The January 12 Scrabble blog post featured the sixteen playable two-letter words beginning with “a.” Learning those two-letter words, as well as the others that follow in the alphabet, will enable you to see more options for play and increase the number of points you earn in a single turn.
Here’s a list of the playable words beginning with “b,” “d,” and “e.”
- ba: the soul in ancient Egyptian spirituality
- bi: a bisexual
- bo: a pal
- by: a side issue
- de: of; from
- do: a tone on a scale
- ed: education
- ef: the letter f (also eff)
- eh: used to express doubt
- el: an elevated train
- em: the letter m
- en: the letter n
- er: used to express hesitation
- es: the letter s
- et: a past tense of eat
- ex: the letter x
Next Up
At the beginning of class on Monday, I will collect your completed worksheets for Lesson Two in the Check, Please! course. If you were absent from class on Wednesday, January 18, when I distributed the worksheet, you can download and print a copy from Blackboard.
Also, in class on Monday, we will review your collaborative writing on the habits of mind and examine David Sedaris’s essay “Me Talk Pretty One Day” as a model for your literacy narrative. As we read Sedaris’s essay, consider his use of description and development and think about ways you can employ those strategies in your own narrative.
Jane Lucas 