adapted from Wright's book pp. 40-42
Aims: to practise wordbuilding - derivatives - affixation - dictionary use
Time: 20 minutes
Materials:
worksheet 1 [unit 1 pp. 8-9 "Opening night" vocabulary items]
worksheet 2 [unit 5 pp. 64-65 "Roswell" vocabulary items]
a printed dictionary,
android app Merriam-Webster
or
http://learnersdictionary.com/
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/help
Procedure:
1. elicit / explain derivative - suffix - prefix - ending
2. give out worksheet
Ss complete it without using a dictionary
3. homework complete the ones they couldn't find using a printed or electronic dictionary or app or even google search
4. next lesson check the answers
Bibliography
Jones, L. (2013). Take Off! B2. Athens: Hillside Press
Wright, J. (1998). Dictionaries. Oxford: OUP