Lessons 170 & 171 • Margaret E. Sangster & Sound of /f/ (gh, ph)

Wheeler's Elementary Speller • Lessons 170 & 171 (Page 88)

Margaret E. Sangster's "New Year" • The Sound of /f/ Spelled <gh> or <ph> • 15 Target Words

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Part 1: Lesson 170 • Memory Lesson: Margaret E. Sangster

Memory Gems • 26px Tracks

I wish you a happy New Year, mamma, —
  I am sure new things are nice, —
And this one comes with a merry face
  And plenty of snow and ice.
But I only wish I had kept awake
  Till the Old Year made his bow,
For what he said when the clock struck twelve
  I shall never find out now.

— MARGARET E. SANGSTER (1838–1912)

• bow (/baʊ/): respectful bending departure (from Lesson 167).

• sigh (/saɪ/): silent gh contrast with Lesson 171.

• good-bye: traditional hyphenated parting wish.

Wheeler Instruction 1: "Copy carefully. Write neatly from dictation on the handwriting tracks:"

Part 2: Lesson 171 • The Sound of /f/, Represented by gh or ph (15 Words)

The /f/ Sound • 26px Tracks

tough /tʌf/

adj. strong; durable

phlox /flɑːks/

n. bright garden flower

Philip /ˈfɪlɪp/

prop n. boy's name (capital P)

rough /rʌf/

adj. uneven surface

Phœbe /ˈfiːbi/

prop n. radiant girl's name

cipher /ˈsaɪfər/

n. zero or secret code

cough /kɔːf/

v./n. expel air loudly

phrase /freɪz/

n. small group of words

orphan /ˈɔːrfən/

n. child without parents

laugh /læf/

v./n. express merry mirth

nephew /ˈnɛfjuː/

n. son of sibling

sulphur /ˈsʌlfər/

n. yellow mineral substance

enough /ɪˈnʌf/

adj./adv. ample; sufficient

photograph /ˈfoʊtəɡræf/

n. picture captured by light

camphor /ˈkæmfər/

n. fragrant aromatic resin

Part 3: Comparative Orthography • Sound of /f/ in Germanic vs. Greek Roots

Phonological Laws

1. Germanic gh = /f/ vs. Silent gh:

Contrast cough, laugh, tough with silent bough, sigh:

2. Greek ph = /f/ in Classical Words:

Explain why photo-graph has two ph spellings:

Part 4: Sentence Composition • Wheeler Instruction 2

Syntax • 26px Tracks

Wheeler directs: "Use them in sentences of your own." Compose two expressive sentences:

1. Sentence with laugh, enough, or rough:

2. Sentence with Philip, Phœbe, or photograph: