Wheeler's Elementary Speller • Lessons 149, 150 & 151

Wheeler's Elementary Speller • Lessons 149, 150 & 151 (Page 79)

Homophones (steel / steal) • Sound of ck = k (/k/) • Jean Ingelow Lyric • The Clock Poem

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Part 1: Lesson 149 • Homophones: steel vs. steal

Semantic Contrast • Literary Cloze

steel /stiːl/

Noun: Hard refined iron alloy (pen points, tools).

steal /stiːl/

Verb: To take dishonestly without right or permission.

1. "Pens were not in days gone by, / But quills were then in use."

JEAN INGELOW • "SEVEN TIMES ONE"

"Show me your nest with the young ones in it,
I will not them away;
I am old! You may trust me, linnet, linnet,
I am seven times one to-day." — Jean Ingelow

Transcription 1: "Pens were not steel in days gone by, but quills were then in use." Standard 26px handwriting track • 13px dashed midline

Transcription 2: "I will not steal them away; you may trust me, linnet, linnet."

Part 2: Lesson 150 • Sound of ck = k (/k/)

16 Words • Short Vowel Closed Syllables

Orthographic Law: Digraph ck is written immediately after a single short vowel (/æ, ɛ, ɪ, ɒ, ʌ/) to close the syllable with the /k/ sound:

tack /tæk/

Short small nail

neck /nɛk/

Part below head

sick /sɪk/

Unwell; ailing

block /blɒk/

Solid square piece

track /træk/

Path or rail course

deck /dɛk/

Ship floor platform

brick /brɪk/

Hard clay block

clock /klɒk/

Timepiece dial

crack /kræk/

Narrow break or gap

check /tʃɛk/

Inspect or halt

stick /stɪk/

Thin wood branch

stuck /stʌk/

Trapped; adhered

stack /stæk/

Neat pile of items

speck /spɛk/

Tiny spot or fleck

quick /kwɪk/

Fast; prompt; alert

pluck /plʌk/

Pull; brave spirit

Part 3: Lesson 151 • The Clock Lyric • Onomatopoeia & Transcription

Rhythm • Contractions • Penmanship

"The whole day long it sang “tick, tock!”
Now it has changed its tune, this clock,
“You're good! you're good!” it seems to say,
When I have been quite good all day:"

Poetic & Language Discoveries:

• Onomatopoeia: tick, tock imitates the mechanical click of the clock escapement.
• Contraction: You're = You are (apostrophe replaces vowel a).
• Rhyme Scheme: AABB couplets (tock / clock, say / day).

Transcription: “The whole day long it sang 'tick, tock!' Now it has changed its tune, this clock,” Standard 26px handwriting track • 13px dashed midline

Original Sentence: Compose a sentence with at least two -ck words (e.g., quick, clock, track, brick):