Diphthongs · B5 English Language

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B5.2.4.1.1 - Use closing diphthongs, e.g. /aƱ/, /eƱ/ to make meaningful sentences

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Read and pronounce words containing the closing diphthongs /aƱ/ and /eƱ/ correctly.
Identify the common diphthong sound shared by a group of words.
Sort words into two groups based on the closing diphthong sound they contain.
Use at least three words with /eƱ/ and three words with /aƱ/ in meaningful sentences.
Work with a partner to generate a list of rhyming words and use them to build short sentences.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Reading (Strand 2)
Sub-strand: Diphthongs (2.4)
Content standard: B5.2.4.1 - Identify and use diphthongs to decode
Indicator: B5.2.4.1.1 - Use closing diphthongs, e.g. /aƱ/, /eƱ/to make meaningful sentences
Suggested placement: Term 1, Week 12 (Week 12 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.
Curriculum reference: English Language Curriculum (Basic 4-6), 2019, p. 94
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Revise the activity on minimal pairs words. Let learners pick partners, think- pair-share. Learners use their rhyming words in meaningful sentences.
- Introduce words that contain the target diphthongs, one at a time, by writing examples on the board e.g. /eƱ/ - go, no, boat, load etc. /aƱ/ - how, fowl etc. Note: Do not write the symbols of the sounds
- Learners read and identify the common sound in the words. In groups learners make a list of words containing diphthongs and use some in sentences e.g. she says today is pay day.