Flp Wtg Boggle

Sample Formal Lesson Plan: Writing: Boggle Bruce Lawrence

Objectives: Students will learn how to recite and pronounce the alphabet. They will review some old and learn some new phonics rules. They will practice spelling Prerequisites: Students should know the alphabet and some spelling rules. They should also have a basic knowledge of computers and typing. Level: Low Intermediate. Duration: 2 hours Materials: - Alphabet sheet - IPA - spelling sheet - Phonics sheets 2 double sided - Scrabble game - Computer Set up: -

Alphabet sheet (individual) IPA and spelling (pair) Phonics sheets (individual) Scrabble (group) Text Twist (pairs)

Anticipated problems: Some students might not like, or be too shy about using computers. Older Ss might think it is too difficult. Lots of encouraging will be needed.

Warm up: T: Who is a good speller? Ss: … T: Is anybody good at spelling? No, me neither! <Specific Intro Qs: Sound - Spelling difficulties > T: What do you do when you don’t know how to spell a word? Ss: Look it up in your dictionary/various answers T: yeah, my teacher used to do that. I would ask, “How do you spell that?” And he would answer smugly, “Look it up in your dictionary.” And I would answer back smugly, “But I don’t know how to spell it, how am I supposed the look it up in the dictionary? The dictionary’s in alphabetical order. And he would get angry and say, “Just look it up!” I hated that teacher. Ss: ? T: But if you just listen to a word, can you spell it? Ss: Y/N/sometimes Teaching: Part I: The Alphabet (see main activities) Part II: The IPA (see main activities) (skip this part if there’s no time) Part III: Spelling Rules T: (write the rule on the board) Yeah, it’s a little rule to remember how to spell. So how to you spell “brief”? OK, how about “receive”? OK, how about “weigh”? Oh oh, how about “either”? Oh no! Do you know what these are called? Exceptions! <whiteboard form> RULE i before e except after c if a word ends in y and you want to add a suffix change the y to i If a word ends in a C and you want to add a suffix double the last C If a word ends in silent E and you want to add a suffix drop the E if it starts with a V keep the E if it starts with a C

EXAMPLES brief, receipt salaries, married

EXCEPTIONS weigh, either copying, trying

stopped, batter

covered, traveled

loveable, desirable useful, lovely

noticeable, courageous simply, gently

Main Activities: Activity I: The Alphabet T: OK we’ll start with the Alphabet. Here’s a sheet (give Alphabet sheet). Let’s practice (pay attention to L [eu] and R [alo]. Now, how do you pronounce that letter? (point to A) Ss [ei] T: right, for example? Can you give me a word? Ss: Make T: Can you pronounce it a different way? Ss: Apple T: right so that’s [æ] T: OK, so how did you pronounce that letter? Did anyone pronounce it a different way? Activity II: The IPA T: OK, now here are all the sounds of English (give the IPA-spelling sheet). The first one is the sound [i]. How do you spell that sound? T: OK, so how did you spell that sound? Did anyone spell it a different way? Activity III: Boggle T: OK, today you are going to practice spelling! We’re going to have a competition game called “Boggle”. I’m going to give each person a letter. You have to tell me which letter you have and I will write it on the board. And then in your group, you have to make as many words as you can using only those letters. For example, if we have the letters B S U and T. How many words can we make? Ss: BUT, TUB, BUST, STUB T: How many words did you make? (choose the team with the most and write them on the board, eliminating any incorrect words.) Activity IV: Text Twist T: OK, now we are going to find a partner and get on a computer and I’ll show you the internet version of this game. It’s called “Text Twist”. It’s the same idea as Boggle. They give you five letters and you have to make words by clicking on those letters, only it shows you how many possible words you can make with the letters. You can also

rearrange the letters by clicking “Twist”. This is useful because sometimes you can see new words to make. So, let’s go get a computer. Wrap up: T: OK, so how do I spell “Vancouver” “Metropolis” “Antidisestablishmentarianism” T: Give me one spelling rule. T: How many different ways can you spell your name? Contingency Plan: Ss write a sentence. T checks spelling and grammar. S-S dictation. Homework: Easy: Go home and write five new words you learned. Difficult: Go home and find spelling rules on the internet!

