Preparation: Make a list of some words that have silent letters in them.
Procedure: Dictate the words to the students, check them and then tell the students to underline the silent letters in the words. e.g.
Christmas
Knee
Listen
Honest
World
* Jaya Arora is an Asstt. Teacher in Sarvodaya Co-education Sec. School, East Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi. jayaarora@rediffmail.com
* Article first published in FORTELL newsletter, April, 2006