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

Activity 5 Write the letters.

Objectives: to learn two more letters of the alphabet – Ee and Ff;to practise writing the letters;to consolidate the letters.

Ask the pupils to look at the letter “Ee” 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 thepupils to open their Workbooks and start writing the capital letter“E” and then small “e”.

Ask them to look at the example and follow the arrows. Ifnecessary, demonstrate on the blackboard. Then repeat the procedurewith the letter “Ff”.

Note: 1. If some pupils are very slow at writing don’t worry.Ask them to continue writing at home. The main point is to learnhow to write and how to pronounce the letter.

2. After the pupils have practised writing the letters for sometime you can work on the pronunciation of the letters “E” and“F” as follows:

STEP 1: Write the word “eight” and the sound [e] underor over the letter “e” on the left side of the blackboard. Then

write the words “elephant” and “eggplant” in the same manner.Then write the words “bee”, “three”, “tree”, “he”, “she”and the sound [] under or over the letter combinations “ee” and“e” on the right side of the blackboard. Then say that the letter“e” also gives more than one sound, for example, the letter “e”in the words on the left side of the blackboard is pronounced as[e] but in the words on the right side of the blackboard it is pronouncedas []. Also explain that “ee” is always and everywherepronounced as []. After that have the pupils repeat these sounds

after you individually, in rows and chorus.

STEP 2: When you finish with step 1, write the word “father”and the sound [f] under or over the letter “f” on the blackboard.Then write the words “four”, “five”, “fish”, “frog” andthe sound [] under or over the letter “f”. Then say that unlike“A”, “C” and “E” the letter “F” is always pronounced as [f] andit does not give more than one sound. After that have the pupilsrepeat this sounds after you individually, in rows and chorus.

Suggestion: Go on making a pronunciation poster as you didduring the previous lessons. In this lesson you can make an unfinishedposter for the sounds ([e] and [i:]) of the letter “E” anda complete one for the letter “F”. Draw the pupils’ attention to an optional activity on Page8. Say that they should find one word in each line which mustbe out. First ask which word is circled and why. If your pupilscannot explain that, then explain it yourself. Say the words: elephant,egg plant, cucumber, eight. Say that three words startwith the sound [e] except the word “cucumber” which must becircled.

Answer Key: 1 – cucumber; 2 – three; 3 – apple; 4 – ball.