StarterUnit1Hello!SectionBProject

Studentswillbeabletomasterkeywordsrelatedtousingadictionary,suchas“dictionary”,“alphabeticalorder”,“pagenumber”.

TheywillunderstandthebasicrulesofwordarrangementinEnglishdictionariesandknowhowtofindwordsaccordingtothealphabeticalorder.

TeachingKeyPoints

Masteringthekeywordsandphrasesrelatedtousingadictionary.

Understandingandapplyingthealphabeticalordertolookupwordsinthedictionary.

Learninghowtoextractusefulinformationsuchaspronunciation,meaning,andexamplesentencesfromthedictionaryentry.

TeachingDifficultPoints

Helpingstudentsquicklyandaccuratelylocatewordsinthedictionary,especiallywhendealingwithwordswithsimilarspellings.

Makingstudentsunderstandandcorrectlyusethevarioussymbolsandabbreviationsinthedictionary,suchasIPA(InternationalPhoneticAlphabet)symbolsforpronunciationandabbreviationslike“n.”fornoun,“v.”forverb.

ThisprojectinStarterUnit1Hello!SectionBfocusesonteachingstudentshowtouseadictionary,whichisanessentiallearningtoolforEnglishstudy.ThecontentisdesignedtoguidestudentstounderstandthebasicrulesofwordarrangementinEnglishdictionaries,suchasthealphabeticalorder.Forexample,studentswilllearnthatwordsstartingwith'a'ebeforewordsstartingwith'b'inthedictionary.

Throughaseriesofactivities,studentsareexpectedtomastertheskillsoflookingupwords,includingfindingthecorrectpage,identifyingtheword'spronunciation,meaning,andexamplesentences.

HavingstudiedEnglishinprimaryschool,studentsinGrade7alreadyhaveabasicunderstandingofthe26Englishletters,simplewordslike“apple”,“cat”,andsomemongreetingssuchas“Hello”,“Goodbye”.However,theirvocabularyisstilllimited,andtheirunderstandingofEnglishgrammarisratherelementary.

教學環(huán)節(jié)一Warmingup

Greetthestudentswith“Hello,class!Howareyoutoday?”andencouragethemtorespond.ThenasksomestudentstosharetheirEnglishlearningexperiencesinprimaryschool,suchaswhattheylikedmostaboutlearningEnglishandwhatdifficultiestheyhad.

ShowsomepicturesofdifferenttypesofdictionariesonthePPT,includingEnglishChinesedictionaries,EnglishEnglishdictionaries,andelectronicdictionaries,andaskstudentsiftheyknowhowtousethem.Thiscanarousestudents'interestandleadtothetopicofthisclasslearningtouseadictionary.

教學環(huán)節(jié)二TeachingProcedures

Presentation

NewWordsTeaching

Writethekeywords“dictionary”,“alphabeticalorder”,“pagenumber”ontheblackboard.Teachstudentsthepronunciationofthesewordsbyreadingthemaloudseveraltimesandaskingstudentstoimitate.Forexample,whenteaching“dictionary”,pronounceitas/?d?k??nri/clearly.Usesimplesentencestoexplainthemeaning,like“Adictionaryisaveryusefulbook.Wecanfindthemeaningofwordsinit.”

RulesofDictionaryWordArrangement

Explaintheconceptofalphabeticalorder.Usethe26Englishlettersontheblackboardasanexample.Pointtothelettersandsay,“InanEnglishdictionary,wordsarearrangedinalphabeticalorder.Thatmeanswordsstartingwith'a'efirst,thenwordsstartingwith'b',andsoon.”Givesomesimpleexamples,suchas“apple”esbefore“banana”inthedictionary.

Practice

GroupActivity1:WordSorting

Dividestudentsintogroupsoffour.Giveeachgroupasetofwordcardswithwordslike“cat”,“dog”,“elephant”,“ball”,“ant”.Askstudentstoworktogethertosortthesewordsinalphabeticalorder.Walkaroundtheclassroomtomonitorandofferhelpifnecessary.Afterafewminutes,invitesomegroupstoetothefrontoftheclassandshowtheirsortingresults.Letothergroupscheckandcorrectifthereareanymistakes.

GroupActivity2:FindingWordsintheDictionary

ProvideeachgroupwithaphysicalEnglishChinesedictionary.Writesomesimplewordsontheblackboard,suchas“book”,“pen”,“ruler”.Askstudentstoworkingroupstofindthesewordsinthedictionaryasquicklyaspossible.Eachgroupshouldrecordthepagenumberwheretheyfindtheword.Thefirstgrouptofinishcorrectlywins.Thisactivitycanhelpstudentspracticeusingthealphabeticalordertolocatewordsinthedictionary.

Explanation

DemonstrationofLookingupaWordinDetail

Chooseaword,forexample,“happy”.Takeadictionaryandshowstudentshowtolookitupstepbysteponthebigscreen.First,findthepagewherewordsstartingwith“h”arelocatedaccordingtotheguidewordsonthetopofeachpage.Then,lookfortheword“happy”amongthewordsstartingwith“h”.

Explaintheinformationinthedictionaryentry.Pointtothepronunciationpart/?h?pi/,andreaditaloud,explainingthemeaningofthepronunciationsymbols.Then,readthedefinitionsof“happy”andgiveexamplesfromthedictionary,suchas“I'mhappytoseeyou.”Explainthepartofspeechabbreviation“adj.”whichmeansitisanadjective.

UnderstandingSymbolsandAbbreviations

MakeaPPTshowingmonsymbolsandabbreviationsinthedictionary,suchas“//”forpronunciation,“n.”fornoun,“v.”forverb,“pl.”forplural.Explaintheirmeaningsonebyoneandgiveexamplesforstudentstounderstandbetter.Forexample,for“pl.”,showtheword“books”andexplainthat“book”isthesingularform,and“books”isthepluralform,and“pl.”isusedtoindicatethepluralinthedictionary.

Consolidation

IndividualTask:LookingupWordsIndependently

Giveeachstudentalistoffivenewwords,suchas“window”,“door”,“table”,“chair”,“l(fā)amp”.Askthemtolookupthesewordsinthedictionarybythemselves,writedownthepronunciation,meaning,andpartofspeech.Walkaroundtheclassroomtocheckstudents'progressandhelpthosewhohavedifficulties.

GroupDiscussion:paringDictionaryEntries

Letstudentsworkintheiroriginalgroupsagain.Eachgroupmemberchoosesonewordfromthelisttheyjustlookedup.Then,theytaketurnstosharetheinformationtheyfoundinthedictionaryabouttheirchosenwordwiththegroup.Thegroupmemberscanparethedictionaryentries,discussifthereareanydifferencesinunderstanding,andsummarizethemonwaystousethewords.

Summary

Summarizethekeypointsofthisclasswithstudents.Reviewthekeywordsrelatedtousingadictionary,thealphabetical