Tip of the week

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Unit 12

• Tip of the week
• For one-syllable words ending in a single vowel
  then a single consonant, double the last
  consonant before adding ing, -ed, -er, or
  -est.
• exceptions related rules to be learned in future
  weeks

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• Tip words
• 1) hopped
• 2) swimming

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• Academic Verbs
• 3) articulate to express clearly
• Articulate your main point with examples and
  description.
• 4) consist to be made up of
• Language Arts consists of writing, spelling, and
  grammar instruction.

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• Commonly misspelled words
• 5) height
• He added eight inches to his height.
• 6) interesting
• in ter est ing

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• Roots/prefixes/suffixes
• dict say
• contra against, opposite
• cred believe
• neo new

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• 7) contradict to speak the
• opposite of what has already been
• said
• 8) contrast to show the opposite
• 9) incredulous skeptical, unable to believe
• 10) neophyte a beginner (new at something),
  amateur

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• Commonly confused words
• 11) affect (v., to change)
• Spelling can affect how well others understand
  you.
• 12) effect (n., a result)
• We study cause and effect.