KS3 core spelling booklet for prep for the year/ to use in class. The booklet goes through tricky spelling rule plus a number of other core spellings from across the curriculum: Part 1 List 1: ie/ei 3 List 2: s/c/sc/cc/xc 4 List 3: g/ge/dge 6 List 4 and 5: Double letters 7 List 6: Suffix -ing/-ed 9 List 7: Suffix -ous/-eous/-ious 10 List 8: Suffix -ence/-ance 11 List 9: Suffix -ent/-ant 12 List 9 (cont): Suffix -tion/-cion/-sion 12 List 10: Suffix -ly/-ally 13 List 10: Suffix -ful/-fil 14 Lists 11 and 12: Words that look or sound similar 15 List 13: Other common misspellings 16 Example sentences 18 About this booklet Part 1 lists all the words you are required to know, organised by spelling rule. Begin by rating your confidence on each spelling by ticking the appropriate box. This will help you identify the spelling rules you most need to focus on. You will see on your prep timetable that there is a fortnightly slot for literacy. Your teacher will tell you which lists to learn ahead of a ten-question quiz the following literacy lesson. You may also like to refer to Part 2 of this booklet to see each word used in a sentence. E.G. page 1 without practise grid List 1: ie/ei Rule: ‘i’ before ‘e’ except after ‘c’ Not confident Moderately confident Very confident achieve believe chief friend hierarchy hygiene medieval mischievous perceive piece receipt receive siege Rule breakers: Not confident Moderately confident Very confident foreign height leisure neighbour seize weird

A booklet created for prep/ homework to improve cross curricula Literacy. One year worth of prep. Key words provided by Head of Departments across subjects. Meant to be used weekly throughout the year. Pupils to find definitions and write them down with tests the next week and area to record their scores. Extra vocabulary lists at back for stretch and challenge. We have been using this successful for three years.

A fun resources with activities such as word classification matching and bingo. Used as a revision for KS3 or KS2 pupils. There is also a focus on the impact of word choices at the end where the pupils look at verbs in an extract This is one example of a number of lessons that I have which are called ‘Literacy Focus’ I have this on for free, please do purchase the others in this series for £1 if they work for your class.