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Hello and welcome to today's spelling lesson.

I'm Mr. Moss.

I love spelling and I can't wait to teach you.

With you today, 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 would be great.

And having something or someone to talk to would also be excellent.

All right, then let's crack on with today's lesson.

In today's lesson, we're going to be creating adjectives using the suffixes -al and -ic.

The outcome will be, I can spell words using the suffixes -al, and -ic.

Here are the key words for today's learning.

My turn, your turn.

Suffix.

Root word.

Adjective.

Brilliant.

A suffix is a letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning and create a new word.

A root word is the base word from which other words are formed often by adding prefixes or suffixes.

An adjective describes a noun.

It tells you what it's like.

So describing word.

So today we are going to be adding the suffixes -al and -ic onto root words to create adjectives.

Here is the outline for today's lesson.

We're going to begin by looking at the suffix -al, and then we're going to look at the suffix -ic.

And finally we're going to apply those spellings within a sentence.

Let's get on with adding the suffix -al.

A suffix, remember is a letter or group of letters that we add to the end of a word, which creates a new word.

Unlike prefixes, suffixes often change the words tense or word class.

Here we have the root word offer and I add the -ed suffix to change its tense.

Here I have the root word joy and I add -ful to create the new word joyful.

And here we have the adjective deep.

If I add the suffix -en it becomes a verb deepen.

Its word class has changed.

There are lots of different types of suffix.

I remember today we are looking at -al and -ic.

And different suffixes can create words with different word classes.

Suffixes which create adjectives include -er, -est, and -ous.

The greener apples are the sweetest, greener is a comparative adjective, and sweetest is a superlative adjective.

This is a famous actor, famous here, our root word being fame and with our -ous suffix becomes an adjective used to describe the actor.

Suffixes, which treat verbs include -en, -ate, -ify, and -ise.

When you thicken the soup, it will intensify the flavour.

Thicken and intensify are verbs.

Please clarify the instructions before we finalise the plan.

Clarify and finalise are verbs.

Suffixes, which create nouns include -tion, spelled T-I-O-N, I-T-Y, and N-E-S-S.

The celebration brought happiness to the community.

The charity were grateful for the large donation.

Our purple words there are nouns.

I would like you to match the words to the word class.

Use the suffixes to help you.

Remember, the noun is a PPT.

A verb is a doing, being, or having word.

And an adjective describes a noun.

Match the words to their word classes now.

Off you go.

Excellent job, team.

Famous is an adjective.

Our -ous suffix creates adjectives.

Education, the -tion is a noun, our T-I-O-N suffix.

Greener is also an adjective, that -er suffix that creates comparative adjectives.

And flatten, our root word is flat, which is an adjective.

If I double my T and have my -en suffix, it becomes flatten.

It's a doing, being, or having word.

It's a verb, it's an action.

Read these words for me.

My turn, your turn.

Global.

Natural.

Be careful with that one.

The T tends to make a ch sound.

Capital as in a capital city or a capital letter.

Personal.

National, across a whole nation, and emotional.

Notice that they all end with our -al suffix.

They all contain the suffix -al.

Can you recognise any root words? Pause the video and have a think.

Brilliant job.

The root word for emotional is emotion.

I can see nation has the root, national, sorry, has the root word nation.

The root word for capital is not so obvious.

It comes from the Latin caput, meaning head.

The suffix -al often turns nouns into adjectives.

Remember, adding suffixes can change the word class of the original word.

Who is that person? The word person here is a noun.

A noun is a naming word for a person, place, or thing.

The personal message helps me to feel at ease.

The word personal here is an adjective.

It is describing the noun, the message.

So we can see here, we've taken the root word person and we've added our -al suffix to create the word personal, an adjective.

Have a look at these two sentences for me.

Read them carefully.

What word class are globe and global? Pause the video and decide.

Excellent.

The child gazed at his fascinating globe.

Well, that globe is a noun.

It's a thing that belongs to that child.

A global citizen cares about making the world better.

The word global here is describing that citizen.

It's a descriptive word and it's an adjective describing the noun.

Hmm, you can see here we've taken our root word, globe, which is a noun, and we've changed a little bit and we've added our -al suffix to create a newer global, which is now an adjective.

The suffix -al often follows -on and -ic.

The root words of national, personal, emotional, exceptional, and traditional all end in our letters -on.

The root words of political, critical, technical, practical, and magical all end in -ic.

