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Unit 1 Back to school
Reading (I) （教學設計）
I. Learning objectives
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
1. understand the usage of the following words and expressions: (rise to) challenge, acquire, effort, advance, take advantage of, equal, balance, responsible;
2. use the above words and expressions in new situations;
3. understand the suffixes of adjectives ending with -ful, -less, -al, -ous;
4. make sentences using parallel structure.
II. Key competence focus
1. Understand some new words and expressions.
2. Be able to use the new words and expressions.
III. Predicted area of difficulty
How to use the new words and expressions correctly.
IV. Teaching procedures
Step 1 Lead-in
Review the main idea of the speech.
T: Hello, everyone, nice to meet you! We’ve learned a speech given by a principal on the first day of term. Today we shall review the text, discuss how to use some of the words and phrases, and practise using them in different situations.
T: Would you fill in the blanks according to what you have learned Can you divide them into three parts We call the first part introduction, the second part body and the last part conclusion.
Para. 1 A new ___________
Para. 2 A __________ to open the door to your potential
Para. 3 Definition of ____________
Para. 4 Take __________ of school resources
Para. 5 Habits, skills and attitude are ________ important
Para. 6 Make a continuous _________ and be _________
【設計意圖：回歸課本，回憶文章。通過篇章結構的理解引領學生到詞匯上面來?！?br/>Step 2 Building vocabulary
Word study: challenge
Introduce the meaning of challenge through different situations, first the context of the speech then other situations.
Challenge as a noun
T: Look at the sentence from paragraph 2. What’s the meaning of challenge here
A challenge is something new and difficult which requires great effort and determination. You can say your school life is full of challenges, or that your school life poses a challenge to you. Can you think of some other verbs that can be followed by challenge
Think about the situation: if the workers are not paid on time, they will go on a strike. Can you translate the sentence: 罷工給政府帶來了嚴峻的挑戰。
Collocations of challenge
T: Since challenges do exist. People have to face them, right You can also take on or accept them. That means you are ready to deal with the challenges. Then if you can successfully deal with them, you are able to meet them or rise to them. Would you please read the following two sentences together
Free talk: ask students to summarize different collocations of challenge and understand them in different contexts.
Challenge as a verb
T: Challenge can also be used as a verb. If you challenge someone, you invite them to fight or compete with you in some way.
For example, 邁克要挑戰我跟我下棋。How do you translate it into English
As we know, nowadays, the relationship between parents and children is not like that of many years ago. Children challenge their parents’ authority (權威) far more nowadays than they did in the past. Can you translate this sentence Another sentence: She challenged the newspaper to prove its story. Can you translate this sentence What’s the meaning of challenge here
Word study: acquire
Introduce the meanings of acquire in different contexts.
T: Have you got some skills from your parents That is to say, you’ve acquired some skills. The principal says when you rise to the challenges, you will have the opportunity to acquire great knowledge and enjoy personal growth. (para. 2) Acquire has two meanings: 1. to obtain sth by buying or being given it 2. (of skills or habits) to learn it or develop it through your daily life or experience.
I have two examples for you. The company has just acquired lots of new equipment. How long will it take to acquire the necessary skills What’s the meaning of acquire in each sentence
(2) Diction: acquire vs achieve
Acquire and achieve seem similar to each other. Actually, they are quite different. Achieve means to successfully complete something or get a good result, especially by working hard. Then, what can you acquire and what can you achieve
Pay attention to the sentence. What’s the meaning of acquisition This is the noun form of acquire.
Word study: effort
Create concrete contexts to further understand effort and learn to write with the phrases related to effort.
T: Since you are facing a lot of challenges in the high school, you have to work hard, right In other words, you are supposed to devote your effort to your schoolwork. Look at the sentence: I know you don’t like her, but please make an effort to be polite. Can you use your own words to tell us the meaning of effort In writing, we can use the following phrases: it takes effort to do sth, make effort to do sth, spare no effort to do sth. Read the sentence...
Learn about the suffix -less in the word effortless.
T: Can you give an adjective to describe needing no or little effort Would you translate the sentence
Word study: advance
(1) Ask students to explain the meaning of advance in the speech.
T: You know, our society is developing fast. So, our country is ahead of others in a lot of fields . You, as the future of our country, will make great contributions. Who knows what beautiful works of art you will create, what medical advances you will make or what amazing technologies you will develop! (Para.3) Can you guess the meaning of advances
Learn more collocations of advance.
