Fishy stories
Spelling rules for affixes and inflections (-ed, -ing)
2.4. Peer dictation (pw)
Material: cards with the words
Let students take equal amount of cards (one of them can distribute them like in the game of cards). They work in pairs and dictate their partner the words from the cards in pairs. When they are done, they take their partner’s work and check it. They take their works back and explain the spelling rules for the words with mistakes. To make it easier, they can turn to the Grammar reference p. 151.
The student with the biggest amount of correct words wins.
It can be done as grammar presentation in TTT approach, as students already know how to write most of the words. Then the teacher elicits the rules. To make it easier hey can first ask students to group all the words under 5 headings: Double the final consonant, Don’t double the final consonant; Change y to I, Drop the final –e, Adding prefixes.
run - runner |
clap - clapping |
bend - bending |
occur – occurrence |
forget – forgetting, forgetful |
admit - admittance |
travel – traveller (Br), traveler (Am) |
cancel – cancellation |
correspond - correspondence |
interfere- interference |
deepen - deepening |
try – trial, tries |
study - studious |
family - familiar |
disappear - disappearance |
rely - reliance |
lie - lying |
die - dying |
dry – drier, drily, dryness |
day - daily |
shy – shyness, shyly |
nonsense - nonsensical |
sane - sanity |
notice - noticeable |
knowledge - knowledgeable |
disagree- disagreeable |
arrange - arrangement |
disgrace - disgraceful |
argue - argument |
appoint - disappoint |
satisfied - dissatisfied |
truthful - untruthful |
illegible |
immodest |
impractical |
irresponsible |
2.4.1. Variation
Depending on the size of the group and the time available all the words can be divided not for every student, but for every pair. In this case they can work with cards that contain half of the words. The procedure is the same.
Peer dictation
Student A
run – runner bend – bending forget – forgetting, forgetful travel – traveller (Br), traveler (Am) correspond – correspondence deepen - deepening study - studious disappear – disappearance lie – lying dry – drier, drily, dryness shy – shyness, shyly sane – sanity knowledge – knowledgeable arrange – arrangement argue – argument satisfied – dissatisfied illegible impractical |
Student B
clap - clapping occur – occurrence admit – admittance cancel – cancellation interfere- interference try – trial, tries family – familiar rely - reliance die - dying day - daily nonsense – nonsensical notice – noticeable disagree- disagreeable disgrace – disgraceful appoint – disappoint truthful – untruthful immodest irresponsible |
Student A
run – runner bend – bending forget – forgetting, forgetful travel – traveller (Br), traveler (Am) correspond – correspondence deepen - deepening study - studious disappear – disappearance lie – lying dry – drier, drily, dryness shy – shyness, shyly sane – sanity knowledge – knowledgeable arrange – arrangement argue – argument satisfied – dissatisfied illegible impractical |
Student B
clap - clapping occur – occurrence admit – admittance cancel – cancellation interfere- interference try – trial, tries family – familiar rely - reliance die - dying day - daily nonsense – nonsensical notice – noticeable disagree- disagreeable disgrace – disgraceful appoint – disappoint truthful – untruthful immodest irresponsible |