Wheeler's Elementary Speller • Lessons 137 & 138

Vowel Sound Review • Silent Consonants • Homophones: week vs. weak • Page 74

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1 Lesson 137: Test Words and Review of Vowel Sounds

20 Target Words • 4 Vowel Categories • 26px Standard Penmanship

Study & Copy: Read each word aloud, observing the vowel diacritic symbol at the head of each column. Note silent terminal b in comb and silent initial k in knot. Copy each word on its 26px line.

1. Long ō

both

comb

broke

choke

smoke

2. Digraph ōa

soap

coach

hoard

throat

hoarse

3. Short ŏ

yon

from

knot

block

prompt

4. Short ŭ

pulse

crush

brush

bunch

thrust

2 Lesson 138: Words Pronounced Alike • Homophones: week vs. weak

Copy • Distinguish • Write from Dictation

Homophones: week (noun: 7 days) weak (adjective: not strong)

“In every month, and week, and day,
Let loving words mark out the way.”
“Her voice was low and weak.”

Transcribe the loving-words couplet and the sentence neatly on the standard 26px lines below:

1. Transcribe the Couplet (2 Lines):

2. Transcribe the Sentence with weak (1 Line):

3 Wheeler's Questions • Semantic Inquiry & Original Sentence Application

Answer in Complete Sentences • 26px Standard Track

1. What is Saturday the last day of? (Answer with week):

2. What is the opposite of strong? (Answer with weak):

3. Wheeler's Directive: Write sentences of your own using week and weak: