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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