Consonant Continued – JSS1 English Lesson Note (Third Term)

Consonants are speech sounds written with phonetic symbols. This note lists eleven consonant sounds: /ʃ/, /θ/, /s/, /z/, /ʒ/, /h/, /m/, /n/, /l/, /j/ and /w/. Each symbol is shown with example words, so students can see which sound a word contains, whatever its spelling.

Behavioural objectives

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

• name the phonetic symbols for the consonant sounds /ʃ/, /θ/, /s/, /z/, /ʒ/, /h/, /m/, /n/, /l/, /j/ and /w/;
• give example words for each of these sounds;
• explain that a sound can be spelt in different ways, for example /n/ in “now” and “knock”.

What are the phonetic symbols of consonants?

1. /ʃ/ as in ship, lashes, fish, etc.
2. /θ/ as in bath, month, anthem, both, etc.
3. /s/ as in snake, sip, seat, axe, etc.
4. /z/ as in zip, zoom, exact, zebra, etc.
5. /ʒ/ as in pleasure, usual, vision, cohesion, etc.
6. /h/ as in hit, hat, behave, etc.
7. /m/ as in man, meat, melt, mud, etc.
8. /n/ as in now, knock, night, etc.
9. /l/ as in low, lack, loom, etc.
10. /j/ as in you, new, use, etc.
11. /w/ as in away, well, warm, etc.

Evaluation

Give five other examples of each sound.