Unit 5 Wild animals
Study skills
I. Teaching aims and learning objectives
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
1. learn to use the suffix “-ing”, “-ness” and “-ion” to form nouns;
2. realize the importance of protecting the wild animals.
II. Teaching contents
New words and phrases: because of, accept.
III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty
How to form nouns by adding suffixes to verbs or adjectives.
IV. Teaching procedures
Step 1 Lead-in
1. Ask and answer
T: Today, we’ll continue to learn about wild animals. Do you remember her? Yes, it’s Xi Wang,
a lovely giant panda. We’ve learnt a story about her, also some information about giant pandas. Now, let’s have a revision. You need to answer some questions. Are you ready?
Why is it called “Xi Wang”?
What problems do they face?
What should we do to help?
2. Explain the learning aims
Explain the suffixes “-ing”, “-ness” and “ion” in “meaning”, “illness” and “action”.
T: As we see, we can form new words by adding suffixes. That’s what we’ll learn today.
【设计意图】通过问题的回答，复习Reading的内容，引导学生关注mean向meaning，ill向illness，act向action的转化，引出本课时的学习目标。
Step 2 Presentation
1. Work out the rule
T: Can you work out how to form the words “meaning”, “illness” and “action”? Please work in group and find out the way by yourselves. (Group work)
2. Brainstorm
Try to think of more nouns with the suffixes “ing”, “ness” and “ion”.
T: Do you know more nouns with the 3 suffixes? Let’s work in groups to think of more.
3. Fill in the blanks (Using the first one as a model)
T: Can you fill in the blanks to complete the sentences below? By the way, before filling, make sure of the correct speech of the word you need. For example, look
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at the first one. Because of “have a”, the answer must be a noun. The answer is “meeting”. Let’s finish the rest.
4. Offer some tips
(1) Explain the tip
T: Please pay attention to the last four answers. Can you find something different? Yes. Sometimes we need to change the ending of the verb or adjective when we add the suffix.
(2) Get more words in these ways
T: Can you think of more words? Well, work in groups and find out more words in these ways.
5. Change them into nouns by adding suffixes (Part A)
T: Now, let’s complete the exercises in Part A. Then we will go through the answers together.
【设计意图】通过小组合作，指导学生关注细节（词性、后缀等），明确添加后缀构词的学习策略。以头脑风暴的形式帮助学生回忆已学或自己习得的后缀名词，构建构词法的图式。
之后引出特殊的转化方法。最后进行练习， 进一步强化运用。
Step 3 Practice
1. Complete a proposal
(1) Watch a video and have a discussion
T: As we know, many wild animals are in danger now. Let’s watch a video and think about the question “As a student, what action can we take to protect wild animals?” . (Group work)
(2) Finish Part B on P65
T: Yes. We should stand up and call on more people to join in protecting wild animals. Here’s a proposal from a member of Wild Animals Club. Let’s help to complete it. Please pay attention to the spellings and the plural form.
(3) Read the passage aloud together.
2. Translate the sentences
T: What else can we do to protect wild animals? The students in Class One are having a discussion about it. Let’s help to take some notes according to the Chinese statements. Please pay attention to the words in red and try to use the nouns with suffixes “ing”, “ness”, “ion” or more.
3. Rewrite the sentences
T: Now let’s have another test. Try to change the sentences below. You need to use the noun
forms of the words in red. For example, look at the first one. “Kindness” is the noun form of
“kind”. Can you change the sentence with “kindness”?
【设计意图】通过观看视频，引出野生动物保护的话题，并引导学生小组讨论展开讨论。通过填空完成倡议信，强调拼读，巩固构词运用，进一步强化保护野生动物的意识，为家庭作业作好铺垫。通过翻译和改句练习检测学习目标的达成情况，并通过最后一小题weight的构成过渡到下面其他构成名词方法的讨论。
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Step 4 Extension
1. Discussion: Form nouns in other ways
T: As we see, besides suffixes, we can also form nouns in other ways. Now let’s have a discussion. In which other ways can we form nouns? If it’s difficult, here’re some exercises for you.
2. Summary
T: Boys and girls, what have we learnt today? Yes. We’ve learnt how to make new words. Exactly, we’ve been learning how to make new words from Unit 2 to Unit 5. Let’s have a fast conclusion. Boys and girls, that’s all for our lesson today. Here’s some homework for you. Thank you!
【设计意图】通过练习和小组讨论，拓展构成名词的方法，训练学生发散思维的能力。通过表格呈现，帮助学生归纳已学过的构词方法，整体感知前缀与后缀的构词规则，回扣学习目标。
V. Homework
Write a proposal about protecting wild animals with the words mentioned in the period.
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