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Hi there, and welcome to today's spelling lesson.

I'm Mr. Moss.

I love spelling and I'm really looking forward to teaching you.

With you for today's lesson, you need to bring your looking eyes, your listening ears, and your thinking brains, as well as that, something to write with and write on will be excellent as well, as well as having something or someone to talk to.

Right then.

Let's get right into today's spelling lesson.

In today's spelling lesson, we're going to be looking at French-derived spelling, the G-U-E, where you might expect to see just the G, and the Q-U-E, where you might expect just to see a K.

The outcome for today's lesson will be: I can spell G and K sounds using the French-derived spellings, G-U-E and Q-U-E.

Here are the keywords for today's learning.

My turn, your turn.

Please repeat these back after me: definition, adjective, noun, origin, etymology.

Brilliant.

Thank you so much.

So let's have a discussion about what these words mean then.

A definition is a clear and precise explanation of the meaning of a word or term.

What a word means.

An adjective describes a noun, tells you what it's like, and a noun is a naming word for a person, place, or thing.

The origin is the source or beginning of something like a place, time, or history of a word or idea.

And etymology is the study of the origin of words and the ways their meanings have changed over time.

So as well as being a spelling lesson, today's lesson will also be a bit of a history lesson, which I'm really looking forward to.

So here's the outline for today's lesson for our French-derived spellings, G-U-E and Q-U-E.

We're gonna be using the French-derived G-U-E and Q-U-E spellings.

Then we're gonna spell some curriculum words.

And finally we're gonna apply the spellings that we've looked at in today's lesson within a sentence, which I'm really looking forward to.

Let's get on with looking at these French-derived words then.

Etymology is a branch of linguistics, so language that studies the origins and history of words.

Modern English is a language that has roots in many other languages.

Here I've created quite a rudimentary language tree with English as the tree of its branches.

And you can see the roots that have helped make up modern English.

We have languages such as Hindi, Persian, Celtic, Norse, Germanic, Proto-Indo-European, French, Latin, and Greek.

And there are many more too.

And here I've created a really simple pie chart just to give you some of the examples of the languages which have helped to form English.

We have Latin, French, Germanic, Greek, some others, and also some proper names.

I'd like to highlight French in particular 'cause we are looking at some French-derived words today that ended G-U-E and Q-U-E.

French makes up roughly 29% of English as it is spoken today, which is really fascinating.

It's obviously evolved over many, many years.

And in particular, French was brought to England in 1066 after the Norman invasions.

Etymologists then, which is one of our keywords, will consider the people who study this language of linguistics, will consider the journey a word has been on to reach the point it is at today.

Some words have been on really interesting journeys.

Here we have the word in Latin, ligare.

This has then formed into Italian, legare or lega, which has then in French, has become ligue, and then English, league, like a football league.

This entered into use in English sometime during the Middle English period, the late Middle English period.

So you can see this word league, which has one of those endings that we're looking at today.

G-U-E is derived from French.

But not only that, it's been transported through Italian and is derived from Latin originally.

There are many words in the English language that are derived from other languages.

"Yoga", for instance, comes from Sanskrit.

"Ketchup" comes from Chinese, "safari" comes from Arabic, and "bungalow" comes from Hindi.

Today we are going to focus on words that have French origins, so derived from the French language.

Listen to these words: jog slug, fatigue.

Fatigue is the feeling of constant exhaustion, league, intrigue.

Intrigue means that something fascinates you or arouses a sense of interest in you.

Vague: when something is not very clear.

Dialogue: a conversation.

And synagogue, which is a Jewish place of worship.

What do you notice about these words? Think about their endings in particular.

What sound is made at the end? Pause the video.

Have a say of them again and have a think.

Brilliant.

Well, I've noticed they all end in a g sound: jog, slug, fatigue.

You might normally expect that G to make that "g" sound, but in some of these instances we have G-U-E.

They all contain that "g" sound.

It can be spelled in a variety of different ways.

Watch out for "tongue".

The spelling is G-U-E, but the pronunciation is "ng" as opposed to a "g".

It's "ng", so watch out for that one.

Let's find out more about the following words.

So we have here, a nice word table.

