LEGENDARY Teacher's Guide - Book - Page 265
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Give pupils a few minutes to complete the task on their own or with a partner.
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Challenge strong pupils or a strong class to do the challenge word (#7 "garbage") as well.
Ask to check answers: Which words have the G sound /j/? (Elicit: vegetables, giant, change)
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Which words have the G sound /g/? (Elicit: glue, game, dog)
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Show pupils that the challenge word ("garbage") has both G sounds.
NOTE
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Weaker pupils should be encouraged to underline the letter "g" in the words with a colored crayon –
if it is followed by "e" or "I" it will make the soft sound /j/.
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Say: Open your Course Books to page 207. Look at #3.
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Before listening, say: Look at the pictures. What do you see? (Elicit: I see a dog,
man, house, garden, vegetables, carrot, peppers, spinach, etc.)
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Read the title together with the pupils: The Vegetable Garden
Say: Let's listen and find out what the man has in his vegetable garden.
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Tell pupils to listen and follow along with their finger.
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Teach the new word "every" through the context of the text (use L1 if
needed to explain the meaning).
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After listening, ask: What vegetables are in the garden? (Elicit: peppers, onions, spinach, and carrot)
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Now say: Listen again and circle all the words in the text that have the letter "g".
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Give pupils a few minutes to do this on their own or with a partner.
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Ask volunteers to say the words they circled to check answers.
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Say: Look at #4.
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Say: Write the words from the text with the letter "g" in the right column. Write words where "g"
makes the sound /g/ in the green column, and the /j/ sound in the orange column.
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Give pupils a few minutes to do this on their own or with a partner.
Reveal to check answers and practice the vocabulary. Elicit the words from each column. (Elicit: hard
G /g/ - big, garden, hungry, green, dog; soft G /j/ - vegetable, orange, giant)
Vocabulary
Game
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Say: Let's play a game.
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Play the game to review the vocabulary: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August,
September, October, November, December.
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Disappearing Card (game #9)
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UNIT 4 / PART 4