Teachers' Domain; Between the Lions; Seven Selfish Shellfish

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No twist your tongue. Seven selfish selfish selfish. 7. 7. 7. 6 Don't show some stupid. Sad. Selfish. Self. Doubt they still think. This is. Having self. Help and. Having you think about. It.
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Series
Teachers' Domain
Program
Between the Lions
Title
Seven Selfish Shellfish
Producing Organization
WGBH Educational Foundation
Contributing Organization
WGBH (Boston, Massachusetts)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip/15-t72794151s
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Episode Description
This video segment from Between the Lions features a classic tongue twistera type of wordplay that helps children tune their ears to language and the sounds within words.
Description
In this video segment from Between the Lions, children and adults alike struggle to articulate the tongue twister "Seven selfish shellfish." This tongue twister illustrates how wordplay draws attention to the different sounds within words.
Description
Invite your students to try saying the tongue twister with the people in this segment. Write the words on a chalkboard or chart, and think aloud about what the phrase means. What?s a shellfish? What would it mean to be a selfish shellfish? See if any volunteers would like to try illustrating this phrase. What letter do you see at the beginning of each word? Can anyone tell why these words are so hard to say? Ask your students to take turns saying the phrase?remember that it?s a challenge to be enjoyed; having fun with mistakes is part of the tongue-twister experience. See if you can create your own class tongue twisters, perhaps beginning with a familiar character?s name (for example, Leona Lion?s lizard likes Lionel). Ask your students to find out if their parents or siblings know any other tongue twisters. Most people know the ones beginning, "Peter Piper . . ." and "She sells seashells . . . ." If students are interested, create and illustrate a class tongue-twister book. Introduce the game of "syllable deletion" to help your students play with words as objects: Say "shellfish." Now say it again, without the "fish." Now say "selfish." Say it again without the "sell." Other good words to take apart include: "cowboy," "toothbrush," "football," "strawberry," "watermelon," "flashlight," etc. Have students clap the syllables (beats) in each of these words, then play the syllable deletion game. For more fun with tongue twisters, see: Six Sick Sheep by Joanna Cole Oh Say Can You Say by Dr. Seuss Busy Buzzing Bumblebees and Other Tongue Twisers by Alvin Schwartz
Description
This video segment from Between the Lions features a classic tongue twister?a type of wordplay that helps children tune their ears to language and the sounds within words.
Description
See related asset "BTL07_vid_shellfish_Backgrounder.xml"
Topics
Literature
Subjects
English Language Arts; Phonological Awareness; early lit :: phonemic awareness :: ending sounds; early lit :: phonemic awareness :: beginning sounds; early lit :: phonemic awareness :: word parts; early lit :: phonemic awareness :: wordplay
Rights
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Rights Note:Download Only,Rights:,Rights Credit:2005 WGBH Educational Foundation and Sirius Thinking, Ltd. All rights reserved.,Rights Type:All,Rights Coverage:,Rights Holder:WGBH Educational Foundation
Media type
Moving Image
Duration
00:00:29
Credits
Producing Organization: WGBH Educational Foundation
Publisher: Teachers' Domain
AAPB Contributor Holdings
WGBH
Identifier: fbabc47319d8cb090146b3b00e0eb6c22b137cfd (ArtesiaDAM UOI_ID)
Format: video/quicktime
Color: Color
Duration: 00:00:00
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Citations
Chicago: “Teachers' Domain; Between the Lions; Seven Selfish Shellfish,” WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed July 22, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-t72794151s.
MLA: “Teachers' Domain; Between the Lions; Seven Selfish Shellfish.” WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. July 22, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-t72794151s>.
APA: Teachers' Domain; Between the Lions; Seven Selfish Shellfish. Boston, MA: WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-t72794151s