Phonics – Pronunciation of Pure Vowels and Diphthongs Primary 2 (Basic 2) and Primary 3 (Basic 3) – English Studies

ENGLISH STUDIES

PHONICS

FIRST TERM/ WEEK 6/ PRIMARY 3

THIRD TERM/ WEEK 8, 9, 10/ PRIMARY 2

THEME – READING 

PREVIOUS LESSON – First Term Scheme of Work and Plan Lesson Notes for English Studies Primary 3 (Basic 3) and eaning of Apostrophe | Add an Apostrophe + (‘s) to the End of the Noun | Apostrophe in Simple Sentences Primary 2 (Basic 2)

TOPIC – PRONUNCIATION OF VOWELS AND DIPHTHONGS  

LEARNING AREA

1. Vowels – a, e, I, o, u

2. Diphthongs – /ɔi/ and /eə/

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES 

By the end of the lesson, most the pupils should be able to,

1. produce vowel sounds and diphthongs correctly, and

2. distinguish between vowels and diphthongs by pronouncing them correctly in words and in sentence contexts.

ENTRY BEHAVIOUR

The pupils can separate vowel and consonant letters.

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of:

1. Relevant pictures of objects

2. Flash cards

3. Flannel board

4. Course book.

METHOD OF TEACHING

Choose a suitable and appropriate methods for the lessons.

Note – Irrespective of choosing methods of teaching, always introduce an activities that will arouse pupil’s interest or lead them to the lessons. 

REFERENCE MATERIALS

1. Scheme of Work

2. 9 – Years Basic Education Curriculum

3. Course Book

4. All Relevant Material

5. Online Information – Phonemic Awareness – Using Songs and Rhymes to Identify Sounds (Primary 2)

CONTENT OF THE LESSON  

INTRODUCTION

A monophthong is a single vowel and a diphthong is a double vowel. That’s, a monophthong is where there is one vowel sound in a syllable, while a diphthong is where there are two vowel sounds in a syllable.

PRONUNCIATION OF MONOPHTHONGS VOWELS 

a as in ant, apple, etc.

e as in egg, elephant, etc.

i as in ink, insect, etc.

o as in ocean, oar, etc.

u as in uncle, umbrella, etc.

PRONUNCIATION OF DIPHTHONGS – /ɔi/ and /eə/

/ɔi/ as in boy, toy, enjoy, annoy, soil, foil, boil, ploy, etc.

/eə/ as in air, hair, pair, fair, wear, etc.

To be continue in other lessons,

/aɪ/ as in eye, try, fry, die, etc.

/eɪ/ as in play, away, say, pay, etc.

/ɪə/ as in ear, hear, fear, deer, etc.

/eə/ as in hair, pair, fair, wear, etc.

/aʊ/ as in cow, vow, how, now, etc.

/oʊ/ as in no, low, toe, yellow, etc.

 

PRODUCTION OF VOWELS AND DIPHTHONGS IN WORDS AND IN SENTENCES 

PRESENTATION

To deliver the lesson, the teacher adopts the following steps:

1. To introduce the lesson, the teacher revises the previous lesson. Based on this, he/she asks the pupils some questions;

2. Teacher organizes on the pupils into groups depending on the size of the class.

3. Teacher displays charts or pictures of words with single and double vowels.

4. Teacher uses flashcards to guide pupils to match with the charts displayed and pronounce.

Pupil’s Activities – The pupils match the flashcards with the words on the chart and pronounce correctly.

5. Teacher uses the charts and the pupil’s relevant responses to introduce the lesson, demonstrates and guides pupils to pronounce the words containing the vowels and the diphthongs.

Pupil’s Activities – The pupils pay attention to the lesson introduction to understand words that continue monophthong and diphthong vowels.

6. Teacher guides pupils to understand and differentiate between monophthong and diphthong vowels.

Pupil’s Activities – With appropriate examples, the pupils differentiate between monophthong and diphthong vowels.

7. Teacher dictates words for the pupils to identify and state if it monophthongs or diphthongs.

Pupil’s Activities – The pupils identify and state words with monophthong and diphthong vowels.

8. Teacher summarizes the lesson on the board using appropriate lesson evaluation.

Pupil’s Activities – The pupils participates actively in the summary of the lesson by responding correctly to most of the questions and write as instructed.

CONCLUSION

To conclude the lesson for the week, the teacher revises the entire lesson and links it to the following week’s lesson.

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Use of Regular and Irregular Plurals of Nouns Primary 2 (Basic 2) – English Studies

First Term Scheme of Work and Plan Lesson Notes for English Studies (Primary 3)

LESSON EVALUATION 

Teacher asks pupils to:

1. pronounce the sounds /ɔi/ and /ea/ correctly.

2. write correctly the words containing the vowels and diphthongs dictated by the teacher.