Welcome to other Blog of Catherine Crosswell. Here you will find me lining up spellings that my children have been given to learn, then turning them into poems/tales.
Monday, 19 November 2012
School Spellings for a 10 year old daughter part 5 (B & C)
B
They were the
MOODY times. They were the
MOODIER of times! The
MOODIEST was to be the winner. The
MOOD was what mattered to each moody sinner. They
TERRIFY themselves and others. He
TERRIFIES her into tatters. They are bathed in
TERROR. Now they are whimsically
HUNGRY. She is
HUNGRIER but he is by far the
HUNGRIEST. They share their
HUNGER by gazing at wrapped complex biscuits.
C
The
ECSTATIC SON SOON BECAME
DESPONDANT. HE WAS
DEVASTATED AT THE
MONSTROUS NEWS THAT
PETRIFIED AND
TERRIFIED THE WHOLE VILLAGE. HIS
MOROSE BROTHER WAS NOW
DELIGHTED yet appeared to be
DISGRUNTLED AT THE SHOCKINGLY SECRET NEWS.
My Son aged 7 gets secret spellings. He is tested in the classroom. Spellings for seven year olds are not allowed off the premises.
Thursday, 8 November 2012
School Spellings for a Daughter Aged 10 part 4 ( C)
C
His
REIGN was average. He
ROWED
through much
WASTE up to his
WAIST. Bring forth the
BOARD to the
BORED, if he speaks
ALOUD he will be not
ALLOWED to be my
KNIGHT of the Shush when it is
NIGHT.
Tuesday, 16 October 2012
School Spellings for a Daughter Aged 10. Part 3 (A,B and C)
CITY starves all
CIVIL thoughts
becoming a sad
CIRCUS
CIRCLE stuck in a
CERTAIN sort of
CELLAR selling out
for a stupid
CENT. In his
CELL, the
CYST
CYNIC finally
explodes.
| Cereal Box Cyclone The
CELERY
CENSUS occurs every
CENTURY in the
CENTRE of a
CEREAL Box
CYCLONE. 1
CYLINDER
CYCLIST collates all
the info. Only the
CYNIC is
CYNICAL
|
CIRCUMFERENCE of the
CIRCUMSTANCE is
purely down to the
CIRCULATION of the
CISTERN. A
CERTFICATE is
awarded at the 3 degrees
CENTIGRADE
CEREMONY and the
CENTIPEDE
CENTENARY is now
flushed into the
CEMETERY
It's hard to create a Cereal Box Cyclone
Tuesday, 9 October 2012
School Spellings for a Daughter aged 10 Part 2 (A,B and C)
I think this week's spellings may have been created by a human. Although Part C spellings are a
little bizarre and fiendish and have a muchly random quality that could possibly be some form of low frequency words!
I had to look up a word.
I had to look up a word.
DO IF A
At the low
BOUGH he gave a little
COUGH, as delivering the
DOUGH was really quite
ENOUGH. Better
PLOUGH through
THOUGH quickly. Coz what he
BOUGHT was very much
SOUGHT after and not an after thought.
DO IF B
HAPPILY but
PRETTILY she
LAZILY laid down the
HUNGRILY often
WINDILY sounding baby as it
READILY added to its
HEAVILY soiled nappy.
EMPITILY the baby stared back.
DO IF C
It really is
BINARY as the
AQUAPLANE of the
AERODYNAMIC
SUPERPOWER will land on the
MICROCOSM right in the centre of
AUDITORIUM. Perhaps we could
EXPORT
it afterwards and send it as a
TRANSACTION to the
PRIMATE with the most
GRAPHIC cunning!
They
all agreed enthusiastically
for fear of execution.
for fear of execution.
Sunday, 30 September 2012
Spellings for a daughter aged 10 (A,B and C) These are MEDIUM frequency words
YOU CAN NOT HIDE FROM THE FREQUENCY SPELLINGS
Do if A
Do if A
the
baby had a
head that often
heard a
happy tune.
‘Those and
these the
word is please. We’ll
work the
world for
sure with ease’
Do if B
Our
Brother of the
Children with figgy leaf
Clothes, in the
Garden of the Rose. `We must
worship our
Great
Father and Great
Mother for ever and ever and EVER on this
earth in the
world and always and totally
on their
birthday. Amen Alady Agreeting
Do if C
Something brushed past him
swimming,
suddenly chasing a shoal.
