Writing common exception words | English | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

Cursive handwriting involves...
- forming each letter separately within a letter string.
- joining letters together within a letter string. ✓
- forming the letters in anyway you would like.
In cursive handwriting, when would you lift your pencil?
- at the end of the letter string ✓
- whenever you would like to
- when you are joining a break letter ✓
- after forming a capital letter ✓
- after forming the letter i so you can add the 'dot'
Select the break letter.
- d
- o
- x ✓
- a
Which join is being used in the example?
- first join - baseline to the x-height line
- second join - baseline to the ascender line ✓
- third join - x-height line to the x-height line
- fourth join - x-height line to the ascender line
Which join is being used in the example?
- first join - baseline to the x-height line ✓
- second join - baseline to the ascender line
- third join - x-height line to the x-height line
- fourth join - x-height line to the ascender line
Which join is being used in the example?
- first join
- second join
- third join ✓
- fourth join

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Common exception words do not follow regular spelling or phonics rules.
Letters in the common exception words will be joined using a range of joins depending on the letters in the word.
The first letter always has a lead in and the last letter always has a lead out.
There is appropriate spacing between the letters.
You don't lift your pencil when forming the joins.

Children may lift their pencil in the middle of the letter string to 'dot' the letter i or put the 'cross' on the letter t.

Model to the children that you wait until the end of the letter string before adding the 'cross' or the 'dot'.

Common exception word - a word that does not follow the regular phonics or spelling rules
Join - how the letters are connected together
Letter string - a group of letters that are written together in a word
Lead in - the stroke or line that guides us into starting a letter
Lead out - the stroke or line that guides us to smoothly finish a letter