, with silent letters and odd vowel strings, when English borrowed them.
fuselage
The main body of a plane.
coup
A sudden seizure of power.
motif
A repeated design or idea.
regime
A system or government in power.
gaffe
A clumsy social blunder.
echelon
A level of rank in a group such as an army or company.
trousseau
The clothes and linens a bride brings to her marriage.
cache
A hidden store of supplies or valuables.
elite
The best or most powerful members of a group.
terrain
A stretch of land and its natural features.

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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