Saturday, February 15, 2014

Minimal Pairs

“Swat the Word”

As a 5-minute warm-up activity, write three to five sets of words scattered across the board.  Call students to the board two at a time.  Give each student a fly swatter.  Call out a word and have students take turns swatting the correct word.  If the student chooses the incorrect word, the other student can attempt to swat the correct word.  As the students progress, the number of words that are written on the board can be increased.  For an extension activity, students can be asked to use the word that they swat in a sentence. Some examples of the minimal pairs that may be used are as follows:

fit / feet
they/day
ship / sheep
tree / three
rid/lid
run/one
write/white
path/pass
block/black
rain/ran
made/mad
bake/back


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