Teaching goals

1. Ability goals

Enable the students to learn about the word transformation between the nouns, adjectives and verbs.

2. Learning ability goals 

Help the students learn how to know the parts of speech according to the suffixes.

Teaching difficult points

Get the students to know the word formation by adding suffixes.

Teaching methods

Study individually, practice in groups.

Teaching aids

A computer and a recorder.

Teaching procedures & ways

Step I Suffixation

Ask students to fill in the charts with the proper forms of the words by practicing Activity 1 on page 4. At last, check the answers with the whole class.

T: Today we’re going to learn about suffixes. Do you know what a suffix is?

S1: A suffix is a particle, which is added to the end of a root.

T: Good. Do you know anything more about it?

S2: Generally, suffixes do not change the meaning of the root, but its part of speech. e.g. lead (v.)→leadership (n.)    ill (adj.) → illness (n.)

S3: Although each suffix has its own meaning, it can’t be used separately without the root.　　

S4: However, some suffixes add new meanings to the newly formed words.

e.g. meaning → meaningless    think → thinker

T: Very good! Now who’d like to share your collected suffixes with us?

Ss: The following are some of the most commonly used suffixes.

1.      Suffixes used as a noun signifier

Verb

Adjective

Suffix

Noun

read

-er

reader

act

-or

actor

train

-ee

trainee

build

-ing

building

attend

-ance

attendance

punish

-ment

punishment

invent

-tion

invention

sick

-ness

sickness

special

-ist

specialist

true

-th

truth

2. Suffixes used as an adjective signifier

Noun

Verb

Suffix

Adjective

wind

-y

windy

hope

-ful

hopeful

adventure

-ous

adventurous

hero

-ic (-ical)

heroic

nation

-al

national

care

-less

careless

trouble

depend

-some

troublesome

comfort

-ent/-ant

dependent

active,

-able/-ible

comfortable

imagine

-ive/-tive/-ative/-itive

attentive, imaginative

second

-ary

secondary

change

-able

changeable

annoy

-ing

annoying

excite

-ed

excited

3. Suffixes used as a verb signifier

Adjective

Noun

Suffix

Verb

broad

fright

-en

broaden , frighten

simple

-fy

simplify

modern

-ize (-ise)

modernize

T: Excellent! Now let’s fill in the chart with your partners. Please open your books and turn to page 4 and practice Activity 1 in Discovering words and expressions. Later we’ll check the answers with the whole class.

Step III Homework

1. Ask the students to finish Activities 1-3 on page 48 in the workbook.

2. Ask the students to prepare for the grammar about the Noun Clauses.