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is called God’s Vowel & Consonant Digraphs,
Trigraphs, and Quadgraphs Lesson 3. It is
Lesson 3 of an 11-part series. We will be
learning the most common digraphs, trigraphs,
and quadgraphs here. You should be paying
attention to the letters which make the sounds,
the particular sounds that are made by these
letters, the positioning of my mouth while
making the sounds, AND in which words these
sounds occur. The pictures provide a visual
reminder of the sound each letter combination
makes for certain words, but KNOW THIS - some
letter combinations make MORE than just one
sound. You should memorize these letters and
the pictures and the words that go with them
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God’s Vowel & Consonant
Digraphs, Trigraphs, and Quadgraphs
Lesson 3
Prophet Pastor Anita Hiltz ©2020 All Rights
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The word “Digraph” has 2 parts: “di”
meaning 2 and “graph” meaning written.
A “digraph” means there are 2 written
letters that make 1 spoken sound.
The word “Trigraph” has 3 parts: “Tri”
meaning 3 and “graph” meaning written.
A “Trigraph” means there are 3 written
letters that make 1 spoken sound.
The word “Quadgraph” has 4 parts: “Quad”
meaning 4 and “graph” meaning written.
A “Quadgraph” means there are 4 written
letters that make 1 spoken sound and yes,
they do exist!
Every Vowel Diphthong with 2 vowels IS ALSO
a Digraph. As a matter of fact, if you look
up the word diphthong in the dictionary it
will say a “Digraph", it's a vowel Digraph.
A problem arises with diphthongs because vowels
come together in MORE THAN just groups of
2. For example: in the word “beau” b-e-a-u,
which means a young man who is courting a
young lady - which makes the long Oo sound.
"Beau." We choose not to use the term “diphthong,”
because it is VERY confusing to people. Instead,
we group them all together, meaning consonants
and vowels, under one of three terms: – Vowel
and Consonant Digraphs, Trigraphs, or Quadgraphs
so, on that chart, you will see the vowels
and the consonants together and they are in
alphabetical order so that you can find them
if you need to look to see how they would
be pronounced.
These are the most common digraphs, trigraphs,
and quadgraphs. The more familiar you make
yourself with words that have these letters
and sounds and in what words they do occur,
the more you will remember them.
The more you read them, the more fluent you
will become as a reader – meaning you will
read accurately, smoother, and faster.
Other Lessons to look for:
R-Controlled Vowels
&
Double Letter R-
Controlled Vowels. Why? Because in some words,
when an R follows a vowel it changes the sound
that is made.
Here we have the digraph DN as in “Wednesday”
= the Dd is Silent with the Nn sound heard.
We have the days of the week: Sunday, Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
We're looking at that word "Wednesday." You
don't hear the Dd in that do you? Listen – “Wednesday.”
No, you don't hear the Dd - the Dd is silent
and you only hear the Nn.
Here are some words with the Digraph DN as
in “Wednesday” = the Dd is Silent with
the Nn sound heard - and in the Medial/Middle
position each of these words if they were
said very slowly you COULD pronounce the Dd,
but in conversational English we say these
words quickly and so you do not hear the Dd.
Listen to this: "endnote" - you might see
someone they could say it slowly "end-note"
like the "end-note's" on an essay - the end-note's
are the references for a term paper - you
may be required to use end-notes as references
and someone could enunciate and say "end-note,"
but when you're quickly speaking in the English
language you say, endnotes and you don't hear
that Dd. Same thing for "kind-ness" "You acted
with kind-ness. See how long it takes to say
that word? So, people say, “kindness”
and you don't hear the Dd - “blind-ness”
- if said that person is suffering from blind-ness
caused by glaucoma. They COULD say it that
way, but people in conversational English
say, "blindness” - you don't hear the Dd
– “fondness” - you don't hear the Dd
in that either, and then of course “Wednesday”
again. Now, this is conversational, we're
looking at conversational and how it's pronounced
in the English language.
EA as in “beak” = Long Ee sound and Silent
Aa and we see a picture of a cardinal and
there's his beak and we hear that – listen,
"beak” - you hear the Long Ee sound, but
you don't hear the Aa because it's silent.
Here are some words with the Digraph EA as
in “beak” =
Long Ee and Silent Aa.
