Wheeler's Elementary Speller
• Lessons 174 & 175 (Pages 89–90)
Long ō Dissyllables • Unaccented Suffix Law • Homophones: seem vs. seam
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Part 1: Lesson 174 • Long ō as in old, marked ō (12 Words)
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Long ō • 26px Tracks
only
/ˈoʊnli/
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adv./adj. sole; single
whole
/ˈhoʊl/
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adj. entire; undamaged
opening
/ˈoʊpənɪŋ/
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v./n. an aperture; beginning
cosy
/ˈkoʊzi/
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adj. snug, warm, comfortable
stony
/ˈstoʊni/
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adj. full of stones; hard
smoky
/ˈsmoʊki/
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adj. filled with smoke
poster
/ˈpoʊstər/
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n. large printed notice
postal
/ˈpoʊstəl/
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adj. relating to the mail
broken
/ˈbroʊkən/
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adj./pp. fractured; in pieces
noble
/ˈnoʊbəl/
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adj. having high moral dignity
frozen
/ˈfroʊzən/
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adj./pp. turned to solid ice
folding
/ˈfoʊldɪŋ/
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v. bending double
Wheeler's Inquiry:
Why only one n in
opening
?
(Apply unaccented syllable rule):
Part 2: Lesson 175 • Homophones seem vs. seam & Classical Literature
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Literature • 26px Tracks
“Be good rather than
seem
so.” —
SALLUST
“March sews the
seams
in the violet’s queer hood.”
— MAY RILEY SMITH (1842–1927)
•
seem
(/siːm/): appear to be (OE
sēman
).
•
seam
(/siːm/): sewn junction (OE
sēam
).
•
sews
(/soʊz/): stitches with needle & thread.
Wheeler Instruction 1:
"Copy carefully, and find two words pronounced alike but spelled differently:"
Part 3: Socratic Inquiry • Tailoring & Philosophical Discrimination
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Socratic • 26px Tracks
1. What do tailors call the edges of the cloth when they sew them together?
2. What other word than
appears
can you use for something not as you see it?
Part 4: Sentence Composition • Apply Any Four Target Words
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Syntax • 26px Tracks
Wheeler directs:
"Use these words in sentences of your own."
Compose four expressive sentences:
1. Sentence with
noble
,
frozen
, or
opening
:
2. Sentence with
whole
,
cosy
, or
postal
:
3. Sentence with
seem
(/siːm/ • appear):
4. Sentence with
seam
(/siːm/ • sewn cloth edge):