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igure 5.2 Summary Lesson Plan f
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or Teaching Sight Words From ESL/Literacy for Adult Learners by 
Wayne Haverson with Judith Haynes. Center for Applied Linguistics and Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1982. 
Reprinted by permission of Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. 
LESSON ONE: M m / m / 
TEACHER
ACTIVITY/RESPONSE 
1. This is the letter m.
1. Print letter m on board. Learners listen. 
2. This is a man.
2. Show visual. Learners listen and repeat three 
times. 
3. This is the letter m.
3. Point to letter m on board. Learners listen. 
4. The sound of the letter m is /m/ as in the 
word "man." 
4. Learners listen.
5. m-an man, m-iss miss, m-op mop (much, 
my) 
5. Teach learners to make the sound /m/. Model 
sound and each word separately. Learners listen 
and repeat three times. 
6. What is the sound of the letter m? 
6. Learners respond /m/. If learners have 
difficulty with the formation of the sound /m/, 
repeat steps 1-6. 
7. What is the name of the letter?
7. Point to letter m. Learners respond /m/. 
Prompt, if necessary. 
8. Listen to some words with the sound /m/. 
8. Learners listen. 
9. Listen and repeat.
9. Model each word separately. Learners listen 
and repeat three times. 
10. This is the letter m.
10. Show 3 x 5 card with the letter m on it 
Learners listen. 
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1. The sound of the letter m is /m/ as in the 11. Distribute 3 x 5 cards printed with letter m to 
ord "man." 
learners. Learners listen. 
12. Hold up your card when you hear the 
sound of the letter m. 
12. Demonstrate activity. Learners listen. 
13. What is the sound of the letter m?
13. Learners respond /ml. If learners still have 
difficulty with the formation of the sound /m/, 
repeat steps 7-13. 
14. Hold up your letter card when you hear 
the sound /m/. "Man, hello, miss, my, last." 
14. Model each word. Learners hold up letter m 
card for appropriate word. 
15. This is the word "man."
15. Print "man" on board under letter m.
16. Please read this word.
16. Point to word "man." Learners read in chorus 
and individually.