At the Beginning we see the word: “each”
- "Each person receives so much money”,
let's say – “ease” - means to take it
easy – “ease” - and look at- that's
at the beginning of the word you hear the
Long Ee sound- “easel” – meaning a place
where you can write, draw, or paint, or display
information. This would be an easel. The “eaves”
of a house – “eaves” - refers to the
edge of a roof, and the word "easily." Something
that is “easily” done - it doesn't take
much energy to do it.
Medial/ Middle we see the word "leak" - meaning
like a leaking faucet – “leak” - teal
– this is a color garment with the color
teal. It's like a deep turquoise, it's a dark
green, but it has some turquoise in it. It's
a dark color. That's a teal garment - “real”
- Everyone needs to know the difference between
"real" and pretend - “meal” - a “meal”
that you would eat, “meat” - as opposed
to vegetables, “heal” - meaning to be
healed of an illness. There are 2 words for
heal. There's. the heel of a foot and that's
spelled h-e-e-l and this one is h-e-a-l, but
we only hear that Long Ee sound again – “heal.”
Hear it? – “reveal”- meaning to expose
– “please” - We like to say "please"
and thank you. – “teacher” - I am your
“teacher” - and here at the end we have
the word “sea” - meaning like in the ocean
– “tea”, and “pea” - meaning the
kind of peas that you would eat - green peas.
Here we have EA as in “head” it = Short
Ee sound and Silent Aa. Now, when you get
to these words that's one reason why it's
good to memorize these words, because when
you get them, you're going to know automatically
what that word is. You will know automatically.
Now, what if you get to a word that you don't
know and you're not sure whether it should
have a short Ee or a long Ee? You experiment.
Everybody - when you are a beginning reader
you experiment and you see if it fits into
the context of the story. This is this man's
head. pronounced h-e-d you don't hear the
Aa at all. There is a lot of experimentation
as a beginning reader and it's okay to do
that. Here are some words with the Digraph
EA as in “head” = Short Ee sound and Silent
Aa.
In the Medial/Middle position we see the word:
“spread”, “steady”, “thread”,
“jealous” - this is hard to hear this
one - je- but you have to listen - je- je-
do you hear that short Ee sound? pronounced
je-lous. – “sweater”, “measure”,
“weather” - Ww words are hard to hear
we-we- hear that “we”? – “weather”
– “weather”, “heaven”, “weapon”,
“wealth”. Ww is difficult because you
start out with those lips w -w- like that
and then you have to - they have to spread
to get to the Ee sound – “weath--”,
“wealth”, “weapon”. You hear? This
is what we talked about before
EAU as in “Beau” = eau as the Long Oo
sound and it is a trigraph look - 1-2-3 vowels.
It is a trigraph - it cannot be called a diphthong,
because it has 3 vowels.
and this young lady is in love with this young
man and she says, “My Dad said, “Until
we are married no touching.” And her "beau"
says, “I respect his decision. It will keep
us out of trouble.” and it does!
Here are some words with the Trigraph EAU
as in “Beau” = eau as the Long Oo Sound
and at the Ending we see: “bureau” – meaning
a place where you keep clothing - it's a cupboard
where you keep clothing and it has drawers
in it – “bureau”, “plateau” that
means a flat area on land. – “tableau”
meaning a picture, “nouveau” meaning new,
and a “chateau” - is a large expensive
house, and a “chapeau” - means a hat.
Long EE as in “Bee.” and this is from
our Double Letter Digraph Lesson, so this
is a review. You should know this! Bee, what
do you hear? Long Ee - Bee.
Here are some words with the Digraph EE as
in Bee = the long Ee sound.
At the Beginning we see the word: “eel”
and the plural form is “eels”, - you can
catch those when you go fishing sometimes
and have to throw them back. We see the word
“eerie” which means it's not comfortable
- it's not a comfortable thing to see or hear,
a strange and uncomfortable feeling – “eerier”
means more strange and uncomfortable. Medial
and Middle position we see the word “seen”
- these are good sight words that you should
memorize - "seen" you're going to read that
a lot as a beginning reader – “green”
of course you need to know your colors – “green”
– “speed”, “sleep”, “steel”
- meaning the metal steel. This is how you
spell the metal steel - it doesn't mean to
steal or rob someone - it means a skyscraper
is built of “steel”, “greet”, “sweep”
- meaning to - it can mean to “sweep”
through the room it can also mean to “sweep”
with a broom - a “creek”- a little body
of water - “bleed” - and “sleek” - meaning
like a “sleek” new car.
