'Spooner
or Later'
by Paul Jennings and Ted Greenwood
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'Spooner
or Later' is an excellent book but I've been unable to
locate anywhere that currently stocks it. I presume it
has gone out of print which is a real shame. If you can
get hold of the text then the activities below work well.
If you can't you can probably adapt the activities.
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Activities
using this text
Use
this text to get children to play with words and to encourage
thinking about the initial sounds in words. Play swopping the
initial sounds and think about words in the same "sound family".
Initial
examples involve the same spelling, simply swapping initial letters.
e.g. Catch a hat -> Hatch a cat
Further
examples switch the sounds and also alter the spelling.
e.g. Bird in the hand -> Herd in the band
Examples
such as
Rude gnat -> Nude rat
are good for
exploring silent letters.
Using
the text
Large
pictures involving searching for information and trying examples.
Use
the pictures as clues. What does the picture show? Does this fit
for what we're looking for?
Encourage trying different combinations, saying/writing possible
spoonerisms.
Other
Activities
Spoonerism
game -> One person says a "phrase" and partner then
repeats phrase but switches around initial sounds.
Pass
the spoonerism -> Could be done orally. Works well written.
First child given a suitable starting sentence. He/she must change
the intial sounds of two of the words in the sentence (extension
rule: must make 'proper' words). Then the sentence is passed on
to the next child who has to try and create another spoonerism.
(Rule: can't change the same two inital sounds back). Sentence
is passed either back or forth or round a group. (Possible aim:
How many different sentences can be made.) (Discussion points:
how to spell 'made up' words - relate to known spellings)
Make
up own examples of spoonerisms and draw them.
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