Teacher’s name: Alma A. Erana
Course name: Speech Communication
Topic: Suprasegmental Phonemes /Intonation and Pitch
Time Allotment: 45 minutes
Year Level : 4th year Level
Material: Handouts
Instructional Objectives: At the end of the discussion, the students are expected to;
· Pronounced words correctly
· Describe the Intonation patterns and Pitch levels in the given sentences or dialogue;
· Present a Speech choir in the class
Instructional Procedures:
1. Motivation stage:
Tongue Twisters
· Read the Tongue Twisters in the class correctly.
2. Preparation stage:
· The students will be instructed to group themselves into two. They will be told to read the Tongue Twisters in the class correctly.
3. Discussion stage:
· The teacher discusses about Suprasegmental Phonemes which include Intonation and Pitch.
Intonation- is the rise and fall of the voice which is an intrinsic feature of English and many other spoken languages. It could also refer the combination of tunes on which we pronounce the syllables that make up our speech.
Kinds of Intonation Patterns:
a. Rising
ex. Do you like coffee?
b. Rising – Falling
ex. Close the window
c. Circumflex
Ex. When will this concert start? (Impatience)
Don’t you love her? (Doubt)
Pitch – refers to the variable rise and fall of the voice depending on the frequency of vibration of the vocal cords. Its voice varies with age, sex, or the individual.
· Low (1) – generally used to end a sentence.
· Normal (2) - begins a sentence.
· High (3) - emphasis or stresses a word or syllable.
· Extra High (4) – expresses excitement, surprise, or fear.
Closure/ Summary
· The teacher let one student to summarize the topic discussed.
Assessment
· Read this poem with the correct usage of Intonation and Pitch levels.
Pop Goes the Weasel
Up and down the city road,
In and out the eagle.
That’s the way the money goes.
Pop goes the weasel!
Every night when I go out
The monkeys on the table
Take a stick and knock it off;
Pop goes the weasel!
June 27, 2011
Alma A. Erana AB – English 4-A
When I was a Child
by: Alma A. Erana
When I was a child, I always play with my childhood friends
In the morning, afternoon, even in the evening
Playing, running, singing how happy we are, that cannot be forgotten
That was really my habit when I was a child
And that is the reality as a child can be
When I was a child I used to catch a grasshopper
Never thinking how alert that kind of living thing
Using all the might to grasp that over
Even though after all, it’s no good at all
But I was very happy at those moments
When I was a child I always climb any kind of fruit trees
Excited with courage and ecstasy
In order to reach and pick its fruits with excitement
To taste the goodness and sweetness of its fruits
Never minding the obstacles might happen, and I passed it over
When I was a child, I was also mountain climber
Together with my childhood friends
We used to climb mountains everywhere
To get woods used for cooking, to ease the hindrance in every living
How happy are we, on this earth living
How I’d wish that those moments will come back again
So that I still enjoy the enjoyment of a child
But we know that the time will never come back again
All I can do, is to reminisce
What a happy moment when I was a child
