Unit all about me Lesson I can speak English Forms: Date

Optional Activity 3c Look and do.

Objective: to do physical exercise and to energise the pupils

Ask the pupils to stand up and do an energizing activity fromClass 1. You can do any energiser which your pupils liked to doin Class 1.

Activity 4 Write the letters.

Objective: to learn two letters of the alphabet - Aa and Bb

Ask the pupils to look at the letter “Aa” and say what picturesare next to the letter. Play the DVD and ask the pupils to listenand repeat the letter and the corresponding pictures. Also drawtheir attention to the way the letters are written. Then ask the pupils to open their Workbooks and start writing the capitalletter “A” and then small “a”.Ask them to look at the example and follow the arrows.If necessary, demonstrate on the blackboard. Then repeat theprocedure with the letter “Bb”.

Note:

1. If some pupils are very slow at writing don’t worry. Askthem to continue writing at home. The main point is to learn how

to write and how to pronounce the letter.

2. There’s an optional activity for those who finish writingearlier.

3. After the pupils have practised writing the letters for sometime you can work on the pronunciation of the letters “A” and“B” as follows:

STEP 1: Write the word “apple” and the sound [] under orover the letter “a” on the left side of the blackboard. Then writethe word “apricot” and the sound [] under or over the letter “a”on the right side of the blackboard. Then say that some lettersgive more than one sound, for example, the letter “a” in the word“apple” is pronounced as [] but in “apricot” it is pronouncedas []. After that have the pupils repeat these sounds after youindividually, in rows and chorus.

STEP 2: When you finish with Step 1, write the word “bee”and the sound [b] under or over the letter “b” on the blackboard. Then write the word “banana” and the sound [] under or overthe letter “b”. Then say that unlike “A” the letter “b” is alwayspronounced as [b] and it does not give more than one sound. Afterthat have the pupils repeat this sounds after you individually, in

rows and chorus.

Suggestion: From this lesson on start making a pronunciationposter like the ones on Parent’s Corner pages at the back ofthe Pupil’s Book. Do not complete the posters for vowels all atonce from the very beginning. You can go on completing themwhen the other sounds begin to appear throughout the book. Forexample, in Lesson 1 you can make an unfinished poster for thesounds ([] and []) of the letter “A” and a complete one for theletter “B”.