Literacy Across the Curriculum 2  Beter spelling  Better speling  Better spelling

Literacy Across the Curriculum 2 People are scared of spelling. Your key role will be to bring reassurance and demystification You’ve got to make it active Spelling rules don’t work for a lot of us Think of time-slots for spellings - end/start of lessons, tutor time, school newsletter Word webs are better for display than lists of key words Promote the joy of words - a spirit of inquiry Some opening principles:

Literacy Across the Curriculum 2 Finger Wrist Elbow Bladder Pancreas Recipe Treacle Anglo-saxon: fangen, to seize Wrest, to turn El, length of an arm; bow, to bend Blaeddre, windbag Pan, all; krease, flesh Latin: recipere, to receive (from early prescriptions) Greek: theriake from wild beast therion (originally a cure for wild beast bites)

Literacy Across the Curriculum 2 Coffee Tea Alcohol Whisky Rum Punch Flask Pig & whistle Arabic: kahwa, via Dutch koffie Chinese dialect: t’e, but in Mandarin ch’a Arabic: al-koh’l - a powdered spirit Gaelic: uisge beatha, water of life Latin/French: Rome (fine) + bouillon (hot drink) Hindustani: panch = five Piggin - small pail & wassail - drinking Italian fiasco - poorly-made glass

Literacy Across the Curriculum 2 Identify the MAIN strategies for your school. Be selective. “Less is more”. It’s easy to over-complicate …

Spelling strategies 1. Break it into sounds (d-i-a-r-y) 2. Break it into syllables (re-mem-ber) 3. Break it into affixes (dis + satisfy) 4. Use a mnemonic (necessary – one collar, two sleeves) 5. Refer to word in the same family (muscle – muscular) (word webs) 6. Say it as it sounds (Wed-nes-day) (spellspeak) 7. Words within words (Parliament – I AM parliament) 8. Refer to etymology (bi + cycle = two + wheels) 9. Use analogy (bright, light, night, etc) 10. Use a key word (horrible/drinkable for -able & -ible / advice/advise for -able & -ise) 11. Apply spelling rules (writing, written) 12. Learn by sight (look-cover-write-check) 13. Visual memory (look-cover-write-check)

Literacy Across the Curriculum 2 Spelling approaches: RULES (etymology, family of words [muscle/muscular]) PRACTICAL STRATEGIES (mnemonics, key word triggers, spelling logs) VISUALS (words within words, word webs) SOUNDS (break into syllables/sounds, spellspeak)

Literacy Across the Curriculum 2 How to make spelling strategies … ACTIVE ?!

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Literacy Across the Curriculum 2 Word webs are likely to have more impact than dictionaries: autobiography biology biological graph graphic graphical autograph graphological automobile automatic autocrat autograph automaton

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Literacy Across the Curriculum 2 Auto = self Photo = light Technic = craft Para = by the side of Trans = across Con = with Com = together Choose a key word Play around with some roots Micro = small

Literacy Across the Curriculum 2 Mnemonics Fun Necessary = never eat chips eat sausage sandwiches and raspberry yoghurt Words within words enviRONment buSINess deFINitely sePARAte Got any others?

Literacy Across the Curriculum 2 Talking Point What have you done with spelling in your own school which has made most impact?

Literacy Across the Curriculum 2 Use starters Word-webs Don’t make it a problem Be explicit in how people spell Key word displays Spelling logs Don’t overstate the importance of dictionaries Keep it simple HINTSHINTS

Literacy Across the Curriculum 2 Whole school: Awareness raising through spelling displays, log-books, word-webs, competitions Teams: Key words on display, glossaries, starters Staff: Articulate spelling strategies, bed it into your practice, train teaching assistants

Literacy Across the Curriculum 2  Beter spelling  Better speling  Better spelling