1. Kate Maven, M.A. mavenk@thecentre.on.ca TESL Ontario Conference Toronto – October 2011

4. BEGINNING L MIDDLE L ENDING L SHORT a laughbalancepal SHORT e leftcollectbell SHORT i liveabilitywill SHORT o lostqualityall SHORT u lovecolourgull LONG a latesailormale LONG e leanreallyfeel LONG i lightsilofile LONG o loafPolandbowl LONG u Luisfoolishschool / ʊ / Wood lookwoolywool / iu / --calculateridicule / ow / loudhowlingowl / oi / lawyeroilyboil / ər / learnearlygirl / ə / Schwa --delicious (?)animal

6. RL rightlight rawlaw redled ratelate riplip rowlow reapleap rearreal cardcalled areall Jerryjelly worrywooly LISTENING EXERCISE – R / L Circle the word you hear.

7. BINGO B lightrowballfryfilm I arelapcalledbarplay N firmpoorFREElowfly G rainfiledealallwrist 0 lippoolpraygrassright

8. Voiceless TH = θ Content Words Voiced TH = ð Function & Family Words thankthat third, fourth, fifth, etc.this etherthese teetheither thinthey thighfather thinkthose thieftheir / there / they’re thoughtthem mythbrother

9. 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. math 2. bad 3. thigh 4. day 5. then 6. mat 7. den 8. three 9. true 10. bath

11. 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?

12. Say a pair of words and your partner claps when a pair rhymes. LIP / SIPSEEN / SINFILL / FILE WISH / FISHFIX / MIXTEEN / TIN WILL / WHEELBIG /BEGSHIP / SHAPE CLICK / CLACKGIN / GENEDIM / SLIM DIM / DEEMLICK / SLICKSPIT / SPITE TRICK / TREKFIT / FATFILL / FELL SPIN / PINSIT / KNITFILM / FINE KISS / KEYSTHIS / THESEFIST / LIST CLICK / TRICKLICK / LEAKFILL / WILL

14. c_ _ kb_ _ kf _ _ 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.

15. Victoria 1 Whitehorse Vancouver Yellowknife Iqaluit Winnipeg Regina Edmonton Halifax Fredericton Charlottetown St. John’s Quebec City Toronto Ottawa Burlington START 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 33 2 2

16. If you hear the … 1 st word = go LEFT2 nd word = go RIGHT 1.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? _____________________________________________________

18. mavenk@thecentre.on.ca Handouts available at teachtheworldenglish.com - click on Documents