Objective Guidance Word List Teaching Sequence Investigate Endings which sound Not many common vicious, like /ʃəs/ spelt or words end like this. precious, –cious -tious conscious, delicious, Sort them. Discuss what type of words they are- nouns. How can you If the root word ends malicious, suspicious make them all adjectives? Add the sound. ‘shus’ in the /ʃ/ sound is ambitious, cautious, –ce, usually spelt as c fictitious, infectious, – Vice e.g. vice vicious, nutritious – Malice grace gracious, – Nutrition space spacious, Extra words: – Infection malice malicious. atrocious – Fiction precious Caution delicious Exception: anxious. Ambition ferocious Odd ball: Suspicion tenacious gracious audacious Unconscious Give them the root words: officious vi, pre, cons etc conscious Can they work out what suffix they would need to make this an malicious suspicious adjective? auspicious voracious Challenge ambitious cautious contentious Dictionary: Find the definition of the words using a definition bank. expeditious nutritious ostentatious pretentious Create a word web using a definition. infectious fictitious Act out the various words as adjectives. Act out the words if turned into an adverb. What have they done to the spelling?
Objective Guidance Word List Teaching Sequence Endings which sound like /ʃəs/ spelt –cious or -tious Not many common words end like this. If the root word ends in –ce, the /ʃ/ sound is usually spelt as c – e.g. vice – vicious, grace – gracious, space – spacious, malice – malicious. Exception: anxious. vicious, precious, conscious, delicious, malicious, suspicious ambitious, cautious, fictitious, infectious, nutritious Extra words: atrocious precious delicious ferocious tenacious gracious audacious Unconscious officious conscious malicious suspicious auspicious voracious ambitious cautious contentious expeditious nutritious ostentatious pretentious infectious fictitious Investigate Sort them. Discuss what type of words they are- nouns. How can you make them all adjectives? Add the ‘shus’ sound. Vice Malice Nutrition Infection Fiction Caution Ambition Odd ball: Suspicion Give them the root words: vi, pre, cons etc Can they work out what suffix they would need to make this an adjective? Challenge Dictionary: Find the definition of the words using a definition bank. Create a word web using a definition. Act out the various words as adjectives. Act out the words if turned into an adverb. What have they done to the spelling?
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