How to Teach English Spelling by Fulford, John -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Preface Why I Wrote This Book

The Spelling Rules.

Noah Webster and Syllabification How we learn to spell Phonics or the whole word? Spelling lists How This Book Is Divided

The Basics

The vowels: A, E, I, O, U, and sometimes Y

Silent letters Syllabication How to teach spelling.

Part One: Markers

1. Soft and Hard C. 2. Combinations using C. 3. The Silent E. 4. U and V. 5. The Following R. 6. Soft and Hard G. 7. Double Consonants. 8. K, CK, IC, AC. 9. CH and TCH. 10. J, GE, DGE.

Part Two: Working with Consonants

11. Changing Y to I. 12. QU plus a vowel. 13. AL, TIAL, CIAL. 14. EFY. IFY. 15. SEED, CEDE, CEED, SEDE. 16. ER, OR, AR, RE, OUR. 17. RY, ARY, ERY, ORY, URY, IRY, RRY. 18. LY, LLY, ALLY. 19. ABLE, IBLE. 20. TION, SION, SSION, TIAN, CIAN, CION, SHION, XION, SIAN, CEAN. 21. LE, EL, AL, IL, OL, UL, YL. 22. IZE, ISE, YZE. 23. ICAL, ACLE, ICLE. 24. ANT, ENT, ANCE, ENCE, ENSE.

Part Three: Working with Vowels

THE VARIOUS SOUNDS OF A. 25. The short A and A + silent E. 26. AI, AY, EI. 27. AU, AW, OU, ALL. 28. AR. 29. AIR, ARE, EAR, ERE, ERR, EIR. 30. AL, ALL.

THE VARIOUS SOUNDS OF E.

31. IE, EI. 32. EA, EE. 33. Y, EY, I, EE, IE as word endings.

THE VARIOUS SOUNDS OF I

34. LONG I. 35. IR. 36. I + silent E. 37. IGH. IGN. 38. The Y sound.

THE VARIOUS SOUNDS OF O

39. THE LONG O. 40. O + E, OA, OW, OE. 41. The OR/ORE sound 42. OU. 43. OY, OI 44. OUGH

THE VARIOUS SOUNDS OF U.

45. THE SHORT U. 46. U+ silent E. 47. UI. 48. EU, EW, EAU. 49. OUS, EOUS, IOUS, UOUS.

ANNOYING SPELLINGS

50. Silent First Letters 51. The GH Words 52. Confusing Homophones