Lesson video

Hi there.

My name is Istaban Smith.

And today I'm going to be teaching you some spelling, which I'm looking forward to.

I think it's going to be lots of fun.

Spelling is really useful because it teaches you a lot about words.

I think words help you understand the world a bit better.

The other day, I heard a really interesting phrase.

Somebody said, I wasn't really sure how to behave.

I felt like a fish out of water.

I thought to myself about that.

I thought, I wonder what this could mean.

I decided that I could figure it out myself.

I imagined a fish out of water and I imagined what would they feel like in that situation? I assume it's a thought that they would feel as though they don't really know what to do or how to behave.

So I think that is what it means.

A fish out of water.

Cool, I thought.

Today, we're looking at the -ic suffix.

We are going to investigate it.

We want to see if we can generate some rules about it.

So, let's make a start.

Here's the agenda for today's lesson.

First, we're going to look at some key vocabulary.

Then we are going to investigate and generate some rules before setting our spelling words.

In this lesson, you'll need an exercise book or paper, a pencil.

And then I suppose your brain that could be useful.

If you need to run off and get any of these things, do that now.

Okay.

Let's go through some key vocabulary for today's lesson.

My turn, your turn.

Suffix.

A suffix is a group of letters at the end of a word that changes meaning and sometimes class.

Adjective.

An adjective is a word that describes a noun.

It tells you what it's like.

Noun.

A noun is a person, place or thing.

Root word.

A root word is the most basic version of a word, no prefixes or suffixes attached.

Okay.

Let's investigate and generate some rules.

So, today's suffix is the -ic suffix.

Spell I-C.

When looking at suffixes the first thing to try to establish is exactly what the suffix does.

How and why is it used? Let's see if we can figure that out for ourselves.

Here, we have three root words.

In a second, I'm going to apply the -ic suffix to each of these root verbs.

Before I do that, let's see if we can figure out the class of each of these root words.

I'm giving you three options.

They're either adjectives, nouns, or verbs.

An adjectives describes a noun, and noun is a person, place or thing.

And a verb is a doing or being word.

I've been trying to figure out what class a word is.

The best approach is to try and put it into a sentence in which it makes sense.

And then think about what it's doing in that sentence.

Think about the role it's playing.

I'm going to give you an example, the first word, which is hero.

First, I'm going to use it in a sentence.

I think I might say something along the lines of the hero came to the rescue.

The hero came to the rescue.

In this instance, the hero is a kind of a thing.

In fact, it's a person that's doing something.

So it's a person.

Well, hang on a second.

I know that, a noun it's a person place or thing.

Therefore, I think hero is a noun.

I'd like you to have a go with the remaining words.

Pause the video now and have a go.

Okay.

Let's see what each of these three root words is.

Ahaa, look at that.

They are all nouns,all three of them.

Interesting.

Now I'm going to apply the -ic suffix to each of these.

Hero becomes heroic.

I wonder what athlete going to become.

See if you can have a guess.

Athlete becomes athletic.

Maybe you can help me out with history.

Pause the video now and have a go.

Okay.

History becomes historic.

Excellent.

So, these three nouns have now all have the -ic suffix applied.

The next thing to do is think about what these words have become.

They started off as nouns.

We added the -ic suffix.

What are they now? Are they still nouns? Are they something else? We know that suffixes, can change the class of a word.

So, perhaps they've changed.

Let's have a careful think.

So, we have heroic, athletic and historic.

Remember my top tip, use the word in a sentence.

Then see if you can figure out exactly what their role is in that sentence.

Okay.

We still got the same options, adjective, noun, verb.

Adjective describes a noun, a noun is a person, place or thing.

And a verb is a doing or being word.

Okay.

I'm going to try with heroic.

The heroic boy came to the rescue.

Okay.

So what's the word heroic doing in that sentence? The heroic boy.

So, the boy is my noun because that's a person.

So, the boy is my noun, heroic.

Well, that's kind of saying he's like a hero it's kind of describing the boy as being like a hero.

So, I think the word heroic is describing the noun.

