Edward B. Fry, Ph.D., is professor emeritus of education at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He is the bestselling author of numerous books including The Reading Teacher's Book of Lists from Jossey-Bass. He is the former director of Rutgers's Reading Center and is recognized internationally for his Readability Graph which is used by teachers, publishers, and others to judge the reading difficulty of books and other materials.

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• Introduction xvPart I Homophones and Phonics Lessons 1Lesson 1: be vs. bee 3Lesson 2: by vs. bye vs. buy 4Lesson 3: fair vs. fare 5Lesson 4: no vs. know 6Lesson 5: to vs. too vs. two 7Lesson 6: loan vs. lone 8Lesson 7: tail vs. tale 9Lesson 8: sea vs. see 10Lesson 9: lie vs. lye 11Lesson 10: meat vs. meet 12Lesson 11: maid vs. made 13Lesson 12: son vs. sun 14Lesson 13: dear vs. deer 15Lesson 14: do vs. due vs. dew 16Lesson 15: wood vs. would 17Lesson 16: write vs. right 18Lesson 17: pole vs. poll 19Lesson 18: bear vs. bare 20Lesson 19: tax vs. tacks 21Lesson 20: bite vs. byte 22Lesson 21: brake vs. break 23Lesson 22: mail vs. male 24Lesson 23: flea vs. flee 25Lesson 24: shoe vs. shoo 26Lesson 25: cheap vs. cheep 27Lesson 26: hall vs. haul 28Lesson 27: leak vs. leek 29Lesson 28: roll vs. role 30Lesson 29: die vs. dye 31Lesson 30: led vs. lead 32Lesson 31: eight vs. ate 33Lesson 32: I vs. eye 34Lesson 33: ball vs. bawl 35Lesson 34: base vs. bass 36Lesson 35: week vs. weak 37Lesson 36: not vs. knot 38Lesson 37: rain vs. reign 39Lesson 38: plain vs. plane 40Lesson 39: past vs. passed 41Lesson 40: or vs. oar 42Lesson 41: beach vs. beech 43Lesson 42: row vs. roe 44Lesson 43: pause vs. paws 45Lesson 44: oh vs. owe 46Lesson 45: beat vs. beet 47Lesson 46: pier vs. peer 48Lesson 47: hole vs. whole 49Lesson 48: which vs. witch 50Lesson 49: hail vs. hale 51Lesson 50: guest vs. guessed 52Lesson 51: sell vs. cell 53Lesson 52: cents vs. sense 54Lesson 53: bread vs. bred 55Lesson 54: band vs. banned 56Lesson 55: root vs. route 57Lesson 56: peak vs. peek 58Lesson 57: one vs. won 59Lesson 58: night vs. knight 60Lesson 59: rose vs. rows 61Lesson 60: pail vs. pale 62Lesson 61: in vs. inn 63Lesson 62: road vs. rode 64Lesson 63: pair vs. pear 65Lesson 64: him vs. hymn 66Lesson 65: fur vs. fir 67Lesson 66: hair vs. hare 68Lesson 67: new vs. knew 69Lesson 68: higher vs. hire 70Lesson 69: flu vs. flew 71Lesson 70: great vs. grate 72Lesson 71: hi vs. high 73Lesson 72: find vs. fined 74Lesson 73: so vs. sew 75Lesson 74: raise vs. rays 76Lesson 75: way vs. weigh 77Lesson 76: ant vs. aunt 78Lesson 77: berry vs. bury 79Lesson 78: blue vs. blew 80Lesson 79: our vs. hour 81Lesson 80: plum vs. plumb 82Lesson 81: read vs. reed 83Lesson 82: ring vs. wring 84Lesson 83: toe vs. tow 85Lesson 84: rap vs. wrap 86Lesson 85: warn vs. worn 87Lesson 86: least vs. leased 88Lesson 87: red vs. read 89Lesson 88: bale vs. bail 90Lesson 89: been vs. bin 91Lesson 90: flower vs. flour 92Part II Contractions, Capitalization, Common Misspellings, and More 93Contractions 95Lesson 91: Contractions: Not 97Lesson 92: Contractions: Will or Shall 98Lesson 93: Contractions: Have 99Lesson 94: Contractions: Would or Had 100Lesson 95: Contractions: Is or Has 101Lesson 96: Contractions: Various 102Capitalization 103Lesson 97: Capitalization: First Word 105Lesson 98: Capitalization: Names 106Lesson 99: Capitalization: Places 107Lesson 100: Capitalization: Pets 108Lesson 101: Capitalization: Holidays 109Lesson 102: Capitalization: Books, Plays, and Movies 110Lesson 