Sample Formal Lesson Plan:

Writing:
Boggle
Bruce Lawrence

Objectives: Students will learn how to recite and pronounce the alphabet. They will
review some old and learn some new phonics rules. They will practice spelling

Prerequisites: Students should know the alphabet and some spelling rules. They should
also have a basic knowledge of computers and typing.

Level: Low Intermediate.

Duration: 2 hours

Materials:
- Alphabet sheet
- IPA sheet
- Phonics sheets 2 double sided
- Scrabble game
- Computer

Set up:
- Alphabet sheet (individual)
- IPA and spelling (pair)
- Phonics sheets (individual)
- Scrabble (group)
- Text Twist (pairs)

Anticipated problems:
Some students might not like, or be too shy about using computers. Older Ss might think
it is too difficult. Lots of encouraging will be needed.
Warm up:
<General Qs>
T: Who is a good speller?
Ss: …
T: Is anybody good at spelling? No, me neither!

<Specific Intro Qs: Sound - Spelling rules >

T: What do you do when you don’t know how to spell a word?
Ss: Look it up in your dictionary/various answers
T: yeah, my teacher used to do that. I would ask, “How do you spell that?” And he would
answer smugly, “Look it up in your dictionary.” And I would answer back smugly, “But I
don’t know how to spell it, how am I supposed the look it up in the dictionary? The
dictionary’s in alphabetical order. And he would get angry and say, “Just look it up!” I
hated that teacher.
Ss: ?
T: But if you just listen to a word, can you spell it?
Ss: Y/N/sometimes

Teaching:

Part I: The Alphabet

T: OK we’ll start with the Alphabet. Here’s a sheet. Let’s practice (pay attention to L [eu]
and R [alo]

Part II: The IPA

Part III: Spelling Rules
<rules, examples and exceptions>
T: (write the rule on the board) Yeah, it’s a little rule to remember how to spell. So how to
you spell “brief”? OK, how about “receive”? OK, how about “weigh”? Oh oh, how about
“either”? Oh no! Do you know what these are called? Exceptions!

<whiteboard form>

RULE EXAMPLES EXCEPTIONS

i before e except after c brief, receipt weigh, either
if a word ends in y salaries, married copying, trying
and you want to add a suffix
change the y to i
If a word ends in a C stopped, batter covered, traveled
and you want to add a suffix
double the last C
If a word ends in silent E
and you want to add a suffix
drop the E if it starts with a V loveable, desirable noticeable, courageous
keep the E if it starts with a C useful, lovely simply, gently
Main Activities:

Activity I: Practice forms

<instructions and example>

T: OK, today you are going to open up your very own email account at hotmail. And then
you are going to send an email to one of your friends here. But first I’m going to teach
you how to do it with a practice form and a practice email.
Here is the first web page you will see when you go to www.hotmail.com
(Give out page one: MSN Hotmail)
T: “Here you see my email address. And below that it is asking for my password. Can
you see it? Below that it says:”
“Don’t have a NET Passport? Get one.”
“When you see this page you will move the mouse and click on Get one and then this
page will appear.”

<instructions and example>

T: “I would you to fill out this registration form. When you are finished we will go to the
computers and fill out the real form. This one is just for practice.” (show the form)
“For example: The first line says “First Name”. (write on board) So, my name is
Lawrence, Bruce. Which name do I put here?”
Ss: Bruce
T: Right and which name do I put for “Last Name”
Ss: Lawrence
T: Right. OK? Go. Fill out your form. (Give out page two: Registration)

Close:

T: OK, are you finished? So what did you put for language?
Ss: English
T: What did you put for Country / Region?
Ss: Canada
T: What did you put for password? Ha ha
Activity II Send a practice email:

T: OK, so now you are ready to send a practice email. All you need to do is three things.
First, fill in “To” (write on board)
In this case you can write my email address cbrucelawrence@hotmail.com .
And then you fill in “Subject” (write on board)
In this case write “Hello Bruce”.
Then you go to the big message box and write me a letter. Say anything you want. And I
will come around and read it.
Activity III: The real form

T: “OK, now that you are ready let’s go to the computers! Get a TESL student to help
you. They are all computer nerds! Especially Julia!
Go to the Internet Explorer icon and double click.
Now, move the cursor up to the address bar, and type www.hotmail.com and press the
enter key.
Now go to Get one and with the help of your TESL student partner, fill out the form.

Activity IV: Send an email

T: OK, if you are finished please come up here to the board and write your email address.
(write my own). And then go to “New Message” and send some one an email. Do it the
way I showed you on the practice email form.
When you receive an email, click on the message and read it, and respond to it by
pressing the “Reply” button. The TESL Ss will show you how. OK, go.

