JSS1 Third Term English Language Lesson Note – Contrasting consonants /t/ and /d/

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WEEK 9

Speech Work: Contrasting consonants /t/ and /d/;

Structure: Introduction to Punctuation Marks (Meaning, Types and Functions) Comprehension/Vocabulary Development: Reading Skill;

Composition:  Speech writing (Introduction);

Literature: Poetry: Structure, themes and literary devices in Oiwona Andrew’s ‘Nightfall’

ASPECT:  Speech work

TOPIC: Consonant sounds

SUB-TOPIC:  Consonants /t/ and /d/

CONTENT

Consonant /t/: This is a voiceless alveolar plosive consonant sound.  It is produced by raising the soft palate so that the flow of air does not go out of the nose and by pressing the tip of the tongue firmly against the alveolar to trap the air behind them for a short time. The phonetic symbol of the sound represents the sound of the following underlined letter(s) in their respective words.

d as in the following words: width, apartheid, breadth, etc.

t as in the following words: top, team, meat, set, tea, tell, lent, bit, bet, talk, technique, etc

tt as in the following words: betting, letter, kettle, putting, rotten, battalion, mattress, cigarette, buttocks, ghetto, etc.

th (in some proper nouns) as in the following words: Thomas, Thames, Anthony, Thyme, Theresa, Thompson, Thailand, etc.

–ed (past tense marker preceded by any of the following voiceless sounds /p/, /k/, /f/, /s/, /ʃ/, /tʃ/, or /Ɵ/, as in the following words: slapped, tasked, drenched, capped, raced, developed, bluffed, clinched, asked, looked, kicked, jumped, worked, laughed, cursed, hissed, etc.

Consonant /d/: This is a voiced, alveolar, oral, plosive consonant sound. It is produced by raising the soft palate to cover the naval cavity so that the flow of air does not go out of the nose and by pressing the tip of the tongue firmly against the alveolar to trap the air behind them for a short time. The phonetic symbol of the sound represents the sound of the following underlined letter(s) in their respective words.

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