PRIMARY SPELLING & PHONICS • CURRICULUM ARCHITECTURE TEACHER MASTER KEY INSTRUCTOR REFERENCE • PAGE 2 OF 2

Pattern	Sample Words	Phonology & IPA	Orthographic & Positional Laws
Final <aw>	saw, thaw, draw	/ɔː/	Final position — aw replaces au because native English words reject final u.
Medial <aw>	fawn, lawn, dawn	/ɔːn/	Before n & k — aw frequently precedes n (lawn) and k (hawk).
Medial <au>	haul, vault, fault	/ɔːl/	Before l & t — au precedes consonants in formal Latinate stems.
Soft /z/ in <ause>	cause, pause, clause	/ɔːz/	Voiced s — s sounds as /z/; terminal e stabilizes spelling.

Complete Answer Key & Solutions WHEELER'S EXERCISES

Ex. 1 Classification

• <aw> Words: saw, thaw, draw, fawn, lawn, dawn.
• <au> Words: haul, vault, fault, cause, pause, fraud.

Ex. 2 & 3 Solutions

• Demosthenes Maxim: “To find fault is easy.”
• Sample Ex. 3: “The warm spring sunshine will cause the heavy ice to thaw quickly.”

Socratic Guiding Prompts & Pedagogical Insights INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES

Why not 'sau'? Ask: 'Why can't we spell saw as s-a-u? What is the golden spelling rule?' (English words never end in u, v, j, or q!).
Demosthenes' Wisdom: Discuss: 'Why is it easy to find fault? What is much harder and more noble?' (To do things well ourselves!).
Thaw: Have students define thaw (when frozen snow turns back to water).

Dictation & Oral Application Sentences (Read slowly at normal speaking pace):

1. “We sat upon the green lawn at the break of dawn.”

2. “It is very easy to find fault with other people.”

3. “The strong horses will haul the heavy load of hay.”

4. “The sudden noise was the cause of a long pause.”