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Activity 1 Compounding

The purpose of this activity is to improve your ability to recognize compound words. This is a simple and useful activity. It only takes 15 minutes. Materials: A good dictionary (suggestion- Webster's English Dictionary). Have paper and pencil/pen.

Invite 2 or 3 classmates to join you for this activity. Start making up compounds. Guess the pronunciation and meaning. Look up to see if they are in the dictionary.

Compound Lesson

 
 

Activity 2 Practice Your Affixes

The main goal of this activity is to improve your ability to recognize unknown words. This activity only takes 30 minutes. Materials: paper, pencil/pen and an article

Invite 2 or 3 classmates to join you for this activity. Pick a passage of a topic of your interest (5 paragraphs of 5-6 sentences each). While you read the passage, underline the root, circle the prefixes and the suffixes. After you all finish reading, discuss your findings and the meaning of words depending upon the root meaning and the added affixes. As a guide, use Table of Affixes

Affix Lesson Plan

 

Activity 3 Dictocomps

The purpose of this activity is to improve your listening, comprehension and vocabulary skills. This fun and useful activity only takes 30 minutes. Materials: Make sure each of you has a piece of paper and pencil/pen to write.

Invite 2 or 3 classmates to join you for this activity. Turn on CNN news in English. Set the timer (clock timer) for 5-10 minutes. Start jotting down notes while the reporter is talking.  Stop when the timer rings. Compare notes with your classmates. Start composing the text/information as loyal as you can. When the reporter recapitulates the story, you can compare your information with the reporter's.

Dictocomps Lesson Plan

 

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