An interactive activity to explore how compounds are made
In this activity, students work with an interactive smart board display to build compound words.
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Explain to the learners that nouns can refer to male or female people. In language, this difference is called gender.
Ask learners to copy down the list and add the nouns of the oppsite gender. Show them the solutions and ask them what patterns they notice. Answer: some are completely different words while others use a suffix to change the meaning.
Show the leaners the the list of nouns. After hearing their ideas, explain what concrete nouns are, and ask leaners if they can see or find any other examples in the classroom. Explain what abstract nouns are and ask for any other examples.
Next, ask the learners to work in pairs and small groups. Copy down the table and decide which nouns are concrete or abstract. Check the answers as a whole class.
To increase student awareness of the sound sequences in one syllable words.
To highlight that there is not a one-to-one correspondence between sounds and letters.
To practise dividing words into syllables.
Lesson plan
In this lesson, students will work through three activities. The first two involve categorising words according to syllable structure and number of syllables, while the third activity is a class competition requiring students to draw on their vocabulary knowledge.
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