The Third Period

Teaching Aims:

1.Learn and master the following words:

brand,luggage,achieve,organ

2.Review the words appearing in the last two periods.

3.Learn about Word Formation.

Teaching Important Points:

1.Learn some words which are closest in meaning.

2.Study the ways of forming a word.

3.Study the meaning of some affixes and stems.

Teaching Difficult Point:

How to help the students master some knowledge of Word Formation.

Teaching Methods:

1.Doing exercises to review the learnt words.

2.Studying and practising to master the ways of forming a word.

3.Pair or group work to make every student take an active part in class.

Teaching Aids:

1.the multimedia

2.the blackboard

Teaching Procedures:

Step Ⅰ Greetings

Greet the whole class as usual.

Step Ⅱ Revision

T:In the last period,we read the passage Zhongguancun and learned much about it.Now,can you tell me something about it?Han Fei,you try,please.

S1:Zhongguancun,in Beijing’s Haidian District,is the new centre for Chinese science and technology.The centre itself got started in the early 1980s and was set up as a special economic zone in the late 1990s.Then it quickly became the leader of China’s hi-tech industry.A growing number of overseas have returned to China and grasped the opportunity to develop their ideas at Zhongguancun.Zhongguancun has had a positive effect on business as well as science.Today,there are more than 8 000 hi-tech companies in Zhongguancun,more than half of which are IT companies.What has made Zhongguancun a success is the spirit of creativity and scientific skill.

T:Very good.Thank you.Sit down,please.We all know Zhongguancun is the leader of China’s hi-tech industry as Silicon Valley in the USA.So sometimes it is called China’s Silicon Valley.In the last class,I asked you to use a library or the Internet to find out more about Silicon Valley and then compare the two areas.Now who’d like to tell us how similar or different they are?Any volunteer?

S2:Both Zhongguancun and Silicon Valley are home to Internet industry as well as hi-tech companies,most of which are founded by students,faculty and staff members from the surrounding universities.However,as a fledgling hi-tech community,Zhongguancun has many differences from Silicon Valley.Silicon Valley has evolved a culture that is tuned to market-driven innovation,while in Zhongguancun,innovation is still largely driven by technology.In addition,investors in Silicon Valley are frequently an integral parts of companies day-to-day operations.While in Zhongguancun,investors has been used only as a source of financing.

T:Nice work.Besides,we learned some new words in the passage.Do you still remember them?Let’s do an exercise.Please look at the screen.

(Teacher shows the following on the screen.)

Find the right explanation for each word.

1.zone 2.significant 3.institute 4.achievement 5.announce 6.grasp 7.giant 8.perfect

A.something you have worked hard for and done well

B.to say something in public

C.to take hold of something firmly

D.a group of people who want to study a special thing,or the building used by such a group

E.without any fault or bad points

F.large and important;having a special meaning

G:unusually large person,animal,plant,business organization,etc.

H.area or region with a particular feature or use

T:Find the right explanation for each of the words.I give you two minutes to prepare.Then I’ll check the answers.

Suggested answers:

1.-H 2.-F 3.-D 4.-A 5.-B 6.-C 7.-G 8.-E

Step Ⅲ Word Study

T:Well done.Now,please open your books at Page 5.We’ll deal with Word Study.First,Word Study.Then,Word Formation.Look at the exercise in Word Study now.Choose the answer that is closest in meaning to the underlined part.First,do it by yourself.Then check the answers with your partner.In the end,I’ll collect the right answers.

Suggested answers:

1.A 2.B 3.C 4.B 5.C 6.A 7.B 8.C

Step Ⅳ Word Formation

T:Now,let’s study Word Formation.First,look at the words on the screen.

(Teacher shows the following on the screen.)

international=inter-+national

telephone=tele-+phone

mankind=man+kind

broadband=broad+band

extremely=extreme+-ly

manned=man+-ed

hi-tech=high+technology

e-school=electronic school

IT=information technology

CSA=Chinese Space Agency

T:You are given two minutes to study the words and find out the ways of forming a word.Then I’ll ask some students to explain how they are formed.

(Two minutes later.)

T:Time is up.Are you ready?

Ss:Yes.

T:Chen Wei,you try,please.

S:Some of them are formed with prefixes in front of the stems,such as “international” and “telephone”,while some of them are formed with suffixes at the end of the stems,such as “extremely” and “manned”.Both of these two ways of forming a word are called derivation.

(Bb:derivations:international,telephone,extremely,manned)

T:Very good.Sit down,please.Liu Hui,can you have a try?

S:OK.“mankind” and “broadband” are compounds,composed of two words,“hi-tech” and “e-school” are short forms of compounds;“IT” and “CSA” are also short forms.

(Bb:compounds:mankind,broadband short forms:hi-tech,e-school,IT,CSA)

T:Well done.Sit down,please.Is everything clear?

Ss:Yes.

T:OK.Now,please look at the stems and affixes on the screen.Match each of them with the right meaning on the right.

(Teacher shows the following on the screen.)

trans- carry

-graph see

tele- below

super- life

co- together/with

vis- more than usual

bio- far

sub- across

-port- riting

T:You are given two minutes to prepare.Then I’ll check your answers.

Suggested answers:

trans-=across tele-=far

co-=together/with bio-=life

vis-=see -graph=writing

-port-=carry sub-=below

super-=more than usual

T:Well done.I think you’ve learnt more about Word Formation,including the ways of forming a word and the meanings of some stems and affixes.This will make it easy for you to guess the meaning of words using context clues.Please look at the screen.Let’s do another exercise.

(Teacher shows the following on the screen.)

Use context clues and what you know about word parts to guess the meaning of the underlined words.

1.______ Many countries import most of the oil they use.

2.______He studied biophysics at college.

3.______It is very important to learn how to cooperate with others.

4.______All your luggage will be transported to the destination by train.

5.______My cousin has an excellent voice.Her dream is to become a superstar.

(Teacher asks some students to do it.One student,one sentence.)

Suggested answers:

1.進口 2.生命物理 3.合作 4.運輸 5.超級歌星

Step Ⅴ Consolidation

T:OK.Now please open your books at Page 6 and look at Part 4.Read the news article and tell how the words in bold are formed.First,look at the given example to make sure you know how to do it.Then work in pairs to finish it.After a few minutes,I’ll check your answers.See what I mean?

Ss:Yes.

Suggested answers:

showcase=show+case

breakthrough=break+through

bioengineering=bio-+engineering

outstanding=out+standing

enable=en-+able

restore=re-+store

indirectly=indirect+-ly

strengthen=strength+-en

Step Ⅵ Summary and Homework

T:Well.Let’s see what we’ve learnt in this class.First,we’ve reviewed the words learnt in the last period.Then,we’ve learnt about Word Formation(1).We’ve learnt some ways of forming a word,such as derivation,compound and short form.This way,we know how to guess new words according to the meanings of the stems and affixes as well as the context clues.After class,please review what we’ve learnt in this class and preview the next part in this unit-Integrating Skills.That’s all for today.See you next time.

Ss:See you next time.

Step Ⅶ The Design of the Writing on theBlackboard

Unit 11 Scientific achievement

The Third Period

Word Formation(1)

Ways of forming a word:

a.derivation:international,telephone,extremely,manned

b.compound:mankind,broadband

c.short form:hi-tech,e-school,IT,CSA

Step Ⅷ Record after Teaching