this week, we are looking at unstressed vowels in ... · this week, we are looking at unstressed...
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This week, we are looking at unstressed vowels in polysyllabic words.
Unstressed vowels are vowel letters that are not easy to hear within a word.
Polysyllabic words have more than one syllable.
When a polysyllabic word has unstressed vowels within it, it can often be difficult to spell as you can’t rely on
‘sounding out’ the spelling.
For example: In the word ‘library’, the ‘a’ is unstressed and we usually pronounce the word ‘li-bry’.
Look at your spelling words for this week. Can you work out what some of the words have in common and why people
might have difficulty in spelling them?
dictionarydefinite
Wednesdaydesperate
familiarliterate
originalsecretary
animalstationary
unstressed ‘a’ in ‘ate’
unstressed ‘a’ in ‘ar’
unstressed ‘a’ in ‘al’ unstressed ‘e’
unstressed ‘i’ in ‘ite’
Look at how some of the words contain the same letter patterns...
dictionarydefinite Wednesday desperatefamiliar
literate originalsecretary animal stationary
dictionarydefinite Wednesday desperatefamiliar
literate originalsecretary animal stationary
Spin
Let’s spin the spinner! Now, work with your
partner to write a sentence that contains the polysyllabic word on your whiteboards.
Could your sentence begin with a fronted
adverbial?
Choose a word from the spinner.
Write a sentence that contains the
polysyllabic word you have chosen.
Spin
Let’s spin the spinner! Now, work with your
partner to write a sentence that contains the polysyllabic word on your whiteboards.
Could your sentence contain an expanded
noun phrase?
Choose a word from the spinner.
Write a sentence that contains the
polysyllabic word you have chosen.
Spin
Let’s spin the spinner! Now, work with your
partner to write a sentence that contains the polysyllabic word on your whiteboards.
Could your sentence begin with a
subordinate clause?
Choose a word from the spinner.
Write a sentence that contains the
polysyllabic word you have chosen.
Spin
Let’s spin the spinner! Now, work with your
partner to write a sentence that contains the polysyllabic word on your whiteboards.
Could your sentence be written in the past
progressive tense?
Choose a word from the spinner.
Write a sentence that contains the
polysyllabic word you have chosen.
Here are your spelling words for this week.Practise these tricky polysyllabic words carefully.