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classroom spelling stuff
im 13/f
on friday we will have a spling bee and i rly wnat to do good in it..
[its a CLASSROOM] spleiing bee by the way
what kind of words will bee in the CLASSROOM spelling bee though? I want to know so i could study because my teacher didnt giveus the words for it
iwant to be the school spelling bee champ
and go to the district all the way to at least regionals.
any tips or share your experience with me please?
TRicks you did to get you through the next round?
-how the remeber to spell a word
-how to spell a word you dont even know or havent heard
-those language of origins how do they help
but my main QUESTION is: what are usuallly the words that are in an 8 grade class..?
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Teachers aren't supposed to give you a list of words because that would be too easy and not representative of what spelling bees are in actuality. Books at the 8th grade reading level that have what people at that age would consider "big words" contain good vocab you will prob get tested on. So look for 8th grade reading lists. You probably had one and had to read books for school. You can also look up other school's lists online or other school's 8th grade vocab books. The next time you read books, jot down words you don't know and look them up. Reading is good for knowing new vocab and each time you see the word you will remember it better. 8th grade was a looong time ago for me. I would say to also memorize words that are not spelled how they would be pronounced phonetically. Watch movies: Akeelah and Spellbound for tips. Read all types of materials (newspaper, magazines, comics, etc) you can get your hands on and watch movies/TV shows with subtitles on (preferably educational like the Discovery Channel or the news). Learning Latin and other languages can help you too but that may be a little late at this point. Other languages just in addition help you guess how to spell a word if you have never heard of/seen it before because in certain language words are spelled in certain ways characteristic to that language. That's why origin of the word can help you. SAT I books are good too. Princeton Review contains little notecards you can study from or Sparknotes has products on vocab.
I won my 8th grade spelling bee. :) I kick myself all the time for what dumb mistakes I did wrong. I would definitely say to take your time (highly important) and envision the word in your head or write it out in the air or on your hand because you won't get pencil and paper to see if looks like it's spelled right to you because some people are visual and need the word in front of them to determine if it's spelled right or not and you may say something wrong by accident when you really do know how to spell the word. Enunciate clearly, every letter. To get "extra" time when you are a little stuck, ask for the definition and the origin of the word and an example sentence. lol you can buy some time that way. You have to ask for it. How it works is that the people ask you to spell a word. You can either spell it or ask for what I just mentioned. In the classroom, I don't think I remember getting that privilege, however. You can ask your teacher.
Remember that it's all about luck, what word you get. You may know some hard words and others you get tripped up on. Good luck to you!
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There is this site:
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Scroll down and you'll find a whole list. Don't be starled by this, take some words which are likely to be used in the spelling bee. The site should also help you to remember it.
i hope this helped,
triquetra
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