Transcript Patterns for Success

Patterns for Success
Reading and Spelling
Layers of English Language
Greek
Specialized
words used mostly in
science.Combining forms
are compounded.
Examples: atmosphere,
photograph
Latin
Technical, sophisticated words used primarily in
more formal contexts, such as in literature and
textbooks. Affixes are added to roots. Examples:
advocate, expedite, instructor
Anglo-Saxon
Short, common, everyday, down-to-earth words used often in ordinary
situations and found in school primers. Many Anglo-Saxon words have
nonphonetic spellings.
Many Anglo-Saxon words are often made up of two smaller words: these are
called compound words.
Example: doghouse, hockey,
Lessons to be included:
• Common Affixes
(Prefixes and Suffixes)
• Anglo-Saxon Layer
– Letter Sound Correspondence
The Six Types of Syllables
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Closed Syllable; VC
– Has only one vowel and ends in a consonant. The Vowel is usually short:
ad, sug, lish, trom, ject
Silent-e (Vce)
– A silent-e syllable has one vowel followed by a consonant followed by an e.
The e is silent and makes the preceeding vowel long.
Open (CV)
– The open syllable ends in a vowel. The vowel is usually long- pi, glo, stri, u
R-Controlled (Vr)
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Consonant-le (Cle)
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An r-controlled syllable has a vowel followed by an r,, which modivies the vowel sound:
car, mer, fir, cor, tur.
A consonant-le syllable is a final syllable in which the e is silent: thus it sounds like a
consonant- ∂l: ta-ble, jun-gle, sim-ple
Double-Vowel
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A double-vowel syllable has two vowels that together make one sound- boat, fie, haul,
voy, floun.
The Five Syllabification Rules
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VC/CV
– When two or more consonants stand between two vowels divide
between the consonants, keeping blends or digraphs together: puppet, hun-dred, sup-pose, fan-tas-tic
V/CV
– When a single consonant is surrounded by two vowels, the most
common division is before the consonant, making the vowel in the
first syllable long: hu-man, lo-cate, pi-lot
VC/V
– If the V/CV syllabification rule doesn’t make a recognizable word,
divide after the consonant and give the vowel its short sound: rapid, sol-id
/Cle
– Divide before the consonant-le. Count back three letters from the
end of the word and divide: ea-gle, am-ble
V/V
– Only a few words divide between the vowels: di-et, flu-id, qui-et