Oral English - Junior Secondary 2 - Syllables and syllabic consonants

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STEPS

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

LEARNERS ACTIVITY

1

Week 7

The teacher revises the previous lesson and introduces the new topic by defining syllables and discussing forms of syllables

Syllable is a sound or group of sounds whose most significant or important part is a vowel.

Forms of syllables

1.   Monosyllable: These are words with one syllable

Forms of Monosyllable

a.   Syllables made up of both consonant and vowel sounds e.g cat, dog, go, for, oat etc

b.   Syllables with just one vowel sound e.g I, owe, are, air etc

2.   Disyllable: these are words with two syllables e.g fell-ow, ob-tain, de-ceive etc

3.   Polysyllables: these are words with three or more syllables e.g u-ni-form, te-rri-ble, ma-na-ger, or-ga-ni-za-tion etc

Learners observe, learn and participate

2

Week 8

The teacher explains the syllabic consonants using word examples

Each syllable has a vowel as its most important element. However, sometimes certain vowel-like consonants like /l/, and nasal sounds like /m/ or /n/ could act as the core of the syllable

Examples of words with syllabic consonants

The teacher engages the learners in Dialogue practice involving both sounds

Learners observe, learn and participate

3

EVALUATION

The Learners are asked to

1.   Define syllables

2.   Discuss the forms of syllables giving two examples of each

3.   Give examples of syllabic consonants

- Learners observe, learn and participate

4

CLASS-WORK

Learners are asked to answer the exercise on page 184 1-5 of the New Concept English for Junior Secondary School 2

Learners observe, learn and participate

5

ASSIGNMENT

Learners are asked to answer the exercise on page 184 6-10 of the New Concept English for Junior Secondary School 2

Learners participate

6

CONCLUSION

The teacher marks their books, corrects it and commends the Learners