Vocabulary Revision教学设计

 

Background information:

Students: Senior high school students, Grade 3

Lesson duration: 45 minutes

Content: vocabulary revision

 

Teaching objectives:

After 45 minutes of teaching, students should be able to:

1. be aware of some common techniques in vocabulary building;

2. grasp some frequently used affixes;

3. use the techniques in daily practice.

 

Important points of teaching:

1. To enable students to know how they can learn vocabulary more effectively;

2. To alert students to special words which have more than one meaning.

 

Difficult points of teaching:

To grasp some frequently used affixes;

 

Teaching methods:

Comparison

Discussion

Doing exercises

 

Teaching aids:

whiteboard, chalk, PPT,

 

Teaching procedures:

Step I. Warming up

The teacher describes some words in English. Students are asked to guess these words.

Step II. Complete the following passage with correct words. (5 mins)

   1._______( Keep) a diary in English is one of the most 2. _______ (effect) ways to improve our English writing ability.   3._______(compare) with other forms of writing, it is shorter and takes  less time.  It  4._______ (able) us to develop the habit of thinking in English. If we persist in this practice, 5. _______(gradual)  we will learn how to express ourselves in English.

    In keeping a diary in English, we certainly run up against many  difficulties. In the first place,  6.____ often happens that we have trouble finding appropriate words and phrases to express our mind.  Secondly, there are many idiomatic ways of saying thing in Chinese.   And it is extremely hard for us to put them into English properly.

As far as I 7. _______ (concern), my 8.________ (suggest) is that we should always have a notebook and a Chinese- English dictionary within easy reach 9. _____ case we encounter some new words and need to consult our dictionary.  We can also turn to our English teacher for help, if necessary. In short, I believe that it is 10.____ great benefit to keep a diary in English for the development of our writing skills.

Tip 1

 Learn new words in exercises   在练习中学习词汇

 

Step III. Try to find the answers to the two questions from the passage.

Q1: Why do we keep a diary?

1. __________________________   2. ________________________

3. __________________________   4. _________________________

Q2: What should we do if we have trouble in finding appropriate words and phrases?

1. _____________________________

2. _____________________________

Step III. Translate the following Chinese into English.

1. 记录......

2. 向某人求助

3. 学会如何用英语表达自己

4. 拓展词汇量

5. 提高英语写作水平

6. 养成......的好习惯

7. 查字典

Tip 2

Learn the relevant uses of a word     学习单词的相关用法

 

Step IV. Review affixes.

1. dis-   

2. un-

3. en-

4. -ive

5. -ize/-ise

6. -ment

The following are some other common affixes in daily use. Try to find out their meaning.

prefix:

mis-    misunderstand, mislead        re-    rewrite, reconsider

multi-   multicultural, multimedia      tele-   television, telephone

in-     incorrect, incomplete           im-   impossible, impatient

suffix:

-able    acceptable, eatable          -al     national, natural

-ist      artist, scientist             -ness   sadness, seriousness

-tion     action, collection          -ship   friendship, membership

 

Step V. Complete the following sentences.

1.we should always have a dictionary within easy reach  _________(以防万一） we encounter some new words.

2.__________( 以防万一）some new words, we should always have a dictionary prepared.

3.___________ (如果是那样的话），we will miss a precious opportunity to learn new words.

4. __________ (决不）should we give up learning new words.

Step VI. In English, there exist many words that have more than one meaning. Find out their less frequently used meaning. 

1. bridge

e.g. The government will take measures to bridge the gap between the rich and the poor.

original meaning _______   extended meaning ________

2. work out

e.g. Work out at a gym or swim twice a week.

original meaning _______   extended meaning ________

3. adopt

e.g.The government has adopted a series of new strategies to fight climate change.

original meaning _______   extended meaning ________

Step VII. Summary

What have you learned in this class?

Vocabulary revision

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