Friday, June 25, 2010

Word Savvy: notes from Max Brand

Sound
  • letters and letter sounds
  • consonants
  • short vowels
  • long vowels
  • blends and clusters
  • single-syllable words
Pattern
  • rimes
  • r-controlled vowels
  • syllables
  • high-frequency words
  • polysyllabic words
  • stressed syllabels
  • unstressed syllables
  • drop the e and add -ing or -ed
  • drop the y and add -ies or -ied
Meaning
  • root words (or base words)
  • affixes
  • word origins
  • word use

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