Lesson # 8

Words to know:
[ɔ] [ɔɪ] [oʊ]

This sound can be found This sound can be found at This sound can be found at
at the beginning, in the the beginning, in the the beginning, in the
middle, and at the end of middle, and at the end of middle, and at the end of
words. words. words.

As in all, caught, and boss As in oil, boy, and noise As in boat, oh, and no

Beginning Middle End Beginning Middle End Beginning Middle End

all boss awe oil join toy oat boat go
off fall raw oink boil boy own both no
also awful song law oily broil ploy oak coast so
often wrong flaw oyster foil enjoy old nose toe
ought broad draw ointment coin annoy odor roam sew
always bought claw avoid decoy only loan ago
August taught thaw noise destroy over known show
audience across straw poison oval spoke snow
naughty jaw choice open soul hello
ocean don’t though
Common Patterns: You shouldn’t have any Common Patterns:
o: dog, toss, lost, long, offer problems with this diphthong. o: no, rope, vote, home, fold
a: fall, call, mall, salt, stall English words with this sound oa: soap, goat, loan, foam,
aw: jaw, lawn, dawn, drawn, are written with oi and oy. load
awful There are virtually no ow: know, owe, grow, throw,
au: auto, fault, cause, exceptions to this rule. bowl
taught, auction oe: toe, hoe, goes
Less frequent patterns: ough: dough, though,
oa: broad shoulder
ou: cough, thought Less frequent patterns:
ew: sew
 The vowel [ɔ] & [oʊ]
The vowel [ɔ]

1. audit ought
2. pause bought
3. daub daughter
4. taw taught
5. cause caught
Sentences:

1. You ought to sit in and audit the course.

2. He bought some chalk for his daughter.

The vowel [oʊ]

1. oh ode oat
2. bow (n.) bode boat
3. foe vogue vote
4. toe toad toke
5. go goad goat
Sentences:

1. This is an old show about a goat.

2. He told me that it was cold outside and gave me the coat.

Contrast [oʊ] and [ɔ]

1. oat ought
2. boat bought
3. pose pause
4. low law
5. coat caught

Sentences:

1. He bought a new boat last week.

2. He showed me the original copy of Shaw’s work.

The vowel [ɔɪ]

1. oy oyster
2. boy Boyd
3. void voice
4. toy toys
5. annoy noise
Sentences:
1. The boy’s toy made a lot of noise.
2. We cannot avoid being annoyed by the voice.

Listen and repeat the following phrases and sentences and pay attention
to the boldfaced words for each sound.

[ɔ ]
1. Call it off
2. Call it quits
3. Call the shots
4. All talk
5. Walk all over
6. It’s all wrong.
7. Is Paul’s hair short or
long?
8. How much does
coffee cost?
9. What is the reward for
the lost dog?
10. Did you make a long
distance call to Boston,
Albany or Baltimore?
[ɔɪ]
1. girls and boys
2. flip a coin
3. Don’t annoy me.
4. Enjoy yourself.
5. Lower your voice.
6. Roy is a spoiled boy.
7. I’m playing with Floyd’s
new toy.
8. I like that toy.
9. I’m from Detroit, but I live
in Illinois.
10. I went to St. Croix and
really enjoyed my trip.
[oʊ]
1. Leave me alone.
2. I suppose so.
3. Only joking
4. Hold the phone.
5. Open and close
6. At a moment’s notice
7. Tony Jones broke his toe.
8. Don’t go down the old
road.
9. Repeat the [oʊ] words
slowly over and over!
10. No one knows how old
Flo is.

Listen and repeat the following words with [ɔ] and [oʊ]

[ɔ] [oʊ] [ɔ] [oʊ]

saw so law low
tall toll bald bold
bought boat caught coat
naught note Maude mode
fawned phone chalk choke
Read the following words. Circle the word in each group that is NOT
pronounced with [ɔɪ].
Example: joy join enjoy jaunt
1. Voice avoid void vows
2. Noise nose hoist annoy
3. Towel toy toil spoil
4. Detroit Illinois St. Croix New York
5. Oil oily foil owl
6. Boil broil bow boy
7. Poison pounce point appoint
8. Poise Joyce Joan soil
9. Coil coal coy coin
10. Lobster sirloin oyster moist

Read the following tongue twisters three times. And increase your speed
every time.

How much oil boil can a gum boil boil if a gum boil can boil
oil?

What noise annoys an oyster most? A noisy noise annoys

an oyster most.

A tree toad loved a she-toad, who lived up in a tree. He was a

three-toed tree toad, but a two-toed toad was she. The three-
toed tree toad tried to win the two-toed she-toad’s heart, for
the three-toed tree toad loved the ground that the two-toed tree
toad trod. But the three-toed tree toad tried in vain. He couldn’t
please her whim. From her tree toad bower with her two-toed
power the she-toad vetoed him.

I had a call in the Fall and across all the hall I draw a naughty
and broad ball. I sat in an awful stall and sang an awful song
and as it always happened I finished in front of an audience for
a long time drawing and talking.
 Pair Dictation
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three sounds and dictate them to your classmate dictates you.
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 Count by 10s.

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 Count by 5s.

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 Count by 2s.

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 Add the two sides of the domino and in letters write the total.

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