Vowels, Consonants & Syllables

Vowels, Consonants and Syllables

English Week 5

By the end of the lesson you will:

• Be able to identify long and short vowels

• Be able to split words into syllables

• Use your knowledge of syllables to write your own haiku poem

Homework... did you help Don?

Make sure a photo of your work is uploaded into your folder

English -> your name -> Week 5

Long and short vowels recap

• Long sound - a as in ape

• Short sound - a as in cat

• Can you suggest other words with long and short vowel sounds?

Multiple Choice

Choose the word with a long vowel sound.

• Dog

• Bat

• Tree

• Cup

Multiple Choice

Choose the word with the short vowel sound.

• Page

• Week

• Pet

• Ice

Syllables

• Syllables are chunks or beats of sound

• All words are made of syllables

• Some words, like toy, have 1 syllable

• All syllables have a vowel (or vowel sound, like y)

• The longest word in the Oxford English Dictionary has 19 syllables!

We can 'chunk' a word into syllables by:

• Clapping out the sounds

• Robotic talking

• Hand under chin (jaw drops)

• Looking for vowel and consonant sounds

• Let's give it a try

Go back into Teams

We're going to try these different methods together.

Poll

Which method did you prefer?

• Clapping

• Jaw Drop

• Looking for vowel and consonant sounds

• Robotic Talking

Now you can try out your methods

Week 5 - Task 1

You have 15 minutes

Haiku 俳句

• Haiku is a Japanese art form

• It is a type of short form poetry

• Traditional Haikus are usually about nature

• The rule for writing a Haiku are based on syllables

Haiku 俳句

• How many lines are in this poem?

• Count the syllables in the first line

• Count the syllables in the second line

• Count the syllables in the third line

Haiku 俳句

More modern Haiku poems aren't all about nature.

They can have any theme you like.

As long as they follow the line and syllable rules, they can even be funny!

Now it's your turn...

Choose a theme for your Haiku (there are some ideas in your folder)

Use the Haiku Planning worksheet

Write your poem following the 5, 7, 5 rule

Open Ended

When you have finished writing your Haiku, post it here.