Lesson Plans: Spelling and Punctuation

A big review of different punctuation in academic writing such as essays and published papers, with defining your terms in academic writing practice.

Fun double consonants before suffixes presentation/ practice

Students practise spelling and there is/ there are yes/ no questions at the same time, first as a pairwork spelling test and then as a guessing game like hangman, including there is/ are questions and answers grammar presentation.

Two fun games combining practice of how to pronounce numbers and letters of the alphabet, including a simplified hangman game and a numbers and letters code.

Six fun variations on hangman to help practise first, second, third, etc, spelling, and pronouncing the alphabet.

Sc with pronounced C and silent C practice, starting with a quick reactions game, with contrasts to words with SK and S, homophones, and silent letters.

A card game based on Othello to practise words with silent letters and words that are pronounced the same, with cards for five different levels of classes.

Telling stories with words with silent letters.

Words with silent letters things in common and differences activity, including similar silent and pronounced letters.

Single letter or double letter puzzle activity

Apostrophe before and after possessive S miming, speaking and spelling TPR games for active practice around the class.

How to spell and pronounce words with W+H review, starting with a fun game, and including silent letters, homophones, and comparisons to words spelled with just W.

Silent letters speaking tasks.