1. Silent Letters

2. Which letters are not heard when these words are pronounced?
Subtle and Phlegm
Which letters are not heard when these words are pronounced?
Subtle
Phlegm

3. Identify each word with a silent letter
We owe a great debt to the explorers.
debt
They climbed mountains and forded rivers.
climbed
In the uncharted terrain, terror reigned.
reigned
Fear did not gnaw at their resolve.
gnaw

4. Choose the word with a silent letter…
ignorant gnome ignominious
gnome
dumbstruck grumble humbug
dumbstruck
malign malignant malinger
malign
plumber lumber slumber
plumber

5. More practice… double dubitable doubtful doubtful
subterfuge subtlety subterranean
subtlety
campaign pagination pigmentation
campaign
dignity indignation design
design

6. Quickwrite
“A Sound of Thunder” is a story about time travel. Jot down some thoughts about where you’d go if you could travel through time. Would you choose the past or the future as your destination? Would you stay in the region where you live, or would you go someplace else? How would traveling through time affect your life?

7. Homer Travels Through Time