WRITING PYRAMID

HOMOPHONES

HOMOPHONES

1. accessary, accessory 2. ad, add 3. ail, ale 4. air, heir 5. aisle, I'll, isle 6. all, awl 7. allowed, aloud 8. alms, arms 9. altar, alter 10. arc, ark 11. aren't, aunt 12. ate, eight 13. auger, augur 14. auk, orc 15. aural, oral 16. away, aweigh 17. awe, oar, or, ore 18. axel, axle 19. aye, eye, I 20. bail, bale 21. bait, bate 22. baize, bays 23. bald, bawled 24. ball, bawl 25. band, banned 26. bard, barred 27. bare, bear 28. bark, barque 29. baron, barren 30. base, bass 31. bay, bey 32. bazaar, bizarre 33. be, bee 34. beach, beech 35. bean, been 36. beat, beet 37. beau, bow 38. beer, bier 39. bel, bell, belle 40. berry, bury 41. berth, birth 42. bight, bite, byte 43. billed, build 44. bitten, bittern 45. blew, blue 46. bloc, block 47. boar, bore 48. board, bored 49. boarder, border

50. bold, bowled 51. boos, booze 52. born, borne 53. bough, bow 54. boy, buoy 55. brae, bray 56. braid, brayed 57. braise, brays, braze 58. brake, break 59. bread, bred 60. brews, bruise 61. bridal, bridle 62. broach, brooch 63. bur, burr 64. but, butt 65. buy, by, bye 66. buyer, byre 67. calendar, calender 68. call, caul 69. canvas, canvass 70. cast, caste 71. caster, castor 72. caught, court 73. caw, core, corps 74. cede, seed 75. ceiling, sealing 76. cell, sell 77. censer, censor, sensor 78. cent, scent, sent 79. cereal, serial 80. cheap, cheep 81. check, cheque 82. choir, quire 83. chord, cord 84. cite, sight, site 85. clack, claque 86. clew, clue 87. climb, clime 88. close, cloze 89. coal, kohl 90. coarse, course 91. coign, coin 92. colonel, kernel 93. complacent, complaisant 94. complement, compliment 95. coo, coup 96. cops, copse 97. council, counsel 98. cousin, cozen

 

99. creak, creek 100. crews, cruise 101. cue, kyu, queue 102. curb, kerb 103. currant, current 104. cymbol, symbol 105. dam, damn 106. days, daze 107. dear, deer 108. descent, dissent 109. desert, dessert 110. deviser, divisor 111. dew, due 112. die, dye 113. discreet, discrete 114. doe, doh, dough 115. done, dun 116. douse, dowse 117. draft, draught 118. dual, duel 119. earn, urn 120. eery, eyrie 121. ewe, yew, you 122. faint, feint 123. fah, far 124. fair, fare 125. farther, father 126. fate, fête 127. faun, fawn 128. fay, fey 129. faze, phase 130. feat, feet 131. ferrule, ferule 132. few, phew 133. fie, phi 134. file, phial 135. find, fined 136. fir, fur 137. fizz, phiz 138. flair, flare 139. flaw, floor 140. flea, flee 141. flex, flecks 142. flew, flu, flue 143. floe, flow 144. flour, flower 145. foaled, fold 146. for, fore, four 147. foreword, forward

148. fort, fought 149. forth, fourth 150. foul, fowl 151. franc, frank 152. freeze, frieze 153. friar, fryer 154. furs, furze 155. gait, gate 156. galipot, gallipot 157. gallop, galop 158. gamble, gambol 159. gays, gaze 160. genes, jeans 161. gild, guild 162. gilt, guilt 163. giro, gyro 164. gnaw, nor 165. gneiss, nice 166. gorilla, guerilla 167. grate, great 168. greave, grieve 169. greys, graze 170. grisly, grizzly 171. groan, grown 172. guessed, guest 173. hail, hale 174. hair, hare 175. hall, haul 176. hangar, hanger 177. hart, heart 178. haw, hoar, whore 179. hay, hey 180. heal, heel, he'll 181. hear, here 182. heard, herd 183. he'd, heed 184. heroin, heroine 185. hew, hue 186. hi, high 187. higher, hire 188. him, hymn 189. ho, hoe 190. hoard, horde 191. hoarse, horse 192. holey, holy, wholly 193. hour, our 194. idle, idol 195. in, inn 196. indict, indite

