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Activity 14
• Provide help by repeating
the sounds which are non-
rack 9 frequent or absent in the
students’ mother tongue.
T • Encourage them to read
aloud and to practice several
times for them to build
confidence.
Activity 15
• Give students some examples
of British spelling and
American spelling.
• Analyze them and elicit the
patterns in each case to come
up with some rules.
• Practice their pronunciation
and provide help when
needed.
Activity 16
• Emphasize that each color
highlights a sentence.
• Read a few sentences
out loud as an example,
especially the ones that are
separated, like (1) “The cat
ran on ahead”.
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14. Read the fragment below and circle the words you do not
know how to pronounce. TRACK 9
• Listen to Track 9 and pay attention to pronunciation.
• Read the fragment to your partner and practice the rogues (n.): pillos
Focus on words like “daughter”, “drown” and “thieves”.
cunning (n.): astuto
pronunciation of those words.
his head out of the coach window, and, finding it
One day, when he knew for certain that the King was the cat who had so often brought him such
would be taking a ride along the riverside with his
daughter, the most beautiful princess in the world, good game, he commanded his guards to run
immediately to the assistance of his lordship,
he said to his master, "If you will follow my advice, the Marquis of Carabas. While they were
your fortune is made. All you must do is to go and
helping the poor Marquis out of the river, the
you, then leave the rest to me."
bathe yourself in the river at the place I show cat came up to the coach and told the King that,
while his master was bathing, some rogues had
had cried out, "Thieves! Thieves!" several times, as
Things I know. Planning our product. Variants of pronunciation The Marquis of Carabas did what the cat advised come by and stolen his clothes, even though he
him to, without knowing why. While he was bathing
the King passed by, and the cat began to cry loud as he could. In truth, the cunning cat had
hidden the clothes under a large stone.
out, "Help! Help! My Lord Marquis of Carabas is
going to drown." At this commotion, the King put
15. Read the tale you selected for your big book and circle
the words which are difficult to pronounce.
• Practice their pronunciation and ask
your teacher for help when needed. British spelling American spelling
• Discuss which spelling the tale favors centre, theatre center, theater
color, favor
colour, favour
session 4 with your partner.
16. Read the fragment from Puss in Boots and pay attention meadow (n.):
prado
to the colored sentences.
(1) The cat, (2) quite overjoyed to see how his project was succeeding, ran on ahead. Meeting some
countrymen who were mowing a meadow, he said to them, (3) "My good fellows, if you do not tell
the King that the meadow you are mowing belongs to my Lord Marquis of Carabas, you shall be
chopped up like mincemeat.” The King did not fail to ask the mowers whose meadow it was that
they were mowing. (4) "It belongs to my Lord marquis of Carabas," they answered altogether, for the
cat's threats had frightened them. "You see, sir," said the Marquis, (5) "this is a meadow which never
fails to yield a plentiful harvest every year." The master cat, still running on ahead, met with some
reapers, and said to them, "My good fellows, if you do not tell the King that all this grain belongs to
the Marquis of Carabas, you shall be chopped up like mincemeat." (6) The King, who passed by a
moment later, asked them whose grain it was that they were reaping. "It belongs to my Lord Marquis
of Carabas," replied the reapers, which pleased both the King and the Marquis. (7) The King
congratulated him for his fine harvest. (8) The master cat continued to run ahead and said the same
words to all he met. (9) The King was astonished at the vast estates of the Lord Marquis of Carabas.
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