My husband and daughter (age 16) played a game of Scrabble today and tied with 305 points. As a tie breaker, I set up a spelling competition. Each “overtime” consisted of 10 spelling words. I chose commonly misspelled, but mostly every day words to make it more challenging. Each of them wrote the words down and then switched to correct the other’s work, as I read the correct spellings. They tied during the first two rounds. My daughter finally won in the third round.It was actually a lot of fun! (You can do this with younger children, but just pick easier words.)
Here are the some of words we used. How would you fare if you had to spell these?
- pasteurize
- omelette or omelet
- nuisance
- nauseous
- myrrh
- mesmerize
- marshmallow
- lieutenant
- embarrass
- hemorrhage
- zucchini
- euthanasia
- vinaigrette
- troubadour
- somersault
- pseudonym
- schizophrenic
- rhinoceros
- reconnaissance
- paraphernalia
- Czechoslovakia
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