May 5, 2009

1 vowel, 2 vowels +/r/, and 3 consonants
Stressed schwa sound /^/ as in strut, nun, won, flood
/ur/ as in nurse, herd, earth, bird
/ar/ as in arm, car, charming
/f/ as in for, half, coffee
/v/ as in vegetable, five, flavor
/h/ as in happy, hot, ahead

April 29, 2009

15-20 minutes of Student Evaluation Inventories

The letter "y" as consonant and semi-vowel

• /yu/ as in cute, few, use
• /y/ as in yes, yo-yo, yawn
• The letter "y" in say, key, fly

April 27, 2009

1 vowel & 3 consonants

• /ʊ/ as in foot, put, hood
• /s/ as in say, see, sigh
• /z/ as in zoo, zebra, easy
• /sh/ as in she, fish, sugar

April 23, 2009

Last quiz covering the selected words from Chapters 5 & 6

April 21, 2009

Accommodate - Chapter 5, Section 3
Advocate - Chapter 6, Section 3
Coincide - Chapter 6, Section 3
Conformity - Chapter 6, Section 3
Innovation - Chapter 5, Section 3
Justification - Chapter 6, Section 3
Odd - Chapter 5, Section 3
Unify - Chapter 6, Section 3

Pronunciation - the different sounds of the letter "o"

Last quiz on Thursday, April 23rd

April 16, 2009

Construct - Chapter 5, Section 2
Incompatible - Chapter 6, Section 2
Intensity - Chapter 6, Section 2
Manual - Chapter 6, Section 2
Prohibit - Chapter 6, Section 2
Simulate - Chapter 5, Section 2
So-called - Chapter 5, Section 2
Undergo - Chapter 5, Section 2

Pronunciation
-ible/-able as in incompatible

April 14, 2009

Assure - Chapter 5, Section 1
Collapse - Chapter 5, Section 1
Contradiction - Chapter 6, Section 1
Convention - Chapter 5, Section 1
Currency - Chapter 5, Section 1
Devote - Chapter 5, Section 1
Overlap - Chapter 6, Section 1
Restrain - Chapter 5, Section 1

Pronunciation:
/l/ as in collapse
/r/ as in currency