Unit 2 Sports events
Period 3 Compound words&Olympic sports and events
I．Teaching Aims:
1. To enlarge students’ vocabulary by applying the rules of making compound words;
2. To improve students’ speaking ability.
II．Teaching Important and Difficult Point:
To master the formation rules of compound words.
III. Teaching Approaches:
Task-based approaches
IV. Teaching Procedures
Step 1. Lead-in
Ask the students to read the following dialogue:
A: Did you know that Liu Xiang was the first Asian to win a gold medal for the men’s 110-metre hurdles in the Olympic Games?
B. Yes! Everyone knows that he is a very hard-working athlete. He is a well-trained winner.
Let the students study the italicized words and ask them two questions:
1. Do you know the meanings of the words?
2. Do you know how the words are made?
Give them a few minutes to think. They may discuss with their partners if necessary.
110-metre(n.)--- 110 (num.), metre (n.)
hard-working (adj.)--- hard (adv.), working(v-ing)
well-trained (adj.)--- well(adv.), trained (v-ed)
