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To create a solution is to dissolve, which is what happens to alka seltzer when it is put in water.

Words beginning with dis...

"I was reading the dictionary. I thought it was a poem about everything." - Steven Wright.

Have you ever just read the dictionary? How long do you think it would take? Would you read it aloud or silently? Would you take turns reading it in a group? Would you read it all in one go, or spread it out over a long period of time by tackling just a few words a day? Would it count if you read just the words defined and skipped their definitions? Would you start at A or at Z? Or perhaps you would choose a random place in the middle to begin?

Here is a poetry exercise: skip through the dictionary (it would help here to have a hard copy, rather than one online) and choose six random words. Now see whether you can write a poem containing each of those words. Go on! It doesn't matter if it's nonsense. Be creative.

Before you have fun with poetry, limber up with this KS3 spelling quiz.

1 .
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A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object
disc
disck
disque
diske
"Disk" is also correct, although used more often in the US than the UK
2 .
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A written account of ownership or obligation
dociument
document
dockument
docurment
"Document" is spelled the same as a noun and as a verb
3 .
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A method of separating mixtures based on differences in their volatilities in a boiling liquid mixture
distilation
distillation
destillation
deestillation
If you can remember how to spell "distil", you are well on your way to spelling "distillation"
4 .
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Discord that splits a group
deevision
devision
divisian
division
The words "divide" and "division" are related
5 .
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To create a solution
dissolve
desolve
deesolve
disolve
Remember that "dissolve" has a double s
6 .
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Break up: cause to separate
dispurs
disperse
dispirse
dispurse
"Disperse" and "dispersal" are related words
7 .
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The act or result of scattering
dispursal
dispursel
dispirsal
dispersal
The a of the unstressed third syllable is the tricky letter to remember
8 .
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Separate into parts or portions
divied
devide
deevide
divide
The first i is the trickiest part of the word to remember
9 .
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Exhibiting openly in public view
dissplay
desplay
display
deesplay
Remember the i of the unstressed first syllable
10 .
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To make an extract by first evaporating liquid and then condensing the vapour
distil
desstil
destill
deestill
For a short word, "distil" can be rather difficult to spell!
You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - Spelling

Author:  Sheri Smith

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