TOP TEN #5 Commonly Confused Words (don’t be this guy)

TOP TEN #5 #9 babies/baby’s/babies’ #8 its/it’s #7 good/well This mini unit not only reviews some basic elementary school ideas but reinforces some of our prior Top Ten units. #9 babies/baby’s/babies’ #8 its/it’s #7 good/well Hopefully, I’ll also be able to teach you something new too!

Top Ten #5: Homophones to know Plain Plane Where Wear Whole Hole Board Bored Past Passed Threw Through Minor Miner Fourth Forth Whether Weather Principle Principal Meet Meat Ant Aunt Course Coarse

Top Ten #5: Homophones to know Bare Bear Hair Hare Hear Here Aloud Allowed Aide Aid Clothes Close No Know Right Write Wood Would Descent Dissent Ascent Assent Core Corps Insight Incite

Top Ten #5: Homophones with three pairs By Buy Bye For Fore Four To Too Two Their There They’re Err Air Heir Aisle I’ll Isle Carrot Karat Caret Sense Cents Scents Claus Clause Claws Not Naught Knot Pare Pair Pear

A pretty thorough list some elementary school level games

Top Ten #5: Ninth Graders’ Most Confused Lose vs. Loose Accept vs. Except Affect vs. Effect Than vs. Then Farther vs. Further Moral vs. Morale Advice vs. Advise Set vs. Sit Definitely vs. Defiantly Elicit vs. Illicit

Top Ten #5: Ninth Graders’ Most Confused Lose (v) vs. Loose (adj) tends to be a spelling mistake when putting it on paper Definitely (adv) vs. Defiantly (also an adv) is also spelling related (with little help from autocorrect) Advice (n) the thing (opinion) you give vs. Advise (vt) to give it (the opinion) Moral (n/adj) related to beliefs, lessons, and principles vs. Morale (n) in terms of mood or spirit Elicit (vt) to provoke vs. Illicit (adj) illegal Than (prep) used in a comparison vs. Then (adv) to indicate a time/sequence Accept (vt) to receive or take vs. Except (prep) everything but/to exclude Affect (vt) to influence vs. Effect (n) the result or outcome Farther (adj/adv) literally in terms of distance vs. Further (adj/adv) figuratively in terms of degree Set (vt) to put vs. Sit (vi) to seat (oneself)

ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE #5 This unit is a “you don’t know ‘till you know” unit. Build your vocab and be attentive!

Background Understanding & Transfer #5 to Writing (essentially the same thing) Its such a good thing that I decided too spend further time on my homework last night –it definitely paid off. The teacher decided to give us a pop quiz. Luckily, I was prepared and new most of the stuff. But a pare of my friend’s were naught and totally bombed it.

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