English For Today chapter 4: Lets Play with Sounds and Numbers
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Unit 4
Let’s Play with Sounds and Numbers
Lesson 1
Say the middle sounds /œ/ and /e/
A. Look, listen and say the words.
Figure
Labels: bag, mat, hat, cat Description: Four pictures in one row, each with its word printed below: a backpack (bag), a round mat (mat), a cap (hat), a cat (cat).
B. Look and listen. Say the word and its middle sounds/œ/. Finally, say the word again. For example:
| Picture | Teacher and students |
|---|---|
| Figure | T: bag Ss: bag T: a (/œ/) Ss: a (/œ/) T: a (/œ/) S1: a (/œ/) T: bag S2: bag Continue ……. |
| Figure | Continue as above |
| Figure | Continue as above |
| Figure | Continue as above |
Figure
Description: Table of four rows, one picture per row in the left column, in order: a backpack, a round mat, a cap, a cat.
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C. Look, listen and say.
| a cat on a mat | Figure |
| a hat on a cat | Figure |
| a bag on a mat | Figure |
Figure
Description: Three pictures in the right column of the table, in order: a cat sitting on a round mat; a cat wearing a cap and sitting; a bag lying on a round mat.
D. Look, listen and say the words.
Figure
Labels: pen, hen, red, net Description: Four pictures in one row, each with its word printed below: a pen (pen), a hen (hen), a paint tin with a brush (red), a net on a handle (net).
E. Look and listen. Say the words and their middle sound /e/, and then say the words again, for example:
T: pen Ss: pen
T: ‘e’ Ss: ‘e’
T: pen Ss: pen Continue …..
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F. Look, listen and say.
A den and a hen
Ten men look into
A tiger’s den.
They see no tiger,
But a fat red hen.
Figure
Description: A red hen stands inside a dark, rocky den (hole). Around its edge, several boys peer in; some raise their hands and point.
G. Listen to each of the following pairs of words. Write S (same) if the middle sounds of a pair are the same. Write D (different) if the middle sounds of a pair are different. One is done for you.
- pen pan D
- man men
- bag mat
- pen ten
- bed cat
H. Listen and say.
T : (writes on board) pen T : fan
S1: ………… S2: …………
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Let’s practise
1. Say the following words and their middle sounds /œ/
| can | man | happy | bad |
|---|
2. Say the following words and their middle sounds /e/
| den | bed | pet | leg |
|---|
3. Circle the words that have middle /œ/ sound and underline the words with middle /e/ sound.
cat pen man bed
pan ten
red hen hat cap
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Lesson 2
Say the middle sounds /ɪ/ and /i:/
A. Look, listen and say.
Figure
Labels: tin, pin, hill, pill Description: four pictures in a row, each with its word printed beneath: a blue corrugated sheet, a red pin, a hill with a path, and a bottle spilling pills.
B. Look, listen and say each word. Then say the middle sound. Finally, say the word again, for example:
| T: tin | Ss: tin | |
| T: ‘i’ | Ss: ‘i’ | |
| T: tin | tin | Continue ….. |
C. Listen to a word and say its middle sound, for example:
| T: pin | Ss: ‘i’ | |
| T: hill | Ss: ‘i’ | Continue …… |
D. Look, listen and say the words.
Figure
Labels: bean, sleep, sheep, feed Description: four pictures in a row, each with its word printed beneath: beans in pods, a girl asleep in bed, a pink-faced sheep, and a boy standing among pigeons.
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Say the middle sounds
E. Look, listen and say the words in D above. Then say their middle sounds. Finally say the words again. For example:
| T: bean | Ss: bean | |
| T: ea (/i:/ ) | Ss: ea (/i:/ ) | |
| T: bean | Ss: bean | Continue……. |
F. Listen and say the following pairs of words. Now read the pairs aloud.
| 1. slip | sleep | 4. ship | sheep |
| 2. still | steel | 5. hit | heat |
| 3. bean | bin | 6. bin | fin |
G. Listen to each of the pairs of words in F above. Write S (same) if the middle sounds of a pair are the same. Write D (different) if the middle sounds of a pair are different.
