Scribd Logo
Carica

Benvenuto in Scribd!

  • CL Worksheet

    Caricato da

    Jennifer Ball
    3K visualizzazioni4 pagine
    An analysis of the "cl" consonant blend and the implications for the meanings of words that begin with the blend. Using sound as a mnemonic, vocabulary can be more easily retained when recognizing the relationship that words share when they start with the same phoneme. Considering the general concepts of each word allows one to perceive the often metaphorical relationship that words have which begin with the same sound: a cleaver is sharp. So is clever. The shape of the letter "C" is significant to the meaning of the words. It has two edges, like a clamp. A "C"—both upper and lowercase—looks as if it were an  "O" that had been cut by a cleaver—or an "L" perhaps. Thinking of the shapes of the letters as pictures is linguistic blasphemy, but in order to understand ourselves, we need to examine every taken-for-granted tenet to see what we have shoved under the rug in our refusal to recognize our animalistic, predictable behavior. There is meaning on the letter level, just like there is something smaller than the atom, even though no one believed it for a long time. The letters are there and visible. If we want to see what they code for, all we have to do is consider all the words that contain them: a big job admittedly, so I start smaller, with words that begin with the same consonant blend. There is congruence. We are simpler than we realize. But in recognizing this, we could learn each other's languages faster. I'm moving to China to teach English February 2013. I'll be my second data point after my son, who went up 40 points in English on the SSAT after I had this idea. My Mandarin is improving rapidly.

    Copyright

    © Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)

    Formati disponibili

    PDF, TXT o leggi online da Scribd

    Hai trovato utile questo documento?

    Questo contenuto è inappropriato?

    Segnala questo documento
    An analysis of the "cl" consonant blend and the implications for the meanings of words that begin with the blend. Using sound as a mnemonic, vocabulary can be more easily retained when recognizing the relationship that words share when they start with the same phoneme. Considering the general concepts of each word allows one to perceive the often metaphorical relationship that words have which begin with the same sound: a cleaver is sharp. So is clever. The shape of the letter "C" is significant to the meaning of the words. It has two edges, like a clamp. A "C"—both upper and lowercase—looks as if it were an  "O" that had been cut by a cleaver—or an "L" perhaps. Thinking of the shapes of the letters as pictures is linguistic blasphemy, but in order to understand ourselves, we need to examine every taken-for-granted tenet to see what we have shoved under the rug in our refusal to recognize our animalistic, predictable behavior. There is meaning on the letter level, just like there is something smaller than the atom, even though no one believed it for a long time. The letters are there and visible. If we want to see what they code for, all we have to do is consider all the words that contain them: a big job admittedly, so I start smaller, with words that begin with the same consonant blend. There is congruence. We are simpler than we realize. But in recognizing this, we could learn each other's languages faster. I'm moving to China to teach English February 2013. I'll be my second data point after my son, who went up 40 points in English on the SSAT after I had this idea. My Mandarin is improving rapidly.

    Copyright:

    Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
    Scarica in formato PDF, TXT o leggi online su Scribd
    Segnala contenuti inappropriati
    3K visualizzazioni4 pagine

    CL Worksheet

    Caricato da

    Jennifer Ball
    An analysis of the "cl" consonant blend and the implications for the meanings of words that begin with the blend. Using sound as a mnemonic, vocabulary can be more easily retained when recognizing the relationship that words share when they start with the same phoneme. Considering the general concepts of each word allows one to perceive the often metaphorical relationship that words have which begin with the same sound: a cleaver is sharp. So is clever. The shape of the letter "C" is significant to the meaning of the words. It has two edges, like a clamp. A "C"—both upper and lowercase—looks as if it were an  "O" that had been cut by a cleaver—or an "L" perhaps. Thinking of the shapes of the letters as pictures is linguistic blasphemy, but in order to understand ourselves, we need to examine every taken-for-granted tenet to see what we have shoved under the rug in our refusal to recognize our animalistic, predictable behavior. There is meaning on the letter level, just like there is something smaller than the atom, even though no one believed it for a long time. The letters are there and visible. If we want to see what they code for, all we have to do is consider all the words that contain them: a big job admittedly, so I start smaller, with words that begin with the same consonant blend. There is congruence. We are simpler than we realize. But in recognizing this, we could learn each other's languages faster. I'm moving to China to teach English February 2013. I'll be my second data point after my son, who went up 40 points in English on the SSAT after I had this idea. My Mandarin is improving rapidly.

    Copyright:

    Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
    Scarica in formato PDF, TXT o leggi online su Scribd
    Segnala contenuti inappropriati
    di 4

    Words beginning with cl

    The sound cl implies two or more things that


    cluster together because they are very close.
    They might share a hinge or symmetry or
    stickiness.

    clams
    clap
    clamp

    claws

    climb

    clay

    Made for the Lao Family Center by Jennifer Ball, November 7, 2012; rev. September 16, 2014 9:26 AM
    Page - 1

    Words beginning with cl

    Partially cut, or
    the thing that
    cuts, is what
    cl is about.

    cliff

    cleaver
    clarinet
    golf club

    cleft

    clover

    clove

    cloven hoof

    club

    clubs

    Made for the Lao Family Center by Jennifer Ball, November 7, 2012; rev. September 16, 2014 9:26 AM
    Page - 2

    Words beginning with cl

    clever
    clods of dirt

    cloud
    clear

    clean

    clown
    clothes closet
    clothes

    cloak
    Clothes clothe one with
    cloth, but one pronounces
    clothes as cloze,
    perhaps because they
    enclose ones body.
    Clod and clever are
    conceptual opposites, as
    are cloudy and clear.

    Made for the Lao Family Center by Jennifer Ball, November 7, 2012; rev. September 16, 2014 9:26 AM
    Page - 3

    What other words start with cl?

    A _ _assroom is where students learn. A health


    __inic is where patients get better.
    A _ _ipboard is where a
    sign-up sheet might be kept.

    Sometimes global
    warming is called
    __imate change.

    A_ _ock keeps
    track of time
    with a _ _icking
    sound, _ _ipping
    our lives shorter
    each second.

    Made for the Lao Family Center by Jennifer Ball, November 7, 2012; rev. September 16, 2014 9:26 AM
    Page - 4

    Potrebbero piacerti anche