The suffix -al follows some of the familiar spelling rules when adding suffixes to root words.

The root word, if it ends in a consonant, we just tend to add the suffix.

For instance, the word person becomes personal.

We don't have to change the root word.

The root word, if it ends in an E, we have to remove the E and then add the suffix.

And this makes sense, doesn't it? Because our suffix begins with a vowel.

We wouldn't wanna have two vowels next to each other there, -eal.

We just want our -al.

Nature, for instance, becomes natural.

Its pronunciation there also changes a touch.

I'd like you to put the root words below into the correct column to show what will happen when we add the -al suffix.

Will we just add the suffix or will we need to remove the E and then add the suffix? Pause the video and sort them now.

Great job, team.

Let's see how you've done them.

So I'm hoping you manage to sort like this.

We have the words tropical, accidental, and seasonal, which are all adjectives.

Tropic, accident, and season all end in a consonant.

So we just have to add -al.

Arrival, cultural, and natural.

Well, the words arrive, culture, and nature all end in E.

So we have to remove the E and add -al to create our adjectives.

Choose the correct spelling of the highlighted word for me here.

Read the sentences.

Think about the rules we've looked at.

Off you go.

Brilliant.

The company had global distribution.

They were able to distribute all around the world.

So global.

Our root word here is globe, isn't it? Which ends in an E.

I have to remove the E and add -al for the word global.

Be thoughtful of your environmental impact.

Hmm, my root word here is environment, which ends in a consonant.

So I just have to add -al.

Be careful.

Other letters can make that -al sound as well.

I felt very emotional that day.

Hmm.

Now, my word, my root word here is emotion, ending in a consonant.

It's that -tion at the end of the word.

It's a noun and it's T-I-O-N spelling.

And so I just have to add my -al to create the adjective emotional.

Good job.

We are now going to have a go at spelling some words that contain our -al suffix.

Remember to sound out the word, to think of the root word if you recognise it, to think of the spelling rules for adding that suffix, and to read the word and check back once you've written it down to see if you're happy with it.

The first word is emotional.

I felt emotional.

Number two, personal.

You sent me a personal message.

Number three, natural.

He is a natural beauty.

Number four, cultural.

It has significant cultural importance.

And number five, global.

I'll read this again.

Emotional, personal, natural, cultural, global.

Pause the video and have a go at writing those words ending in -al now.

Brilliant job, team.

Some excellent application of the suffix rules that we've been looking at there.

And great consideration of root words where you recognise them.

Also some brilliant handwriting.

And the first word is emotional.

Emotional, our root word is emotion, isn't it? With that -tion, T-I-O-N spelling.

It ends in a consonant, so I just have to add my -al suffix.

The next word was personal.

My root word here is person, ending again in a consonant.

So I just have to add -al.

The next word was natural.

Our root word here is nature.

Be careful.

It's with a T and it's U-R-E.

Oh, ending in an E.

Chop off the E and add -al.

Natural.

I know it looks natureal, but it's natural.

The next web is cultural.

Again, our root word here is culture.

It's a T, not a ch, C-H.

So culture and culture ends in an E.

Remove the E and add -al.

And finally, global, as in global distribution all around the world.

Our root word here is globe, ending in an e.

I need to remove the E and then add my -al suffix.

How did you do? Did you make any magical mistakes? Share your learning and make any corrections now.

Onto our next learning cycle then, which is adding the suffix -ic.

Let's read some words.

My turn, your turn.

Acidic.

Photographic.

I have a photographic memory.

I wish I did.

Angelic like an angel.

Basic, something that's simple.

Athletic, showing the qualities of an athlete.

Horrific, something horrendous and horrible.

Terrific, something great.

Dramatic, something filled with drama.

They all end in our -ic suffix here.

Adding the suffix -ic, just like the suffix -al, also tends to create adjectives.

The suffix -ic often turns nouns into adjectives then.

Ben's mother is a professional athlete.

The word athlete here refers to a person.

It is a noun.

And you may also notice that we have one of the other types of words we've been looking at.

Professional with our -al suffix, which is an adjective here used to describe our noun athlete.

Ben is very athletic and plays a different sport every day.

Athletic here describes Ben, so it is an adjective.

We've taken the root word athletes and we've added our -ic suffix and changed the word a little bit to create an adjective.

What word class are photograph and photographic in these two sentences? Read the sentences and decide.

