Syllables

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Syllables Affixes

• A 12-step Program for a Polysyllabic Reading,
  Speaking, Writing Vocabulary

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Reading Spelling Multisyllable Words

• What is a syllable?
• What about stress?
• How does meaning figure into it?
• What about rules?
• What prefixes suffixes?

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What is a Syllable?

• A syllable is a unit of sound.
• Every syllable has a vowel.
• Every syllable is either open or closed.
• Syllables can be morphemes.

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What about Stress?

• Accented Syllables
• Everything learned previously about vowel sounds
  and the patterns that represent them applies to
  the accented syllable.
• Unaccented Syllables
• You cant trust sound when your voice goes down.

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How Does Meaning Figure Into It?

• Homophones Homographs
• Parts of speech
• Morphemes

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What About Rules?

• Rules are a useful nmemonic for concepts already
  understood.
• They are not teaching tools!
• Rules are too narrow to encompass systematic
  consistencies
• live, have, love, dove could, would should
• thought, bought,brought great, break, etc.

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Affixation Is Not Additive
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1. Compound Words
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2. Singular/Plural Nouns
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3. Double, Drop, or Nothing
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4. Open Closed Syllables
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5. Open Closed Syllables - Inflected
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6. VCCV Regular Doublet

• VCCV - SAME
• Kitten
• Happy
• Sitting
• Running
• Common
• Carry
• Trimming

• VCCV - DIFFERENT
• Number
• Elbow
• Sister
• Harvest
• Canyon
• Circus
• Insur

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7. VCV - Open Closed

• VCV - Open
• pilot
• chosen
• open
• apron
• naming
• table
• rival

• VCV-Closed
• limit
• comet
• never
• river
• Robert
• habit
• chapel

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8. Syllable Stress 1 2

• Stress 1st
• kitten
• canyon
• harvest
• circus
• yellow
• pilot
• pillow

• Stress 2nd
• suppose
• allow
• believe
• compete
• insure
• become
• below

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9. Vowel Patterns in The Stressed Syllable

• oi
• embroil
• embroider
• poison
• appoint
• broiler
• avoid
• avoidance

• oy
• enjoy
• employ
• loyal
• oyster
• voyage
• royalty

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10. Homophones Homographs
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11. Unaccented Final Syllables
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12. Prefixes, Suffixes,and Base Words