DESIGNED TO TEACH THE FORM, PRONUNCIATION, BY J. ORMOND WILSON, A.M., = LATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS, WASHINGTON, D. C. MARY WILSON, FIRST ASSISTANT, PRINCE SCHOOL, BOSTON, MASS. Words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew upon a thought, produces -BYRON NEW YORK: MAYNARD, MERRILL, & Co., PUBLISHERS, 43, 45 & 47 EAST TENTH ST. 1900. Educt 759.00.940 n FEB 18 1919 LIBRARY Transforuds in remeation Depth eben 1901, Dec... Y. t. of Education Library. Gift of the Pullishers. COPYRIGHT, 1891, BY Press of J. J. Little & Co. PREFACE The essentials of a Spelling-Book are: 1. A collection of practical words. 2. A progressive order of exercises. 3. Form, pronunciation, meaning, and use of words taught together. 4. Words presented in sentences and related groups, as the sentence, not the word, is the unit of thought. 5. Sentences:-examples of good English, containing useful information, sound moral principles, and ennobling sentiments. 6. Lessons of a character to interest, in order to instruct. STEPS IN A SPELLING LESSON 1. Lesson read orally. 2. Drill on certain sounds. 3. Drill on pronunciation of difficult words. 4. Words containing silent letters and equivalents representing elementary sounds, written on board, line drawn through silent letters, and attention called to equivalents. 5. Words used in original sentences. 6. Words of similar meaning given. 7. Words of similar meaning used in sentences in place of original words. 8. Words of opposite meaning given. 9. Lesson written. 10. Words spelled orally. 11. Lesson written from dictation. Teachers can use their own judgment as to the number of these steps a class is required to take. Practice should be given under each rule until pupils can apply it. It was not found convenient to arrange all the exercises in an order to be followed invariably. The Definitions, Sound Chart, and Exercises in the Use of the Diacritical Marks, are introduced before Part I., as the pupil will have frequent occasion to refer to them. The principal list of Abbreviations, Foreign Words and Phrases, and other exercises have been included in Part IV., but are to be taken up, in part or as a whole, at the discretion of the teacher. Definitions The vowels are a, e, i, o, u, and w and y when equivalent to u and i respectively. The consonants are b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, x, z, and w or y before a vowel sound in the same syllable. A vowel is a letter which represents a full and uninterrupted sound of the human voice. A consonant is a letter which represents a sound modified by some interruption during its passage through the organs of speech, A diphthong is a union of two vowels in one syllable; as, vain, brow. A triphthong is a union of three vowels in one syllable; as, adieu, eye. Equivalents are letters having the same sound; as, ea and ee in steal and steel. Accent is a greater force of voice upon some particular syllable of a word distinguishing it from the others. Words are signs of ideas; as, oranges, grow, delicious. A syllable is a letter or combination of letters sounded at a single effort of the voice; as, ve-loç'-i-pēde. A monosyllable is a word of one syllable; as, I, do, gun. A dissyllable is a word of two syllables; as, wag'on. A trisyllable is a word of three syllables; as, el'e phant. A polysyllable is a word of four or more syllables; as, rhi noc'e ros, hip po pot'a mus. A primitive word is one not formed from any other word in the language; as, man, love. A derivative word is one formed from some other word; as, un man,' lovely. A simple word is one not composed of other words; as, knife, pen, road, horse, rail. A compound word is one composed of two or more words; as, pen'knife, horse'-rail'road. ā as in āle ǎ 66 add ä a ġ h j 66 66 ice ärm ill all ĕ ōde å, è, i, o, à denote modified long) (a, e denote obsounds in unaccented syllables. S scure sounds. in 66 66 66 b as in rib k as in kite 66 d 66 hid 1 f life m get n hop P joy 0=00 !=00 6=a 66 â as in fâre å 66 fast ēve ĕbb DIPHTHONGS oo as in moon) (oi or oy (unmarked), as in oil, oyster out, owl 66 66 66 66 look 00 ou OW 66 ~ 66 66 66 66 "police girl son 66 66 Sound Chart 66 66 VOWELS move wolf fôrm ụ = 00 they y = i =Ĭ y=ĕ CONSONANTS pale hum V fun W pipe run € ch=sh = y Z s as in yes 66 t 66 66 ĕ as in ĕrr 66 i Ĭ 0 66 66 66 EQUIVALENTS =00 as in rule 66 put style myth myrrh çent eat 66 66 66 66 66 66 66 66 tent live we ye froze Ŏ as in ŏdd ū 66 ūse ŭ ŭs û ûrn chaise chorus 66 66 66 66 ng as in ring ch 66 rich sh fish th thin th thee wh(hw) white 66 |
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