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Lesson 4: Sentence Stress & /^/ vs. /a/

Lesson 4: Sentence Stress & /^/ vs. /a/. Please sign the attendance clipboard. Answer the following questions in your notebook:. What syllable should I stress in the word ‘notebook?’ Why ? What syllable should I stress in the word, ‘information?’.

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Lesson 4: Sentence Stress & /^/ vs. /a/

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  1. Lesson 4: Sentence Stress & /^/ vs. /a/ Please sign the attendance clipboard.

  2. Answer the following questions in your notebook: • What syllable should I stress in the word ‘notebook?’ Why? What syllable should I stress in the word, ‘information?’ Stress the first syllable: NOTEbook because it is a compound noun. Stress the 3rd syllable: in/for/MA/tion. Whenever you see the suffix “-tion,” pronounced /shun/, the syllable right before the suffix gets stressed. Try saying these words with the correct stresses: “confirmation,” “detonation,” “inspiration,” “alienation,” “imagination,” “conflagration,” “termination,” “nation,” “sensation,” “salvation.”

  3. The students with the highest grades study at home. • Content Words: • Function Words: Now try saying it with the right stresses! The STUDENTS with the HIGHEST GRADES STUDY at HOME.

  4. Jazz Chant Practice! I AM FREE / AbCdEfG NOW AND THEN / HiJkLmN ME AND YOU / OpQrStU DRINK SOME TEA / VWXyZ

  5. Nursery Rhymes • “Little Jack Horner” LITtle Jack HORner SAT in a CORner EATing his CHRISTmas PIE He STUCK in his THUMB And PULLED out a PLUM, And SAID “What a GOOD boy am I.” • “Mary Mary” MAry, MAry QUITE conTRAry HOW does your GARden GROW? With SILver BELLS, And COckle SHELLS, And PREtty maids ALL in a ROW

  6. Sometimes the same word can be used as a noun and as a verb with different meanings and stresses. When it is a noun, which syllable gets stressed? The first syllable. Ex. There was a REcall on baby cribs.

  7. Improving Videos • Take a copy of your revised transcript • Watch Miss Collins’s version • Practice reading your transcript with a partner • Videotape a new version of the video with Miss Collins

  8. BREAK • Return to your seat by 12:20

  9. Word Stress Listening • Listen for a word • Hold up the colored strips of paper in the correct order based on the amount of stress • Longest strip = MOST stressed • Medium strip = Middle stress • Shortest strip = UNstressed STRAWBERRY

  10. /^/ vs. /a/ “uh” vs. “a” Nut Not Pup Pop Rut Rot Unto Onto Muck Mock Rub Rob

  11. Listening for /^/ & /a/ • Listen to the words. Hold up the vowel sound you hear in the word.

  12. Dialogue • Underline words with the sound /^/ or /a/ • Ex. Cup (/^/) • Write /^/ or /a/ above the words that have those sounds • Practice the dialogue

  13. Past Tense Pronunciation Sheet • Practice the correct pronunciation • TV Clips Sheet • Listen for past tense pronunciation

  14. Homework • Take a ditto Have a great day! See you next Wednesday!

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