Download Lesson 3: Sentence Stress

Lesson 3: Sentence Stress
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Please give me your homework (transcriptions & stress dittos).
Then, answer the following questions.
1. If I say “GREENhouse” am I describing A or B?
A.
B.
GREENhouse
green HOUSE
Answer: A
2. Why did you choose your answer?
Answer: I chose ‘A’ because compound words are stressed on the first syllable.
Try these!
3. Which stress pattern is correct?
A. I am turning THIRty years old tomorrow.
B. I am turning thirTY years old tomorrow.
Answer: A
4. Which stress pattern is correct?
A. He tried to threatEN me.
B. He tried to THREATen me.
Answer: B
The suffix –en does not get stressed. Ex: taken, forsaken
5. If a verb has a prefix should you stress the first syllable or the second?
A. First syllable: I can REcall you saying something like that.
B. Second syllable: I can reCALL you saying something like that.
Answer: B
If the prefix is used with a noun, stress the prefix. Ex. There was a REcall on cribs.
Nursery Rhymes
• “Little Jack Horner”
LITtle Jack HORner
SAT in a CORner
EATing his CHRISTmas PIE
• “Mary Mary” He STUCK in his THUMB
And PULLED out a PLUM,
MAry, MAry
QUITE conTRAry And SAID “What a GOOD boy am I.”
HOW does your GARden GROW?
With SILver BELLS,
And COckle SHELLS,
And PREtty maids ALL in a ROW
Oral Presentations: Haikus
• Fill out the listening ditto!
• Does the haiku have a 5-7-5 syllable pattern?
• What word has a stress on the 1st syllable?
• What word has a stress on the 2nd syllable?
Mark the Stresses You Hear!
• Mice eat cheese.
-MICE EAT CHEESE.
• The mice eat cheese.
-the MICE EAT CHEESE.
• The mice will eat the cheese.
-the MICE will EAT the CHEESE.
• The mice will have eaten the cheese.
-the MICE will have EATen the CHEESE.
• The mice have been eating the cheese.
-the MICE have been EATing the CHEESE.
Content Words & Function Words
• CONTENT WORDS = Get STRESS
– nouns, main verbs, adjectives, adverbs, question
words, negatives
• FUNCTION WORDS = DON’T get stress.
– aux. verbs, prepositions, conjunctions,
determiners, pronouns
• Try to stress this sentence!
The woman always eats breakfast in her room.
the WOMAN ALWAYS EATS BREAKFAST in her ROOM.
• Now try these!
Harry Potter studies magic at Hogwarts school.
HARRY POTTER STUDIES MAGIC at HOGWARTS
SCHOOL.
This test seems very difficult for me.
this TEST SEEMS VERY DIFFICULT for me.
What do you want to be when you grow up?
WHAT do you WANT to BE WHEN you GROW UP?
Content
Words
Function
Words
Noun:
Auxiliary
Verb:
Main Verb:
Preposition:
Which words get stressed in the
following sentence?
“The students with the highest grades
study at home.”
Answer: “The STUdents with the
HIGHest GRADES STUDY at HOME.”
Adjective:
Conjunction:
Question
Word:
Determiner:
Reason: The (determiner) STUDENTS
(noun) with (preposition) the
(determiner) highest (adjective) grades
(noun) study (main verb) at
(preposition) home (noun).
Pronoun:
Practice this sentence with the correct
stresses with your partner!
Negative:
Practice
Which words gets stress? Discuss with your partner.
A: What do you do for exercise?
B: I play tennis and I like to lift weights.
B: What do you do?
A: I run and I like to swim.
Now, practice the dialogue with your partner!
Practice
Now, take an activity card. Use the sports on the
card to change the dialogue. Practice the new
dialogue with your partner.
A: WHAT do you DO for EXerCISE?
B: I play _______ and I like to _______.
B: WHAT do YOU do?
A: I _______ and I LIKE to _______.
Quotes
Work with a partner.
Can you mark the stresses on the
content words?
Practice reading your quotes out loud with
the correct stresses to your partner.
Dialogue
• Mark stresses
• Think about what words should receive
contrastive stress & emphatic stress.
• Practice reading the dialogue with your
partner.
Homework
• Ditto on content/function words.
• Practice nursery rhymes & dialogues out loud.