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

Activity 3 Write the letters.

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

Ask the pupils to look at the letter “Gg” and say what pictures are next to the letter. Play the DVD and ask the pupils to listen and repeat the letter and the corresponding pictures. Also draw their attention to the way the letters are written. Then ask the pupils to open their Workbooks and start writing the capital letter “G” and then small “g”. Ask them to look at the example and follow the arrows. If necessary, demonstrate on the blackboard. Then repeat the procedure with the letter “Hh”.

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 learn how to write and how to pronounce the letter.

2 After the pupils have practised writing the letters for some time you can work on the pronunciation of the letters “G” and “F” as follows:

STEP 1: Write the word “grape” and the sound [] under or over the letter “g” on the left side of the blackboard. Then write the word “goat” in the same manner. Then write the words “giraffe”, “page” and the sound [] under or over the letter “g” on the right. Say that the letter “G” is pronounced as [] like in the examples on the left side of the blackboard, and sometimes, especially before e, i, y, as [] like in the examples on the right.

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 “head” and the sound [h] under or over the letter “h” on the blackboard. Then write the words “hear”, “horse” and the sound [] under or over the letter “h”. Then say that unlike “A”, “C”, “E” and “G” the letter “H” is always pronounced as [h] and it does not give more than one sound. After that have the pupils repeat this sounds after you individually, in rows and chorus.

Suggestion: Go on making a pronunciation poster like the ones you did during the previous lessons. In this lesson you can make a complete poster for the sounds of the letter “G” and “H”.