English 8

On Friday, students wrote their weekly spelling test, finished the fairy tale plot project, and were given the class' short story textbook.  No reading was assigned. For homework, students should begin to review the next 15 tricky words:

• already -- this is an adverb used to describe something that has happened before a certain time (e.g. Joe had already finished his homework before his friends invited him out.) 
• all ready -- this is a phrase meaning completely prepared (e.g. As soon as I put on my coat, I'll be all ready to go.)
• all right  -- this term means something is acceptable or satisfactory (e.g. It is not all right to use alright in a written sentence because alright is slang)
• a lot -- this term means many or a great number of something (It is always spelled as two separate words)
• allot -- this verb means to give or allocate something to a group of people (e.g. Students were allotted ten minutes to complete the task.)
• answer -- note the "sw" in this word
• appearance  -- watch the double p and vowels in this word
• appreciate  -- watch the double p
• argument  
• athlete  
• awful  -- remember the w
• awhile -- remember the h
• because  -- if you have trouble remembering how to spell this, say it in a rhythm
• beginning  -- remember this word as "begin" + "ning" (note the double n)
• behaviour  -- the u makes this the Canadian spelling