Suffixes: -ful and -less | English | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

How many cursive joins are there in cursive handwriting?
- 1
- 2
- 4 ✓
- 3
Select the second join.
Select the third join.
Select the fourth join.
Match the letter string with the correct join used to connect the letters.
- ac
  
  ⇔
  
  first join - baseline to x-height line ✓
- al
  
  ⇔
  
  second join - baseline to ascender line ✓
- oo
  
  ⇔
  
  third join - x-height line to x-height line ✓
- ok
  
  ⇔
  
  fourth join - x-height line to ascender line ✓
Which cursive letter join would be used to connect the letter a to the letter m?
- first join - baseline to x-height line ✓
- second join - baseline to ascender line
- third join - x-height line to x-height line
- fourth join - x-height line to ascender line

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Lesson Details

Key learning points

A suffix is a letter or group of letters at the end of a word which creates another word.
The words start with a lead in and finish with a lead out.
The pencil does not lift when forming the join, only after to add the cross to a t or a dot to an i or a j.
There are four cursive joins.
The join used depends on which letter is joining to which letter within a letter string.

Common misconception

The cursive formation of the letter f, with the lead in and lead out loop, can be challenging for students.

When modelling, ensure to include examples of words with the letter f at the beginning of the word and in the middle. Remind pupils that the letter f is the only letter in the alphabet with an ascender and a descender, therefore two loops.

Keywords

Suffix - a letter or group of letters at the end of a word which creates another word
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