Sometimes you find out it’s
quite
important as a
whole in certain types of
sea. Great
White sharks will only be
best
friends
during ones
birthdays. This was not his birthday!!
Monday, 6 August 2012
My Bear : High Frequency words for a son aged 7 (121-130)
MY
BEAR
CAN’T bear to be cuddled
EVER again. The crazed
CAT with
LONG claws extended her paws, shredding furry
THINGS once soft. He sits and manically grins with his
NEW hidden filling.
AFTER the incident, he
WANTED eternal teddy life and is now destined to
Thursday, 2 August 2012
Would you : High frequency words for a son aged 7 (111-120)
WOULD
you
OR would you not? He
TOOK
to
SCHOOL to
THINK.
At
HOME
he took to drink. Now
WHO
DIDN’T
go? We’d like to know, as he
RAN over with
KNOW’ing wink.Words 111-120
Monday, 30 July 2012
Water wipes : High Frequency words for a son aged 7 (101-110)
WATER
wipes
AWAY
dirt for
GOOD.
We
WANT
the waves to engulf and wash
OVER
us, removing blackened blood.
HOW
DID that
MAN
GOING
WHERE
we were not, know what we were up to.
Words 101-110
This is the start of the next 200 frequency words (300 in total) for a son aged 7. They will be written in the order that they have been given.
Sunday, 29 July 2012
High Frequency Words for a son aged 7 (5,6,7,8,9 and 10)
They are getting harder and less enjoyable. These poetical lists contain no personality - so it is hard to find things to write.
I have finally finished the 10 lists containing the current 100 high frequency words in the order they were given.
Below are words 41-100.
Let's hope that Sept 2012 brings me spelling lists written by a teacher human.
I'm dreading the next 200 words- but have made myself a promise.
NOT whirly
THEN swirly
WERE we to
GO a
LITTLE way,
AS a
NO from your
MUM could let
ONE of
THEM twirly ones stray.
DO put
ME
DOWN for a fiver said
DAD. It’ll be a
BIG total
WHEN
IT'S all added up. Lets
SEE how many people
LOOKED up
YOUR steeple for charity.
‘LOOK at this enormous one!!’
DON'T hurt him or he’ll
COME and haunt you and
WILL delve
INTO the
BACK of your mind and see
FROM where the spooky
CHILDREN play. Instead- Lock
HIM carefully in a jar - the
MR Daddy Longlegs.
GET Down!!
JUST get down
NOW. She
CAME over all hurt with eyes wide that said
‘OH’ It was
ABOUT time she
GOT
THEIR master/dog role sorted
‘PEOPLE hey!!??’
‘YOUR turn to be the dog!!’
PUT away that cake immediately. It
COULD have been made in a
HOUSE that is rickety and
OLD without a five star hygiene rating.
TOO careless with mess to care less
BY far. Best to take each
DAY as it was
MADE and try make extra
TIME by getting more certificates.
I’M a black belt in food safety!!
IF you cycle over now I can
HELP you become a
MRS. I
CALLED the agency
HERE and they’ve still their wedding on/ not
OFF range. All eagerly waiting to be
ASKED. I
SAW a potential one just for you -who said
‘MAKE me
AN offer’
I have finally finished the 10 lists containing the current 100 high frequency words in the order they were given.
Below are words 41-100.
Let's hope that Sept 2012 brings me spelling lists written by a teacher human.
I'm dreading the next 200 words- but have made myself a promise.
NOT whirly
THEN swirly
WERE we to
GO a
LITTLE way,
AS a
NO from your
MUM could let
ONE of
THEM twirly ones stray.
DO put
ME
DOWN for a fiver said
DAD. It’ll be a
BIG total
WHEN
IT'S all added up. Lets
SEE how many people
LOOKED up
YOUR steeple for charity.
‘LOOK at this enormous one!!’
DON'T hurt him or he’ll
COME and haunt you and
WILL delve
INTO the
BACK of your mind and see
FROM where the spooky
CHILDREN play. Instead- Lock
HIM carefully in a jar - the
MR Daddy Longlegs.
GET Down!!
JUST get down
NOW. She
CAME over all hurt with eyes wide that said
‘OH’ It was
ABOUT time she
GOT
THEIR master/dog role sorted
‘PEOPLE hey!!??’
‘YOUR turn to be the dog!!’
PUT away that cake immediately. It
COULD have been made in a
HOUSE that is rickety and
OLD without a five star hygiene rating.