 

197. jewel, joule 198. key, quay 199. knave, nave 200. knead, need 201. knew, new 202. knight, night 203. knit, nit 204. knob, nob 205. knock, nock 206. knot, not 207. know, no 208. knows, nose 209. laager, lager 210. lac, lack 211. lade, laid 212. lain, lane 213. lam, lamb 214. laps, lapse 215. larva, lava 216. lase, laze 217. law, lore 218. lay, ley 219. lea, lee 220. leach, leech 221. lead, led 222. leak, leek 223. lean, lien 224. lessen, lesson 225. levee, levy 226. liar, lyre 227. licence, license 228. licker, liquor 229. lie, lye 230. lieu, loo 231. links, lynx 232. lo, low 233. load, lode 234. loan, lone 235. locks, lox 236. loop, loupe 237. loot, lute 238. made, maid 239. mail, male 240. main, mane 241. maize, maze 242. mall, maul 243. manna, manner 244. mantel, mantle

245. mantel, mantle 246. mare, mayor 247. mark, marque 248. marshal, martial 249. marten, martin 250. mask, masque 251. maw, more 252. me, mi 253. mean, mien 254. meat, meet, mete 255. medal, meddle 256. metal, mettle 257. meter, metre 258. might, mite 259. miner, minor, mynah 260. mind, mined 261. missed, mist 262. moat, mote 263. mode, mowed 264. moor, more 265. moose, mousse 266. morning, mourning 267. muscle, mussel 268. naval, navel 269. nay, neigh 270. nigh, nye 271. none, nun 272. od, odd 273. ode, owed 274. oh, owe 275. one, won 276. packed, pact 277. packs, pax 278. pail, pale 279. pain, pane 280. pair, pare, pear 281. palate, palette, pallet 282. pascal, paschal 283. paten, patten, pattern 284. pause, paws, pores, pours 285. pawn, porn 286. pea, pee 287. peace, piece 288. peak, peek, peke, pique 289. peal, peel 290. pearl, purl 291. pedal, peddle 292. peer, pier 293. pi, pie

 

294. place, plaice 295. plain, plane 296. pleas, please 297. plum, plumb 298. pole, poll 299. poof, pouffe 300. practice, practise 301. praise, prays, preys 302. principal, principle 303. profit, prophet 304. quarts, quartz 305. quean, queen 306. rain, reign, rein 307. raise, rays, raze 308. rap, wrap 309. raw, roar 310. read, reed 311. read, red 312. real, reel 313. reek, wreak 314. rest, wrest 315. retch, wretch 316. review, revue 317. rheum, room 318. right, rite, wright, write 319. ring, wring 320. road, rode 321. roe, row 322. role, roll 323. roo, roux, rue 324. rood, rude 325. root, route 326. rose, rows 327. rota, rotor 328. rote, wrote 329. rough, ruff rouse, rows 330. rung, wrung 331. rye, wry 332. saver, savour 333. spade, spayed 334. sale, sail 335. sane, seine 336. satire, satyr 337. sauce, source 338. saw, soar, sore 339. scene, seen 340. scull, skull 341. sea, see

342. seam, seem 343. sear, seer, sere 344. seas, sees, seize 345. sew, so, sow 346. shake, sheikh 347. shear, sheer 348. shoe, shoo 349. sic, sick 350. side, sighed 351. sign, sine 352. sink, synch 353. slay, sleigh 354. sloe, slow 355. sole, soul 356. some, sum 357. son, sun 358. sort, sought 359. spa, spar 360. staid, stayed 361. stair, stare 362. stake, steak 363. stalk, stork 364. stationary, stationery 365. steal, steel 366. stile, style 367. storey, story 368. straight, strait 369. sweet, suite 370. swat, swot 371. tacks, tax 372. tale, tail 373. talk, torque 374. tare, tear 375. taught, taut, tort 376. te, tea, tee 377. team, teem 378. tear, tier 379. teas, tease 380. terce, terse 381. tern, turn 382. there, their, they're 383. threw, through 384. throes, throws 385. throne, thrown 386. thyme, time 387. tic, tick 388. tide, tied 389. tire, tyre 390. to, too, two

 

