A Writing Root for Tar Beach

Overview:

This is a three-session spelling seed for the book Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold.  Below is the coverage from Appendix 1 of the National Curriculum 2014.

Spelling Seeds have been designed to complement Writing Roots by providing weekly, contextualised sequences of sessions for the teaching of spelling that include open-ended investigations and opportunities to practise and apply within meaningful and purposeful contexts, linked (where relevant) to other areas of the curriculum and a suggestion of how to extend the investigation into home learning.

There is a Spelling Seed session for every week of the associated Writing Root.

Coverage:

Word List Words

address, circle, fruit, library, possess(ion), through, dessert, quarter, woman

Spelling Rules and Patterns

Homophones and near-homophones

Possessive apostrophe with plural words