TOO careless with mess to care less
BY far. Best to take each
DAY as it was
MADE and try make extra
TIME by getting more certificates.
I’M a black belt in food safety!!
IF you cycle over now I can
HELP you become a
MRS. I
CALLED the agency
HERE and they’ve still their wedding on/ not
OFF range. All eagerly waiting to be
ASKED. I
SAW a potential one just for you -who said
‘MAKE me
AN offer’
High frequency words for a son aged 7 (Parts 1,2,3 and 4)
Spellings have changed. The world has changed. It has taken me well
over a month to come to terms with this. Instead of 10 pritted stick
spellings created by a human presented in a slim orange lined notebook,
my son has been given 100 high frequency words to learn on a piece of
faded A4 paper from a printer craving ink. After these 100 words are
learnt, there will be the next 200 words in order of frequency. Computer generated spellings taken from a magic secret book with subliminal messages which I shall try to channel in the form of spelling poems so you don’t have to. I will trouble myself with this task. These words are also common!
I will also make him learn each poem in the correct order to ensure that all spellings and order will be highly tidy. I have made a start with the first 40 ordered words today and have written 4 thingamajigs. I have a very large headache now and will be taking what I can get x 2. The frequency words come with no instructions, other than my son must learn them. But when will he be tested on his newly acquired frequency knowledge? That is currently not clear and I turn my left hand the wrong way to my brow in despair. I expect him to receive 300 out of 300 and be tested by the computer generator that has generated this generous genius for this generation.
(reading what I have written above ‘I’ is clearly the highest frequency word)
The Bee that Booed
The bee said boo
and I did too. It was
a bumble one and
to me it
said
“in case of fire, always use a smoke alarm.”
He was an informative Bee and flitted off unharmed
I told him I’d already thought
of
it and that yes we couldn’t stand wasps either!
Beach Pebbles
Was the murderer
you?
They accused and paraded him
on the beach in pebbles.
She sells sea shells on the sea shore.
Is this the case?
For if you confess in a quickened haste
at the very time the tide goes inward- where
his buried body shares dirt? We can all break for an ice-cream
‘But it wasn’t me!!’ it isn’t fair (thinking only of a jolly lolly under an umbrolley)
That there how
That there how
with
all that there
we
can do.
Are we fed
up with this situation? I once
had her in
my grasp which was incidentally hers too.
Her wonderful gaspy raspy clasp
Number 4
What is out
there?
Out of
this window. To
have lost when he
went, is to
be withered and bent.
like
some yellow daffodils decaying rather
soOriginally posted on the May 23rd 2012
I will also make him learn each poem in the correct order to ensure that all spellings and order will be highly tidy. I have made a start with the first 40 ordered words today and have written 4 thingamajigs. I have a very large headache now and will be taking what I can get x 2. The frequency words come with no instructions, other than my son must learn them. But when will he be tested on his newly acquired frequency knowledge? That is currently not clear and I turn my left hand the wrong way to my brow in despair. I expect him to receive 300 out of 300 and be tested by the computer generator that has generated this generous genius for this generation.
(reading what I have written above ‘I’ is clearly the highest frequency word)
The Bee that Booed
The bee said boo
and I did too. It was
a bumble one and
to me it
said
“in case of fire, always use a smoke alarm.”
He was an informative Bee and flitted off unharmed
I told him I’d already thought
of
it and that yes we couldn’t stand wasps either!
Beach Pebbles
Was the murderer
you?
They accused and paraded him
on the beach in pebbles.
She sells sea shells on the sea shore.
Is this the case?
For if you confess in a quickened haste
at the very time the tide goes inward- where
his buried body shares dirt? We can all break for an ice-cream
‘But it wasn’t me!!’ it isn’t fair (thinking only of a jolly lolly under an umbrolley)
That there how
That there how
with
all that there
we
can do.
Are we fed
up with this situation? I once
had her in
my grasp which was incidentally hers too.
Her wonderful gaspy raspy clasp
Number 4
What is out
there?
Out of
this window. To
have lost when he
went, is to
be withered and bent.
like
some yellow daffodils decaying rather
soOriginally posted on the May 23rd 2012
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Submitted on 2012/05/27 at 3:00 pm
I
bet your son enjoys these poems from you that must help him so much
with his ‘high frequency words’ – it’s all new to me, as, it seems, it
is to you. Really interesting post, Catherine. I love the informative
Bee. |
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