103: Capitalization: Periodicals 111Lesson 104: Capitalization: People’s Titles 112Lesson 105: Capitalization: Companies 113Lesson 106: Capitalization: Quotations 114Lesson 107: Capitalization: Review 115Common Misspellings 117Lesson 108: Common Misspellings 119Lesson 109: Common Misspellings 120Lesson 110: Common Misspellings 121Lesson 111: Common Misspellings 122Lesson 112: Common Misspellings 123Lesson 113: Common Misspellings 124Lesson 114: Common Misspellings 125Lesson 115: Common Misspellings 126Lesson 116: Common Misspellings 127Lesson 117: Common Misspellings 128Plurals 129Lesson 118: Plurals: For Most Words 131Lesson 119: Plurals: For Words Ending in ‘‘S’’ or ‘‘SS’’ 132Lesson 120: Plurals: For Words Ending in ‘‘CH’’ 133Lesson 121: Plurals: For Words Ending in ‘‘SH’’ 134Lesson 122: Plurals: For Words Ending in ‘‘X’’ 135Lesson 123: Plurals: For Words Ending in ‘‘Y’’ 136Lesson 124: Plurals: For Words Ending in ‘‘O’’ 137Lesson 125: Plurals: Irregular Plurals 138Lesson 126: Plurals: Invariable Nouns 139Abbreviations 141Lesson 127: Abbreviations: First Two Letters 143Lesson 128: Abbreviations: First and Last Letters 144Lesson 129: Abbreviations: First and Middle Letters 145Lesson 130: Abbreviations: Two-Word State Names 146Lesson 131: Abbreviations: Initializations 147Lesson 132: Abbreviations: Days of the Week 148Lesson 133: Abbreviations: Months of the Year 149Lesson 134: Abbreviations: Streets 150Lesson 135: Abbreviations: Titles 151Lesson 136: Abbreviations: Time 152Lesson 137: Abbreviations: Various Fields 153Homophone Contractions 155Lesson 138: Homophone Contractions: ‘‘They’re’’ 157Lesson 139: Homophone Contractions: ‘‘You’re’’ 158Lesson 140: Homophone Contractions: ‘‘It’s’’ 159Lesson 141: Homophone Contractions: ‘‘Who’s’’ 160Silent Letters 161Lesson 142: Silent Letters: WR 165Lesson 143: Silent Letters: GN 166Lesson 144: Silent Letters: KN 167Lesson 145: Silent Letters: Silent Blend GH 168Lesson 146: Silent Letters: Silent B and d 169Lesson 147: Silent Letters: Silent H and P 170Lesson 148: Silent Letters: Silent PH and QU 171Lesson 149: Silent Letters: Silent T and U 172Double Letters 173Lesson 150: Double Letters: FF 175Lesson 151: Double Letters: LL 176Lesson 152: Double Letters: SS 177Lesson 153: Double Letters: ZZ 178Suffixes 179Lesson 154: Suffixes: Doubling Final Consonant 181Lesson 155: Suffixes: Doubling Two-Vowel Words 182Lesson 156: Suffixes: Doubling Two Consonants at End 183Lesson 157: Suffixes: Words Ending in E 184Compound Words 185Lesson 158: Compound Words 187Prefixes 189Lesson 159: Prefixes: Letter Doubling A- 191Lesson 160: Prefixes: Letter Doubling O- and CO- 192Ending Sounds 193Lesson 161: Ending Sounds: LE = EL 195Lesson 162: Ending Sounds: ER = AR = OR 196Lesson 163: Ending Sounds: ER = AR = OR 197Lesson 164: Ending Sounds: K and CK 198Lesson 165: Ending Sounds: KE and NK 199Spelling Problems 201Lesson 166: Spelling Problems: Letter c 203Lesson 167: Spelling Problems: IE or EI? 204Lesson 168: Spelling Problems: -TION vs. -SION 205Lesson 169: Spelling Problems: -AIR vs. -ARE 206Homophone Look-Up Drills 207Lesson 170: Homophone Look-Up Drill 209Lesson 171: Homophone Look-Up Drill 210Lesson 172: Homophone Look-Up Drill 211Lesson 173: Homophone Look-Up Drill 212Lesson 174: Homophone Look-Up Drill 213Lesson 175: Homophone Look-Up Drill 214Lesson 176: Homophone Look-Up Drill 215Lesson 177: Homophone Look-Up Drill 216Lesson 178: Homophone Look-Up Drill 217Lesson 179: Homophone Look-Up Drill 218Lesson 180: Homophone Look-Up Drill 219Appendix: Homophone Master List 221