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For Intermediate Students Vocabulary building Phonetic Spelling Use a dictionary Apply correct stress in multi-syllabic words Modify stress with prefix/suffix Predict stress in new words Use vocabulary for gentle correction
Working with Intermediate Students
WORD BUILDING– simple to do, no preparation needed, adaptable to any classroom topic.
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INSERT VIDEO HERE
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Making More Words
Vowels are Necessarypronunciation
classroom rhythm
Alabama
education
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Modeling
•Pronunciation•Nuances•Intonation
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For Intermediate Students Vocabulary building Phonetic Spelling Use a dictionary Apply correct stress in multi-syllabic words Modify stress with prefix/suffix Predict stress in new words Use vocabulary for gentle correction
Working with Intermediate Students
WORD BUILDING– simple to do, no preparation needed, adaptable to any classroom topic.
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“Tweaking” WORD BUILDING Literacy students can copy, spell, and sound out three
letter words
Low Beginners can group words by beginning consonant sound including voiced/voiceless
High Beginners can circle consonant clusters, put a small group of words in ABC order, notice short/long vowels, pronounce –ed endings
Advanced can sort words by part of speech, change verbs into gerunds/infinitives, change adjectives into adverbs
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Idioms
Turn about is fair play.
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Idioms
It’s a piece of cake.
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Tongue Twisters
The Myth of Miss Muffet
Freshly Fried Flying Fish
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Tongue Twister
Are Our Oars Oak?
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Jazz Chants
•Holidays•Cadence•Rhythm•Intonation•Pronunciation•Themes•Grammar•Usage
“Columbus Sailed Across The Sea”
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Class Presentations