1. Today:
Stress Words
Punctuation
Vowel Revision

2. Word Stress:
 The manner in which stresses are
distributed on the syllables of a
word
 Emphasis on a syllable of a word
in result of a special effort of
utterance (the way it is said)
 Also known as word accentation

3. How to determine the
stressed syllable
 The majority of the time the long vowel sound is
the stressed word
 In words that have suffixes or prefixes, the stress is
usually on the first syllable or word root
 Ex. Childish= Child-ish
 Two vowels together in the end of a word often
indicates that the stress is on that vowel syllable
 Ex. Complain= Com-plain
 In words of more than three syllables, the first or
second is always stressed
 Ex. Determine= De-ter-min

4. What kinds of
punctuation are there:
 ?
 .
 ,
 !
 These are your four basic and common
punctuation symbols
 There are more however we will cover them
another day

5. When and where to use them:
 ? = question mark
 A question mark is placed at the end of a
sentance to state that the sentance is a
question
 ! = exclamation point
 An exclamation point is used at the end of a
sentance to state and exciting, thrilling, or
dramatic part of a story
 . = period
 A period is used to mark the end of a sentance
 , = comma
 A comma is used in the middle of a sentance to
give the reader a pause in the sentance. It is
often used for dramatic effect

6. Vowel Revision
 What are our vowels?
 AEIOU
 And sometimes……..
 Y
 Why are they in that specific order

They are alphabetically ordered
 What are our vowels?