We have the word and word class.

So jog, which is a verb, fatigue, which is a noun, and league, which is a noun.

We have the word class and definition, and we also have its origin, where it comes from.

Jog is a verb.

Its definition, what it means is to run at a slow pace or to give a little push.

It comes from Middle English and therefore ends in just our G spelling for that g.

Fatigue, league.

Hmm.

I wonder where these words are derived from then? Fatigue is the condition of being tired or completely exhausted.

It's origin is in French.

And league: People joined together for a common cause.

It also has its roots in French.

The words containing G-U-E, spelling for the g or what you might expect to be G, a sound often comes from the French language.

They have derived from French.

Fill in the blanks in the following sentence.

We have g, sh, ff, Japanese, French, and Arabic.

Listen to the gaps and fill them in.

Words that contain the.

sound, spelled G-U-E often come from.

Fill in those gaps and say that sentence now.

Off you go.

Excellent job.

So words that contain the G or "g" sound, spelled G-U-E, often come from French.

They're often derived from French.

Look at these words now.

We have intrigue, which is a verb, and we have vague, which is an adjective.

Let's have a think about their word class and definition then.

Intrigue is to draw strong interest or to fascinate as a synonym, and its origin is in French.

We then have vague: not clearly expressed or barely visible.

Again, ending G-U-E.

Its origin is in French.

The origins of both of these words are from France.

The letters U and E are not pronounced.

We don't hear them.

We just hear the g.

Instead, we hear a hard G sound or a g sound.

Identify the French-derived spellings.

Think about the words that we've just looked at.

We have the word slug, fatigue, jog, and vague.

They all end in that g sound, don't they? That hard G there.

But which ones are derived from French? Pause the video and point to them now.

Great.

Not slug, that's just spelt with a single G.

Or jog that's spelt with a single G as well.

But fatigue and vague.

Well, we don't hear the U or the E, but hear that G, that hard G, that "g".

Fatigue and vague are derived from French with that G-U-E spelling.

So seeing a word within a sentence can help us to recognise the correct spelling.

"As I ran through the forest, I tripped over a large log." Hmm.

Which one do we think is the correct spelling here? Point to it for me now.

Great.

Absolutely, it's this one that's our correct one.

We can sometimes see which one looks correct.

It's actually a really useful spelling strategy.

"The directions were vague, so I didn't know where to go." Hmm.

Which one looks correct here? Which one do we think might be the correct spelling? Perhaps it's a French-derived word? Point to the correct spelling now.

Great.

Absolutely, it is one of our French-derived words.

So listen to these words now.

My turn, your turn.

Lick, pack, talk, kick.

unique, antique, so something that's very old.

Mosque: a Muslim place of worship.

Technique.

What do you notice about these words? What sound do they all end in and do they have the same spelling? Pause the video and have a think.

Excellent.

I've noticed that they all end in a k sound, don't they? They all end in that K sound, sounding like a k.

It can be spelled in a variety of different ways.

We can see it here spelled with C-K with a K, and with that French-derived Q-U-E that we're gonna look at in some detail now.

Just like the G-U-E words, the words containing Q-U-E spelling for that k sound, often come from the French language.

So you have unique and mosque here.

Let's have a look at their definition and also their origin.

So unique being the only one of its type is derived from French with that Q-U-E.

Mosque: a Muslim place of worship, also French-derived.

It's a noun this time but Q-U-E.

The origins for both of these words are from France.

They are French-derived words.

Identify for me here the French-derived spellings for that k sound.

We have antique, mask, pack and technique.

Pause the video and point to them now.

Fantastic.

So, it's that k sound, spelled Q-U-E.

It's antique and technique.

Mask and pack are not French-derived 'cause they simply end in either CK or K for that k sound.

Seeing a word in a sentence can help us to recognise the correct spelling.

It's a really useful spelling strategy.

"I tried cutting through it but it was too.

thick." Hmm.

Which one do we think makes sense here for our k sound? Absolutely it is this one here.

C-K.

"Muslims worship at the.

mosque.

Which is the correct spelling here for the word mosque? Point to it now.

Fantastic.

It's this one here, it's French-derived.

