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Finally, s/he asks students to pronounce the words first in whole group, then in small group
(may be bench wise) and individually.
With regard to teaching meaning of the words, the teacher plays the role of a person snoring
and says "I am snoring.' Then teacher asks them 'Do you snore?' 'Does anybody snore in
your family?'
To teach the meaning of 'cliff', s/he shows the picture of a cliff and describes it. In the case of
nap, s/he also takes part of a person napping and says 'I am napping.' S/he says,' Sometimes
you also nap in the class, don't you?'
As far as the teaching of meaning of the words ' detest' and envelope is concerned, the
teacher shows the real envelope and says' It's an envelope.' Then teacher writes the following
words on the board.
detest
hate
(same meaning)
love
(opposite
Then the teacher asks the students, ' Can you say the meaning of the words?' If they are
meaning)
unable to say, s/he will clarify the meanings of the words one by one.
Evaluation
The teacher shows the word card at a time and asks some students to pronounce the word as
in the card.
S/he asks the following questions to some students.
� Is cliff made of soil?
� Where can we see cliff?
� Why do you use envelope?
� Do you detest your father?
� Do you detest smoking?
� What do you mean by nap?
� When does a man snore?
Homework:
Make at least five sentences using the words: detest, nap, snore, envelope and cliff.
Reflection:
In this, the teacher tries to find out the strengths of his/her lesson delivered and things to be
improvement in further lessons.
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