1. Sound/Spelling Patterns Unusual Consonant Spelling Patterns Final Consonant Sounds and Spellings

2. Sound/spelling relationships: Irregular Because English has been influenced by so many languages, sound/spelling relationships are irregular. Listen to the letter “g” in these words. • Get • Agent • Beige

3. “Sh” sound • Share • Social • Sugar • Ratio • Assure • Machine

4. American Government We’re going to do this reading twice: • Listen for meaning. • Focus on the sounds of the italicized spellings.

5. Unusual Consonant Spelling Patterns • The / /sound is commonly spelled sh as in shoe. • The / / sound is commonly spelled ch as in choose. • The / / sound in measure never occurs at the beginning of words. • The // sound is commonly spelled j (job) and g (general).

6. Voiced vs. Voiceless vibrations • What sound does a bee make?= Voiced • What sound does a snake make= Voiceless

7. Voiceless vs. Voiced sounds • Voiceless= No vocal cord vibration • Voice= Vocal cord vibration

8. Final Consonant Sounds and Spellings • Final consonant sounds are either voiceless (no vocal cord vibration) or voiced (vocal cord vibration).

9. Which words are voiced? Which words are voiceless? • Focus on the final consonant sound- “s” Cups, plays, pens, speaks, rose, bags, looks, reads, lives, cars, gets, puts, tents, plants, sees, hears, looks, goes, stops, rice, learns, rise, place, plays

10. Review the Other Consonants • Which ones are voiced? • Which ones are voiceless?

11. More practice! • Pick 6 words from the following slide. • Write them down on a piece of paper. • Turn to your partner and you are going to read one word from the list. • Your partner is going to guess if it is voiced or voiceless. (Focus is on the 1st consonant sound.) • Read all the words. • Switch roles.

12. Words Ben, do, gone, van, gin, zoo, pen, to, can, fan, chin, Sue

13. Choose a word and make a sentence diversion, decision, pleasure, division • Watching television is my favorite_______. • The river marks the _________between the two cities. • Are you here for business or ________? • Mary is very wishy-washy and can’t make a ________.

14. Choose a word and make a sentence Exposure, explosion, confusion • When she lit the gas range there was a huge ________. • Too much _______to the sun can cause sunburn. • There was some _______ because the instructions were not clear.

15. How do you address women in the US? • Miss- for unmarried women • Ms.- for married or unmarried women • Missus (Mrs.)- for married women

16. Communicative Practice: Evacuate! • Preview Pronunciation • Rank items individually • Achieve consensus

17. One minute note • What did you learn today? • What are you still confused about? (Do not understand) • What will you like to learn more about?