1. Recognizing Correct Syllabication of Words
I. Learning Objective
• Recognize correct syllabication of words.
II. Subject Matter
A. Topic: Correct Syllabication
B. References: PELC III 2.3
Exploring New Words pp. 35, 51, 104
Discovering New Words pp. 134-138
C. Materials: charts, flash cards
III. Procedure
Preparatory Activities
1. Drill
Read the words in each column. What kind of words are in column A?
B? C?
A. Single B. Compound
Words
C. Words with
suffixes
first airplane pianist
poor hotdog farmer
old anthill actor
lost playground motorist
Short best friend organist
Motivation
1. Invite pupils to sing this song to the tune of It’s a Small World
There is just one class
We enjoy so much
Where our minds think hard
And read a lot
Though the subject is hard
And the lessons are long
We enjoy our English class
Oh! It’s English class after all 3x
We enjoy our English class.
Value Focus: Cooperation

2. 2. Say: Let us sing again and clap the rhythm of the song.
• Rhythm is the sound of the word.
B. Developmental Activities
Presentation
a. From our song which words have one sound? two sounds?
One sound Two sounds
there enjoy
just subject
class lessons
where English
 divide the words, with two vowel sounds
en-joy, sub-ject, les-son, Eng-lish
Discussion and Analysis
Say: (The sounds of words are also called syllables.)
1. Give examples of one syllable word
2. Give examples of two, three, four-syllable words
3. What do you call the division of words into syllables?
(Syllabication)
Rules to follow in syllabication
1. A single-syllable word or a word having only one vowel
sound may never be divided in writing or spelling.
Ex. huge, cone, voice
2. Compound words made up of two single-syllable words are
divided between the words.
Ex. playground, see/saw, sandbox
3. Most suffixes are syllables in themselves. A single syllable
word with a suffix added to it may be divided by separating
the root word and the suffix.
Ex. clean-er, cloud-y, harm-less
4. Words containing a single vowel followed by a double
consonant or two consonants may be divided between the
consonants.
Ex. rab-bit, but-ter, win-dow, cir-cus
5. Words that begin with a single vowel which is sounded
separately maybe divided after the vowel.
Ex. o-bey, a-lert, o-val

3. 6. Words with a vowel sound in a word maybe divided before
and after the vowel.
Ex. vi-o-lin, pi-a-no, sax-o-phone
7. a. When a consonant comes in between two vowels and the
first vowel has a short sound, divide the word after the
consonant.
Ex. cab-in, den-im, mag-ic
b. When a consonant comes in between two vowels and the
first vowel has a long sound, divide the word before the
consonant or right after the First vowel with long sound.
Ex. Chi-na, mu-sic, fla-vor
8. When a word ends in le and is preceded by a consonant,
divide the word before the consonant.
Ex. trem-ble, poo-dle, mar-ble
9. When two vowels are together in a word and each one is
sounded separately, divide the words between two vowels.
Ex. di-et, tri-al, sci-ence
Generalization
1. What is a syllable?
• a syllable is a part of a word in which we hear only one vowel
sound
2. What is syllabication?
• Syllabication – is the division of words into syllables
3. How will you syllabicate the following?
a. a single syllable word
b. compound word
c. words with suffixes
d. words containing a single vowel followed by a double
consonants
e. words that begin with a single vowel which is sounded
separately
f. words with a vowel sound in a word
g. a. when a consonant comes in between two vowels and the
first vowel has a short sound
b. when a consonant comes in between two vowels and the first vowel
has a long sound
h. when a word ends in le and is preceded by a consonant
i. when two vowels are together in a word and each one is sounded
separately

4. C. Post Activities
Application
Value Integration
What should you do to make the group work easier?
• (All members must help one another or cooperate with one
another)
A. Underline the one-syllable words in the clouds. Encircle
the two-syllable words.
B. Divide the following compound words into syllables by using a bar
line
baseball baseman workroom
teamwork outside farmhouse
tryout sideline day-time
C. Check words that are syllabicated correctly.
1. breat-hless 4. baseman 7. sleep-y
2. large-r 5. chill-y 8. kind-ness
3. lar-ger 6. wi-der 9. child-ish
Enrichment
A. Choose the correct syllabication of words by underlining them.
• charity = char-i-ty char-i-ty charity
• cigarette = ci-ga-rette cig-a-rette ci-gar-ette
• citizen = ci-ti-zen ci-tiz-en cit-i-zen
• decorate = de-co-rate dec-o-rate de-cor-ate
• dedicate = ded-i-cate de-di-cate ded-ic-ate
said hand faithful
raffle notice
print bring voice
friend scream
polite pants

5. B. Let’s practice syllabicating words. Read each word carefully and
syllabicate it correctly.
• bookshelves - (book-shelves) - 2 claps
• meeting - (meet-ing) - 2 claps
• corral - (cor-ral) - 2 claps
• rebuilt - (re-built) - 2 claps
• monologue - (mon-o-logue) - 3 claps
• alert - (a-lert) - 2 claps
• regrouping - (re-group-ing) - 3 claps
C. Share-Pair Circles
Divide the class into two equal groups each group forms a
circle. (The inner circle faces inward, to form pairs of facing
students.) The inner group will give any word and the outer
group will give the correct syllabication.
IV. Evaluation
Put a _√_ if the word is properly syllabicated and a cross x if not.
x 1. in-ning  6. man-tle
 2. wa-ter  7.o-rient
 3. over-head  8. news-pa-per
 4. vol-ley-ball x 9. vi-ta-min
 5. un-wil-ling x 10.un-re-al
V. Assignment
Choose the correct syllabication of the words:
1. immortal = im-mort-al im-mor-tal
2. formation = form-a-tion form-ation
3. beautiful = beau-ti-ful be-au-ti-ful
4. colorful = color-ful co-lor-ful
5. photosynthesis = photo-syn-the-sis pho-to-synth-esis

6. B. Let’s practice syllabicating words. Read each word carefully and
syllabicate it correctly.
• bookshelves - (book-shelves) - 2 claps
• meeting - (meet-ing) - 2 claps
• corral - (cor-ral) - 2 claps
• rebuilt - (re-built) - 2 claps
• monologue - (mon-o-logue) - 3 claps
• alert - (a-lert) - 2 claps
• regrouping - (re-group-ing) - 3 claps
C. Share-Pair Circles
Divide the class into two equal groups each group forms a
circle. (The inner circle faces inward, to form pairs of facing
students.) The inner group will give any word and the outer
group will give the correct syllabication.
IV. Evaluation
Put a _√_ if the word is properly syllabicated and a cross x if not.
x 1. in-ning  6. man-tle
 2. wa-ter  7.o-rient
 3. over-head  8. news-pa-per
 4. vol-ley-ball x 9. vi-ta-min
 5. un-wil-ling x 10.un-re-al
V. Assignment
Choose the correct syllabication of the words:
1. immortal = im-mort-al im-mor-tal
2. formation = form-a-tion form-ation
3. beautiful = beau-ti-ful be-au-ti-ful
4. colorful = color-ful co-lor-ful
5. photosynthesis = photo-syn-the-sis pho-to-synth-esis