4PD 2Aug Homophone & Homograph

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Subject: English Date: 2 August 2011 (Tuesday)

Class: 4PD Time: 7.00am7.40am (40minutes)

Level: Low Intermediate to High Intermediate Number of Pupils: 35

Theme: Homonyms (Homophones & Homographs)

Unit / Topic: Grammar

Focus skill: Speaking and Listening

Integrated skills: WritingContent: Sound System

Previous knowledge: Students have adequate knowledge of vocabulary.

Moral Values: Respect, co-operation

Thinking skills: Rational

Teaching aids: Handout (Word search puzzle)

Learning outcomes:

2.0 Language for Informational Use:

2.1 Obtain information for different purposesbya. listening to spoken texts (sentences)

2.2 Process informationby:

a. skimming and scanning for specific words, information and ideas

b. extracting main ideas and details

d. getting the explicit and implicit meaning of the spoken texts

Curriculum specification:

2.1 (a)i. Listening to and understanding spoken texts.

2.2 (a, b, d) ii. Noting important details

v. Taking notes of the text heard

Behaviour objectives: By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

i. explain what are homophones and homographs and give examplesii. know the different meanings of homophones and homographs

iii. improve their pronunciation of the wordsSTAGES

TEACHING AND LEARNING PROCEDURE/

ACTIVITIES

RATIONAL/

REMARKS

Set Induction

(3 minutes)

1) Teacher greets the students.2) Teacher recaps on previous grammar lesson, which is onconsonant cluster and jazz chants.

Respect

Activity 1

(15 Minutes)

1) Teacher introduces the students to homophones (wordswith same pronunciation but have different meanings)

2) Teacher provides some examples of homophone.3) Teacher distributes a handout (word search puzzle) toeach student.

4) Students are provided with a list of words and they areassigned to search words in the puzzle with the samepronunciation.

5) Teacher allocates time for students to complete the task.

Rational and

critical thinking,

analyzing,

synthesizing


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6) Teacher discusses the answers with the students.

Activity 2

(20 Minutes)

1) Teacher moves to another grammar item: homographs(words with same spelling but have different meanings and

pronunciations)2) Teacher provides some examples of homograph.3) Teacher asks students to take out a piece of paper anddraw a table of 5x5 grids.

4) Teacher lists down some definitions of homographs onthe whiteboard.

5) Students fill in their table with the definitions in randomorders.

6) Teacher plays the game Bingo with the students.7) Teacher says out a few words and read sentences inwhich the words are used.

8) Students listen to the words and sentences.9) Students search for the correct definition of the wordsand cross out the definitions/boxes.10) The first student who gets five boxes crossed out in aline calls out and wins the game.

11) Teacher discusses the other definitions and providesexamples.

Listening skill,

analyzing,

synthesizing

Closure

(2 Minutes)Teacher recaps the lesson of the day.

Reflection


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Place to save or

borrow money

Instrument for

moving airContest Look at Dogs cry

Opposite of

right

Arranged in

placeTimepiece Keen follower Noise

CommandTiny stick for

lighting fireEdge of river Shape

Past tense of

leave

Outer layer of

treeFall Class in school

A dry, hot and

sandy place

Documents withblanks to be

filled up

Safe Gentle Run away Short journey Fit