Kate Maven, M.A.mavenk@thecentre.on.ca

TESL Ontario Conference

Toronto – October 2011

BEGINNINGL

MIDDLEL

ENDINGL

SHORT a laugh balance pal

SHORT e left collect bell

SHORT i live ability will

SHORT o lost quality all

SHORT u love colour gull

LONG a late sailor male

LONG e lean really feel

LONG i light silo file

LONG o loaf Poland bowl

LONG u Luis foolish school

/ ʊ / Wood look wooly wool

/ iu / -- calculate ridicule

/ ow / loud howling owl

/ oi / lawyer oily boil

/ ər / learn early girl

/ ə / Schwa -- delicious (?) animal

R Lright lightraw lawred ledrate laterip liprow lowreap leaprear real

card called

are all

Jerry jelly

worry wooly

LISTENING EXERCISE – R / LCircle the word you hear.

B I N G O

B light row ball fry film

I are lap called bar play

N firm poor FREE low fly

G rain file deal all wrist

0 lip pool pray grass right

Voiceless TH = θ Content Words

Voiced TH = ð Function &

Family Words thank that

third, fourth, fifth, etc. thisether theseteeth eitherthin they

thigh fatherthink thosethief their / there / they’re

thought themmyth brother

Dictation: Learner #1

Writing: Learner #1

1. den 2. three 3. ten 4. tie 5. bad 6. tree 7. they 8. mat 9. then 10. math

DIRECTIONS: Working in pairs, dictate the following words to each other. First Learner #1 dictates and Learner #2 writes,

then reverse.

Writing: Learner #2

Dictation: Learner #2

1. math2. bad3. thigh4. day5. then6. mat7. den8. three9. true10. bath

•I miss fishing with Dean.

•You can eat it! It is easy!

•She is a little chilly, but she means well.

•The list is the least of your problems.

•Did Dick Peters prick his finger pickling cheap cling

peaches in an inch of beer or filming each of his first

French finches?

Say a pair of words and your partner claps when a pair rhymes.

LIP / SIP SEEN / SIN FILL / FILEWISH / FISH FIX / MIX TEEN / TIN

WILL / WHEEL BIG /BEG SHIP / SHAPE

CLICK / CLACK GIN / GENE DIM / SLIMDIM / DEEM LICK / SLICK SPIT / SPITE

TRICK / TREK FIT / FAT FILL / FELLSPIN / PIN SIT / KNIT FILM / FINEKISS / KEYS THIS / THESE FIST / LIST

CLICK / TRICK LICK / LEAK FILL / WILL

c_ _ kb_ _ k f _ _ d

c_ _ ked

bl_ _

ʊ (as in Wood) vs. u (as in Blue)

The mother and daughter _______________ a birthday cake with _______________ from the cupboard. They got the recipe from a _____________________. When they were done, their friend ______________ out the candles on her cake.

Sentence with ʊ as in Wood: Look in a good book.Sentence with u as in Blue: He drew two new blue shoes.

Victoria

1

Whitehorse

Vancouver

Yellowknife

Iqaluit

Winnipeg

Regina

Edmonton

Halifax

Fredericton

Charlottetown

St. John’s

Quebec City

Toronto

Ottawa

Burlington

START

44

4

44 4

44

3 33 3

2 2

If you hear the …1st word = go LEFT 2nd word = go RIGHT1.It’s a valuable (skill / scale).2.Did the man (mill / mail) the letter?3.They (hit / hate) him.4.Take the (pill / pail) with water.WHERE AM I? _____________________________________________________1.They (give / gave) it away at Christmas.2.She showed me the (litter / letter).3.They (lift / left) ten-pound weights at the gym.4.(Pick / Pack) your bags for our trip.WHERE AM I? _____________________________________________________1.It was quite a (stint / stunt).2.They (spin / spun) around.3.The children (swing / swung) on the swings.4.He wanted to (sail / sell) the boat.WHERE AM I? _____________________________________________________1.Put the hose in the (shade / shed).2.The women make (bread / braid) for the tourists.3.His car has been (scraped / scrapped).4.He’s the only one (painting / panting).WHERE AM I? _____________________________________________________

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