Ending we see the word - "see" these are easy
words that you should be able to memorize
- “see” - see you hear the Long Ee sound
that's easy. “fee” - meaning a price you
would pay , “knee” - a body part - your
“knee” – “tree” – “free” – “glee”
- means to be filled with joy – “three”
- that's 3 - an “emcee” – is an announcer
at an event – “spree” to go on a spending
“spree” means to go without restraint
- there's no control over it - you go on a
spending “spree” and you spend, spend,
spend - “agree” and “degree” - that's
that it can either be meaning a measurement
for temperature - we measure our temperature
in degrees or it can also mean that piece
of paper that you earn that certificate you
earn when you graduate from high school or
college, so that would be a “degree” as
well.
- and we see 2 people up here - we see a lady
from Great Britain and we see a lady from
the United States of America and she's looking
through an ocular and ocular's are often used
at the opera (Also known as a monocular or
monocle) and she says in her British accent,
“Some people in Great Britain, (notice it
says some people) “Some people in Great
Britain, pronounce the EE as in “been,”
just like the EE in “seen.” As in: “Have
you been to the opera lately?” “Here in
the United States, we pronounce the word “b-e-e-n”
like “bin" b-i-n with a Short Ii sound.
As in: “Have you been (pronounced “bin”)
to the opera lately?”
So, EE as in “been” (pronounced "bin"
in the United States)
(Since this word doesn’t follow the usual
sound for “Ee” you will have to memorize
it, so you recognize it on sight.) You'll
use that as a beginning reader a lot - this
is the word pronounced "bin." It sounds like
b-i-n, but you see the letters "been. - been"
So you need to memorize that word.
EI as in “ceiling” = the Long Ee sound
and Silent Ii and we see a room and it's got
a light fixture at the top on the ceiling
and it's pointing - the arrow is pointing
to the ceiling, It's a Long Ee sound and Silent
Ii, look at that word "ceiling". Do you hear
the Ii? That first Ii? No, you don't – “ceiling”
- You don't hear the Ii at all. Here are some
words with the Digraph EI as in “ceiling”
= Long Ee sound and Silent Ii.
We have at the Beginning we have the word:
“either”. See, you don't hear the Ii at
all - all you hear is the Long Ee - “either”.
In the Medial/Middle position we have the
word- look at where we're looking now - right
here in the middle “receipt”, because
there's 2 Ee's in that word, so we want to
look - we're looking at the second one - although
the first one also has that Long Ee sound
–(excuse me) “receipt” like the “receipt”
that you get at a store when you buy something
you can hear the Long Ee, but you do not hear
the Ii. “deceit” - meaning to lie, “protein”-
meaning meats - protein foods -peanuts and
those kinds of foods, “albeit” – “albeit”
means even though, “Sheila”- “Sheila”
- that's a woman's name, “leisure”- a
time of rest, “receive”, “neither”,
“perceive” - I perceive that you are going
to be a good student. “received”. “Perceive”
means to have an understanding or an idea.
Here's EI as in “Einstein” = Silent Ee
and the Long Ii Sound.
So, that is a good example - the name is Einstein
and this is Albert Einstein. Library of Congress,
Photo of Einstein, Albert Einstein 1879 - 1955
and that's what he looked like. Einstein is
a famous man who is considered to have been
well versed in Mathematics and Physics and
ironically, he had a reading disability. Einstein’s
greatest regret was scientifically contributing
to the making of the Atomic bomb and a lot
of people got hurt through the atomic bomb.
You see, you can think you are very smart,
but no one is wiser than God. You’ve always
got to be seeking His guidance on everything
BEFORE you take action. Einstein - a very
smart man, but still he needed to follow God's
guidance not his own.
EI as in “Einstein” = Silent Ee and the
Long Ii Sound.
At the Beginning, we have the word “Eider”.
