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Wheeler's Elementary Speller • Lesson 101
Words of Opposite Meaning • Antonyms, Orthography & Contrast Story Composition • Page 56
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LESSON 101: WORDS OF OPPOSITE MEANING
10 Antonym Pairs • 20 Core Words • Penmanship & Story Synthesis
1
Antonym Pairs: Pronounce each contrasting pair aloud, observe spelling patterns, and write each word neatly.
10 Pairs • 26px Standard Penmanship
PAIR 1: ELEVATION & SPACE
Opposites
▶
l
ō
w
Adj.
↔
▶
h
ī
gh
Adj.
PAIR 2: FACIAL EXPRESSION
Opposites
▶
sm
ī
le
V./N.
↔
▶
fr
ow
n
V./N.
PAIR 3: EMOTION & MOOD
Opposites
▶
s
ă
d
Adj.
↔
▶
gl
ă
d
Adj.
PAIR 4: MATERIAL CONDITION
Opposites
▶
r
ĭ
ch
Adj.
↔
▶
p
ōō
r
Adj.
PAIR 5: QUANTITY & DEGREE
Opposites
▶
m
ŭ
ch
Adj./Adv.
↔
▶
l
ĭ
t·tle
Adj.
PAIR 6: COMPARATIVE MEASURE
Opposites
▶
m
ô
re
Adj./Adv.
↔
▶
l
ě
ss
Adj./Adv.
PAIR 7: TEXTURE & FIRMNESS
Opposites
▶
h
ä
rd
Adj.
↔
▶
s
Ŏ
ft
Adj.
PAIR 8: TRUTH & VERACITY
Opposites
▶
tr
ū
e
Adj.
↔
▶
f
a
lse
Adj.
PAIR 9: TASTE & SENSATION
Opposites
▶
sw
ēē
t
Adj.
↔
▶
s
ou
r
Adj.
PAIR 10: MORAL & ACCURACY
Opposites
▶
r
ī
ght
Adj.
↔
▶
wr
Ŏ
ng
Adj.
2
Orthographic Detective: Explore silent letters, the two sounds of “ow,” and doubled consonants.
Phonics • Spelling Rules
Silent Letters:
w
&
gh
In
wrong
, the initial
w
is silent (/rɒŋ/).
In
high
&
right
, the trigraph
igh
produces long
ī
while
gh
is silent (/haɪ/, /raɪt/).
Two Sounds of
“ow”
low:
Digraph
ow
= long
ō
(/loʊ/).
frown:
Diphthong
ow
= /aʊ/ (as in
brown, town, clown
). Wheeler contrasts vowel sounds side by side!
Doubled Letters:
less
&
little
less:
Floss Rule — double
s
after short
e
.
little:
Doubled
tt
preserves short
ĭ
in the first closed syllable (
lĭt·tle
).
3
Wheeler's Composition Challenge: Write a little story containing as many of these words as possible.
Creative Narrative • Goal: 10+ Antonyms
Story Idea: Contrast two characters (e.g. a proud rich traveler and a humble little cottage boy) or a sudden turnaround in fortune!
Check off each word used:
low
high
smile
frown
sad
glad
rich
poor
much
little
more
less
hard
soft
true
false
sweet
sour
right
wrong