Word power教案

●word power
boys and girls, look at the screen, please. can you tell us their jobs?
( model, farmer, composer, driver, worker, teacher, air hostess and soldier)
word power in this unit deals with different expressions related to jobs. try to increase your vocabulary by learning rules of word formations, such as adding suffixes to verbs, nouns and adjectives to form nouns. practice and reinforce new vocabulary by doing the exercises. try to acquaint yourselves with these different expressions and express opinions about your favorite jobs.
step 1: brainstorming
1. make a list of jobs you are familiar with. then exchange your opinions about the reasons for your favorite jobs.
   list of jobs__________________
   your favorite job _______________
   reasons for the favorite job______________
2. think of rules for word formation you know and try to give examples of these rules.
   for example:
   beauty→beautiful    strange→strangely   operate→operation
   comfortable→uncomfortable    speech→speechless
step 2: vocabulary learning
1. please look at the rules for word formation listed in the book. and try your best to think of more words that fit the rules. for example:
+ er    bank→banker    compose→composer     think→thinker
+ or   educate→educator       edit→editor           sail→sailor
+ ant assist→assistant    serve→servant     depend→dependant
+ ist art→artist      chemistry→chemist     science→scientist
+ ian music→musician history→historian     technique→technician
2. complete part a first and then we we’ll check the answers together.
answers
a (1)teacher   (2)actor   (3)electrician    (4)artist     (5)photographer   (6)musician
3. focus on part b and try to guess the meanings of all the words. i’ll give you some explanations first:
a principal is a person who is in charge of a university, college or school.
a composer is a person who writes music.
a sculptor is a person who has the talent of making solid objects representing people or animals out of stone, wood, clay, etc.
an accountant is a person whose job is to keep and check financial accounts.
4. complete part b together. any different answers are welcome.