The Alphabet Here is our beloved alphabet. How do you pronounce that letter? Letter A [ei] B [bi] C [si] D [di] E [i] F [εf] G [ĵi]

Sounds fat [æ], bay [ei], feat [i], any[ε], leopard [r], father [a], boat [o], about [∂] but [b]

H [eič] I [ai] J [ĵei] K [kei] L [εl] M [εm] N [εn] O [ow] P [pi] Q [kiu] R [ar] S [εs] T [ti] U [yu] V [vi] W [d^b∂lyu] X [εks] Y [wai] and Z [zi/zεd] Now I know my A B Cs! Next time won’t you sing with me!

The Alphabet Letter A [ei]

Sounds fat [æ], bay [ei], feat [i], any [ε], leopard [r], father [a], boat [o], about [∂] B [bi] but [b], tub [¬], dumb [0] C [si] cat [k], rice [s] D [di] dull [d], bud [¬], picked [t] E [i] let [ε], he [i], break [ei], father [r], sergeant [a], true [u], height [ai], like [0] F [εf] fine[f] G [ĵi] great [g], age [ĵ], gnome [0] H [eič] hi [h], honour [?], light [0], rough [f] I [ai] pit [ı], ski [i], hi [ai], said [ε], plaid [æ], fruit [u], eight [ei], medicine [∂] J [ĵei] jam [ĵ] K [kei] kind [k], lick [¬], knight [0] L [εl] laugh [l], palm [0] M [εm] mine [m], mnemonic [0] N [εn] nice [n] O [ow] cop [a], cope [o], people [i], symbol [∂], leopard [ε], blood [^], corn[‫]כ‬, book [υ], women [ı] P [pi] pill [p], lip [¬], pneumonia [0] Q [kiu] queen [k] R [ar] real [r] S [εs] simple [s], use [z], assure [š], Asian [ž] T [ti] time[t], butter [D], lit [¬], future [č], lotion [š] U [yu] cup[^], cupid [yu], tune[u], busy[ı], caught[a], pour[‫]כ‬, schedule[∂], turn[r] V [vi] very [v] W [d^b∂lyu]wow [w], awful [0] X [εks] box [ks], Xerox [z] Y [wai] yellow [y] Z [zi/zεd] zoo [z], azure [ž]

IPA - Spelling How do you spell that sound? [i] beet, beat, believe, receive, he, ski, people, very [ı] bit [e] [ε] [æ] [^] [∂] [a] [‫]כ‬ [o] [υ] [u] [p] [b] [t] [d] [k] [g] [?] [f] [v] [θ] [ð] [š] [ž] [h] [č] [ĵ] [m] [n] [ŋ] [l] [r] [w] [y]

IPA - Spelling [i] beet, beat, believe, receive, he, ski, people, very [ı] bit, symbol, women, busy [e] bait, hate, weigh, hay, grey, great [ε] bet, head, any, said, leopard [æ] bat, plaid [^] but, blood [∂] every vowel if it is not stressed: about, later, diminish, doctor, umbrella [a] bought, father, hot, caught, palm, sought, sergeant, [‫ ]כ‬born, pour [o] boat, hope, though [υ] put, book, [u] boot, university, blue, fruit, wow [p] pill [b] bill [t] till [d] dill [k] kill, kick, circle, queen, box [g] gill [?] ill, button, hit [f] fill, philosophy, rough [v] vine [θ] thin [ð] them [s] see, circle, [z] zebra, use [š] she, motion, passion [ž] Asia, azure, usual [h] hill [č] chill, beach, bitch, future [ĵ] jump, gymnasium, judge [m] mill, palm, thumb [n] never, knife, gnome, pneumonia [ŋ] sing, Vancouver [l] lake [r] rake, bird, early, turn, under, word [w] will, why [y] yellow