Successful SpellingZoe Taylor, IH Lisbon

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Aim of session

Help students raise their awareness of when English IS

logical!

Phonics v whole language approach

Nabe

Sloppendash

Island

Wednesday

Which is my mistake?

1. Writting

2. Swiming

3. Rocketting

What do good spellers know?

Mat

Mate

Sit

Siting

A

A

A

A

The e makes the vowel say its …………

and it’s the same with other suffixes like –ing, -ed, -er, -est

A

The rule only works with single, short, stressed vowels

sleep - - sleepping rocket - rocketting

A

Swim+

ing=

Swiming?!?!?!

A

Error correction

Jo was a very hapy little girl who lived in the jungle. One day, on the hotest day of the

year, she decidded to go for a walk. Sudenly, she saw a huge tigger! It was the bigest

animal she had ever seen! It lookked at her, and she lookked at it. She was really scarred.

English Spelling English was first written down in the 6th century. At that time, writers had touse the 23 letters of the Latin alphabet to write down what they heard.Because English has sounds that do not exist in Latin, they added letters torepresent the 44 sounds of English. This resulted in some irregular spelling.After the Norman invasion of England in 1066, French became the languagespoken by the king and other people in positions of power and influence.Many French words were introduced and the spelling of many English wordschanged to follow French patterns. The result was a rich and irregular mix ofspellings.

INTERNATIONAL HOUSE LA SPEZIA & SARZANAfrom http://timjulian.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/english-spelling.pdf

Useful linkshttp://thespellingblog.blogspot.pt

Johanna Stirling's blog about English spelling. “How it works, how to learn it, how to teach it, and how to love it!”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91BQqdNOUxsTom Lehrer song – Silent e

Thank you!