The following syllabus is adapted from "Remedial Reading Drills,"
a free publication available from
www.donpotter.net
I am in the process of making flashcards and lessons/other materials for
this and will post them as they are complete, insha Allah.
Part I
Part
I flashcards by TJ
1 a
(ă) b c d f g h j l m n p r s t x
2 o
(ŏ)
3
Review of a, and o
4 i
(ĭ)
5
Review of a, o, and i
6 u
(ŭ)
7
Review of a, i, o, and u
8
ee (ē)
9
sh (sh)
10
oo
11
ch (ch), and tch (ch)
12
Review of ee, oo, sh, ch, and tch
13
ar (är)
14
ay (ā), and ai (ā)
15
or (ôr)
16
old (ōld)
17
Review of ar, or, old, ay, and ai
18
e (ĕ)
19
Review of a, o, i, u, and e
20
ea (ē)
21
oa (ō)
22
ck (k)
23
ow (ä΄
), and ou (ä΄ )
24
Review of ea, oa, ck, ow, and ou
25
Long Vowels of a (ā), i (ī), o (ō), and u (ǔ) with Final e
26
General Review of All Preceding s
27
ing (ĭ)
28
all (ôl)
29
ight (īt)
30
th (th), wh (hw), and qu (kw)
31
er (ûr), ir (ûr), and ur (ûr)
32
Review of ing, all, ight, th, wh, qu, er, ir, and ur.
33
General Review of Part I
Test Covering Part I
Part II
34
an (ăn) in (ĭn) and un (ǔn)
35
en (ĕn), and on (ŏn)
36
ink (ĭnk), ank (ănk), and unk (ǔn)
37
Review of an, in, en, on, ink, ank, and unk.
38
ing (ĭng), ang (ăng), ong (ŏng), and ung (ǔng)
39
and (ănd), ound (ä'
nd), and est (ĕst)
40
all (ôll), ill (ĭl), and ell (ĕl)
41
Review of ing, ang, ong, ung, and ound, est, all, ill, and ell
42
Initial Consonant Combinations
43
Further Consonant Combinations
44
Review of Consonant Combinations
45
General Review of Part II
Test Covering II
_______
Part III:
Advanced Sounds
46
aw (ô), au (ô), and ew (ū.
)
47
ook (),
ind (īnd,), oy (oi), and oi (oi)
48
-y (ǐ), -ly (lǐ), -le (l), and –ed (d,t)
49
ge (j), ce (s), ci (s), and –cy (sǐ)
50
Review of aw, au, ew, ook, ind, oy, oi, -y, -ly, -le, -ed, ge, ce, ci, and
-cy
51
aught (ôt), ough ((ôt), pro- (prō), and other (ŭ th ēr)
52
re- (rē), be- (bē), de- (dē) and pre- (prē)
53
-sion (shŭn), -tion (shŭn), -ation (ā shŭn), -ution (ū shŭn)
54
Review of aught, ought, pro-, other, re-, be-, pre-, -sion, -tion, and ution.
55
Review of Part III
Test Covering Part III
Part IV: Supplementary Exercises
Exceptions to
Configurations Previously Taught
1 ea (ĕ)
2 ow (ō)
3 th (th)
4 ive (ǐv)
Configurations Not
Previously Taught
5 kn (n), and gn (n)
6 wr (r)
7 ph (f)
8 ould (d)
9 alk (ôk)
10 alm (äm)
11 ex (ĕx), con- (cŏn),
and dis- (dǐ)
12 -ous (ŭs), and –ful
(fl)
13 wor (wŭr)
14 war (wôr)
15 air (âr), and are
(âr)
16 eigh (ā)
17 ie (ē)
18 Monosyllables
Ending in y (ī), or ie (ī)
19 oil (ōl)
20 oe (ō)
21 o (ō) Ending, and
e (ē) Ending
Word Building s and Compound Words
22 Word Building
23 ever
24 under
25 sea
26 post
27 school
28 house
29 over
30 some and come
31 where and there
32 Finel e Dropped
Before Vowels
33 Final e Kept
Before Vowels
34 y Changing to ies,
or ied
35 Plurals
s for Letter
Confusion
36 b, d, and p
37 m and n