Wrap up:

<review Qs>

T: OK. What new vocabulary did you learn today?

Ss: various answers
T: Tinny, what is your email address?
Tinny: …
T: Did you send an email? Who did you send it to? Did they reply? What did they say?

Contingency Plan:

If students finish early have them go to a cooking/recipe website and fill in their email.

Homework:

Easy: Go home and write an email to the teacher.

Difficult: Go home and write an email to the teacher and to all the students!
Here is our beloved alphabet. Can you write the different sounds the letters can represent?

Letter Sounds
A [ei] fat[æ], bay[ei], feat[i], any[ε], leopard[r], father[a], boat[o], about[∂]
B [bi]
C [si]
D [di]
E [i]
F [εf]
G [ĵi]

H [eič]
I [ai]
J [ĵei]
K [kei]
L [εl]
M [εm]
N [εn]
O [ow]
P [pi]

Q [kiu]
R [ar]
S [εs]

T [ti]
U [yu]
V [vi]

W [d^b∂lyu]
X [εks]

Y [wai]
and
Z [zi/zεd]

Now I know my A B Cs!

Next time won’t you sing with me!
Letter Sounds
A [ei] fat[æ], bay[ei], feat[i], any[ε], leopard[r], father[a], boat[o], about[∂]
B [bi] but[b], tub[¬], dumb[0]
C [si] cat[k], rice[s]
D [di] dull[d], bud[¬], picked[t]
E [i] let[ε], he[i], break[ei], father[r], sergeant[a], true[u], height[ai], like[0]
F [εf] fine[f]
G [ĵi] great[g], age[ĵ], gnome[0]

H [eič] hi[h], honour[?], light[0], rough[f]

I [ai] pit[ı], ski[i], hi[ai], said[ε], plaid[æ], fruit[u], eight[ei], medicine[∂]
J [ĵei] jam[ĵ]
K [kei] kind[k], lick[¬], knight[0]
L [εl] laugh[l], palm[0]
M [εm] mine[m], mnemonic[0]
N [εn] nice[n]
O [ow] cop[a], cope[o], people[i], symbol[∂], leopard[ε], blood[^], corn[‫]כ‬,
book[υ], women[ı]
P [pi] pill[p], lip[¬], pneumonia[0]

Q [kiu] queen[k]
R [ar] real[r]
S [εs] simple[s], use[z], assure[š], Asian[ž]

T [ti] time[t], butter[D], lit[¬], future[č], lotion[š]

U [yu] cup[^], cupid[yu], tune[u], busy[ı], caught[a], pour[‫]כ‬, schedule[∂], turn[r]
V [vi] very[v]

W [d^b∂lyu] wow[w], awful[0]

X [εks] box[ks], Xerox[z]

Y [wai] yellow[y]
and
Z [zi/zεd] zoo[z], azure[ž]
[i]
[ı]
[e]
[ε]
[æ]
[^]
[∂]
[a]
[‫]כ‬
[o]
[υ]
[u]

[p]
[b]
[t]
[d]
[k]
[g]
[?]
[f]
[v]
[θ]
[ð]
[š]
[ž]
[h]
[č]
[ĵ]
[m]
[n]
[ŋ]
[l]
[r]
[w]
[y]
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 IPA - Spelling

[i] beet, beat, believe, receive, he, ski, people, very

[ı] bit, symbol, women, busy
[e] bait, hate, weigh, hay, grey, great
[ε] bet, head, any, said, leopard
[æ] bat, plaid
[^] but, blood
[∂] every vowel if it is not stressed: about, later, diminish, doctor, umbrella
[a] bought, father, hot, caught, palm, sought, sergeant,
[‫ ]כ‬born, pour
[o] boat, hope, though
[υ] put, book,
[u] boot, university, blue, fruit, wow

[p] pill
[b] bill
[t] till
[d] dill
[k] kill, kick, circle, queen, box
[g] gill
[?] ill, button, hit
[f] fill, philosophy, rough
[v] vine
[θ] thin
[ð] them
[s] see, circle,
[z] zebra, use
[š] she, motion, passion
[ž] Asia, azure, usual
[h] hill
[č] chill, beach, bitch, future
[ĵ] jump, gymnasium, judge
[m] mill, palm, thumb
[n] never, knife, gnome, pneumonia
[ŋ] sing, Vancouver
[l] lake
[r] rake, bird, early, turn, under, word
[w] will, why
[y] yellow