HOMOPHONES AND SPELLING ERRORS

Homophones and Spelling Errors Lesson Plan The activities below are an extension to the Skillswise “What are Homophones?” factsheet, http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/spelling/recognising/homophones Curriculum Refs: Wt/E3.4 Wt/L1.6 Wt/L2.7 Ww/E3.1 Ww/L1.1 Rw/E3.3 Rw/L1.1 Rw/L2.2 I introduce the students to the computers Spellchecker and Thesaurus first and the activities demonstrate that the computer does not really read the word, it only checks for correct spelling. Activity 1 is loaded onto the laptops and the students delete the incorrect word. Activity 2 is loaded onto the laptops and the students insert the correct word. Activity 3 is loaded onto the laptops and the students first use the spellchecker and discover that it does not recognise any spelling errors. They then identify the incorrect words using a dictionary or the thesaurus as appropriate. If the students have the computer skills I ask them to bold the incorrect words. A good extension to this exercise is to use the Ode to the Spell Checker poem. All the activities can either be loaded on the PC or printed and used as a worksheet. BBC Skillswise http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise Copyright BBC 2003 HOMOPHONES AND SPELLING ERRORS ACTIVITY 1 Delete the incorrect word in the sentences below. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. She was stung by a be bee That chair is reserved four fore for customers Paper and envelopes are all called stationery stationary After her illness, she looked very pail pale I would like some more moor of the chocolate cake please. He has an important new job as college principle principal The sign says we should go this weigh way The trousers no longer fitted because he had groan grown so tall. I sent scent a letter through the post The son sun is shining. BBC Skillswise http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise Copyright BBC 2003 HOMOPHONES AND SPELLING ERRORS ACTIVITY 2 Insert the correct word(s) in the sentences below. 1. If we go __________ the beach, would you like to come __________? to/ too/ two I am going __________ you like it or not. whether/ weather I shall put __________ parcels over __________. there / their/ they’re I like to come __________ because I always __________ the latest gossip. hear/ here There is __________ paper left in the printer, or did you __________ that already? no/ know __________ you like to come to the party with me? would/ wood You need to go __________ the door at the end of the corridor to get to the exit. through/ threw I must __________ a letter to the bank. write / right I need to see if he has cashed the __________. check/ cheque He __________ his motorbike along the __________. road/ rode/ rowed 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. BBC Skillswise http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise Copyright BBC 2003 HOMOPHONES AND SPELLING ERRORS ACTIVITY 3 The Government are about two start a special scheme that wood allow families on low income to rent commuters. Around 100,000 families could rent older computers that have bean refurbished for as litter as £5 a month. Chancellor Gordon Brown, who will lunch the scheme, says, “Know one should be without computer skills.” “As we enter the next century, we must make shore that nobody is left out of the computer revolution,” added Mr Brown, who compares the scheme to the way local libraries have lent books over the passed 100 years. People feel it is there write to have access to information from books weather they are rich or pour. Nowadays we are getting more and more information and education form computers instead of books and the Government wants to ensure that low income families are knot left behind because of financial constraints wear families are not able to by a knew computer. BBC Skillswise http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise Copyright BBC 2003 HOMOPHONES AND SPELLING ERRORS ACTIVITY 3 ANSWER SHEET – 18 errors The Government are about two start a special scheme that wood allow families on low income to rent commuters. Around 100,000 families could rent older computers that have bean refurbished for as litter as £5 a month. Chancellor Gordon Brown, who will lunch the scheme, says, “Know one should be without computer skills.” “As we enter the next century, we must make shore that nobody is left out of the computer revolution,” added Mr Brown, who compares the scheme to the way local libraries have lent books over the passed 100 years. People feel it is there write to have access to information from books weather they are rich or pour. Nowadays we are getting more and more information and education form computers instead of books and the Government wants to ensure that low income families are knot left behind because of financial constraints wear families are not able to by a knew computer. BBC Skillswise http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise Copyright BBC 2003