Lesson video

Hi there.

My name is Bowen Smith.

And today I'm going to be teaching you spelling.

Which I'm very, very happy about.

In today's lesson, we're going to be looking at the -ic suffix.

Today is a chance to practise and apply our knowledge of the -ic suffix.

If you haven't watched lesson two of 10, I really recommend that you do that first.

It would be very, very useful and helpful in today's lesson.

Here's the agenda for today's lesson.

Once we get into like this key vocabulary, then we are going to recap the spelling rules from this unit.

After that, we'll learn a brand new strategy before finally having a go at our test.

In this lesson, you'll need an exercise book or paper, a pencil, and then last but not least your brain.

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

Okay.

Let's go through some key vocabulary.

My tonic water 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.

So that's before any prefixes or suffixes have been attached to it.

Okay, let's recap the rules relating to the 'ic' suffix.

So a suffix is -ic and it's spelled, I C.

As we just discussed, suffixes change the meaning and sometimes a class of a word.

They're added onto root words.

The first and most important thing to do is to figure out exactly what the suffix does.

So what its particular role is.

Let's do that now with the -ic suffix.

Let's remind ourselves of exactly what it does.

Here we have three root words.

In a second, we're going to apply the -ic suffix.

Before we do that, it's necessary to figure out the word class of each of these words.

That way, when we add the -ic suffix, we can figure out exactly what it does.

In order to check the word class, I recommend putting each of these words into a sentence that makes sense to you.

Then you can figure out the role of that word in the sentence.

We have hero, athlete and history.

We're going to check whether that adjectives, nouns, verbs, or a combination of all three.

Remember an adjective describes a noun.

It tells you what it's like, and now it's a person, place or thing.

And a verb is a doing or being word.

Pause the video now and have a go with these three.

Okay.

So hero, athlete and history are all nouns, all three of them.

Now we can start applying the -ic suffix.

Hero becomes heroic.

Athlete becomes athletic.

And what about history? History becomes historic.

Excellent.

Now let's figure out what our new words are in terms of word class.

So we've added the -ic suffix and it's turned nouns into what? Pause the video and have a go.

Okay.

So heroic, athletic and historic are adjectives.

Therefore, we can confidently say that the -ic suffix often turns what into what? Pause the video now and help me out.

Okay.

So we can say that the -ic suffix often turns nouns into adjectives.

Fantastic.

What a good starting point for our practise.

The rules of adding the suffix -ic.

We've looked at these before.

We have to just add -ic rule.

You have to remove the 'e' and add -ic rule.

Then finally you have remove the 'y' and add -ic rule.

These three rules occur when adding lots of suffixes, not just the -ic rule.

So these rules are very common.

Let's have a practise.

Help me decide which rule we should use.

In this instance, the root word is base.

Which of these three rules should you make use off.

Pause the video now and have a go.

Okay.

Now face ends in an 'e'.

Therefore, I know that before adding the -ic suffix it's necessary to remove the 'e'.

That means this is the rule that will apply.

Base becomes basic.

Let's have another go.

Our new root word is angel.

Pause the video now and have a go.

In this instance, the rule that applies is this one.

Just add -ic.

Let's have a go.

Angel becomes angelic.

Horrify.

Pause the video now, and have a go.

Okay, great.

Here.

The rule that applies is this one.

Horrify ends in 'y' therefore, before adding -ic, we must remove the 'y'.

Horrify becomes horrific.

Okay.

New challenge.

I have written some sentences.

All of which contain a word that uses the -ic suffix.

The first thing I'd like you to do is identify this word.

So find to me the word that uses the -ic suffix.

Then have to think about whether I've spelled it correctly or not.

If I've spelled incorrectly, I'd like your help in spelling it correctly.

When we do make mistakes, it's very important that we go back and correct them.

That's what you're helping me do here.

The beans had an acidic taste.

Pause the video now and have a go.

Okay.

The word that uses the -ic suffix is acidic.

Am I right? Or am I wrong? Thumbs up or thumbs down.

It's a thumbs up.

I got this one right? So well done me.

This is the correct spelling.

There's the -ic suffix highlighted.

Let's have another go.

Her amazing athletic abilities meant that she won every race she ran.

Wow.

Pause the video now and have a go.

Okay.

The word which makes use of the -ic suffix is this one, athletic.

The question is, have I spelled it correctly or not? Not this time.

I wonder what mistake I've made.

I wonder why I've made it.

Now, I know the athletic uses the root word athlete, which ends in an 'e'.

That's it.

I forgot to remove the 'e'.

It should be spelled like this.

Now I've made that mistake.

I think I'm unlikely to make it again.

Or at least I know it works at practise lots and lots.

Next one.

They really wanted to see the historic statue during their trip.

Pause the video now and have it go.

Okay.

The word that makes use of the -ic suffix is, that one.

Well, it sort of does.

How have I got this correct or not? I'm afraid not this time.

What's gone wrong here.

Help me out.

Now the first thing I noticed is actually this doesn't contain the full -ic suffix at all.