There is something called “Eider” down
and it comes from an Eider duck and we have
the word "heist" that means to rob someone
and we have the word "seismic” and “seismic”
is the measurement of the vibrations caused
by an earthquake – “seismic”. If you
notice you do not hear the Ee - you only hear
the Ii “seismic” - you hear Ii “sei”
- long Ii.
Now, this is a combination word - it's the
word "eight" It's a combination - those are
“eight” marks we've talked about the slash
marks before 1-2-3-4- and then the 5th one
goes across and then 6-7-8. That makes 8.
We have EI a digraph PLUS a Trigraph - GHT
-The back to back Digraph EI + the Trigraph
GHT as in “Eight” = the Digraph Long Aa
sound for “E-i ” so that makes a long
Aa sound for "EI" and PLUS the Trigraph GHT.
Remember, the definition of a Trigraph, you
see 2 letters - you hear 1 sound. Well, that
sound is Aa - Long Aa and then GHT, well the
G is silent, the H is silent, and the T is
the only sound heard - it's a trigraph and
the only sound you hear is T "t". So, when
you put it together it is EI (Long Aa sound)
"t".
Here are some words with the back to back
Digraph EI + the
Trigraph GHT as in “Eight” = the Digraph
Long Aa sound for “ei” + Trigraph GHT
= Silent GH, and the Tt sound.
At the Beginning, we have the word again - “eight”,
and then the word “eighteen” - 8 + 10
=18 and in the Medial/Middle position we have
the word “weight”, “weight”, and the
word “freight”- meaning to ship things
“freight” – “weight” is how much
you weigh - your “weight”. EO as in “People”
There are all different kinds of people and
it = the Long Ee sound with a Silent Oo. “People”
- we don't hear the Oo at all – “people”
- that is a word you will have to memorize
- you have to memorize that word – “people”,
because there are not many words like that.
EO as in "people" = Long Ee sound with a Silent
Oo. In the medial or middle position, we see
the word "people" again and we see the word
“theory” - a “theory” is an idea that
has not been proven yet. “theory” – “theory”.
and we have EO as in “Leopard” and that
= the Short Ee sound and Silent Oo. “Le”-
hear that? “leopard” – “leopard”
-Do you hear the Oo? No, you don't hear the
Oo. So, that's a SHORT Ee sound and silent
Oo. There aren't a lot of words to memorize
in this lesson. You could memorize these over
time.
EO as in leopard = the Short Ee sound and
Silent Oo.
In the Medial/Middle position we have the
word “leopard” again and we have the word
“jeopardy.” To put someone in “jeopardy”
is to put them at risk – “Jeopardy.”
"je" - Do you hear that Short Ee sound? and
you do not hear the Oo. Our resources for
this lesson came from the Library of Congress,
Photo of Einstein and I'm going to show that
resource right there.
Library of Congress, Photo of Einstein, Albert
Einstein, 1879-1955
Digital ID: (digital file from b&w film copy
neg.) cph 3b46036 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b46036
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-60242 (b&w film
copy neg.)
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and
Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540
USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
We like to give everyone an opportunity to
receive the Lord Jesus Christ as their Lord
and Savior.
Let us pray.
Just say, Lord Jesus the Christ,
I've made so many mistakes I must confess.
I repent of them now and turn from them.
I no longer want that mess.
Lord Jesus, I believe you are the Son of God
and believe in your resurrection.
I want to be a child of God
and receive your love and affection.
Lord Jesus the Christ be my Savior.
Come into my heart.
Cleanse me now of all unrighteousness
and give me a brand-new start.
I ask for the baptism of the Holy Spirit.
and the baptism by Holy fire too.
I WANT to be changed and to do the RIGHT things
I need help from you.
Please help me to read, write, and do my math.
I want to start learning today.
I want my life to take a turn
and start in a whole new way.
Thank you, Lord Jesus, for helping me to learn.
I KNOW you can help make my ability,
greater than anyone ever imagined
and bring back my self-respect and dignity.
I ask this in the name of the Lord Jesus the
Christ.
I say “Amen” and make it sure.
Now I'll start learning the RIGHT way.
I KNOW Lord Jesus, YOU are the door.
AMEN!
and Father God I come into agreement with
everyone who said that prayer, in the MIGHTY
name of the Lord Jesus Christ Amen. What are
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was dramatized. The speaking was at a rate
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