T: Besides medical advances, what other advances can you achieve
T: Advance also has other usages. For example, their aircraft were in advance of those used by the US. The airline suggests booking tickets 21 days in advance. Do you know the meanings of these phrases
Advance as a verb
T: The ability to guess the meaning of a word according to the context is important. Would you guess the meaning of advance in the sentence We can see that in the sentences, advance is used as a verb. What’s the adjective form of advance
5. Word study: advantage (take advantage of)
(1) Ss look up advantage in a dictionary and learn about its definition and usage.
T: We know how to realize our potential is important. What can we do Using our school resources is a proper way. That is to say, take advantage of our classes, learn from our teachers and classmates, and make use of our school facilities. (Para. 4)
We have several ways to express use something, for example...
Advantage is an important word in the passage. Can you look up the word in the dictionary and find out the meanings of these phrases
Ss practise using advantage in different situations.
T: Great! Since you know something about the phrases, let’s practise using them.
Word study: equal
Introduce the word equal in the context of the speech.
T: We still have other ways to realize our potential. Of equal importance are good study habits, useful skills and a positive attitude. (Para. 5)
Introduce the collocations of equal and make sentences.
T: We have some phrases related to equal. Have you come across this phrase in some articles, be equal to It has two meanings.
a. to have the ability to deal with a problem, a piece of work etc successfully. It is the same as be up to. Please translate：你能勝任這個工作嗎？
b. to be as good as something else
這個雕塑可以與世界上任何的雕塑相媲美。Can you translate this sentence
Word study: balance
Understand the word balance in the speech.
T: Another way is to carefully plan your study, set clear goals and balance your schoolwork with other activities. (para. 5) Balance means to give equal importance to two contrasting things or parts of sth.
Introduce another important meaning of balance.
T: Let’s look at another sentence. Job losses in manufacturing were balanced by job increases in the service sector. Can you translate it What does balance mean in this sentence Here it means to be equal in importance, amount, value, or effect to something that has the opposite effect.
Balance as a noun and its collocations
T: If you can’t keep your balance, you will lose your balance and you’ll try to recover/regain your balance. Read the examples and appreciate the usage of balance.
Word study: responsible
(1) Understand the word responsible in the speech.
T: In the last paragraph, the principal makes a conclusion. Senior high school will help you learn and grow, yet you alone are responsible for realizing your great potential. (para. 6) You are supposed to be responsible for yourself and your future. Here be responsible for means having the job or duty of doing sth or taking care of sb or sth, so that you may be blamed if sth goes wrong. Here is another example . Police believe that the same man is responsible for three other murders in the area. If someone is responsible for an accident, mistake, crime, etc., it is their fault or they can be blamed.
(2) Learn about different uses of responsible and make sentences.
T: Look at these two expressions. Please translate: 你信任誰來負責為湯姆辯護？通知我們放假是你的責任。
Step 3 Consolidation
1. Summary of vocabulary
T: Today we have learned some expressions related to the following words. If possible, try to review as often as possible.
2. Ex. B1
T: Please finish exercise B1 on the textbook and check your answers.
【設計意圖：通過講解、學生的互動，讓學生了解這些重要詞匯的用法且學會運用到語境里?！?br/>Step 4 Word formation
Ex. B2: Introduce the use of suffix, such as -ful, -less, -al, -ive, -ous, and think out as many words as possible related to them.
T: We can form adjectives by adding suffixes to nouns or verbs. Sometimes we need to leave out or change the final letter(s) of a word before adding a suffix, e.g. centre→central, decide→decisive
We also mentioned effortless just now. So you must have learned some words before. Would you
please list as many as possible.
【設計意圖：學生真正掌握構成形容詞的這幾個后綴，學會從構詞法的角度學習詞匯，擴大詞匯量】
Step 5 Mini writing: parallelism
Understand parallelism and try to make up a paragraph with it.
T: Parallel structures use the same pattern of words or sentences. They can add balance to sentences and make the language more powerful and effective. And we have three kinds of parallelism. Can you find the examples from our passage Since you’ve known something about parallelism, I’d like you to use the parallel structure to encourage someone who is unhappy.
【設計意圖：通過學習和理解平行結構，學生學會在具體語境中使用這種修辭手法】
V. Homework
Look up in the dictionary or a reference book to find out more adjectives that are formed by adding a suffix to a noun or a verb.

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