Level Eight Unit Five
Anthony K Whelan anthonykwhelan@yahoo.com
“Wait awhile,” said the art-teacher to Anne. “Would you take this message to the sports-master for me please?” “Yes,” replied Anne as the art-teacher wrote. “I shall deliver it inperson and report back to you.” “Thankyou,” smiled Miss Crystal. Anne ran quickly to the sports store. She found the door locked, but as the key was nearby she soon had the door opened. Inside she looked around. She noticed a number of football jumpers hung on the hooks. In the corner nearly twenty old red cricket balls lay on the floor. Anne turned to leave. She locked the door quickly and ran off looking for the missing sports-master.
awhile
teacher
message
master
wrote
shall
person
report
locked
opened
number
hung
nearly
leave
A. Write all of the list words into your dictionaries or work books. B. Which list words contain these smaller words? a). hall
b).ear
c).age
d). pen
e). port
f). numb
g). each
h). mess
i). mast
j). ache
k). son
l). tea
m). nearly
n). rote
o). lock
Walk around the room once,spelling aloud the word teacher, over and over, until you’re back at your seat.
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C. Write out all the list words in alphabetical order. D. Write another word with the same letter pattern as these list words. e.g. master - faster a). teacher b). hung c). wrote d). shall E. Write the list words into your work books, leaving a space between the syllables. e.g.
teach-er ‘cher’ makes the shwa sound, the most common sound in English. It’s also in ‘number’.
F. Which list words might you associate with these words? a). pupil e). slave i). time m). key
b). exit f). digits j). jotter-pad n). news
c). read d). door g). girl h). will k). almost l). boy o). numeral
G. These words can be confused for some of the words in the list. Which list-words look like these? (Write both words out.) a). hunt b). write c). leaf d). shell e). massage f). retort
g). tea-chest
h). nearby
H. Unjumble these list words: a). ponede
b). nerspo
c). munber
d). hiewla
e). cokeld
f). deenpo
g). ewhail
h). oretp
i). lshal
j). avele
k). cerheta
l). nguh