ENGLISH IV

Date: ____________

I. Objective:

 Identifies stressed syllables in words

Values: Forest conservation

II. Subject Matter:

Unstressed Syllables

References: PELC1.1Listening,1.1 Speaking, 1.1 Writing

Fun in English 4 TM, pp. 2-4, TX pp. 2-6
The Modern Teacher, Vol. L No. 1 June 2001 p. 32
Materials: pictures, cut-outs of different trees

III. Procedure
A. Preparatory Activities
 Review
What is a stressed syllable?
What is marked with an accent?
Go to the board and box the stressed syllable of the following words.
beautiful creatures wonderful
glowing mountain
 Motivation
(Teacher shows pictures of a forest and a denuded mountain.)
Class, take a look at pictures A and B. What do you see in picture A? In picture B? Are
there trees that cover the mountain in picture B?

B. Presentation:
1. Unlocking of Difficulties
Use the dictionary to see the syllabication, meaning and the pronunciation of the words.
1. forests. 4. generation
2. refreshing 5. support
3. replaced 6. revolution
2. Reading of the poem by the teacher with stressed and unstressed syllables to be given emphasis.
3. Intellectual Discussion
1. What covers forest?
2. What makes a country live and fresh?
3. What makes the environment dean and refreshing?
4. Value Fusion
As a good citizen, how can you help maintain the forest?
 If we plant trees today, who will be benefited?
How can we conserve our forests?
5. Generalization
What are unstressed syllables?
6. Practice Exercises
A. Guided practice
Class let's play the game "Plant a Tree". Get a cut-out of a tree. Read the printed word
on it. Say the unstressed syllables then plant it on the mountainside.
1. chlorophyll
2. filament
3. dicot
4. monocot
5. corolla
B. Independent Exercises
Copy the following words. Cross out the unstressed syllable/syllables in each word.
1. gumamela 4. ornamental
2. stomata 5. photosynthesis
3. pollination

IV. Evaluation:
Write down the correct spelling of the words that I'll dictate.
1. refreshing 4. forests
2. generation 5. support
3. revolution

V. Assignment:
Divide the following words into syllables.
Box the unstressed syllables and underline the stressed syllable.
1. grasses 4. ramie
2. ampalaya 5. fibrous
3. cabbage