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Programed Spelling Demons, 4/E
George W. Feinstein, Emeritus, Pasadena City College

ISBN-10: 0132556219
ISBN-13: 9780132556217

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 1998
Format: Paper; 218 pp
Published: 06/30/1997

Suggested retail price: $69.80
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Appropriate for college-level courses in Spelling Improvement. It is also useful for basic skills courses, writing labs, learning centers, and as a supplement to developmental or freshman.

This popular guidebook helps students eliminate those basic spelling problems that can plague almost any writer. The book stresses words commonly confused, phonics, plurals, capitals, apostrophes, and suffixes. The book's programed format enables readers to proceed at their own pace with the aid of quizzes and subsequent review tests. Motivating and entertaining, it emphasizes drill over theory because it assumes correct spelling must become automatic.

  • Addresses the most basic words that account for the majority of student spelling errors. Pg.___
  • Uses a programed structure that enables students to work alone and at their own pace, yet it can also form the basis for classroom assignments. Pg.___
  • Employs a phonics approach that focuses on additive doubling, ie or ei, final silent e, pronunciation aids, tricky endings, words often confused, plurals, capitals, apostrophes, and basic principles. Pg.___
  • Encourages useful spelling rules while ignoring those rules that are riddled with exceptions. Pg.___
  • Focuses on word building, training students to spell a long word by adding prefixes, syllables, and suffixes one piece at a time (ex., mis-under-stand-ing). Pg.___
  • Calls for each programed word to be written correctly several times in order to ensure complete mastery. Pg.___
  • Holds student interest through its humorous, easy-to- understand content. Pg.___
  • Features four new chapters entitled Fight Those Demons! that give particular attention to 140 of the nastiest demons. Pg.___
  • The two chapters entitled Words with Tricky Endings from the previous edition have been streamlined into a single chapter. Pg.___
  • New proofreading exercises have been added. Pg.___
  • The Instructor's Manual has been revised to include a number of new pretests, review suggestions, final tests, and answer keys for each chapter. These tests help to reinforce the book's self instruction format. Pg.___
  • A revised Diagnostic Test (preliminary) and a Final Test (comprehensive) will enable the instructor to evaluate students' improvement in the course. Pg.___

  • Features four new chapters entitled Fight Those Demons! that give particular attention to 140 of the nastiest demons.
  • The two chapters entitled Words with Tricky Endings from the previous edition have been streamlined into a single chapter.
  • New proofreading exercises have been added.
  • The Instructor's Manual has been revised to include a number of new pretests, review suggestions, final tests, and answer keys for each chapter. These tests help to reinforce the book's self instruction format.
  • A revised Diagnostic Test (preliminary) and a Final Test (comprehensive) will enable the instructor to evaluate students' improvement in the course.



 1. Phonics: Common Patterns.


 2. Words Often Confused I.


 3. Words Often Confused II.


 4. Words Often Confused III.


 5. The Hoping-Hopping Rule.


 6. Fight Those Demons! (1-35).


 7. Word Building.


 8. Noun Plurals.


 9. Final Silent E.


10. Fight Those Demons! (36-70).


11. Write I Before E, Except . . .


12. Doubling the Final Consonant.


13. Fight Those Demons! (71-105).


14. Capital Letters.


15. Apostrophes.


16. Fight Those Demons! (106-140).


17. How Pronunciation Can Help.


18. Words with Tricky Endings.


Appendix.


Index to Spelling Words.

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