Silent Letters- Secret Message Code Game
A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS
A fun silent letters puzzle in which students identify which letters are not pronounced and put those letters together to reveal hidden messages, with versions at five different levels.
Lesson Plan Content:
Silent letters secret message code game
Look at the section or sections below that your teacher tells you to. Underline the one silent letter in each word, write those letters in the same order, split them into words (e.g. “HAVEANICEDAY” into “Have a nice day”), then tell your teacher what the message is.
Level 1
cupboard biscuit ballet business
autumn hour build buffet island
Level 2
bomb guarantee aisle castle
foreign guard listen isle
Level 3
acquaintance artistically cabaret fascinated
exhausted wrist wheel parliament
scene vehicle muscle honour
business scissors knock
Level 4
wrinkle leopard wrestle wholly
exhilarated physically beret critically
coup guardian condemn acquire
heir
Level 5
cachet jeopardy catacomb ethically
abscess acquit leopard apropos
bristle parliament gnaw knuckle ascend
Try to find patterns in which letters are silent, where they are silent, which letters they are usually silent before or after, etc. Then make hidden messages with the same or other words with silent letters for other groups to solve.
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If you need to, use the hints below to help you split it into words.
Level 1 hint ___ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
Level 2 hint ___ ___ ___ ____ ___ ___ ____ ____!
Level 3 hint ___ ___ ___ ___ ____ ___ ___ ___ ____ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___?
Level 4 hint ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___?
Level 5 hint ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___!
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Answers
Level 1 answer: Put in huts
Level 2 answer: Bust guts!
Level 3 answer: Catch which chick?
Level 4 answer: Wow, what a punch!
Level 5 answer: Tobacco stinks!
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