Well, hang on a second.

I know what describes a noun.

An adjective describes a noun.

Therefore, I think the word heroic is an adjective.

I'd like you to have a go with the remaining words.

Now, pause the video.

Okay.

So I decided that heroic was an adjective.

What did you figure out about the other two? Let's have a look.

Well, well, well, look at that, they are all adjectives.

So my -ic suffix has turned these root words, which were nouns into adjectives.

Nouns into adjectives.

Let's see if we can put together a rule that describes this process.

The -ic suffix often turns _ into _ I've used the word often here because although, in every example we've seen it does the same thing.

We don't know that this is the case, for sure.

So, we need to be a bit careful.

Help me complete this sentence.

The -ic suffix, often turns _ into _ pause the video now.

Okay.

The -ic suffix often turns nouns into adjectives.

Okay? What a fantastic starting point.

Now we know what the -ic suffix does.

It often turned nouns into adjectives.

Here have applied the -ic suffix to three words, heroic, athletic and historic.

Now, sometimes, when we're dealing with suffixes, the root word is very obvious.

In these three instances, there is an obvious root word that is recognisable in English.

I'd like your help figuring out what the root words to each of these words is.

Pause the video now and have a go.

Okay.

So the root word of heroic is hero.

The root word of athletic is athlete and the root word historic is history.

Now, when I added the -ic suffix, each of these three root words I had to do in a slightly different way each time.

Which makes life a little bit tricky for us.

This suggests that when adding the -ic suffix, we have to think carefully about which rule to follow.

There are more than one.

Let's see if we can figure out what the main rules are.

First, we're going to look at this root word, hero and the word it's become heroic.

Let's see if we can figure out what I've had to do in order to add my -ic suffix.

I let you to think very carefully about my root word and think carefully about if and how the spelling has changed when I've added the -ic suffix.

Pause the video now and have the think.

So, hero has become heroic.

And if you very carefully, I haven't actually had to do anything.

I've just been able to add the -ic suffix onto the end.

Have a ago with the word angel.

Pause the video now and have a go.

Okay.

Angel becomes, angelic.

And once again, I haven't had to change the spelling of my root word.

So, I think we can come up with a rule here.

Just add -ic.

In these instances, I only need to add it without making any change to my root word.

And quite often, with the suffix -ic, that's the case.

Let's have a look at the second of my three rules.

Let's see if we can figure out how, athlete becomes athletic.

Hmm.

So, have I had to do anything to my root word before adding the -ic suffix? Pause the video and have a think.

Okay.

So, the word athlete has become athletic before adding the -ic suffix.

I've had to remove the E.

That way, I was able to add the -ic suffix and come up with the word athletic.

Let's see if the same applies to this word.

base.

I'd like you to pause the video and apply the -ic suffix to the word base by removing the E.

Pause the video now.

Okay.

So, base becomes basic.

And here we have the beginnings of a rule.

If the root word ends in E , what do I need to do before I add it? I need your help with this one.

Pause the video for me and have a think.

Okay.

If the root word ends in E remove the E and add -ic.

This rule is very common when it comes to adding suffixes.

It's often necessary to remove the E before adding -ic.

Not just with the -ic suffix, but with lots of other suffixes too.

Let's have a look at a third of our three options.

In this instance, the word history has become historic.

I'd like you to figure out exactly what happened to my root word before I added the -ic suffix.

Pause the video now and have a go.

Okay.

If you look very carefully, you can see that the Y at the end of my root word has been removed before adding the suffix.

Let's see if this is the same with the root word, horrify.

Pause the video now and have a go.

Okay.

Horrify becomes horrific.

Interesting.

So, I think here we have the makings of a new rule.

If the root word ends in _, remove the _ and add _.

I need a hand with this.

Pause, the video and have a go.

Okay.

If the root word ends in Y remove the Y and add -ic.

Now, if you look carefully at this second option, horrify becoming horrific, you might have noticed something.

Horrify is a verb.

To horrify somebody is to shock them.

