"Can you can a can as a canner can can a can?"
My students love this tongue twister! It always generates a bewildering laugh.
I usually demonstrate the tongue twister, see if they can guess any of the meaning, explain the meaning, then get them to repeat after me for pronunciation. Next, they practice individually for a few minutes before reading it together aloud. Finally, I ask for any brave volunteers to read it as fast as they can to the class.
If you don't have access to a screen then write it on the whiteboard with the little pictures above the different "can"s to help them understand. I did it this way for a few years before making this PowerPoint.
Files:
Nicely presented. Another one I always liked doing with classes is 'A big black bug bit a big black bear'
I started off slow. It's amazing to hear the students repeat it over and over again. I used 'She sees swiss cheese' and boy did that mess them up for 5 minutes.
I'll use this as a warm up activity for the lesson "I can..." Thanks for sharing.