Brilliant.

Take a photograph so we can remember where we parked.

Photograph here is a thing.

It's a noun.

You are taking that photograph.

Aisha had a photographic memory.

The word photographic here, which means to be able to remember everything really clearly like photographs is being used to describe Aisha's memory.

It is an adjective.

So adding our -ic suffix creates adjectives.

As the suffix -ic begins with a vowel, the vowel I, it follows many of the usual rules for adding suffixes when we can recognise the root word.

Sometimes we just have to add -ic.

Other times we have to remove the Y and then add -ic.

At other times we must remove the E and then add -ic.

Let's have a look at this in action.

Words like rhythm and angel, we can just add -ic.

They're ending consonants.

Words such as athlete and scene end in an E, so we must remove the E before adding -ic.

And allergy and terrify end in a Y, making that E or that I sound.

So we must remove the Y before adding our -ic suffix.

Let's look at this in a bit more detail.

What will the spelling of these words ending in EB when the suffix -ic is added? We have the word athlete and base.

How will I spell athletic and basic? Notice that sometimes the pronunciation of the word changes so the root word can be more difficult to identify.

Athlete, no longer makes that e sound, becomes athletic, makes an S sound.

How will I spell athletic and basic? Pause the video and have a think.

Brilliant.

Oh, there was one more as well, which was scene.

Let's see how you've done them.

So athlete will become athletic.

Here, we have to remove the E before adding our -ic suffix.

Base becomes basic and scene becomes scenic.

Our rule here is remove the E and then add -ic.

What will the spelling of these words ending in Y be when the suffix is added? How will I spell historic, terrific, allergic, specific, and horrific? Pause the video and have a think.

What do I have to do to the Ys? Excellent.

Absolutely.

I've got to remove the Y and then add our suffix -ic.

So history becomes historic.

Terrified becomes terrific.

We have allergic, specific, and horrific.

The spelling of the root word helps us here to know the spelling of the new adjective.

If it ends in a consonant and a Y, we remove the Y and add -ic.

What will the spelling over these words be when we add the suffix -ic? Pause the video and have a think.

Great.

For these words, we just have to add -ic.

Class or class becomes classic.

Hero becomes heroic.

An artist becomes artistic.

All adjectives.

The spelling, remember, the root word helps us to spell that new adjective.

There are some irregular words that do not follow a particular pattern and the root word is less obvious as well.

And we just need to learn these ones.

Let's look at some together.

Fantasy becomes fantastic.

We add -tic and remove that Y.

Energy becomes energetic.

Drama becomes dramatic with that -tic.

Science becomes scientific with the T-I-F-I-C.

The word metal, for instance, becomes metallic and we double the letter L.

These are spellings that we just need to learn and remember.

Make sure you read them one more time.

There are words with the suffix -ic, where we can't recognise the root word like comic a manic, for instance.

Again, we must just learn these words.

Have a look here for me.

Read the sentences and choose the correct spelling in each sentence.

Think about the rules we've looked at.

Off you go.

Brilliant.

That was a dramatic entrance.

Hmm, drama here is our root word.

We're gonna add T-I-C, dramatic.

And I know it's a short eh, eh sound at the end, but it's not a ck, it's just -ic.

It's our adjective suffix.

I'm feeling energetic today.

Our root word here may be energy, but we're not going to keep that Y.

We're going to remove that Y and add our E-T-I-C, energetic.

Please show me your scientific writing.

My root word here is science, which has an SC at the beginning for that S sound.

Scientific.

Here we go, T-I-F-I-C.

Remember, these are words that we just need to learn the spelling of.

With that in mind, let's have a go at spelling some words that use our -ic suffix.

Remember to sound it out.

Think of the root word.

Think of the spelling rules that we've looked at for adding our -ic suffix and read the word and check.

Listen to me say the words first of all.

Our first word is athletic.

He was a very athletic child.

Number two, terrific.

What a terrific idea.

Number three, scenic.

It was a scenic picture.

Number four, allergic.

And number five, heroic.

He was a heroic character.

So we have athletic, terrific, scenic, allergic, heroic.

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

Off you go.

Great.

Let's see how you've done then, team.

Brilliant application of the spelling rules we've been looking at.

Athletic, our root word is athlete, so we need to remove the E at the end and add -ic.

Athletic.

It's also, remember, a TH, the, the.

