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Using the Dictionary to Interpret Stress Mark for Correct Accent
Learning Content
Topic:
Use the dictionary to interpret stress mark for correct accenT
References:
PELC III 2.1
Materials: Dictionary, lists of words written on charts
III.
Learning Experiences
A. Preparatory Activities
Respect/Courtesy
1. Checking of Attendance
2. Spelling Drill
3. Review
Listen as your teacher says a word. Write 1 if it is stressed on the first syllable, 2 if it is the second, and 3 if it is the third.
1. welcome (1)
2. ancestor (2)
3. everyone (1)
4. introduced (3)
5. thirty (1)
4. Motivation
Who among you have dictionaries at home? Do you know how to use the dictionary?
B. Developmental Activities
1. Presentation
Present the following words to the pupils. Using their own dictionaries, look up the stress marks of the following words
and let them write on the board the correct stress marks for correct accent. Put words with stress mark on the first syllable in column
A, words with stress mark on the second syllable in column B and words with stress mark on the third syllable in column C.
Value Focus:
Showing respect while somebody is talking
summer
today
information
parenthesis
experience
introduce
material
accent
elementary
electricity
Ancestry
Recited
Interrogative
Welcome
Memorable
Teacher reads the words with correct stress and let the pupils repeat after her/him.
Analysis and Discussion
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Do you hear any differences in the force you give to each syllable of each word?
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In column A, which syllable is pronounced with more force?
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How about in column B? in column C?
When you say a word with two or more syllables, you always say one syllable a bit louder than the others. This force or loudness
is called stress.
What punctuation mark is used to show the syllable that received the stress?
Value Integration
What will you do when somebody is talking?
3. Generalization
1. What is a stress mark?
(A stress mark is used to show the syllable that receives the stress)
2. What will you use to help you interpret the stress mark for correct accent?
Use the dictionary to interpret stress mark for correct accent.
Post Activities
1. Application
Divide the class into five groups. Give words to each group and let them consult the dictionary to determine the accented syllable in
each word. Pupils will present their works on the board or on a piece of manila paper.
Group 1
airport
Group 4
supervisor
economic
principal
number
achievement
bicycle
invitation
emotions
charity
2.
C.
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IV.
V.
Group 2
delivery
dictionary
councilor
disappointed
direction
Group 3
behave
confirmation
communicate
irresistible
furniture
Group 5
attendance
charitable
driver
librarian
occupation
Enrichment Activity
Give words and have the pupils consult the dictionary. Teacher will call a pupil to determine the accented syllable by clapping his/her
hands once for words with accent on the first syllable, twice for words with accent on the second syllable and thrice for words with
accent on the third syllable.
Evaluation
Use the dictionary to interpret stress mark for correct accent. Put the stress mark on the accented syllable.
1. medicine
2. protection
3. understand
4. measure
5. conservation
Assignment
Using the dictionary, put the stress mark for the correct accent of each word.
1. teacher
2. vacation
3. presentation
4. community
5. wonderful