Spelling

After reading over the article about developmental spelling, I found myself in shock that there is still a sense of spelling in this world. I cannot express enough how many people have begun to rely on “internet” terms as their new sense of spelling. I actually had a co-worker fill out an accident report at work a few weeks ago and wrote “U” and “Lol” on the paper. Completely mind blown, I looked at her and asked how are we supposed to teach children, when we are un-teaching ourselves to fit the internet world and make life easier! Thankfully, spelling comes naturally to children due to not only their development, but their surroundings. “The beliefs that correct spelling gives writing credibility, and that developments in technology have not…

This analysis focuses on assessment information provided by an elementary class comprised of 20 students. The results for one particular student named Bobby will also be highlighted in order to analyze and discuss his present developmental word study stage and procedures to support his and his peers spelling acquisition. The words spelled correctly, feature points, and the total feature score will be explained along with the rationalization for grouping the students recorded in this classroom…

By incorporating these words we can change the whole tone of a sentence. “I long for a hug” is an Anglo-Saxon choice of words; blunt and straight forward. Whereas choosing the words “I desire your erotic embrace” instead is a Latin-based choice which has a much deeper emotional current. To truly provoke the pathos with poignant prose you have to pull at the heart of a reader with your choice of words. Knowing the origin or etymology of a word tells you which selections go well together, and the…

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It is something that has carried it on throughout my entire lifetime because of its valuable use today's world. Without writing, I am able to do and prepare for the things I could do today. Without learning how to understand and read words, I wouldn't even know how to spell my own name. The influential people that are around me today have benefited in many ways also on my reading and writing skills without my mom and Ms. Doolittle I would probably still be spelling my own name wrong to this very…

The following list are six take aways that I have gotten from ENG 315 about writing instruction. The six topics are shared writing, inventive spelling, genre with purpose, mini lessons, revising, build writing into daily schedule, and integrating writing and reading together. Throughout class discussions, chapter readings, article readings, assignments, and writing placement, I was able to understand the following aspects of writing more concretely. Revising: Revising was a topic we…

appropriate for the topic that is in discussion. But as I kept reading, the paper deviates from the point and the level of effort put into the paper decreases throughout the mid-section of the paper. There were many problems that came up while going through the paper. The majority of the paper had minor and simple errors like grammar and spacing. But her references added more positives to the paper which supported the information that has been stated.  C. Johnson-Getting there Introduction The…

1. Level of Spelling Development Strategies: Consonant Bland and Consonant Digraph Activity Folders, Word Wall Daniella’s letters indicate that she is at the within-word pattern spelling stage of development. Daniella is starting to experiment with consonant digraphs and consonant blends. Daniella is decoding words by analogy. She used the letter “f” to spelling the word elephant (elefant). To help Daniella with consonant blends and digraphs, she is going to use activity folders. In the…

How many times have you been told that technology- texting, email, or social media- has done nothing but ruin Standard English? For me, I couldn’t count on both hands how many times I have been told that texting and social media have ruined spelling, grammar, and multiple others. Also, I have heard that technology could be helping literacy. This topic is controversial for many people, they are on either side of the spectrum. I have made it my goal to find evidence that gave some truth to the…

This may seem to alleviate key learning difficulties of dyslexia, yet, spellcheckers may help in as little as 40% of misspellings; the worse someone’s spelling is, the more problematic it is to use a spell checker (MacArthur et al., 1996). Furthermore, whilst handwriting might seem like a trivial issue amongst others, there is a growing field of research supporting the notion that handwriting is a vital skill—not just for the observable purposes, but because it “correlates with other important…