Erasmus+ arteducation.eu Senses 3 Lower secondary Slovenia

1. DEVELOPING ENGLISH THROUGH ART ORIENTED ACTIVITIES
PRIMARY SCHOOL BELTINCI, SLOVENIA
TEACHER: IRIS VIČAR
LESSON PLAN: SENSES
Sounds we make with speechorgans
RESOURCES:
LEVEL: LOWER SECONDARY LESSON NUMBER: 3
AGE OF STUDENTS: 13,14
UNIT: SENSES SUBUNIT: Sounds we make with speech
organs
GENERAL GOALS:
Students will enhance their vocabulary for speech organs and sounds we make with them.
VOCABULARY covered during the lesson:
lips, teeth, tongue, alveolar ridge, hard palate, velum (soft palate), nasal cavity, uvula and
glottis.
Expected vocabulary: to speak, to whisper, to shout, to cry (weep), to laugh, to giggle, to
whistle, to sing, to snore, to scream, to roar, to mumble,…
REQUIRED PRE KNOWLEDGE:
general knowledge
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES (specify skills / information that will be learned):
Students practice speaking skills
Students are creative, writing a rap poem with the vocabulary / sounds acquired.
MATERIALS NEEDED:
 blackboard
 IWB + projector
 computers
OTHER MATERIALS NEEDED: (realia, apps or
programs):
 Speech organs handout / picture
 Sounds we make with speech organs Powerpoint
with audio recordings
 MyUdutu practice

2. TEACHER STUDENT
LEAD IN:
Have you heardof speechorgans?Whatdo they
helpusdo? Do youknow any of them?(lips,
teeth,tongue,alveolarridge, hardpalate,velum
(softpalate), nasal cavity,uvulaandglottis.I
showa picture to the Ss. I saythe names,they
repeat.Ihide the picture andshowwords they
have to fill in.Igive thempictures,theywrite the
namesof the organs.I showthe picture,they
check.
ACQUISITIONOF KNOWLEDGE:
Ss say whatsoundswe make / whatwe do with
speechorgans.I write the vocabularyonthe
board.
I tell the Ssto listentosome soundsandthentell
whatthe people are doing.
VOCABULARYPRACTICE:
I give the Ss the wordsand theirdefinitions
(some studentswords,the othersdefinitions).I
ask the studentstogo roundthe classroomand
findpairs.Theyreadwordsand definitionsaloud.
We repeatthe exercise (Ss switch).Iaskthe Ss to
put the wordsand definitionsonthe wall.
I ask the Ss to workin pairs.Theythinkof other
examplesof soundswe make withspeechorgans.
Theyalsowrite definitions.Theyreaddefinitions
out loud,the othersguesswhatthe wordsare.I
ask themto puttheirwordsand definitionson
the wall.
I say the wordswhichare onthe wall,Ssmake
the sounds.
I make the sounds,Sssay the words.
PRODUCTION: I tell themmyrap.
This is a rap aboutourboys,
They alwaysmakea lot of noise,
They like to yell and shout,
They makethe teachershappy,thereis
no doubt.
Studentslookatthe picture and learnthe speech
organs.Theylistenandrepeat.
Theyfill inthe namesof the speechorganson the
handout.Thentheycheck.
Studentssaywhatsoundswe make withspeech
organs.
Studentslistentothe soundsandsaywhat they
hear.E.g. people are laughing.A manissnoring.A
girlsiscrying.
Studentsfindpairs.Theyputthe soundsand
definitionsonthe wall.Theysuggestother
vocabularyforsoundswe make withspeech
organs andwrite definitionsforthem.
Theydo MyUdutu exercise topractice
vocabulary.
In twogroupsof fourSs write a rap, inwhichthey
use at leastfourverbs,whichhave been
mentionedinthe lessonandif possiblesounds.

4. LARYNX TEETH LIPS NASAL CAVITY
PALATE TONGUE VOCAL CORDS GLOTTIS
ALVEOLAR RIDGE UVULA PHARYNX

5. TO CRY
TO GIGGLE
TO LAUGH
TO SHOUT
TO WHISPER
TO SING
TO SNORE
TO SPEAK

6. TO WHISTLE
TO SCREAM
TO ROAR
TO MUMBLE

7. to produce tears as the result of a strong emotion,
such as unhappiness or pain
to laugh repeatedly in a quiet but uncontrolled way,
often when you are nervous
to make the noise with your voice that shows
you think something is funny
to use a loud voice when you want
someone far away to hear you
to say something very quietly so that other
people cannot hear you
to make music using your voice

8. to breathe noisily while you sleep
to talk to someone about something
to make the sound when you force air
through your mouth
to make a loud high cry because
you are hurt, frightened, or excited
to say something in a loud, deep, angry voice
to say something in a way that is not loud or clear enough
so that your words are difficult to understand