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ELA Drills, Beginner: Meanings 1. Use context clues from the text to find the answer.
ELA Drills, Beginner: Point of View 2. Identify what sort of narration is being used and which character's thoughts or feelings are being revealed.
ELA Drills, Beginner: Textual Analysis 3. What can you infer from the sentence in the video?
ELA Drills, Beginner: Spelling 3 5 Views
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ELA Drills, Beginner: Spelling 3. Which of the following words is spelled incorrectly?
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- 00:03
Here's your Shmoop du jour brought to you by couches... [Picture of couches in a store]
- 00:07
Ask anyone at the US Mint, they're where we get our pennies from [Guy holding up a penny]
- 00:11
Which of the following words is spelled incorrectly? And here are you potential answers...
- 00:17
Alright we'll give you a hint these words might all sound alike, but one of them is actually spelt with ow instead of ou
- 00:22
Well unfortunately your ears won't be able to help you you might
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- 00:26
as well just get rid of them yep. All right well how's the option D sounding [Guy rips his ear off]
- 00:29
well there's no doubt about it this is the correct spelling of doubt all right
- 00:33
well sorry if your a skeptic but maybe your energy would be better spent denying the
- 00:36
moon landing either way A is out, what about C Hmmm, nah this is definitely the right way to
- 00:41
spell couch so it's not the droid we're looking for..
- 00:44
How about B another day another perfectly spelled word as any big-boned
- 00:48
individual will be able to tell you stout is spelled with an ou not an ow [Guy swapping dictionaries]
- 00:52
What about A aha finally the impostor shows himself
- 00:56
Rowdy is actually spelled with a W not a U so we've got our answer all right [A is circled in green]
- 01:02
we're done next time we'll tell you where nickels come from, hint there's a reason [Man pulls a nickel from behind the girls ear]
- 01:06
your mother always told you to wash behind your ears [Girl washing her ear]
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