Why Do We Need Dictionaries教案

plural – singular: adj.復數的/單數的
homework: 完成課后練習p115第3題及p116 vocabulary的第4\5\6三題。
period two
content: 1. reading and vocabulary(1)
        2. language points
aim: 通過閱讀samuel johnson’s dictionary 和 the oxford english dictionary 兩篇文章，對這兩本詞典有著清楚的認識，然后完成相應的練習。在聽力訓練中釋義有關單詞在詞典中的意義，通過聽的活動來復習相關的詞匯。
step 1: 通過課本塞繆爾• 約翰遜的肖像來引導學生.
have you heard of his name?
how do you know about samuel johnson?
what do you think he is?
discuss with your desk mate and say as much as you know about him.
step 2: before coming to the text, lets deal with the new words
astonish  bow  control  embarrass  improve  spell  worry  omit  rehearse  polish
1. it’s ordered that everyone passing by the general bow to him.
2. if you want to improve your english, you’d better take every chance to practice using it.
3. your shoes need polishing badly.
4. it’s not astonishing that many people recommended that the temple be restored as soon as possible.
5. the second letter in this word can be omitted.
6. his worried look on his face suggested that he hadn’t found his missing child.
7. it happened when we went to watch the musician’s rehearsal the other day.
8. the little girl stood beside her father watching him correcting her spelling.
9. last week the young teacher failed to control the class.
10. i managed to spoil some wine on the hostess--- i was so embarrassed.
step 3 read passage 1 and find words which mean:
1. the way a word is written
2. a group of people who are born at about the same time
3. someone who writes about the life of someone else
4. to change something after it has been written
5. a written agreement between people
7. a writer of rhyming verse, for example
step 4 read the text carefully and find key words of each paragraph and write a brief introduction of samuel johnson
para 1 :  1709-1784, british, critic, poet, biographer, lexicographer.
para 2:  the best dictionary…france and italy, 55years, 1964, 18
para 3: when…. agree to do it in three years…sign a contract…1746…1755…some definitions were embarrassingly simple…
step 5 before coming to the passage 2, deal with the words
obsolete  based on  publication  filing system   comprehensive
1. a filing system is a way of keeping pieces of information in the correct order so that you can find them easily.
2. if something is based on a particular idea, that idea is used to start the new thing.