AccuracyandAppropriate:GeneralandSpecificWordsUnit7

Thescenarioofinstructionprovidedasfollowsisdesignedjustforreference.Theteacherissupposedtocombineillustratingthefocusedpointswithdoingthegivenexercisesintheunit.Unit7

Classroomteachingiscompletelypresupposedonpre-readingthetextoutsideclassroom.I.Lead-inDoyoufindthewaywespeakisdifferentfromthewaywewrite?Yes.Wesay,“Thankyouverymuchforyourhelp”beforethepersonwhohelpedyou,butwemaywrite“Wegreatlyappreciateyourhelp”inthelettertothepersonwhohelpedus.Doyouwritedifferentlywhenyouaddressdifferentpersons?Inwhatwayorwaysdoyouwritedifferently?Mainlybychoiceofwordstosuitthepurposeofyourwritingortherelationbetweenyouandtheaudience.FindsomeverbsinTextAthatyouthinkarethebestchoiceofwords.

Lookatthewordstakenfromthetextandtrytoexplain.Inwhatwayarethewordsineachgrouprelatedandinwhatwayaretheydifferent?1)sports,tennis,golf2)animal,dolphinYoumayfindthatin1)sportsisageneralwordandtennisandgolfarespecificwords,andthethreewordsbelongtothewordclassofnouns,andin2)animalisageneralwordanddolphinisaspecificword,andthetwowordsalsobelongtothewordclassofnouns.Inthisunit,wewilllearnhowtousegeneralandspecificwordsaccuratelyandappropriatelyinwriting.I.Lead-in

Activatingknowledgemeansmakingwordknowledgelyinginthemindsofstudentsstartworking.II.ActivatingKnowledgeEnglishwordscanbeclassifiedbylevelsofgeneralityorspecificity.Generalwordsmakeageneralreferencetoaclassorgroupofthingsorpeople.Specificwordsmakeaspecificreferencetoaparticularthingoranindividualperson.Examples?Inwriting,weneedconstantsearchforconcreteandspecificwordstoexpressourthoughtsandfeelingsprecisely.Whatelsecanwedo