Of course I vary the wordlist depending on the age and likely vocabulary of the learner. I know there aren’t really two “n” sounds in “dinner” but when spelling it, I like to break up the doubled “n” and get learners to say “n” twice, to help them to remember to write both letters. Sometimes there are a couple of ways a word can be segmented. Here’s a list of words which contrast initial open and closed syllables. I just use a post-it note when I need a spelling that’s not in my alphabet, like the ‘”ti” in “motion” or the “sc” in “science”. In general terms, this is how multi-syllable words are tackled in the excellent Sounds Write program, but I use my movable alphabet instead of a post-it note for each grapheme, for what could variously be called recycling or stinginess reasons. This helps learners to eyeball each syllable in turn, and say it very crisply, eliminating the blurriness that too often seems to happen in word middles.Īlternatively, I ask learners to assemble each word in two chunks using my movable alphabet (I provide the necessary spellings), then copy it, then write it themselves, saying each syllable as they write. Sometimes it’s useful to give learners each word written on a little slip of paper, and ask them to cut it in half between the syllables, then copy the two syllables with a space between them. Anyway we together decide what each spoken syllable is, and if there is an unstressed vowel in the word (like the “er” in “butter” or the “ar” in “dollar”) I ask learners to pronounce it as it is spelt. Many kids start clapping as soon as you mention the word “syllable”, and this can sometimes be helpful, but sometimes takes their attention away from what’s happening in their mouths. The first step is to say each word one syllable at a time.
Next, I ask learners to break up words that look similar, but some have a “closed” first syllable, and others have an “open first syllable e.g. In compound words, both syllables are usually stressed and said as they are written – there are no complications from unstressed vowels/weak syllables. This gets learners in the habit of stopping at the end of each syllable to blend, before proceeding on to the next syllable, and then putting the two syllables together. We start off with compound words made out of words they can already spell, like “catfish”, “suntan”, “dishcloth”, “himself” and “uphill”.
However, most of the students I work with are being encouraged to tackle long words at school well before they get up to my Workbook 7, so I’ve started introducing some input on tackling long words earlier, when they are studying vowel spellings in Workbooks 4 and 5. In my Workbook 7 and Workbook 8, I break multisyllable words up using little dots, so that learners get to practice writing lots of different syllable types in multisyllable words before they have to figure out where the syllable boundaries are for themselves. When learners start reading and spelling multi-syllable words, it’s useful to get them to practice reading and writing words which contrast “closed” and “open” syllables. The first syllables in words like “paper”, “being” “final”, “hoping”, “brutal” and “future” end with a “long” vowel, and are sometimes called “open” syllables. These are sometimes called “closed” syllables. Since this track Drake has seen the tremendous success of Views and has not let up promising us a new album early this year as well as a rumored album with Kanye West.Ĭelebrating the New Year with Jennifer Lopez and company and getting ready for his ‘The Boy Meets World Tour,” Drake seems to be bringing in the year with wins and hopefully a More Life release.The first syllables in words like “atom”, “centre”, “filter”, “shopping”, “rubbish” and “pullet” contain a “short” vowel, which must be followed by a consonant in English. So I’ma do this song, and this is the last time I’m ever going to do this song… Winning by any means” Drake said right before bursting into the track.įrom the “is that a world tour or your girl’s tour” bar to the “trigger fingers turned to twitter fingers” punch line, this track was carefully calculated to show Meek that he was not be messed with. “If people do the most left field, f**ked up s**t to try and tear you down, you still gotta win no matter what. In the video that surfaced on Instagram, we see Drake commenting on the song and making his fans relate to his reasoning behind the infamous Meek Mill track.
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