[senco-forum] Re: Accessability for Exams

Perhaps there are separate subject word lists or does anybody have

On 12:00 Pete Smith wrote:
> Perhaps there are separate subject word lists or does anybody have 
> fully generic ones for all subjects or know of anywhere they might be 
> accessed?

600 words that David Blunkett, then Minister of Education, believed children 
should be able to spell by year 7, age 12 years.

Common homophones and confusions | Science | Maths | History | Geography | RE | 
Music | Drama | PSHE | PE | Art | D&T | ICT | Library | English.

General spelling list.
accommodation actually alcohol although analyse/analysis argument assessment 
atmosphere audible audience autumn beautiful beginning believe beneath buried 
business caught chocolate climb column concentration conclusion conscience 
conscious consequence continuous creation daughter decide/decision definite 
design development diamond diary disappear disappoint embarrass energy 
engagement enquire environment evaluation evidence explanation February fierce 
forty fulfil furthermore guard happened health height imaginary improvise 
industrial interesting interrupt issue jealous knowledge listening lonely lovely 
marriage material meanwhile

miscellaneous mischief modern moreover murmur necessary nervous original 
outrageous parallel participation pattern peaceful people performance permanent 
persuade/persuasion physical possession potential preparation prioritise process 
proportion proposition questionnaire queue reaction receive reference relief 
remember research resources safety Saturday secondary separate sequence shoulder 
sincerely skilful soldier stomach straight strategy strength success surely 
surprise survey technique technology texture tomorrow unfortunately Wednesday 
weight weird women.

Common homophones and confusions.
advise/advice a lot of affect/effect allowed/aloud braking/breaking 
bought/brought choose/chose cloth/clothe conscience/conscious course/coarse 
our/are practise/practice quiet/quite sites/sights source/sauce thank you 
threw/through to/too/two.

Science.
absorb acid alkaline amphibian apparatus chemical circulate/circulation 
combustion condensation cycle digest/digestion disperse/dispersal dissolve 
distil/distillation element evaporation exchange freeze frequency friction 
function growth hazard insect laboratory liquid mammal method nutrient organism 
oxygen particles predator reproduce respire/respiration solution temperature 
thermometer vertebrate vessel.

Maths.
addition angle amount approximately average axis calculate centimetre 
circumference co-ordinate decimal degree diameter digit divide/division enough 
equilateral estimate fraction graph guess horizontal isosceles kilogram litre 
measure metre minus multiply/multiplication parallel/parallelogram negative 
perimeter perpendicular positive quadrilateral radius regular rhombus 
rotate/rotation square subtraction symmetry/symmetrical triangle/triangular 
vertical volume weight.

History.
agriculture/agricultural bias castle cathedral Catholic chronology/chronological 
citizen civilisation colony/colonisation conflict constitution/constitutional 
contradict/contradiction current defence disease document dynasty 
economy/economic/al emigration government immigrant imperial/imperialism 
independence invasion motive parliament politics/political priest propaganda 
Protestant rebel/rebellion reign religious republic revolt/revolution siege 
source trade traitor.

Geography.
abroad amenity atlas authority climate contour country county desert employment 
erosion estuary function globe habitat infrastructure international landscape 
latitude location longitude nation/national physical pollution poverty provision 
region/regional rural settlement situation tourist/tourism 
transport/transportation urban wealth weather.

RE.
baptism Bible/biblical Buddhist/Buddhism burial celebrate/celebration ceremony 
Christian commandment commitment creation disciple faith festival funeral 
Hindu/Hinduism hymn immoral/immorality Islam Israel Judaism/Jewish marriage 
miracle moral/morality Muslim parable pilgrim/pilgrimage pray/prayer prejudice 
prophet religious/religion shrine sign Sikh/Sikhism special spirit/spiritual 
symbol synagogue temple wedding worship.

Music.
choir chord chromatic composition/conductor crotchet dynamics harmony 
instrument/instrumental interval lyric major melody minim minor musician octave 
orchestra/orchestral ostinato percussion pitch quaver rhythm scale score 
semibreve synchronise syncopation tempo ternary timbre triad vocal.

Drama.
applause character/characteristics costume curtain director dramatise entrance 
exit freeze improvise inspire lighting movement perform/performance playwright 
position rehearse/rehearsal role scene/scenario script share spotlight stage 
theatre/theatrical.

PSHE.
able/ability achieve/achievement addict/addiction approve/approval communication 
control dependant/dependency discipline discussion effort emotion/emotional 
encourage/encouragement gender generous/generosity involve/involvement 
prefer/preference pressure racism/racist reality relationship 
represent/representative reward sanction sexism/sexist stereotype.

PE.
active/activity agile/agility athletic/athlete bicep exercise field 
gym/gymnastic hamstring injury league medicine mobile/mobility muscle personal 
pitch quadriceps qualify relay squad tactic tournament triceps.

Art.
abstract acrylic charcoal collage collection colour crosshatch dimension display 
easel exhibition foreground frieze gallery highlight illusion impasto kiln 
landscape palette pastel perspective portrait sketch spectrum.

D&T.
aesthetic brief carbohydrate component design diet disassemble evaluation fabric 
fibre flour flowchart hygiene ingredient innovation knife/knives linen machine 
manufacture mineral natural nutrition polyester portfolio presentation 
production protein recipe sew specification technology tension textile vitamin.

ICT.
binary byte cable cartridge CD-Rom computer connect/connection cursor 
data/database delete disk document electronic graphic hardware icon input 
interactive interface Internet justify keyboard megabyte memory modem module 
monitor multimedia network output password preview processor program scanner 
sensor server software spreadsheet virus.

Library.
Alphabet/alphabetical anthology article author catalogue classification content 
copyright dictionary editor encyclopaedia extract fantasy genre glossary index 
irrelevant/irrelevance librarian magazine non-fiction novel photocopy publisher 
relevant/relevance romance section series system thesaurus.

English.
advertise/advertisement alliteration apostrophe atmosphere chorus clause cliche 
comma comparison conjunction consonant dialogue exclamation expression 
figurative genre grammar imagery metaphor myth narrative/narrator onomatopoeia 
pamphlet paragraph personification playwright plural prefix preposition 
resolution rhyme scene simile soliloquy subordinate suffix synonym tabloid 
vocabulary vowel.

Jean
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Jean Hutchins, SE Surrey DA.
RSA Dip SpLD, AMBDA, retired.
E-mail: JeanHutchins2000 at yahoo.co.uk
British Dyslexia Association Web: www.bdadyslexia.org
(Also into spelling reform www.spellingsociety.org)
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