Phonics Fun

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Originally submitted by Richard Fleming on Aug 26, 2009.

DETAILED EXPLANATION:

• Practice the pronunciation of the words in the activity. If you haven't practiced phonics with the class before, or if it's been a while, pay close attention to the difficult sounds (R/L, V/B, TH/S).
• Ask students to listen to you say one word from each line starting from A to I (make a note of each word you choose) and circle the word they think you have said. For example, "Okay let's start... 'A' line, 'sheet'... 'B' line, 'path'..." etc.
• As the students move down the lines from A to I, they must follow the the lines either left or right to the next word. At the end, they should have a word above a number.
• Ask students to raise their hands as you call out each number from 1 to 11.
• Write out the letters A to I on the blackboard and begin to go through each line checking the answers. I usually write both words beside the letter, then point to a word, say it and ask students who circled it to raise their hands, then repeat the process with the other word on that line, then I circle the word that I actually said. For example: "Okay, A line, who chose 'sheet'? Who chose 'seat'? The answer is.. 'sheet'!"
• Ask students to award themselves a point for each correct word they chose (line score) and 3 bonus points if they ended up on the word above the right number.

VARIATIONS:

• Ask students to repeat the words at the start and end of the activity to help them with pronunciation.
• For higher level classes, don't allow students to look at your mouth when you say the words.
• You can make this a group or pair work activity.

TEACHING SUGGESTIONS:

• If you are genki with this and make it a 'high tension' activity it can be a good warm up.

TIPS/CAUTIONS:

• My students on the baseball team really love this activity for some reason. They will compare answers and play off each other a lot.

Files:

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Warmup_PhonicFun.doc (124 KB)