Lesson 23
Eight Cousins
b. Make a spelling list to study this week or use the following suggested list: rapture, involuntarily, winsome, reminded.
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Spelling Tip Often, suffixes with a /cher/ sound at the end of the root work will be spelled -ture |
c. Write the following words and underline -ture. Say the words aloud as you write them.
| nature
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lecture |
rapture |
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pasture |
culture |
tincture |
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miniature |
gesture |
adventure |
d. Why do you think quotation marks are used around our cousin?
e. How did you do with the commas in your dictation? Look at the first sentence of the literature passage. Write a rule explaining why a comma separates the words shy and soft.
f. Now, write your own sentence applying to this rule.