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Brief Outline: This is the third in a series of 12 PowerPoint lessons. This lesson teaches the concept of long vowels in cases where two vowels are directly adjacent to one another.
Materials Needed:
PowerPointPhonicsLesson03 PowerPoint
A projector, screen, laptop computer, extension cord and Microsoft Office's PowerPoint (Go to the class early. Use the 10 minute break in between classes to set up your equipment. Have the students move their desks back so the projector makes a large enough picture for everyone to see. Be sure to test your setup before class before attempting to do during class. Also, having a backup lesson is a good idea as technology can be unpredictable. I've never had any problems, but it is important to have safeguards.)
Detailed Explanation:
- Open the first slide.
- First review the concept of boin (vowels). Write a e i o and u on the board next to your screen.
- Explain with your JTE or Japanese skills that many times when two vowels appear the first one likes to say its name and the second one doesn't say anything. Explain that when vowels make the same sound as the name of the letter they are "long vowels" Talk to your JTE about explaining this beforehand unless you have the Japanese chops to explain it to the students yourself.
- Open the second slide.
- - ai - Show that this follows the rule and that the a says its name (a) and the i says nothing.
- Say "a" <students repeat>
- Say "rain" <students repeat>
- Ask the students what rain is in Japanese. Someone will say ame.
- Open the third slide.
- - ay - Explain that y also makes a long and doesn't want to talk even though it is a consonant.
- Repeat the sounds and words together.
- For the rest of the slides, see if individual students can guess what the sound is going to be before you teach it. They will get it.
- When you get to the word 'boat' its time for reading practice.
- You will notice that there isn't a picture of a boat on the first slide with boat.
- Explain that you will say 1, 2 and that then the class is going to read the word together. Count off and see if they can read it.
- If they can, praise them and show the next slide with the picture. If they can't, show each individual sound seperately. B.. b oa.. o t.. t. They will be able to read many of the words even though they won't know them.
- You will begin to see the fruits of your labor from this point forward because the students will start READING! Even if they don't know the meanings of the words.
Teaching Suggestions:
- Ask the students what the next sounds will be after the first three slides. See if they can recognize the pattern in the rule. I usually play a game after these lessons because they only take about 15 minutes to do.
Tips/Cautions:
- Show up for class 10 minutes early. Know your equipment and be prepared with a backup lesson in case of equipment failure. I can not express the importance of this point well enough.
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