Lesson video

Hi there, my name is Mr. Burns Smith.

Today we're going to be doing some spelling together.

In particular, in today's lesson, we're going to be looking at the I-A-L suffix, we're going to be practising and applying on knowledge on these suffix.

I'm looking forward to it.

So let's make a start.

Here's the agenda for today's lesson.

First, we'll look at some key vocabulary.

Then we'll recap the spelling rules for this unit.

Next, we'll learn a new strategy before finally doing our test.

In this lesson, you will need an exercise book or paper, a pencil and then of course, your brain, Very important.

Let's run through some key vocabulary.

My turn your turn which means repeat after me.

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, without any prefixes or suffixes.

Let's go through the rules we've learnt so far.

We're discussing the I-A-L suffix.

This suffix is used to turn words into adjectives.

Remember, adjectives describe nouns.

The I-A-L suffix is often preceded by T or C That means often a T or C comes right before it, you can see that here.

Here are some examples on this ending In a word.

We have essential and official.

In both instances, the ending makes the shul sound.

Therefore, for the rest of this lesson, I'm going to be referring to the shul ending.

Here are two examples.

And let's look really closely at the spelling.

That's where the shul sounds come from.

T-I and C-I when in the middle of a word can create the shul sound.

So if we hear the shul ending, we know that spelled either T-I-A-L or C-I-A-L.

The question is, which one? Well, luckily for us, there's a rule to help us out.

T-I-A-L, is an ending that comes after a consonant.

If the letter before the shul sound is a consonant, T-I-A-L is often used.

This is not always the case, but it happens very often.

Therefore, you can apply this rule in the vast majority of cases.

Here's an example, potential.

If you look carefully, you can see that the letter before the shul ending is a consonant.

Let's look at another example, residential.

Same again as a consonant before the shul ending.

In both of these instances, it's an N.

How about the C-I-A-L shul ending.

If the letter before the shul sound is a vowel, then C-I-A-L is often used, here is an example, racial.

Before the shul ending is an A which is a vowel.

Social, before the shul ending is an O, which is a vowel.

Let's have a challenge.

In this challenge, I'd like you to read the sentence very carefully and identify the word that contains a shul sound.

Then I'd like to think very carefully about whether or not I've used the correct ending.

If I have used the correct ending, I'm looking for a big thumbs up.

And if I haven't a thumbs down, if I've got it wrong, that's not a big problem, but I would like your help correcting it so get your pencil and paper ready.

Education is an essential part of growing up.

Pause the video and have a go.

Let's see how I did.

Well there's the shul sound in the word essential.

Unfortunately it looks as though I got that one wrong.

Let's see how it is spelt.

Essential has an N before the shul sound and therefore, the shul sound is spelled T-I-A-L.

Lets have another go.

He spent a lot of time playing with others.

He has a very active social life.

Let's see if we can find the shul sound.

Pause the video and have a go.

There it is, social.

Social contains the shul sound have I spelt it correctly? Yes that one I got right.

I know that since the shul sound is preceded by a vowel in this instance an O, it takes the C-I-A-L ending.

And that is why I got it right.

Her facial expressions tell you exactly how she's feeling.

Pause the video and have a go.

There's the short sound in the word facial.

Question is have I spelt it correctly.

Not this time.

Let's have a look at what I've done wrong.

So, in the word facial, the shul sound has an A before it which is a Vowel.

Therefore, it takes the C-I-A-L ending rather than the T-I-A-L ending, easy mistake.

Next one, the torrential rain outside made it very difficult to sleep.

Pause the video and Have a go? Let's find that shul sound.

There it is.

Question is have I spelled it correctly or not? Yes, that time I did.

I know that the word torrential has an N before the shul sound, which is a consonant.

Therefore it takes the T-I-A-L ending and there it is.

New challenge.

For this challenge I'm going to say a word out loud.

I'll let you to think very carefully about whether it takes the T-I-A-L or the C-I-A-L shul ending.

My topic tip is that you say the word out loud yourself and try to write it down.

That way, we'll find you in a much better position to answer.

The first word is, essential.

Pause the video and have a go Essential uses this shul ending cause it has an N before the shul sound, which is a consonant.

Next word is official.

Pause the video and have a go.

Official makes use of this ending.

Next one, crucial.

Pause the video and have a go.

Crucial makes use of this ending as well.

Next one, confidential.

pause the video and have a go.

Confidential uses this shul ending that's because has an N before the shul sound and N is a consonant.

Exceptions, unfortunately with any rule, you'll often find there are exceptions.

These are examples which do not follow the rules.

Here are some examples for the shul ending.

I'll let you to pause the video and have a think about why these three words are exceptions.

