模块4U1wordpower教案

Unit1 Advertising

Word power

Teaching aims:

1. Get to learn that some words are divided by adding suffixes and prefixes to the root words.

2. Learn more words and expressions related to sales and marketing.

3. Enlarge our vocabulary by thinking about more words that are created by adding suffixes and prefixes.

I mportant points & difficult points:

Adding suffixes and prefixes to the root words.

Teaching procedures:

Preparation:

Step 1 Lead-in (Blank-filling)

Ask students to fill in the blanks with the derivatives of the given words. The short passage is related to the reading passage.

Analyses:

Step 2 Show more examples

Show students more examples of derivatives to impress them with the knowledge of word formation.

Step 3 Competition

Divide the whole class into four groups and encourage students to think of more words that

are created by using the knowledge of word formation. The group that has the most words wins

Step 4 Create adjectives from nouns and adjectives

Tell students that an English word can have several derivatives, some of which are formed by adding suffixes to the nouns and adjectives.

Step 5 Detailed knowledge of creating adjectives

Show students more examples of adjectives so that they can see that there are

different forms of suffixes. Encourage students to think of as many of these words as possible.

Step 6 Consolidation

Ask students to read the advertisement at P.6 and fill in the blanks. Form adjectives by adding the correct suffixes to the given words. Check the answers as a class and make sure the students have no problems using the suffixes learnt in this section.

Exercises:

Step 7 Learn more about suffixes

Introduce other common adjective-forming suffixes to students and tell them each suffix usually has a fixed meaning. The table provides some examples of common suffixes.

Step 8 A Word puzzle

The students are encouraged to finish the word puzzle with the help of the given words. And they can have fun at the same time.

E xploration:

Step 9 An active show

Ask students to work in pairs and make a dialogue about promoting a new book called “English

Literature”. Then, have the dialogue presented to the whole class.

Step 10 Words-matching

Ask students to read the passage at P7 and list these words in blue. Then, ask students to match the words with their Chinese explanation to make sure they understand these words and expressions.

Step 11 Consolidation (one)

Encourage students to finish Part B at P7 individually and check the answers as a class.

Step 12 Consolidation (two)

Ask Ss to finish the passage by filling in the blanks with the words learnt in this section.

Step 8 Homework

1. Memorize the words and phrases learnt in this section.

2. Make good preparations for Grammar and Usage.