Painless spelling
Book - 2011
Analyzes sound and letter patterns, diphthongs, silent letters, homophones and homographs, compound and abbreviated words, contractions, prefixes, suffixes, and base words to teach spelling skills.
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- Published
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Hauppage, N.Y. :
Barrons Educational Series, Inc
c2011.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- 3rd ed
- Item Description
- Includes index.
- Physical Description
- xv, 284 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
- ISBN
- 9780764147135
- Introduction
- Why Learning to Spell Is Important
- How English Spelling Was Shaped by History
- Part 1. How to Spell Properly in All Times and Seasons
- Chapter 1. Spelling in the 21st Century
- Dictionary Differences
- Spelling for Different Purposes
- Dialects: Different Versions of a Language
- Registers: Formal and Informal Language
- Genres: Different Types of Writing
- Part 2. American English Spelling
- Chapter 2. Overview of English Spelling
- English Spelling: The Basics
- English Spelling Patterns Overview
- Chapter 3. ôLet's Start at the Very Beginningö
- Three-Letter Words: ôA Very Good Place to Startö
- More About Consonant Letter Blends and Digraphs
- Chapter 4. Vowel Sounds
- Short Vowel Sounds
- Long Vowel Sounds
- Chapter 5. More Challenging Spelling Patterns
- Miscellaneous Vowel Sounds
- ôSilentö Letters
- Part 3. Syllable Junctures
- Chapter 6. Compound Words and Shortened Words
- Compound Words
- Abbreviations
- Contractions
- Chapter 7. Affixes: Prefixes and Suffixes
- Syllable Junctures with Prefixes and Suffixes
- Plurals
- Simple Prefixes
- Simple Suffixes
- Part 4. Derivational Consistency
- Chapter 8. More About Suffixes
- Changes in Sound
- Same Sound, Different Look
- Chapter 9. Confusing Words
- Homographs, Homophones, and Homonyms
- Chapter 10. Greek and Latin Base Words
- Base Word Families
- Chapter 11. Predictable Spelling Changes
- Accommodation: Now You See It, Now You Don't
- Assimilation Investigation-Meet the Chameleons
- Index