Why and how did they not follow the rules? Initial, financial and controversial.

Pause the video and have a go.

Firstly, let's look at initial.

Initial has an I before the shul sound so you'd expect it to take the C-I-A-L ending.

However, it takes the T-I-A-L ending.

Financial is the other way around has an N before the shul sound so you're expected to take the T-I-A-L ending, but it doesn't.

It takes the C-I-A-L ending.

And finally we have controversial.

Now controversial, makes the shul sound.

To be spelt completely differently, S-I-A-L So in this instance, it falls completely outside the two rules that we have discussed.

Exceptions do happen, but fortunately for us, they're quite rare.

So in this instance, we can rely quite confidently on the two rules we've discussed.

Lets learn a new spelling strategy.

This strategy is one of my favourites is called display the words.

Let's have a go using the word special.

With the display the word strategy, your job is to write out the word you're focusing on and display it around the home in areas of interest.

Now, you have to think carefully about where you put it needs to be somewhere that you look often, or on something that you use often.

I'll show you some of the places I put my word.

Firstly, I thought to stick it on the clock.

I look at the clock all the time.

Therefore, if I have the correct spelling of a word I'm learning on the clock.

Then I'm also looking at the word, pretty clever.

My next idea on a book.

Now, this has a double whammy, because not only do I use this book often, but also it's a book that is very special to me.

So here, I'm thinking carefully about the meaning of the word.

And I'm making use of that when applying the strategy.

I've stuck it on something special.

Lastly, it's stuck on my mug, my favourite mug.

This combines those two ideas.

Not only is this mug very special to me, but also it's something I see and use all the time, in fact, a few times each day, I think it's very effective.

Now, why is this a useful strategy tool? Firstly, you're forced to see the word very often.

And if you're trying to learn something, and you see it all the time, you're more likely to pick it up quickly.

That's why you have to think carefully about where you put the word.

There's no point putting it at the back of a dusty cupboard, because you're never going to look in there.

So have a think.

Also, it's fun.

I had a great time thinking about where to put it.

If you want to take it to the next level, you can even make your words nicely decorated.

That way, you're even more likely to look at them.

Finally, you get a chance to think about the meaning of the word like I did with the word special.

Now this doesn't work with every word is not always possible to put the word somewhere appropriate, however often it is.

So think carefully about your word and what it means before placing it around the home.

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

I'll let you to pause the video and have a go at this strategy.

I'll given you four examples that you can use, but you can pick any of the words from our list.

Pause the video now.

Time for our test.

First, I like to pause the video and write the numbers one to 10 pause the video now.

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

I'm also going to put them into a sentence.

I'll like you to pause the video after each word, So you have the necessary time to write down your answer.

Please don't feel as though you're being rushed, Because you can take as long as you need.

Number one, partial.

"I'm not ready yet Mr. Burns Smith, "I only have a partial answer." Number two, essential.

That's an essential piece of information.

Why didn't you tell me? Number three, confidential.

Don't look at those, they're confidential.

Number four, torrential.

The rain last night was torrential.

Number five, influential.

She's a very influential leader.

Number six, special.

That mug is very special to me.

Please don't break it.

Number seven, crucial.

Why didn't he tell me earlier? That's a crucial bit of information.

Number eight, official.

English is the official language of Trinidad and Tobago.

Number nine, social.

His social skills are fantastic.

He chat to anybody.

Number 10, artificial.

The strawberry yoghourt tasted very artificial.

They're all of words.

Let's go through the answers.

Before we do that I just want to say well done.

You tried really hard, and I'm very impressed.

If you've got any of these incorrect, please make sure that you write out the correct answer next to them so that we have one extra go practising them and so that we don't forget the ones we need to prioritise.

Don't worry about getting any wrong.

It's really not a big deal.

Number one, partial P-A-R-T-I-A-L.

Number two, essential E-S-S-E-N-T-I-A-L.

Number three, confidential C-O-N-F-I-D-E-N-T-I-A-L.

Number four, torrential T-O-R-R-E-N-T-I-A-L.

Number five, influential I-N-F-L-U-E-N-T-I-A-L.

Number six, special S-P-E-C-I-A-L.

Number seven, crucial C-R-U-C-I-A-L.

Number eight, official O-F-F-I-C-I-A-L.

Number nine, social S-O-C-I-A-L.

Number 10, artificial A-R-T-I-F-I-C-I-A-L.

Well done.

That's the end of the lesson, we have looked at key vocabulary, We've recapped rules, We've learned a new strategy, and we've done a spelling test, which is an awful lot of well done.

That's the end of the lesson.

Well done for all of your hard work.

Bye.