Let’s practise
1. Circle the words that have /i/ sound and underline the words with /i:/ sound.
feed , nil, fill, sheep, tin, ship, slip, bean
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Lesson 3
Rhyme
Row, Row, Row Your Boat
A. Match the pictures with the names of the animals.
Figure
Labels: Polar bear, Lion, Crocodile Description: three pictures stacked on the right side of the box, each opposite a printed name on the left: a crocodile at the top, a polar bear in the middle, and a lion at the bottom. The names and pictures are not in the same order.
B. Listen to the rhyme. When you listen to the name of an animal clap for three times.
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Rhyme
C. Now, read aloud the rhyme below.
Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Row, row, row your boat Gently down the stream Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily Life is but a dream.
Row, row, row your boat Gently up the creek. If you see a crocodile Don’t forget to shriek!
Row, row, row your boat Gently down the river. If you see a polar bear Don’t forget to shiver!
Row, row, row your boat Gently to the shore If you see a lion there Don’t forget to roar!
D. Do you have a similar rhyme in your own language? If so, please share it with the whole class.
| Vocabulary | |
|---|---|
| stream - small river merrily - happily creek - bay | shiver - to shake in cold shriek - a loud high shout shore - land bordering sea/river |
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Say the middle sounds /ɑː/ and /ʌ/
A. Look, listen and say the words.
Figure: cart
Description: A shopping cart with a wire basket on four wheels.
Figure: heart
Description: A red human heart with its blood vessels at the top.
Figure: bard
Description: A man in an orange robe, arms raised, standing on grass; a bag hangs from his shoulder.
Figure: card
Description: An ID card with a boy's photo on the left and blue lines for text.
B. Listen and say the words in A above and their middle sounds. Finally, say the words again, for example:
T: cart Ss: cart
T: ɑ (/ɑː/) Ss: ɑ (/ɑː/)
T: cart Ss: cart
T: Say the middle sound in hard. S1: …….
Continue ……
C. Look, listen and say the words.
Figure: cut
Description: A raised index finger with a drop of blood on its tip, against a yellow circle.
Figure: hut
Description: A yellow hut with a thatched orange roof and a raised veranda.
Figure: bud
Description: A pink rose bud on a long green stem with leaves.
Figure: hush
Description: A man with glasses holding a finger to his lips.
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D. Listen and say the words with their middle sound /ʌ/ (short).
T: bud Ss: bud
T: ᴜ (/ʌ/) Ss: ᴜ (/ʌ/)
T: bud Ss: bud
T: cut S1: cut / ᴜ (/ʌ/)
Continue …..
E. Look, listen and say.
Figure: The bard sings.
Description: A man in an orange robe, arms raised, standing on grass under a blue sky.
Figure: The flower is in bud.
Description: A pink rose bud on a long green stem.
Figure: The cut in his finger is bad.
Description: A raised index finger with a drop of blood on its tip, against a yellow circle.
Figure: They live in a hut.
Description: A yellow hut with a thatched orange roof and a raised veranda.
Figure: Show me your ID card.
Description: An ID card with a boy's photo on the left and blue lines for text.
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F. Listen to each of the following pairs of words. Write S (same) if the middle sounds of a pair are the same. Write D (different) if the middle sounds of a pair are different.
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heart hut
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bud bun
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cut cart
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mug jug
-
bard bud
Figure
Description: A thatched, conical-roofed hut with a woven wall, shown as the picture for item 6.
Figure
Description: A stack of two round buns with a dark speckled top, shown as the picture for item 6.
- barn bun
G. Listen. Then write the word you hear. Finally, say the words you have written.
hut, cart, jug, bard, tub, heart, nut
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