Barton Jeopardy

Syllable Division Rules

100

How would you divide these words:

Elect, tidy, radish

E/lect

Ti/dy

Rad/ish

200

How would you divide these words:

Risbo, cofrin, nandent 

Ris/bo, Co/frin, Nan/dent

300

How would you divide these words:

Dishnick, trampling, dastro

Dish/nick, Tram/pling, Das/tro

400

How would you divide these words:

Substruct, postshot, construng

Sub/struct, Post/shot, Con/strung 

500

How would you divide these words:

Rendolus, fampletic, milosus 

Ren/do/lus, fam/ple/tic, mi/lo/sus

Doubling Rules

100

If a word only has one vowel and ends in F, l, s, or z, you must double that last letter.

What is Z Floss Rule? 

200

Which rule tells you when to double the S in a multisyllabic word? 

Campus Confess

300

If you hear a short vowel in the beginning of a word with nothing closing it off, you must double the next sound you hear.

What is the Happy Rule  

Spelling /k/ rules

100

Which rule tells you how to spell /k/ at the beginning of a word? What are the details of that rule?

Kiss the Cat; Spell /k/ with a C whenever you can, if there is an E, I, or Y, you must spell /k/ with a K. 

200

Which rule tells you how to spell /k/ at the end of a word? Tell us the details of that rule

Milk Truck; if there is a short vowel right before the /k/ sound, spell it with a CK. If there is a long vowel or a consonant, spell it with a K. 

300

Which rule helps you spell 'ICK' at the end of a multisyllabic word?

Music Trick

400

Which rule tells you how to spell /k/ in the middle of a word? What are the details of that rule?

Picnic Chicken Basket; Spell /k/ with a C whenever you can. If there is a watch out vowel AND a short vowel before the /k/ sound, use CK. If there is no short vowel, use K. 

500

Tubi_, Mas_et, Ga_en, Na_pa_, sni_bo, rut_y, fra_et

Tubic, masket, gacken, nacpack, snicbo, rutky, fracket

Schwa Rules

100

the three schwa rules are:

Texas Blossom 

Cancel Pencil 

Banana

200

Unstressed closed a's and o's say the schwa sound in which rule?

Texas Blossom

300

Which vowels are affected in the Cancel Pencil Rule?

Any unstressed vowel followed by L

400

How many stressed syllables are allowed in a word?

One

500

What are the details of each schwa rule?

Texas blossom: unstressed o's and a's 

Cancel Pencil: any unstressed vowel followed by L

Banana: Any unstressed open A

Vowel Teams

100

Name any vowel team that says the long O sound.

OA, OW, O, OE

200

Which vowel teams are Never used at the end of a word?

AI, OA (paid, boat)

500

Tell us each vowel team, which long vowel sound it says, and where in the word you can use it (beginning, middle, end)

    Beg/Middle                       End 

A:      AI                             AY

E:      EE                             EE

I:                                       Y

O:    OA                             OW, O, OE

U:                                      EW, UE