It's that Q-U-E for that k sound.

It's a noun.

Mosque.

So let's read some sentences now that contain our G-U-E and our Q-U-E French-derived spellings.

Read through these sentences and select the correct spelling of league, dialogue, antique and technique.

Pause the video now.

Off you go.

Great.

"My football team came top of the.

league.

It's that G-U-E.

It's French-derived.

"The dialogue between the two characters ended." Again, g, with that G-U-E.

French-derived.

"My mum is very interested in antique furniture." So old furniture from the past.

It's k that with Q-U-E.

And "His technique with the ball was impressive." Q-U-E there.

Brilliant.

So the G-U-E and Q-U-E sounds nearly always appear at the end of words.

Synagogue, for instance, a Jewish place of worship, intrigue, antique, unique.

The g or G, or the k or K sound with the more common spellings can appear anywhere within a word.

So we have "good" here.

We wouldn't see that, but G-U-E, good, would we? "Eagle" here.

Again, anywhere in the word, in the middle of the word.

"Frog", again at the end here.

"kid", "pumpkin", "back", for that K sound there.

Hmm.

Notice here our G-U-E and our Q-U-E often come at the end of words, whereas our other sounds or spellings for the G or K sound can be found at the beginning, in the middle or the end of the word as well.

So what you're going to have a go at doing for me now is spelling some words containing the French-derived g or k sounds spelled G-U-E or Q-U-E.

Think carefully.

Remember, they like to come at the end of the word as well.

So the first word is vague.

The directions were vague, which means not clear.

The next word after that is fatigue.

Fatigue, which is being completely exhausted and tired.

Number three, that Muslim place of worship.

Mosque.

Mosque.

And number four, unique.

Unique: One of a kind.

So vague, fatigue, mosque and unique.

Pause the video and have a go at spelling them now.

Remember, they contain that G-U-E or that Q-U-E spelling for those different g or k sounds.

Off you go.

Fantastic job, team.

Really impressed.

Great application of those French-derived spellings there.

So I've seen vague written like this.

Now I can see why two of them in particular makes sense.

The first one actually: vayg.

V-ay-g.

It makes phonetic sense.

Remember we're looking at French-derived spellings.

So that "g" sound.

Okay? G-U-E, v-ay-ge.

And it's ay just spelled with an A.

So our correct spelling is this one here.

V-A-G-U-E.

The next word was fatigue.

Fatigue.

Be careful with this one 'cause it's E-E, but it's spelled with an I.

Fatigue.

F-A-T-I-G-U-E.

That G-U-E spelling for that g.

Next one was mosque: Muslim place of worship.

M-O-S, mos.

And then k, Q-U-E.

This is our correct spelling here.

And finally unique.

It's U spelled with just a uh, with a U, N-I and then Q-U-E for that k, unique.

Brilliant.

How did you do there? Do you have any corrections to make? Remember our G-U-E and our Q-U-E are often found at the end of the word and they're from French-derived words.

Off you go.

Check, make any corrections.

So onto our next learning cycle then, which is spelling curriculum words.

Curriculum words are those words which will appear with great regularity in our reading and writing.

So it's really important we know how to spell them.

Let's have a read of some: increase, extreme, surprise.

Hmm.

Have a read of these words again out loud.

What do you notice about these spellings? Is there anything maybe a bit difficult about them that might not be obvious? Compare how they sound to how they're spelt.

Pause the video and have a think.

Brilliant.

So there's a few things that I've noticed.

The word "increase" ends in an S-E, increase.

So for that ss, it's that S-E at the end, which is important that we remember.

There is no S in extreme, although it can sometimes sound like it.

Extreme.

Sounds like a ss-ss.

It's that X and that T together, ex-treme.

Extreme.

And there is an R in surprise, we don't pronounce.

And the S at the end often sounds like a zzz, doesn't it? Sur-prize, be careful.

Sur-prize, surprise.

Take a snapshot of these words.

We're gonna test you on them in a moment.

Increase, extreme, surprise.

Remember what's tricky about them.

With that in mind, select the correct spelling for this sentence: Can you increase the volume so the people at the back can hear? Increase.

Hmm, which is the correct one, A, B, or C? Pause the video and point to it now.

