Working with Intermediate Students

1. WORD BUILDING– simple to do, no preparation needed, adaptable to any classroom topic. • For Intermediate Students • Vocabulary building • Phonetic Spelling • Use a dictionary • Apply correct stress in multi-syllabic words • Modify stress with prefix/suffix • Predict stress in new words • Use vocabulary for gentle correction Working with Intermediate Students

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3. Making More Words Vowels are Necessary pronunciation Alabama classroom rhythm education

4. Modeling • Pronunciation • Nuances • Intonation

5. WORD BUILDING– simple to do, no preparation needed, adaptable to any classroom topic. • For Intermediate Students • Vocabulary building • Phonetic Spelling • Use a dictionary • Apply correct stress in multi-syllabic words • Modify stress with prefix/suffix • Predict stress in new words • Use vocabulary for gentle correction Working with Intermediate Students

6. “Tweaking” WORD BUILDING • Literacy students can copy, spell, and sound out three letter words • Low Beginners can group words by beginning consonant sound including voiced/voiceless • High Beginners can circle consonant clusters, put a small group of words in ABC order, notice short/long vowels, pronounce –ed endings • Advanced can sort words by part of speech, change verbs into gerunds/infinitives, change adjectives into adverbs

7. Idioms Turn about is fair play.

8. Idioms It’s a piece of cake.

9. Tongue Twisters The Myth of Miss Muffet Freshly Fried Flying Fish

10. Tongue Twister Are Our Oars Oak?

11. Jazz Chants “Columbus Sailed Across The Sea” • Holidays • Cadence • Rhythm • Intonation • Pronunciation • Themes • Grammar • Usage

12. Class Presentations