Introducing herself as "a discouraged professor of English education," Alleen Pace Nilsen elaborates on the prominence of incorrect spelling in education today. She laments the overuse of spellcheck (and substituting the wrong words), the lack of school spelling bees, and the differences between a phonemic and morphonemic spelling system. The slide show could work in a speech class, a language class, or even as a plea to students to watch their spelling. It is long and text-intensive.

Common Core

L.9-10.2.c