Excellent.

Increase.

Remember it's that S-E at the end.

Excellent.

Which of these are spelled correctly? Point to the correct spelling of extreme now.

Off you go.

Great.

Remember, it's that E-X and then t-r-eem, "extreme".

There's no S in there.

It's this one.

E-X-T-R-E-M-E, extreme.

And surprise, which is the correct spelling of surprise? Watch out for two naughty things about this word.

Point to it now.

Brilliant.

Sur-prise.

Remember, it doesn't sound like it has it, but it has an R and it's an S-E at the end, not a zzz.

Surprise spelled with an S-E.

Great job.

So because these are such important words and they're gonna appear with such great regularity, it's important we are confident with spelling and writing them, so we can use the look, cover, write, check strategy to help us remember these words now.

We have increase, extreme, surprise.

This strategy works by looking carefully at the word and memorising it, covering it up or writing it in your neatest handwriting and checking back and seeing how you did and making any corrections and doing this a number of times until it's really solidified in your brain.

Pause the video.

Use this strategy now to practise writing out increase, extreme, surprise a number of times.

Off you go.

Great job, team.

So I'm hoping you've got something that's like this.

Make any corrections if you need to now.

Onto our final learning cycle then, which is going to be applying spellings within a sentence.

I'm really looking forward to this.

Remember we're looking at French-derived G-U-E and Q-U-E words today.

We are going to focus on writing a sentence now that contains some of our focus spellings.

When we write the whole sentence, we have to do several things at once.

So let's make sure we're really ready to do this.

We need to remember the whole sentence.

We need to sound out each word.

We need to think of our spelling rules.

We need to look out for those common exception and curriculum words.

Think about those words we just looked at.

And then remember our sentence punctuation.

Keep this in mind.

I'd like you to just listen to me say the sentence first of all.

Just listen to me really carefully.

Unique presents intrigue me and it was a nice surprise to find one in my bag.

Unique presents intrigue me and it was a nice surprise to find one in my bag.

So we're gonna use some strategies now to help us remember this sentence.

The first one is to repeat the sentence several times out loud: Unique presents intrigue me and it was a nice surprise to find one in my bag.

Unique presents intrigue me and it was a nice surprise to find one in my bag.

Repeat that sentence a number of times now.

Brilliant.

The next one is to picture what's happening in your head.

I'll say it and you picture what's happening.

Unique presents intrigue me and it was a nice surprise to find one in my bag.

I'm imagining someone coming across, opening their bag and finding an amazing present in their bag.

I wonder what your favourite, unique present will be.

And finally, counting how many words there are.

Count along with me, unique presents intrigue me and it was a nice surprise to find one in my bag.

So remember, you're gonna sound out each word.

Look out for those common exception and curriculum words, be careful and keep an ear out for those G-U-E or Q-U-E.

And then check our sentence punctuation, of course, as well.

I'll read the sentence one more time.

Unique presents intrigue me and it was a nice surprise to find one in my bag.

Pause the video and have a go at writing that now.

Excellent job, team, really great application of our G-U-E and Q-U-E French-derived words, as well as some of those common exception words, or curriculum words that we've looked at.

Really impressed.

So unique.

Ah, it's a k, unique.

And it's A Q-U-E.

It's a French-derived word.

Presents.

Intrigue.

The g, but spelled G-U-E.

Intrigue.

French-derived word; me, and it was a nice surprise, with that R and that S-E at the end; to find one in my bag.

Full stop.

Of course, I have to have a capitalist and a full stop.

How did you do there? What did you learn? Did you manage to spell unique and intrigue right, with our French-derived Q-U-E and G-U-E? Did you manage to spell our curriculum word "surprise" correctly? And did you remember your punctuation? Pause the video, share your learning, and make any corrections now.

Off you go.

Really great work today, everyone.

Remember, many words in the English language originate from other languages.

Words that contain the g sound, spelled G-U-E often originate from the French language.

And words that contain the k, or K sounds spelled Q-U-E often originate from the French language too.

Remember, they're most commonly found at the end of words as well.

Keep up the great spelling and see if you can spot any more of these French-derived words in your reading.