Presentation: Bilingual Glossary Creation

Slide 1 of 7 · Settling starter · Welsh · Year 7

4 minutes

Geirfa ddwyieithog TG: one glossary of 12 IT terms, built in pairs

You have 1 worksheet each but you will hand in 1 glossary per pair, with both names on it. Today you build a Welsh and English glossary of 12 Information Technology terms: the Welsh term, its gender, a meaning in Welsh and a full sentence. Then you practise mutations after y, fy and dy.

While the register is called: write your name, class and date (Enw, Dosbarth, Dyddiad), then read the grey box Y termau a’r rheolau. Underline the 3 rules about what happens after y.

Starter question: Why is it y daenlen but y porwr?

DCF: Interacting and collaborating → Collaboration No computers needed · pairs, 1 glossary between 2

Supply teacher script (no subject knowledge needed)

Hand out: one worksheet per pupil, but seat them in pairs: each pair hands in 1 glossary with both names on it. You need no Welsh at all; every answer is on the worked example. No computers are needed, because the 8 Welsh terms and the mutation rules are printed in the grey box. If laptops are available, pupils may log on and use termau.cymru (the Porth Termau national terminology portal) to check a term, but only after the rules box has been read.

Say aloud: “Name, class and date at the top. While I take the register, read the grey box of terms and rules. Underline the 3 rules about the little word y, which means the. A mutation is when the first letter of a Welsh word changes because of the word in front of it.”

Starter answer: taenlen (spreadsheet) is a feminine noun, marked b in the box, and a feminine singular noun soft-mutates after y, so t becomes d: y daenlen. porwr (browser) is masculine, marked g, and a masculine noun never mutates after y: y porwr.

Slide 2 of 7 · Today’s brief and key words · Welsh · Year 7

2 minutes

Your brief: agree every entry before you write it down

In pairs you complete 12 glossary entries (4 are done for you), then do the mutation exercise on your own and compare, then swap with another pair and correct each other. Both of you must agree each entry: the English term, the standard Welsh term, the gender of the noun, a meaning in Welsh, and a full sentence using it.

Rhyw (gender)

Every Welsh noun is masculine (g, gwrywaidd) or feminine (b, benywaidd). The gender decides whether the word changes after y.

Treiglad (mutation)

A change to the first letter of a word caused by the word before it. Soft after y and dy; nasal after fy. Some letters never change.

Term safonol (standard term)

The accepted Welsh word, not a word-for-word translation from English: taenlen for spreadsheet, not “dalen daenu”.

DCF: Interacting and collaborating → Collaboration LNF: Literacy → Writing → Vocabulary, spelling, grammar

Slide 3 of 7 · Cam 1: check the 4 given entries · Welsh · Year 7

8 minutes

Cam 1 on your worksheet: read the 4 finished entries against the rules

The first 4 rows of the glossary (file, password, spreadsheet, link) are done for you. Read each one with your partner and find the mutation in its sentence. Explain to your partner why it is y daenlen but y porwr. Row 1 is on the board.

Saesneg	Cymraeg	Rhyw	Ystyr yn Gymraeg	Brawddeg
file	ffeil	b	Un darn o waith wedi’i gadw ar gyfrifiadur, gydag enw.	Mae’r ffeil yn y ffolder Gwaith Cartref.

Cam 1 on your worksheet, the 4 given rows · 8 minutes Find the mutation in each sentence, or explain why there is none

Slide 4 of 7 · Cam 1: complete the other 8 entries · Welsh · Year 7

15 minutes

Cam 1 on your worksheet: fill the remaining 8 rows, agreeing each one

Complete folder, database, browser, website, keyboard, mouse, screen and email. The Welsh terms and genders are in the grey box; the last 4 are printed under the table: bysellfwrdd (g), llygoden (b), sgrin (b), e-bost (g). Each row needs a meaning in Welsh and a full sentence with the mutation correct. The folder row is on the board; copy it.

Saesneg	Cymraeg	Rhyw	Ystyr yn Gymraeg	Brawddeg
folder	ffolder	g	Lle ar gyfrifiadur sy’n cadw ffeiliau at ei gilydd.	Rwy’n cadw fy ngwaith mewn ffolder newydd.

Cam 1 on your worksheet, rows 5 to 12 · 15 minutes, in pairs Both of you must agree before anything is written

Supply teacher script (no subject knowledge needed)

Say aloud: “15 minutes for the other 8 rows. The folder row is on the board: copy it. Split the work if you like, one does the Welsh and gender, the other the meaning and sentence, but nothing goes in until you both agree. If you disagree, write down what you disagreed about: you will need it for Cam 3.”

