Lesson 28
Note： This lesson sums up some rules concerning word formation， which can help Ss learn English words.
Step 1 Revision
Tell the Ss Open your books at page 1. Point to the picture of Jim and ask Who's this？ What's his name？ Help the Ss to answer Jim. Then ask What's Jim short for？ Let the Ss search through the book to find the answer if necessary.
Ask about other people： What's Kate / Lin/Dave/Tom short for？
Revise the reading passage in Lesson 2. Talk about John Henry Brown. Ask What do / call him when I meet him for the first time？ What do / call him if he is a good friend？ etc.
Step 2 Word study
SB page 28， Part 1. Go through the box with the Ss. Focus on short for. Remind the Ss that
short for …… = a short way of saying …… Then get the Ss to ask and answer in pairs.
Step 3 Presentation
SB page 28， Part 2. Tell the Ss many words belong to the same family. Say Look at this： Draw a picture of the sun on the Bb.
Ask What's that？ Yes， it's the sun. What's the weather like？ Help them to answer Sunny.
Show the relationship between sun and sunny. Say Sun is a noun and sunny is an adjective. Let's look at some more examples.
Go through Part 2. Make sure the Ss understand the terms nouns， verbs， adjectives， adverbs and compounds （two words joined together）。 Translate these words into Chinese.
Step 4 Practice
Get the Ss to complete sentences， like this：
T： There are some clouds in the sky. The weather's ……
Ss： Cloudy.
T： John has a loud voice. He always speaks ……
Ss： Loudly.
T： Mary plays basketball very well. She's a good ……
Ss： Player.
See if the Ss can make up more sentences to be completed. Then they can play the game in pairs， using the words in SB page 28， Part 2.
Step 5 Listening
Wb Lesson 28， Ex. 1. Listening Cassette
Lesson 28. Make sure the Ss understand what to do. Play the tape once， then give the Ss a few moments to write down their answers. Play the tape again and pause it after important information. Let the Ss check the answers in pairs and then with the whole class. Play the tape one more time if there are any arguments.
Listening text
Here is a report on the weather in China yesterday. In Beijing it was clear. The temperature was 10-16. In Shanghai it was raining a little. The temperature was 12-18. In Harbin it was cloudy， and the temperature was 3-14. Further south， in Nanning， the sun was shining brightly， and the temperature was 23-35. In Fuzhou it was clear and raining a little. The temperature was 19-31.
Step 6 Word stress
Wb Lesson 28， Ex. 2. Speech Cassette Lesson 28. Tell the Ss In these words， the stress falls on the second syllable， like this： conductor. Play the tape for the Ss to listen and repeat， get the Ss to make a gesture or tap the desk when they say the second syllable.
Step 7 Checkpoint 7
Go through Checkpoints 1 to 6 and discuss any difficulties that you think your Ss have. Revise any points that they want to mention.
Step 8 Workbook
Do Wb Ex. 3. The answers are： pencil-box， day-time， northwest， sunshine， basketball， weekday， penfriend， housework， postman， postcard， policeman， birthday， classmate， grandparent， blackboard， bookseller， handbag.
Do Ex. 4. Pay attention to the word formation. The answers are： 1 helps， helpful； 2 care， careful； 3 well， good； 4 farmer， farm； 5 happy， happily.
Homework
Revise the language items in Units 1-6.
Prepare for the mid-term exam.
