TEACHER LANGUAGE
3 VOCABULARY ITEMS:
AFFECTED
Teacher: Alright class, have a look at what I have here. A pot plant and a water bottle. Now watch closely.
[Teacher gives the plant water].
Did I just make a difference to the plant?
Class: Yes.
Teacher: What difference did I make to the plant?
Class: Made it wet. Helped it grow.
Teacher: That is correct. I made a difference to the plant. And in the same way I can make a difference to
someone else. Correct?
Class: Yes.
[Teacher brings up pictures of affected in presentation.]
Teacher: If you look at the pictures you can clearly see that the rain has made the cartoon character wet. And in
the second picture the one person pushes the other person into the water.
Both these pictures are examples of something or someone being affected by something or someone.
Say that with me: ah-feck-ted
Class: Affected.
Teacher: Again.
Class: Affected.
Teacher: Very good. Now if you look at the screen you will see the definition, pronunciation, and stress as well.
Take note of this in your quick reference vocabulary books, also notice, affected is the past tense verb
for affect. As you can see on the screen affected is a 3 syllable word with the stress falling on the
middle syllable.
[Teacher writes affect on the board.] Remember these cards will be available to you on request.
[Give students a moment to record the new vocabulary.]
Teacher: Before we continue I want to make a clear that there is a difference between affect and effect.
[Teacher writes effect words on the board.]
Look at the pictures again. In the first picture where the cartoon is getting wet, the cartoon is affected
by the rain. [Teacher points to affect on the board.]
The fact that the cartoon is wet is the effect [Teacher points at effect].
The same goes for the person being pushed into the water. That person is affected by the person
pushing them. [Teacher points at affect.]
The effect is the person ends up in the water. [Teacher points to effect.]
3 VOCABULARY ITEMS:
AFFECTED
Teacher: Alright class, have a look at what I have here. A pot plant and a water bottle. Now watch closely.
[Teacher gives the plant water].
Did I just make a difference to the plant?
Class: Yes.
Teacher: What difference did I make to the plant?
Class: Made it wet. Helped it grow.
Teacher: That is correct. I made a difference to the plant. And in the same way I can make a difference to
someone else. Correct?
Class: Yes.
[Teacher brings up pictures of affected in presentation.]
Teacher: If you look at the pictures you can clearly see that the rain has made the cartoon character wet. And in
the second picture the one person pushes the other person into the water.
Both these pictures are examples of something or someone being affected by something or someone.
Say that with me: ah-feck-ted
Class: Affected.
Teacher: Again.
Class: Affected.
Teacher: Very good. Now if you look at the screen you will see the definition, pronunciation, and stress as well.
Take note of this in your quick reference vocabulary books, also notice, affected is the past tense verb
for affect. As you can see on the screen affected is a 3 syllable word with the stress falling on the
middle syllable.
[Teacher writes affect on the board.] Remember these cards will be available to you on request.
[Give students a moment to record the new vocabulary.]
Teacher: Before we continue I want to make a clear that there is a difference between affect and effect.
[Teacher writes effect words on the board.]
Look at the pictures again. In the first picture where the cartoon is getting wet, the cartoon is affected
by the rain. [Teacher points to affect on the board.]
The fact that the cartoon is wet is the effect [Teacher points at effect].
The same goes for the person being pushed into the water. That person is affected by the person
pushing them. [Teacher points at affect.]
The effect is the person ends up in the water. [Teacher points to effect.]
