Lesson 6:

Sentence Focus: Emphasizing

content words
Fame
Summer 2018
Language Center
 Day Plan
1. Quote of the day
2. Last class review
3. Pronunciation
Topics and
Practice
4. Listening before
speaking.
5. Conversation
6. Funny video
7. Exit Ticket
 Day Plan
1. Quote of the day
2. Last class review 1. What did we learn last week?
3. Pronunciation 2. Short review
Topics and
Practice
4. Listening before
speaking.
5. Conversation
6. Funny video
7. Exit Ticket
 Sentence Focus: Emphasizing
content words
Day Plan
1. Quote of the day
In English, speakers use contrast to emphazise the
2. Last class review
words they want their hearer to notice
3. Pronunciation
Topics and But… why?
Practice
4. Listening before To be understood better
speaking. To hear better
5. Conversation
6. Funny video
7. Exit Ticket
• Don´t forget the pitch in stressed syllables!
 Sentence Focus
Day Plan
1. Quote of the day Every single sentence has a focus
2. Last class review word.
3. Pronunciation
Topics and
Practice But… what´s a focus word?
4. Listening before
speaking.
The most important word and the
5. Conversation
6. Funny video most emphasized
7. Exit Ticket
 Focus and content words:
Day Plan
1. Quote of the day
2. Last class review Content words are words that carry the
3. Pronunciation most information in a sentence. Nous,
Topics and main verbs, adverbs, adjectives, and
Practice questions words are content words.
4. Listening before
speaking.
5. Conversation The function words are used in a
6. Funny video sentence, but It doesn't have the focus,
7. Exit Ticket only the focus word is usually a content
word.
 Focus tip:

Day Plan
1. Quote of the day
2. Last class review
3. Pronunciation
Topics and
Practice
4. Listening before
speaking.
Example:
5. Conversation
6. Funny video The dog chased a rabbit.
We’re waiting for you.
7. Exit Ticket What are you doing?
 Focus tip:
Day Plan
1. Quote of the day
2. Last class review
3. Pronunciation
Topics and
Practice
4. Listening before
speaking.
5. Conversation I lost my hat.
6. Funny video v What kind of hat?
v It was a rain hat.
7. Exit Ticket
 Exercises
Day Plan
https://tfcs.baruch.cuny.edu/content-and-
1. Quote of the day
function-words/
2. Last class review
3. Pronunciation
Topics and https://youtu.be/zxMeUF9K6Ao
Practice
4. Listening before
speaking.
https://www.thoughtco.com/content-
5. Conversation and-function-words-1211726
6. Funny video
7. Exit Ticket
 Day Plan
1. Quote of the day
2. Last class review
3. Pronunciation FAME
Topics and
Practice
4. Listening before
speaking.
5. Conversation
6. Funny video
7. Exit Ticket
 Day Plan
1. Quote of the day Say at least 3 topics we
2. Last class review
3. Pronunciation
learned in this
Topics and workshop
Practice
4. Listening before Answer the survey.
speaking.
5. Conversation
6. Funny video
7. Exit Ticket