I.

Objectives

At the End of the lesson, the students should be able to:

A. Differentiate the rules in word stressing.

B. Illustrate proper and accurate stressing in words.

C. Recognize the significance of correct stressing in words in English language.

II. Subject Matter: Stressing in Words

Reference: Petitbout, P., (2011) Word Stress,

https://www.scribd.com/document/62348303/Word-Stress

Vasiliu, A. (2019) If I Were The Moon

https://www.alexandravasiliu.net/if-i-were-the-moon/

III. Materials:

Laptop

PPT

IV. Procedure: Inductive Method

Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity

A. Preparation

Good morning, everyone! Good morning, sir!

Let us have our prayer first. Requesting all (All students will do as told)
to stand.
Good morning once again. Now since this is

my first time teaching you, I will be

introducing myself first. I am Philip

Concepcion, and I will be your English

Teacher for this school year. Now I have

rules in this class to follow and these are: 1.

Be yourself in class but never forget to show

decency. 2. Don’t be afraid to ask questions,

and 3. If you know something about the

topic, share it to the class. Is that

understood? Yes, sir.

1. Review

What was our topic last meeting? Our topic was about word intonations

sir.

Good! What are word intonations again

class? The rise and fall of the voice in speech

sir.

Very well! I am convinced that all of you

were listening to the discussion. Anyways,

Do you have any questions regarding our None sir.

previous topic?

Very well.
2. Motivation
Does everybody know our National Yes sir.

Anthem?

Yes, I guess everybody is familiar with it.

Now can we all sing the national anthem? (Everybody sings as told)

Ready, Go!

Now, what is the right pronunciation of this

word “magiliw” in our national anthem? Letter c sir!

a.ma’giliw

b.ma’gi’liw

c.magil’iw

What do you think will happen if we will use

letter a. in the song? The lyrics will be of no sense sir.

When we put our stress after the

consonants, what is outcome? When you read it sir it is weird and

the it becomes another word without

very good! This is what we are going to talk meaning.

about today.
3. Statement of the Aim

Listen very carefully because at the end of

the discussion, you are all expected to

achieve the following objectives:

a) Differentiate the rules in word

stressing.

b) Illustrate proper and accurate

 stressing in words.

c) Recognize the significance of

correct stressing in words in
English language.
B. Presentation
(the students will do as told)
I have here a poem written by Alexandra

Vasiliu named “If I were the moon” Let us

all read it as I flash it on my screen. Ready,

go.

It is very nice sir.

How do you find the poem?

Yes, indeed it is short but nice.

So far, none sir.

Are there any words that is new to you in

the poem that we read?

Its good that you are all familiar with the

words that you have read.

Some of us sir.
Have you ever written a poem?
Yes sir, super.
I have too, isn’t it a struggle to find the right

words to use in a poem?

Indeed, it is a struggle.
Also in songs it is difficult to place words

because you have to fit the words in a line

but also having to think about the word

 syllabication.

C. Abstraction

Word stress is the emphasis we place in a

specific syllable of a word when pronouncing

it.

Earlier I let you choose what is the correct

pronunciation of the word “magiliw” in our

national anthem. If that word is stressed

differently then it’s pronunciation and

meaning would be changed.

There are some rules in word stressing

would be:

Most two-syllable nouns and adjectives

Stress on the first syllable.

Examples:

AP-ple

PRE-sent

HA-ppy

CLE-ver

Most two-syllable verbs and prepositions

Stress on the last syllable.

Examples:

re-QUIRE

pre-SENT

be-TWEEN

Three-syllable nouns

Stress on the first syllable (except words

with long vowel sound: engiNEER).

Examples:

POL-i-tics

GOV-ern-ment

GEN-er-al

Stress on the first syllable (except words

with long vowel sound: PortuGUESE).

Examples:

GEN-er-al

DEL-i-cate

EX-cel-lent

Three-syllable verbs

Stress on the first syllable (except words

with prefixes: reMEMber, conTINue).

Examples:

OR-gan-ize

DEC –o-rate

SIG-ni-fy

Words that end in -cy, -ty, -phy and –gy

Stress on the third-from-last syllable.

Examples:

de-MOC- ra-cy

un-CER-tain-ty

ge-OG-ra-phy

ra-di-OL-o-gy

Compound nouns

Stress on the first part.

Examples:

HAIR-brush

SOME-thing

HOW-ever

CLASS-room

BREAK-fast
 FOOT-ball

Now, words would change in meaning if

proper and accurate stressing is not

followed. When conversing with someone

your stress would be a great factor in

determining what is the intended meaning

of the word being relayed to you.

D. Generalization

Now, do you understand what is the Yes sir, it can helps you understand

importance of word stress class? the intended meaning of the word. It

can change the meaning too

depending on the stress that is

followed by the messenger.

Any questions so far class? None sir.

If none, then let us have an activity

E. Application

In this activity I will group you into 2

groups and stress the words that are

present in the poem “if I were the moon”

 I will give you 20 minutes to do the task.

Write your answers in a sheet of paper (the students answer)

F. Evaluation:

determine where the stress is in the word AP-ple- Most two-syllable nouns and

and what rule does it follow. adjective stress on the first syllable.

a. Apple Re-QUIRE- Most two-syllable verbs

and prepositions Stress on the last

b. Require syllable.

GOV-ern-ment-Three-syllable

nouns,stress on the first syllable

(except words with long vowel sound:

c. Government
engiNEER).

DEL-i-cate- Three-syllable adjectives

Stress on the first syllable (except

words with long vowel sound

d. Delicate

SIG-ni-fy- hree-syllable verbs

Stress on the first syllable except

words with prefixes

e. Signify
ra-di-OL-o-gy- Words that end in -cy,

-ty, -phy and –gy

Stress on the third-from-last syllable.

f. Radiology

CLASS-room- Compound nouns

 Stress on the first part.

g. Classroom

V. Assignment:

In a one whole sheet of paper Write a Haiku and Illustrate the accurate and

proper stressing in the words that you are going to use.

Criteria:

Content: 10 pts

Accuracy- 10pts

20 pts