Quick check: cronfa ddata (b), sentence “Mae’r gronfa ddata yn cadw enwau’r llyfrau i gyd.” porwr (g), “Agorwch y porwr i chwilio am wybodaeth.” gwefan (b), “Mae’r wefan yn ddwyieithog.” bysellfwrdd (g), “Mae’r bysellfwrdd wedi torri.” llygoden (b), “Symudwch y llygoden i’r dde.” sgrin (b), “Mae’r wybodaeth ar y sgrin.” e-bost (g), “Anfonais e-bost at fy athrawes.” Any full sentence that uses the term and mutates correctly is acceptable; the worked example has a model meaning for each.

Walk the room: the 2 things to look for are “y gwefan” (wrong, should be y wefan) and “y lygoden” (wrong, ll does not change after y, so y llygoden). You do not need to mark the Welsh; the pairs check each other on slide 6.

Slide 5 of 7 · Cam 2: the mutation exercise · Welsh · Year 7

10 minutes

Cam 2 on your worksheet: write the correct form, on your own, then compare

8 items. Write the correct form after y, fy or dy. Careful: not every one mutates. Do it alone first, then compare with your partner and agree. The first row is on the board.

Y ffurf wreiddiol	Y ffurf gywir	Why
fy + cyfrinair	fy nghyfrinair	Nasal mutation after fy: c becomes ngh.

The rules: after y, a feminine singular noun soft-mutates, but ll and rh do not, and a masculine noun never does. After fy, nasal: c→ngh, p→mh, t→nh, g→ng, b→m, d→n. After dy, soft. ff and s never mutate at all.

Cam 2 on your worksheet · 10 minutes, alone then compare Two of the 8 are traps: check the ll rule twice

Supply teacher script (no subject knowledge needed)

Say aloud: “Row 1 is on the board. Do the other 7 on your own, no talking, then compare with your partner. Where you differ, go back to the rules box and decide together. Two of them are traps.”

Quick check: y + taenlen = y daenlen (feminine, t to d). y + gwefan = y wefan (feminine, the g disappears). dy + ffeil = dy ffeil (no change, ff never mutates). y + cronfa ddata = y gronfa ddata (feminine, c to g). y + llygoden = y llygoden (no change, ll does not mutate after y even though llygoden is feminine). y + porwr = y porwr (masculine, no change). dy + llygoden = dy lygoden (soft mutation after dy does apply to ll, so ll becomes l).

Walk the room: the 2 traps sit next to each other: y llygoden stays, dy lygoden changes. A pupil who gets both right has understood the rule rather than memorised a list. Pupils who write “dy ffeil” as anything else have over-applied the rule.

Slide 6 of 7 · Self and partner check · Welsh · Year 7

6 minutes

Swap sheets with another pair and check against the success criteria

Swap your glossary with another pair. Tick each criterion their work meets. Write 1 specific, kind correction with the rule behind it, and 1 thing they did better than you.

I use the standard Welsh term, not a word-for-word translation from English.
I mutate correctly after y, fy and dy, and can explain why some terms do not mutate.
I write a full Welsh sentence that shows the meaning of the term, not just names it.
I agree each entry with my partner and record honestly where we did not agree.
I check another pair’s work and give a kind, specific correction.

6 minutes · swap with another pair Finished early? Add 5 verbs: cadw, dileu, argraffu, lawrlwytho, mewngofnodi, each in a command sentence

Supply teacher script (no subject knowledge needed)

Say aloud: “Swap your sheets with the pair next to you. Tick the criteria they have met. Write 1 correction and say which rule it breaks, and write 1 thing they did better than you. Then swap back.” A model comment from the worked example: “You have written y gwefan; gwefan is feminine, so y wefan is correct. And fy cyfrinair needs a nasal mutation: fy nghyfrinair. Your meaning for porwr is better than ours; we are going to borrow it.”

Extension answers: the 5 verbs mean save, delete, print, download, log in; any command sentence using each is acceptable, for example “Cadwch y ffeil”. For the pattern question, “cronfa ddata” is 2 words where the second mutates after a feminine noun; other examples of the same pattern are any feminine noun followed by a describing word, and the pattern is that a word after a feminine singular noun soft-mutates. The poster task needs the 8 terms with pictures, Welsh first.

Slide 7 of 7 · Plenary review · Welsh · Year 7

5 minutes

Cam 3: agree your 4 terms for the wall, then quick-check answers

Fill in Cam 3: both names, the 4 terms you propose for the classroom wall, anything you could not agree on and why, and who did what. Then round the room: each pair names 1 term for the wall, no repeats. Check these answers.

Question	Correct answer
What is the Welsh for spreadsheet, and what happens to it after y?	taenlen, feminine, so y daenlen.
y + llygoden and dy + llygoden: which one changes?	y llygoden stays (ll does not mutate after y). dy lygoden changes (soft mutation after dy).
What is fy + cyfrinair?	fy nghyfrinair. Nasal mutation after fy: c becomes ngh.

Check both names are on the glossary One glossary per pair in · the second sheet stays with the pair