Suffixes that carry a meaning: -ment, -ness, -ful, -less, -ly
Add the suffixes -ment, -ness, -ful, -less and -ly to root words, and say what each suffix contributes to the meaning.
Board title: Endings that carry meaning · Say it: “Today we're adding endings that carry a meaning of their own: -ful means full of, -less means without, and -ful only ever keeps one l.”
suffix · root word · ending · meaning · full of · without
Two l on the end of -ful. carefull, tastefull, helpfull. They know the word full and reason from it, which is intelligent and wrong. Teach the ending as its own thing: it lost an l when it moved to the end.
Choosing the ending by sound, not meaning. hopeless written where hopeful is meant. Ask what the sentence needs before they spell: full of, or without.
One s on -ness. sadnes, kindnes. The root already ends in one s-sound, so the ear hears only one. Cover the root and write -ness on its own first.
Treating -ness and -ment as interchangeable. enjoyness, kindment. There is no rule that predicts which root takes which. Build a class list on the wall and add to it.
Same four tasks on every sheet, in the same order, with the same look. Only the demand changes. Print the one each child needs; nobody does two.
Same four tasks as every other sheet, same order, same look, the demand is lower, not the dignity. Shorter passage in Task 2, and in Task 3 a word bank or words to tick, with printed sentence starters. Give it to anyone who needs a way in, and expect them to move up.
The core sheet. Give this to most of the class. No word bank; in Task 3 pupils choose from a few close options, then use one in a sentence of their own.
Same four tasks, more demand, a longer passage with a subtler error, and Task 3 asks for two things at once. Not extra work; harder work. Nobody should be doing Spicy and the Medium sheet.
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