Whats That Sound?
Module
Knowing our neighbours/ Special people, special things
Unit
Sounds and Noises
Key Stage 2 Learning Targets
To develop an ever-improving capability to use English
~ to develop an awareness of the basic sound patterns of English and an enjoyment of imaginative texts through activities such as participating in story telling (E.S.a)
~ to give expression to ones experience through activities such as providing simple oral and written accounts of events and ones reactions to them (E.S.b)
Programme Outline
One day, Max and Teresa find some strange sounds coming out of their new neighbours garden. They think they hear sounds of wild animals. Teresa even believes that someone is kept inside their neighbours storehouse. They hear slapping, smashing and gunshots. What really happened in the storehouse? Only their new neighbour can explain that!
Communicative functions
1. To learn about the formation and use of words that imitate sounds
2. To recognize words such as roar, hiss, vroom, beep, bang that imitate the sounds associated with actions or objects
3. To recognize the use of interjections to convey emotions such as oops, uh-oh, argh in simple spoken texts
Suggested activities
1. Introduce the programme briefly.
2. Watch the programme together. Draw pupils attention to the sounds of the animals and the sound words on screen. In the later part of the programme, there are more sound words associated with actions and objects introduced.
3. This is a programme to develop pupils acute listening skills. They can learn about the use of onomatopoeic words to describe the sounds they hear. Onomatopoeic words are words that sound exactly or almost exactly the things they represent. Sound words can help readers imagine a scene or a story more easily while reading. Similarly, interjections such as Argh and Uh-oh can help readers feel the emotions intended to convey.
List of the onomatopoeic words in the programme:
a. Squawk
b. Woof
c. Roar
d. Trumpet
e. Hiss
f. Pop
g. Smash
h. Slap
i. Click
j. Bang
k. Vroom
l. Beep
List of the interjections in the programme
m. Argh
n. Uh-oh
4. In the programme, some sound words represent more than one thing or one action. For example, pop may be used to refer to balloon bursting or the popcorn being heated in an oven. After watching the programme, tell pupils to choose the correct sound word to fill in the boxes or circles in the pictures in COPYMASTER 1. Replay the recap segment which is near the end of the programme when necessary.
Answers:
a. When a balloon bursts, you can hear--- Pop.
b. When the popcorn is heated in the oven, you can hear--- Pop.
c. When someone slaps someone elses face, you can hear--- Slap.
d. When he hits a mosquito on his arm, you can hear--- Slap.
e. When the mouse turns on the TV, you can hear---Click.
f. When someone switches on a light, you can hear ---Click.
g. When they are in pain, they say--- Argh, Argh.
h. When the plates drop on the floor, you can hear--- Smash, Smash.
i. When someone fires a gun, you will hear--- Bang, Bang.
5. In COPYMASTR 2a, ask pupils to match the sound word to the animals/birds.
Answers:
Parrot ------- (e) Squawk
Dog --------- (c) Woof
Tiger -------- (d) Roar
Lion --------- (d) Roar
Elephant ---- (a) Trumpet
Snake ------- (b) Hiss
Crocodile --- (b) Hiss
6. In COPYMASTER 2b, pupils fill in the sound words that describe the pictures
Answers:
a. Boom a car crash
b. Beep a warning to other drivers
COPYMASTER 1
Whats That Sound?
Choose and write in the boxes or circles.
BangPop Slap Click ArghSmash
a. When a balloon bursts, you can hear
b. When the popcorn is heated in the oven, you can hear.
c. When someone slaps someone elses face, you can hear
d. When he hits a mosquito on his arm, you can hear
e. When the mouse turns on the TV, you can
hear
f. When someone switches on a light, you can hear
g. When they are in pain, they say
h. When the plates drop on the floor, you can hear.
i. When someone fires a gun, you will hear
COPYMASTER 2
Whats That Sound?
Part 2a. Matching
Parrot (a) Trumpet
Dog (b) Hiss
Tiger (c) Woof
Lion (d) Roar
Elephant (e) Squawk
Snake
Crocodile
COPYMASTER 2
Whats That Sound?
Part 2b. Fill in the right sound word.
VroomBoom Beep Uh-oh
a car crash
a warning to other drivers
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