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• Advanced Teacher’s Guide: Soft g: ge, gi lesson p2-4
• Advanced Picture Code Cards: -dge p5
• Advanced Copymasters:
4
Lesson 2

• Gentle Ginger the Gymnast: ge, gi p6 Soft g: ge, gi, gy

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• Soft g words with -dge and -age

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: ge
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e
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her Granny
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is her
that

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Code Cards: Golden Girl She is Gentle
Advanced Picture at school, too. Girl admires
special friend

• Advanced Song: Gentle Ginger

Cards.
Picture Code ters: (19a). gymnast. Golden is so good at Lesson 2
Advanced Copymas Gentle Ginger Ginger, the 4a cont
CD: because Ginger eels, * High frequency
Advanced Songs Gentle Ginger cartwh
Somersaults,
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CD

words
Song gymnastics. them all! Golden
– she can do
Objectives
will balancing acts Gentle
e should notice so she
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• Picture Code Cards - Advanced:

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every time she ‘Gentle Ginger’. d, and ng as genius vegetables*
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by Gentle Ginger Ginger
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Advanced Copymas
Advanced Songs ters: (19b).
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Objective dge. and ask the
CD: Gentle
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before
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the ju
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Section 3
: Lesson
Plans
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Name:
Date:
19b
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-dge and -ag
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w using thes
ri e
e words:
engine angel bri he
le fri
gigantic ginger vegetable
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duck on
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 Sample - Soft g lesson
Advanced Teacher’s Guide
ISBN: 978-1-86209-294-5

L e s so n 24

Soft g: ge, gi
The children have met Golden Girl and her Granny. Both characters
 Objectives symbolise the hard g sound. Golden Girl’s friend Gentle Ginger symbolises
g’s soft sound. The signal for Gentle Ginger to appear and make this soft
zTo know that the letter g will
make its soft ‘g’ sound in the ge sound is the same as for soft c: when the next letter is an e, i or y.
and gi spelling patterns (as in Gentle Ginger is just as athletic as Jumping Jim, whose sound is identical to
gentle and ginger. hers. But she is far less shy. She loves people watching her as she practises
 zTo recognise and spell words her gymnastic tricks in words, which is why she turns up in more words
containing ge and gi. than Jumping Jim.
 zTo know that d before ge will You may choose to teach only the story for ge to start with, as it includes
be silent (as in bridge).
the majority of soft g words. Alternatively, your class may be ready to learn
ge, -dge,
ge, -dge and gi together.
gi and gy together.

Lesson 24a

ge (soft g as in gentle)
Demonstration: ge
Show the card and tell the story:
Advanced
Materials
Picture Code Cards: ge (32).  Gentle Ginger the gymnast says ‘g...’ before e
Picture Code Cards. Golden Girl always says that her Granny is her best friend, but she has a
Advanced Copymasters:(p6)
(19a).
special friend at school, too. She is Gentle
Advanced Songs CD: Gentle Ginger

ge
Song On resource CD Ginger, the gymnast. Golden Girl admires

Objectives Gentle Ginger because Ginger is so good at

gymnastics. Somersaults, cartwheels,
 To know that the letter g will
balancing acts – she can do them all! Golden
make its soft ‘g’ sound (as in
gentle). Girl thinks everyone should notice Gentle
Ginger’s gymnastic tricks in words, so she
 To recognise and spell words
containing ge. asks Mr E if he could use some of his new
Blue Magic e’s to light her up with sparkling
blue light as she does her somersaults. “Eeeasily!” cries Mr E.
Gentle Ginger is so pleased to be in the limelight that she does her best
somersaults every time she is next to a Blue Magic e. She also starts to say
her name like this, ‘ge…’ for ‘Gentle Ginger’.

Activity ideas
Whole class word work
 Write these sentences on the board and ask the children to help with
picture coding ge.
Gentle Ginger’s somersaults are gorgeous.
Danger! Stop! Help needed urgently!
All passengers must change trains here.

