Starter quiz
- Select the letters with descenders.
- Select the letters with descenders.
- Select the correct formation of the letters b and h.
- Select the correct formation of the letter d and k.
- Select the correct formation of the letters l and t.
- Select the correct formation of the letter f.
Exit quiz
- A letter which reaches above the x-height line is called an...
- x-height letter.
- ascender letter. ✓
- descender letter.
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- The letters b and h have starting points on the...
- ascender line. ✓
- x-height line.
- descender line.
- baseline.
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- The letters f and t start between which two lines?
- ascender line ✓
- descender line
- baseline
- x-height line ✓
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- Select the letters which reach the ascender line.
- d ✓
- p
- l ✓
- h ✓
- a
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- Select the true statements regarding letters with ascenders.
- Part of the letter reaches below the baseline.
- Part of the letter reaches above the x-height line. ✓
- Ascender letters are x-height letters.
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- Match the letter type with the correct letters.
- x-height letters⇔a, c, o, e, i, m, n, r, s, u, v, w, x and z ✓
- ascender letters⇔b, d, h, k, l, f and t ✓
- descender letters⇔g, j, p, q and y ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- The part of the letter that reaches above the x-height line is called the ascender
- The letters b, d, h, k and l all have starting points on the ascender line
- The letters f and t have starting points between the x-height line and the ascender line
- The letters with ascenders are b, d, h, k, l, f and t
Common misconception
That the letters h, b, d and k are x-height letters.
Modelling through the lesson that although parts of the letter are x-height, they are not x-height letters because they have ascenders.
Keywords
Ascender - the part of a letter that extends above the level of the top of an "x"
Ascender line - the line above the x-height line which most letters with ascenders reach up to
X-height line - this is the line that x-height letters go up to
Baseline - this is the line that most letters sit on
Starting point - starting point is the place where we begin to write a letter or shape, usually at the top or left side.
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