Teaching English Spelling: A Practical Guide

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The book features a wide range of activities including crosswords, picture matching, puzzles and rhymes. All will keep learners focussed and interested, whilst providing vital practice at three levels - beginner, intermediate and advanced. The book is divided into units which concentrate on a particular 'sound' or phoneme. Each unit is then broken down into a series of lesson plans, devoted to a common spelling pattern for that 'sound'. The final unit provides material to improve learners' awareness of common spelling traps, such as suffixes or silent letters. Every lesson contains a step-by-step lesson plan, background information for the teacher, photocopiable practice activities and suggested words for testing each spelling pattern.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Introduction
• 1 Vowel sounds
• 2 The sound 'K'
• 3 Single vowel followers
• 4 The sound 'l'
• 5 The sound 'A'
• 6 The sound 'O'
• 7 The sound 'U'
• 8 The sound 'E'
• 9 Soft and hard sounds
• 10 Odds and ends
• Recommended sources
• Index