B6 English Language · Term 2 Week 1: Diphthongs

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B6.2.4.1.1 - Use words with centering diphthongs (e.g. /iǝ, eǝ, Ʊǝ) to make meaningful sentences

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify the three centering diphthongs /iǝ/, /eǝ/, and /Ʊǝ/ by their sounds in spoken words.
Sort given words into groups according to the centering diphthong they contain.
Pronounce words containing centering diphthongs correctly in isolation and in sentences.
Construct at least three meaningful sentences, each using a word with a centering diphthong.
Read aloud a short passage containing words with centering diphthongs with acceptable accuracy.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Reading (Strand 2)
Sub-strand: Diphthongs (2.4)
Content standard: B6.2.4.1 - Identify minimal pairs and common digraphs The code B6.2.3.1.1 is printed on **two different indicators**: "Use common minimal pairs to decode words" (printed p.169, under sub-strand heading "Sub-Strand 3: Word Families, minimal pairs and Common Digraphs" and content standard B6.2.3.1) and "Use words with centering diphthongs..." (printed p.170, under the heading "Sub-Strand 4: Diphthongs" and content standard **B6.2.4.1**). Both are transcribed with the code the document prints, so this CSV deliberately fails validate.py with one duplicate error. Everything on printed p.170 says its indicator should be B6.2.4.1.1 - its own standard cell, its heading, and the sibling grades, which code diphthongs B4.2.4.1.1 and B5.2.4.1.1 - but renumbering is a human decision, not the transcription's.
Indicator: B6.2.4.1.1 - Use words with centering diphthongs ( e.g. / iǝ, eǝ, Ʊǝ ) to make meaningful sentences
Suggested placement: Term 2, Week 1 (Week 13 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Source document note: The official curriculum document has a fault in this entry, so the curriculum text above is transcribed exactly as printed:

content standard text - pp.169-170
Curriculum reference: English Language Curriculum (Basic 4-6), 2019, p. 170
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- In a discussion have learners talk about diphthongs.
- Give several examples and elicit examples from them. /iǝ/ - fear, ear, near, clear /eǝ/ - prepare, there, stairs /Ʊǝ/ - pure, secure
- Have learners use words with diphthongs in meaningful sentences.