Therefore, this is an example of a verb becoming an adjective, using the -ic suffix.

Interesting.

While this isn't common, it does happen occasionally.

So it's worth making notes of.

So, here have our three rules for adding the suffix -ic.

We have just add -ic.

We have removed the E and add -ic.

And finally, we have removed a Y and add -ic.

Let's see if we can figure out which rule we should use with each of these examples.

The first group word is rhythm.

I'd like you to think about which rule to use, and then, have a go at using it.

Pause the video now and a have a ago.

Now, we've written.

We need to use this rule.

Just add -ic.

So, rhythm becomes rhythmic.

Let's have a go with this word, athlete.

Pause the video now and have a go.

Okay.

Athlete ends in an E.

So I know that I have to remove the E and add -ic.

Athlete becomes athletic and finally, specify.

Pause the video now and a have a ago.

Okay.

Great.

Specify ends in Y.

So, first I have to remove the Y and then add -ic.

Specify becomes specific.

Let's set our spelling words for this week.

For each of these words, I'm going to put the word into a sentence and chat through anything that might be tricky or difficult about it.

These words of course, or make use of the -ic suffix.

The first word is, acidic.

Acidic comes from the root word acid.

If you describe something as being acidic, it means it has the characteristics of acid.

This is often used on foods.

You might describe the taste of something as being acidic.

Acid is a very sharp substance.

So, if you describe a taste as being acidic, it's very sharp and unpleasant.

The Coco had an acidic taste, so, you could tell it wasn't ready.

My turn, your turn, acidic.

The next word is, artistic.

Artistic.

The word artistic has the root word, artist.

If you describe something as being, artistic then it's related closely to art.

She was very artistic.

So, she decided to take up painting.

The next word is rhythmic.

Rhythmic.

The word rhythmic has the root word rhythm.

The root word, rhythm, means a distinctive beat.

When we talk about something being rhythmic, we talk about it having a distinctive and notable beat.

T he rhythmic beat kept the music flowing.

The next word is, organic.

Organic.

When we talk about things being organic, we suggest that they are natural and related closely to the earth.

We might say your organic vegetables were considered to be very healthy.

The next word is, angelic.

Angelic.

The word angelic has the group word, angel.

If you describe something, you did angelic, you describe something as being practically perfect.

You mostly use this word to describe people's behaviour.

You might describe children as being angelic when they behave very, very well.

As the angelic children swept the floor, the teacher stared in disbelief.

Heroic.

Heroic.

As we discussed earlier, the word heroic is linked to the word hero.

A hero is somebody who's known for being courageous and brave.

So, if you do something heroic, you do something that is courageous and brave.

Her heroic actions meant the whole town was saved.

Number seven, historic.

The word historic relates to history.

History refers to everything that's happened in the past.

Her family was desperate to go and see the historic monument.

Next word is a horrific.

If something is horrific, it means it's very shocking.

The word horrific is linked to the root word horrify, which is a verb.

As you mentioned earlier, sometimes words that make use of the -ic suffix start out as verbs, not often, but sometimes.

The dragon had suffered horific injuries.

So they were terrible.

They were very shocking.

Number nine, athletic.

Athletic.

The root of athletic is athlete.

An athlete is somebody who does sport.

His mom didn't seem athletic, but she had been a champion once.

Number 10 is, basic.

Basic has the root word, base.

The term basic is used to suggest that something is very simple or very fundamental.

It means very important for the beginnings of a process.

The start of a process.

Basic.

The basic rules of the game are easy to follow.

And there are 10 words.

Make sure you copy them down very carefully.

If you need to pause the video to look at each of these one by one, then do that.

Now.

It's very important, important that when practising these words, you practise little and often.

This is the most effective way.

Five or 10 minutes a day is more effective than an hour at the end of the week.

So, that is the best approach.

And that's the end of the lesson.

This is what we've covered in today's session.

We've looked at key vocabulary.

We've investigated in generating rules, and we set spelling words.

Well done for your hard work.

You've done a really good job and you've competed your lesson.

Bye.