2
Gentle Ginger’s somersaults are gorgeous.
 Sample - Soft g lesson
Advanced Teacher’s Guide
ISBN: 978-1-86209-294-5

Lesson 24a cont

* High frequency words

Words containing ge
age* general orange* twinge
Exceptions
agent generous outrageous urge
These include get, geese,
target, tiger, together and
angel genie page* vegetables*
some words with gg such as cage* genius passenger
biggest, wagged, and ng as change gentle pigeon Children’s
in longer, finger. charge gentlemen plunge names
courageous germs range Angela
danger* ginger revenge George
detergent gorge sponge
digest hinge stage Countries
dungeon huge strange* Algeria
emerge indulge suggest Argentina
energetic large* surge Germany
fringe legend surgeon
gems messenger tangerine

Lesson 24b

Silent d before ge
Silent Duck beside Gentle Ginger
Normally when you see Dippy Duck in a word you will hear her making her
usual little ‘d…’ sound. But not when the next letters are Gentle Ginger and a
Blue Magic e! Then she is too dazzled by Gentle Ginger’s gymnastics to
Advanced
Materials
Picture Code Cards: Silent
speak!

d (3).  Write these sentences on the board and ask the children to help with
Picture Code Cards. picture coding dge.
Advanced Copymasters:(p7)
(19b).
Advanced Songs CD: Gentle Ginger “Let’s give Ginger a badge,” said the judge.
On resource CD
Objectives Ed sat on the edge of the bridge.
Objectives
To know that the letter d
 Toge
before know
willthat the letter
be silent as in d
bridge.
before ge will be silent as in bridge.
Words containing dge
-adge -edge -idge -odge -udge
badge hedge* bridge* dodge fudge
badger sledge fridge lodge judge
gadget edge* cartridge dislodge smudge
knowledge porridge stodge budge

“Let’s give Ginge r a ba ge,” said the ju ge. 3

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ISBN: 978-1-86209-294-5

Lesson 24b cont.

Sound alikes: -idge and -age

Only nine words end in i-d-g-e. They all contain the word ridge except for
the last two: bridge, cartridge, fridge, partridge, porridge, ridge, midge,
midget. There are, however, many a-g-e words. Longer a-g-e and all i-d-g-e
words are pronounced ‘ige’. Since bridge is the only frequently used word
ending in -idge, a rough generalisation for all other ‘ige’ words is: unless the
word is bridge, spell it a-g-e.

Double consonants before seven -age words

Strangely, there are seven words in which the short vowels before -age need
protecting. They can be learned in these two sentences:
I saw his luggage in the Baggage Room passage,
so I left him this message.
Come and eat cabbage at our cottage in the village.

Words ending in -age

advantage encourage luggage percentage usage Note: The
average haulage manage postage vicarage only word
actually spelt
bandage heritage marriage salvage voltage
as it sounds
courage image mileage savage voyage
is vestige.
disadvantage language mortgage shortage
drainage leakage package storage

Lesson 24c

gi (soft g as in ginger)
Show the card and tell the story:
 Gentle Ginger says ‘g…’ for Ginger
before i
gi
Advanced
Materials
Picture Code Cards: gi (35).
When Mr E is too busy elsewhere to shoot Blue
Magic Sparks to light up Gentle Ginger the Gymnast, he
Picture Code Cards. generously gives the job to i. So the blue sparks shoot straight from i to
Advanced Copymasters:(p6)
(19a & 19c).
Ginger to light her up. Once again Gentle Ginger is so pleased that she
Advanced Songs CD: Gentle Ginger
starts to say her name, ‘gi…’ for Ginger.
On resource CD
Objectives
Objectives
To know that the letter g can Picture Coding

makeToa know
soft ‘g’that
sound
the (as in ginger).
letter g can  Write these sentences on the board and ask the children to help with
make a soft ‘g’ sound (as in ginger). picture coding gi.
See Ginger in blue magic light!
Do giraffes live in that grassy region?
Can you imagine a giant as gigantic as a skyscraper?

4
See Ginger in blue magic light!
badge
bridge
edge
judge
when the Blue Magic Sparks are shooting!
Letterland ducks are always silent next to Gentle Ginger. They are too dazzled to speak

Blue Magic e lights up Gentle Ginger, the Gymnast, and makes her start to say ‘ge...’ for gentle.
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Name: Date:

19a
Gentle Ginger
the Gymnast
1 Make five words by joining the onsets to the rime.

p r
st a
c w
2 Write the correct caption under each picture.
hu ant emer ncy ntle nger

2 Picture code and in these words.

engine angel
gigantic ginger vegetable

4 Join each pair of rhyming words in a different colour.

tragic change large stage
6
page charge strange magic
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Name: Date:

19b
Soft g words with
-dge and -age
1 Complete the sentences below using these words:
ri e he bri le fri
There’s a duck on the
_ _ _ _ of the _ _ _ _ _ and
a duck on the _ _ _ _ _.
There’s a duck on the _ _ _ _ _ _
and a duck on the _ _ _ _ _
and another duck nesting
on top of my _ _ _ _ _ _!

2 Make up a sentence using two or more of these age words:

cottage cabbage package passage
village bandage postage message

3 Make six words using these jigsaw pieces.

r i band age
br i man age
fr i im age
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