Ruby Noriega

English 487
March 3rd, 2015
Project: Phonology and Spelling
You are Special
By: Mark Lucado
And all day, every day, the Wemmicks did the same thing: They gave each other stickers. Each
Wemmick had a box of golden star stickers and a box of gray dot stickers. Up and down the
streets all over the city, people spent their days sticking stars or dots on one another. The pretty
ones, those with smooth wood and fine paint, always got stars. But if the wood was rough or the
paint chipped, the Wemmicks gave dots. The talented ones got stars, too. Some could lift big
sticks high above their heads or jump over tall boxes. Still others knew big words or could sing
pretty songs. Everyone gave them stars. Some Wemmicks had stars all over them! Every time
they got a star it made them feel so good! It made them want to do something else and get
another star. Others, though, could do little.

Grapheme-Phoneme Chart for Project #1

Consonants
Symbol
p
b
t
d
k
g
m
n
ng //
f
v
s

z
h
sh //
zh //
w
y
l
r
ch /t/
j /d/
th/ / bath
th // bathe

Examples (Basic spelling)

People, pretty, paint
Box, but, big
Talented, too, tall, time
Had, dot, down, days, could
(king), (kiss)
Got, gave, get
made
Spent, on
Sticking, something
Fine, if
Gave, every
Same, stickers, streets, spent,
sticking, stars, some, sticks, still, sing,
songs, some
(zoo), (zebra)
Heads, had
(ship), (should)

Alternate Spellings
chipped
(bubble)
Pretty, little
Chipped, talented. heads
Wemmicks, Stickers, sticking, sticks
(ghost)
Wemmicks,
knew
Rough, (phony)
(of)
City

Ones, stars, (his)

(who)
(pressure), (ocean)

(treasure)
Words, Wemmicks
(yellow)
Lift, else, little
Every, star
Each, chipped
Jump, (January)
Thing, other, with, others, something
The, they, their, those, smooth, them

one
(usual)
Still, all
(errands)
(action)
(age), (edge)

Vowels
Symbol
Short vowels
i /I/
bit

Examples (basic spelling)

Alternate Spellings

Wemmicks, did, stickers, city, with, Pretty, (pirate), (favorite)

e //
bet
a //
bat
o //
hot
u //
but

about, sofa
// book
aw // dawn
Long vowels
a_e /ey/ cane
ee /iy/ beet
i_e /ay/ bite
o_e /ow/ cone
/u/ boot
oy /y/ boy
ow /aw/ gown
r-colored vowels
/ar/
far
/r/
fur
/er/
/ir /
/or /
/ur/

fair
fear
for
poor

if, lift, big, it, little

Every, Wemmicks, else, get
And, all, had
Dot, on, got, boxes, songs
Up, but, jump
Above, a
Wood, too, good
(lawn)
Same, gave, made
Streets, feel
Fine, time
Over, those
smooth
(toy), (enjoy)
down
Stars,
(pressure), (sure)
(air), (hair)
(dear), (clear)
Or
(door)

(said)
(have)
(father)
Was, some, others, something
The, of
could
Always, tall, all, want
Day, a, gray, days, paint, always,
hair
Each, people
high
So, golden
To, do
or

Other, stickers, words, over,

another
Their, (very)

Spelling patterns
1. When at the end of the word a word has the letters gh it pronounces an f sound. For
example the word rough pronounces an f sound.
2. When a word has a consonant vowel and then an e it pronounces long vowel sounds, for
example the a in gave has a hard a sound.
3. When a word has the letters kn it forms an n sound, for example the word knew does not
pronounce the k but it does pronounce the n sound.
4. When a word ends with ed, like the word chipped it pronounces an alternate spelling for
the t sound.
5. When a letter like t is doubled it pronounces an alternative spelling for the letter t. This
can be seen in the word pretty.
6. Consonant le always ends a word. You can see this in the word little
7. Most nouns are changed to the plural form by adding s. This can be seen with the word
sticks.

8. C sounds like an S when it is in front of an e, i or y. This can be seen in the word city.
9. Long e sound can be made with ee or ea and this can be seen in the middle of the word.
This can be seen with the word dear.