The Spotless House – a suffix ‘less’ text

Description

The Spotless House is an authentic text using words with the suffix ‘less’. ‘less’ is a suffix that means ‘without’. When added to the base word thank, we get ‘thankless’ or without thanks. In this text, The story is about someone who, with friends arriving in a few hours, realises their house is in complete chaos. Overwhelmed by the clutter and mess, they begin cleaning, only to face more challenges like chewed-up shoes and overflowing laundry.

Consider using this text as a writing prompt using the ‘gist’ technique.  You can also consider following a sequence of events using first, second, next, then, and finally. This text has a one-page ‘gist’ activity to work through included.