And I know it sounds like an eh, eh, and it is an eh, eh sound at the end, short vowel sound, but we're not spelling this suffix of ck, remember, just -ic.

Terrific, terrify is our root word.

We need to remove the Y and add -ic.

Terrific.

Scenic.

Our root word ends in an E here, see.

Remember, it's SC, scenic, as in scenery or scene from a movie.

We then remove the E and add -ic.

Scenic.

Allergic, allergy is our root word here and that's the root word.

Allergy spelled with a G-Y.

So we need to remove the Y and add -ic, allergic.

And it's a ja, ja sound made with a G spelling.

And finally, heroic.

She was a heroic figure.

Hmm, heroic, hero, H-E-R-O.

I just have to add -ic here.

Brilliant.

How did you do? Did you make any magical mistakes or do you have any corrections to make? Make them now Onto our final learning cycle then, which is applying spellings within a sentence.

Let's read the following curriculum words.

Physical.

Physical, I made physical contact.

Actual.

That is the actual answer.

What do you notice about these spellings? Pause the video and have a think.

Lovely.

Some really lovely ideas and thinking going on there.

So I've noticed a couple of things.

The start of physical sounds like fizz, but it's spelled over P-H-Y-S like physics.

The PH makes an F sound and the Y makes an I sound.

Physical.

And we get this from Greek.

Actual is an adjective ending in -al like the words we've been looking at.

The ending is spelled U-A-L though, but it sounds and is pronounced like ule, U-L-E.

Remember, actual.

Be careful with that one.

I remember it because it has an act and then U-A-L.

Act, U-A-L, spells actual With those words in mind, which of these are the correct spellings of the words we've just looked at? Quickfire round.

Point to the correct spelling of physical.

Off you go.

Great job.

So physical is that PH for the pho, and the Y is making the I sound, physical.

Excellent, this one here.

Point to the correct spelling of actual.

Excellent, has that word acting, and it's U-A-L.

It's one of our -al adjective suffixes.

Act, U-L, spells actual.

We are now going to have a go at writing a sentence.

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

Use your incredible hearing.

The play was so personal and emotional, but it was also energetic and dramatic.

Listen to me again.

The play was so personal and emotional, but it was also energetic and dramatic.

We're gonna use some strategies here to help us remember the sentence.

The first one is to repeat the sentence several times out loud.

Repeat after me.

The play was so personal and emotional, but it was also energetic and dramatic.

The play was so personal and emotional, but it was also energetic and dramatic.

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

Imagine a play.

Imagine the emotion being shown.

Imagine the drama and the energy.

The play was so personal and emotional, but it was also energetic and dramatic.

And finally, counting the words.

The play was so personal and emotional, but it was also energetic and dramatic.

So make sure that you sound out each word.

Think about those common exception words and curriculum words.

Think about also the suffixes we've been adding today and the rules around that.

And don't forget to check your sentence punctuation.

I'll read the sentence one more time now.

The play was so personal and emotional, but it was also energetic and dramatic.

Pause the video and write that sentence now.

Off you go.

Excellent job, team.

Really great application of some of the spellings we've looked at today and some beautiful handwriting and punctuating as well.

Check your work now and make any corrections as we go along.

The with a capital T.

Of course, it's the beginning of our sentence.

Play was so personal.

Our root word here is person.

We just have to add -al.

And emotional, our root word here is emotion with that tion, T-I-O-N.

It's a noun, we add our -al to turn it into an adjective, but it was also energetic.

Energy here is our root word.

We remove the Y, don't we? And add our T-I, E-T-I-C, energetic as an adjective.

And dramatic, drama here is our root word, so we add -tic, dramatic.

We also need to remember our comma here before our coordinating conjunction, but.

The play was so personal and emotional, but it was also energetic and dramatic.

And of course, the full stop at the end.

How did you do here? How did you, in particular, with our words personal, emotional, energetic, and dramatic that use the suffixes that we've been looking at? Share your learning now.

Share any magical mistakes and make any corrections to learn for next time.

Off you go.

Excellent spelling today, team.

The suffixes -al and -ic create adjectives, remember.

When the root word ends in a consonant, usually we can just add the suffix.

When the root word ends in an E, we remove the E and add the suffix.

And when the root word ends in a Y, we remove the Y and add our suffix -ic.

Please keep an eye out for any words that are adjectives that have our -al and -ic suffixes.

Keep up the great spelling practise and I'll see you again soon.