Tip of the week

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Unit 1

• Tip of the week
• When the sound is long e, write
• i before e except after c, or when sounded
  like a, as in neighbor or weigh.
• exceptions seize, leisure, either, neither,
  protein

2

• Tip words
• 1) believe
• 2) receive (right after c)

3

• Academic Verbs
• 3) compare to focus on similarities
• Lets compare the knight and the samurai.
• 4) contrast to focus on differences
• The writer contrasts the characters by noting
  their opposite traits.

4

• Commonly misspelled words
• 5) beginning
• The third inning is beginning!
• 6) tomorrow
• Tom or row

5

• Roots/prefixes/suffixes
• ante before
• anti against
• bi two
• circum around

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• 7) antecedent the word a pronoun refers to
  comes before the pronoun
• 8) antibacterial acts against bacteria
• 9) bicycle has two wheels
• 10) circumvent to go around (to avoid or entrap)

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• Commonly confused words
• 11) than (sub. conj./prep. used for comparisons)
• Shes taller than her teacher!
• 12) then (p.o.s. varies, moment in time)
• Then the teacher felt awkward.