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

2. 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!

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. A pretty thorough list
some elementary school level games

7. 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

8. 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)

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

10. 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.

11. Background Understanding & Transfer #5 to Writing (essentially the same thing)
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