CLASS: SS ONE FIRST TERM 2014/2015

UNIT TOPIC: VOWEL SOUNDS LESSON TOPIC: MONOTHONGS

OBJECTIVES : At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to: 1.define vowel sounds; 2. define monothongs ; 3. identify the phonetic symbol of each of the monothong sounds and 4.identify the vowel sounds in words.

INTRODUCTION Vowel sounds are sounds produced with the flow of air from the lungs. There is no obstruction- partial or total, in the production of vowel sounds. Vowel sounds are divided into three, namely: monothongs, diphthongs and triphthongs. EXAMPLES Monothongs- / e /, / i /e.g. Men, pick Diphthongs- / au /, / ei / e.g. cow, gate Triphthongs- / au∂ /, / ai∂ / e.g. Flower, flier

MONOTHONGS “Mono” refers to one. So, monothong refers to a single vowel sound. For example / e / as in head, egg etc / u / as in put, look etc Note : Monothongs can also be referred to as pure vowels. There are twelve pure vowel sounds in English language.

MONOTHONGS ( PURE VOWELS) 1./ I: /- eat, seek 2./ I /- it, sick 3./ e /- pet, many 4./ ᴂ /- cat, back 5./ a: /- cart, father 6./ ᴐ /- pot, cot 7./ᴐ: /- short, mall 8./ u /- cook, put 9./ u: /- food, true 10./ ᴧ /- come, son 11./з: / - bird, word 12./ ∂ /- ago, mother

EVALUATION. Choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one underlined in the given word. 1.Saw a. Sow b. topic c. touch d. torch 2.Bad a. Bar b. hate c. cat d. bet 3.Above a. Bye b. every c. bay d. river 4.Card a. Back b. late c. care d. last 5.Cup a. Come b. put c. coup d. cur 6.Spit a. Clean b. five c. pig d. spite 7.Pet a. Paid b. scud c. said d. pale 8.Work a. Wear b. walk c. pork d. girl 9.Seat a. Sit b. cite c. set d. key 10.Dog a. Don b. dawn c. dam d. done

PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVALUATION FORMS PART OF YOUR CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT. THANK YOU.