391. told, tolled 392. tole, toll 393. ton, tun 394. tor, tore 395. tough, tuff 396. troop, troupe 397. tuba, tuber 398. vain, vane, vein 399. vale, veil 400. vial, vile 401. wail, wale, whale 402. wain, wane 403. waist, waste 404. wait, weight 405. waive, wave 406. wall, waul 407. war, wore 408. ware, wear, where 409. warn, worn 410. wart, wort 411. watt, what 412. wax, whacks 413. way, weigh, whey 414. we, wee, whee 415. weak, week 416. we'd, weed 417. weal, we'll, wheel 418. wean, ween 419. weather, whether 420. weaver, weever 421. weir, we're 422. were, whirr 423. wet, whet 424. wheald, wheeled 425. which, witch 426. whig, wig 427. while, wile 428. whine, wine 429. whirl, whorl 430. whirled, world 431. whit, wit 432. white, wight 433. who's, whose 434. woe, whoa 435. wood, would 436. yaw, yore, your, you're 437. yoke, yolk 438. you'll, yule

ROUTINES

STARTING THE CLASS

HOW ARE YOU TODAY?

 

 

 

 Hello, hello, how are you today?

I am happy, happy, happy.
Hello, hello, how are you today?
I am sad, sad, sad.
Hello, hello, how are you today?
I am hungry, I´m hungry today (ñam ñam ñam)

 

 

THE POTTY SONG

 

You´ve got to listen to your body and go in the potty

You listen to your body and go in the potty

You listen to your body and go in the potty

You go in the potty oh yeah!

Do you pee on the floor? No, no, no.

Do you pee in your pants? No, no, no.

Do you pee on a coach? No, no, no.

You´ve got to listen to your body and go in the potty

You listen to your body and go in the potty

You listen to your body and go in the potty

You go in the potty oh yeah!

PREFIXES & SUFFIXES

MOST COMMON PREFIXES

DIS- (not, opposite of)	IM- (in/not)	IN- (in/not)
Disagree Disapear Disconnect	Impatient Imperfect Impolite	Inactive Incomplete Incorrect

 

IL- (in/not)	IR- (in/not)	INTER- (betwen)
Illegal Illimited Illogic	Irregular Irresponsible Irreparate	Interact Intercity Intergalactic

 

MIS- (wrongly)	PRE- (before)	RE- (again)
Misbehave Misreas Misuse	Prearrange Precook Prepaid	Reappear Recount Refill

 

UN- (not)	ANTI- (against)	DE- (opposite)
Unable Unfriendly Uncommon	Antibacterial Antiair Antibiotics	Defrost Deactivate Deodorize

 

EN- (cause to)	EM- (cause to)	FORE- (before)
Encode Enforce Enjoy	Embrace Emphasis Empty	Forecast Forefront Forename

 

MID- (middle)	NON- (not)	OVER- (over)
Midnight Midway Midline	Nonsense Nonadherent Nonallowed	Overlook Overact Overall

 

SEMI- (half)	SUB- (under)	SUPER- (above)
Semicircle Semicompact Semiurban	Submarine Subdivision Subgroup	Superstar Supermarket Superpower

 

TRANS- (across)	UNDER- (under)
Transport Translate Transformation	Undersea Underkeep Understand

MOST COMMON SUFFIXES

-ABLE (can be done)	-EN (made of/verb)	-ER (comparative/one who)
Admirable Teachable whashable	Darken Wooden Sharpen	Driver Manager Higher

 

-FUL (full of)	-IBLE (can be done)	-ION (act, process)
Beautyful Careful Useful	Reversible Convertible Collectible	Action Decoration Explosion

 

-LESS (whithout)	-LY (characteristic of)	-NESS (state of, condition of)
Fearless Useless Careless	Badly Loudly Safely	Goodness Softness Sadness

 

-ED (past-tense verbs)	-EST (comparative)	-IC (having characteristics of)
Hopped Asked Allowed	Happiest Biggest Longest	Linguistic Fantastic Romantic

 

-ITY –TY (state of)	-IVE (adjective form of a noun)	-S –ES (more than one)
Infinity Reality Eternity	Plaintive Sensitive Talkative	Cat - Cats House – Houses Box - Boxes

 

-MENT (action, process)	-OUS (possessing the qualities of)	-Y (characterized by)
Enjoyment Employment Measurement	Joyous Gorgeous Serious	Happy Funny Moody