CALP test study terminology and guide
2 iiBiggest iiPredictors iiof iiReading iiSuccess ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-P.A. ii& iiLetter iiNaming
Greek, iiLatin, iiAnglo-Saxon ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-3 iiLayers iiof iiEnglish iilanguage
Latin
55% iiof iiEnglish iiwords ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii--Technical iisophisticated iiwords, iiused iiin
iimore iiformal iicontexts-literature iiand iitextbooks iiaffixes iiadded iito iiroots iiaudience,
iicontradict, iidisruptive, iiretract, iisurvival, iitransfer
-Affix: iiconstruction, iierupting, iiconductor
-Multisyllabic
-Schwa iiis iiprevalent;
-Few iivowel iidigraphs
-R-controlled: iiport, iiform
-Vce: iiscribe, iivene
Suffixes:-cial, ii-cious, ii-cient, ii-tial, ii-tious, ii-tient
Anglo-Saxon
20%-25% iiof iiEnglish iiwords ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-Short iicommon iievery iiday, iioften ii1-
syllable iiwords iithat iiare iifamiliar iiwords, iiwords iiused iiin iiordinary iilife iiand iioften iifound
iiin iischool iiprimer iibooks. iiCompound iiWords! iiMany iihave iinon-phonetic iispellings
iisuch iias iiblood, iicry, iilaugh, iimother, iirun, iiwash
-Closed: iimad
-Open: iigo
-VCe: iilame
-vowel iiteam: iiboat
-Consonant ii-le: iitumble
-R-controlled: iibarn
-Consonant iipairs: iign, iikn, iiwr
-final iistable iisyllables iible, iizle, iikle
4 iicharacteristics iiof iia iiletter ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-Name, iiShape, iiSound, iiFeel
How iimany iisyllables iiare iiin iithe iiword, ii"unpacked" ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-2
4 iiComponents iiof iia iilesson iiplan iiactivity ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-1. iiEmphasis
2. iiPreparation
, 3. iiPractice
4. iiClosure
6 iiSyllable iitypes ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-1. iiClosed
2. iiOpen
3. iiVowel iiconsonant iie
4. iiTwo iiadjacent iivowels
5. iiVowel iir
6. iiFinal iiStable iiSyllable
Percentage iiof iiEnglish iiwords iithat iihave iipredictable iispelling iifrom iiregular iirules. ii-
iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-For iiabout ii84% iiof iiEnglish iiwords, iispelling iiis iicompletely
iipredictable iifrom iiregular iirules.
History iiof iiEnglish ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii--Norman iiConquest ii(William iithe iiConquerer)
iiresulted iiin iimore iithan ii10,000 iiFrench iiwords. iiAnglo-French iicompound iiwords:
iigentlemen, iifaithful. iiSpelling iibased iion iiFrench iisuch iias iithe ii"our" iiin iijourney, iich
iipronounced iias ii/sh/ iiand iithe iique iias ii/k/ iiin iiantique. iiThe iiconquest iiresulted iiin iia
iidecline iiof iiOld iiEnglish. iiDuring iiMature iiMiddle iiEnglish, iiChaucer iiwrote iiThe
iiCanterbury iiTales iiin iithe iilate ii1300s ii(Renaissance iiperiod) iiThe iiLatin iivocabulary
iiconveyed iiboth iiabstract iiand iihumanistic iiideas. iiIndex, iilibrary, iimedicine, iiinstant.
iiLatin iiprefixes: iiad-, iipro-. iiSuffixes:
-ent, ii-ion, ii-al. iiEnglish iiis iia iipolygot.
Our iicommunication iisystem iiin iiEnglish iistarted iiin ii400AD.
Celts—Anglo=Saxon ii(first iito iiput iiwords iion iipaper)—Vikings ii(Germanic iilanguage)—
French ii(Norman iiconquest)—Greek iiand iiRoman ii(Renaissance).
Anglo-Saxon ii(win)-French ii(succeed)—Latin ii(triumph).
ASAPE-Identifiers iito iidetermine iireading/spelling iisituations ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-The
iikey iito iiunlocking iithe iireading iicode:
A-Adjacent iiLetters-a iiletter iimay iimake iia iispecific iisound iinext iito iianother iiletter ii(a
iimakes ii/o/ iiafter iiw= iiwatch)
S-Syllables-a iivowel iimay iimake iia iispecific iisound iiin iia iispecific iisyllable ii(closed
iisyllable iishort iisound, iiopen iisyllable iilong iisound)
A-Accent-a iivowel iisound iimay iichange iiwhen iiit iiis iinot iiaccented ii("ar" iisound iiin ii"car"
iivs. iiwhen iiar iiis iiunaccented, iiit iiis iipronounced ii/er/ iias iiin ii"dollar")
P-Position-a iiletter iimay iimake iia iispecific iisound iiin iiI,M,F iiposition ii(a iias ii/uh/ iiin iifinal:
ii"soda", iix iiin iiinitial iiposition iisounds ii/x/, iiand iie iiin iifinal iiis iisilent
E-Etymology-may iireveal iiorigins iibehind iia iiseemingly iiirregular iiword. iiK iiand iiG iiare
iiused iito iipronounced ii"knight" iiand ii"gnat", iinumber ii"two" iicomes iifrom iiOld iiEng ii"twa"
ii(tway)
Percentages iiof iiEnglish iithat iicomes iifrom iiother iilanguages ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-20-
25% iiAnglo-Saxon
60% iiLatin
10-12% iiGreek