Kesselman-Turkel, Judi; Peterson, Franklynn

Spelling Simplified

Introduction: Spelling Makes Sense vii Part I: The Patterns of English Chapter 1. How to Use This Book 3(2) Chapter 2. Check Your Hearing 5(9) Chapter 3. Syllables and Stress 14(5) Chapter 4. Big Words Come from Little Ones 19(6) Part II: Regularities in Native English Words Chapter 5. Native English Word Endings 25(7) Chapter 6. When to Double Consonants 32(5) Chapter 7. Helping e 37(8) Part III: Irregularities in Native English Words Chapter 8. The Consonant Sound z 45(9) Chapter 9. The Consonant Sound s 54(8) Chapter 10. The Consonant Sounds v and k 62(7) Chapter 11. The Consonant Sound j 69(6) Chapter 12. A Double Sound Represented by One Letter: x 75(4) Chapter 13. Consonant Clusters: qu, ng, wh, ch, sh, and le 79(11) Chapter 14. Silent Consonants and Other Demons 90(5) Part IV: Words Derived from Greek and Latin Chapter 15. Regularities in Greek- and Latin-Derived Words 95(12) Chapter 16. The Latin zh and sh Sounds 107(7) Chapter 17. Special Greek-Derived Spellings: ph, y, ch (and rh, mn, pn, and ps) 114(7) Part V: Invasion Words Chapter 18. Patterns in Invasion Words 121(4) Chapter 19. Irregular Spellings of Vowel Sounds 125(19) Chapter 20. Vowel Sounds from Other Languages 144(9) Bibliography 153(2) Appendix A: A Directory of Spelling Demons 155(18) Appendix B: Greek- and Latin-Derived Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots 173(18) Answers to Exercises 191