Ic suffix is spelt, I C.

I don't have any got I C at the end here.

Why might I have made that mistake? Well historic has the root word history.

Now I know that history ends in a 'y', so I didn't remove the 'y' before adding the -ic.

It should be spelled like this.

There's the -ic and there's the 'i'.

The 'i' that I forgot.

Okay, it's time for us to learn a new strategy.

The strategy that we're learning today is called mnemonic.

My turn, your turn.

Mnemonic.

Mnemonic.

A mnemonic is a useful strategy when you apply a word for each of the letters in your spelling word.

If you pick the words carefully, then they can be very easy to remember.

Often mnemonics are made up by words which tell a little story, or which have a rhythm or rhyme to them.

This makes them easier to remember and therefore more useful.

Let's see what a mnemonic looks like.

I've picked the word rhythm.

I've done this because rhythm is one of the words that I find the absolute hardest to spell to this very day.

Even as I was creating this lesson, I struggled with the word rhythm.

So it's one that I practise and practise and practise and I came across this strategy.

What I've done is I've written each of the letters for my word rhythm, down the side.

Now the only thing I need to do is apply a word for each of these letters.

Hopefully, in an order which makes silly little rhyme or story or rhythm.

Rhythm helps your two hips move.

Well, now that is good.

I think that's something I can remember.

Firstly, because it's catchy.

Secondly, because it's true.

Rhythm does help your two hips move.

You've got rhythm and your two hips just can't stop moving.

Rhythm helps build two hips move.

Now, perhaps I'll never forget how to spell a rhythm again.

This is a really good example.

I must warn you though, mnemonics only work if the thing that they spell out is catchy.

Otherwise we're just having to remember something more complicated than the original spelling.

It helps if their meaning matches up with the meaning of the word like this one does here.

This is actually true.

Rhythm does help your two hips move.

This is a really useful strategy.

However, use it wisely and only if, and when it makes your life easier rather than harder.

The question is why is it a useful strategy? Well, I can give you three reasons.

Number one, it's a really useful memory aid.

As I just explained, if the little story or song that that mnemonic spells out is memorable in itself, then the spelling becomes more memorable.

Especially if it's a tricky spelling like rhythm.

Secondly, you have to interact with the word in order to come up with a little story or sentence.

You have to think letter by letter, which is really good for learning the order and structure of the word.

Third of all.

Well, it's fun.

It's really fun coming up with good mnemonics.

It's hard to get them right, but that makes it more of a challenge.

So this is the one that I really enjoy.

When you do come up with a mnemonic that really works for you, it's very, very satisfying and it's very rewarding.

I find that when you come up with a good one, that's personal to you, it's even easier to remember.

Let's use our new strategy on some of this week's spelling words.

I like you to have a go at these four words here.

Remember, it's really useful if you want mnemonic links to the meaning of the word.

Pause the video now and have to go.

Okay.

Let's have a go our test.

Before we start this week's test, I'd like you to write out the numbers one to 10.

Pause the video now to do this.

Okay.

I'm going to read the words out very carefully and slowly.

I'm then going to put them into context and into a sentence.

Please feel free to pause the video after each word, to ensure that you have enough time to answer them.

Do your absolute best.

Use all the strategies and tricks up your sleeve.

If there's any you struggle with, please, don't worry about it just means that you know what to focus on for next time.

So number one, acidic.

The cocoa had an acidic taste.

So you could tell it wasn't ready.

Acidic.

Two, artistic.

She was very artistic.

So she decided to take up painting.

Artistic.

Three, rhythmic.

The rhythmic beat kept the music flowing.

Rhythmic.

Four, organic.

The organic vegetables are considered to be very healthy.

Organic.

Five, angelic.

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

Angelic.

Six, heroic.

Her heroic actions meant the whole town was saved.

Heroic.

Seven, historic.

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

Historic Eight, horrific.

The dragon had suffered horrific injuries.

Horrific.

Nine, athletic.

His mom didn't seem athletic any more that she'd been a champion once.

Athletic.

10, basic.

The basic rules of the game are easy to follow.

Basic.

Okay, well done.

We're going to go through the answers.

Now I'm going to read each word slowly, letter by letter.

If there are any that you've got wrong, please don't worry about it, but do write out the correct spelling next to your answer.

So here this week, spellings first is acidic.

A C I D I C.

Two, autistic.

A R T I S T I C.

Three, rhythmic.

R H Y T H M I C.

Four, organic.

O R G A N I C.

Five, angelic.

A N G E L I C.

Six, heroic.

H E R O I C.

Seven, historic.

H I S T O R I C.

Eight, horrific.

H O R R I F I C.

Nine, athletic.

A T H L E T I C.

10, Basic B A S I C.

Okay.

Now remember to write out any corrections next to your answer.

And not at the end of the lesson.

So well done.

We've gone through key vocabulary, we've recapped the rules, we've learned to new stress strategy and we've done the tests.

So well done.

You've worked really hard and I'm very impressed.

Congratulations.