Week 13 · Degrees of Meaning — My Culture Connect

Language target語言目標

Intensity and semantic scales.

Seasonal / Taiwan connection季節與台灣連結

Sports connection: rank reactions from 'interested' to 'thrilled' around a favorite sport or team.

Power vocabulary核心字彙 · 3 道量尺 · 9 個字 · 中文與例句由 MCC 補充

annoyedadj.有點不高興I was annoyed by the noise upstairs.量尺 ①　輕
angryadj.生氣的He was angry about the unfair result.中
furiousadj.暴怒的She was absolutely furious.極端字 · 不加 very，要加 absolutely
warmadj.溫暖的The classroom is warm today.量尺 ②　輕
hotadj.熱的August in Changhua is very hot.中
boilingadj.滾燙的It was absolutely boiling on the bus.極端字 · ✗ very boiling
goodadj.好的The lunch was good.量尺 ③　輕
greatadj.很棒的That was a great performance.中
exceptionaladj.卓越的Her handwriting is exceptional.極端字 · 正式 · ✗ very exceptional

The lesson, minute by minute · 課堂流程

60 minutes, four moves

0–10 min
Homework review複習作業every week · 每週相同
Review last week's assignment. Ask 2–3 students to share. Correct one common error and celebrate one strong example.
10–20 min
Vocabulary單字every week · 每週相同
Teach 5–10 target words. Always include: meaning, Chinese equivalent when useful, example, synonym, antonym, and/or word family.
35–50 min
Fun / application應用活動
Vocabulary Thermometer: students place words on a scale from mild to extreme and defend their choices.
50–57 min
Challenge / exit ticket挑戰與出場券every week · 每週相同
Each student produces something before leaving: a sentence, answer, mini-story, explanation, role-play, or spoken response. Keep it quick and visible.

Teaching pack · 教學包

Ready to run, no preparation

Activities you can read straight off this page, written to fit the blocks above.
可以直接照著這一頁上的活動，對應上面每一段課堂流程。

Who wrote what The lesson plan above is Dom Jones's, including her choice of this week's power vocabulary. The Chinese, the example sentences and the practice sets below are added by My Culture Connect so the plan can be taught without preparation.
上面的教案出自 Dom Jones，包括本週核心字彙的選擇；下面的中文、例句與練習由人師教育協會補充，讓這份教案不必備課就能上。

Vocabulary Thermometer

單字溫度計

Dom's activity. Draw a thermometer on the board. Hand out the words shuffled; students place each one and must defend the position. Arguments about placement are the lesson, not a delay.
Dom 的活動。在白板畫一支溫度計，把字打散發下去，學生一個個貼上並說明理由。為了位置吵起來就是這堂課的重點，不是浪費時間。

Set A: cool · cold · freezing · chilly
Set B: like · love · adore · enjoy
Set C: small · tiny · little · microscopic
Set D: tired · sleepy · exhausted
Rule: whoever places a word must say what is one step below it.

The trap · extreme words refuse 'very'

陷阱・極端字不收 very

Chinese happily says 非常暴怒. English does not: furious, boiling, exceptional, freezing and exhausted already contain the 'very'. They take absolutely or completely instead. This single rule makes a student sound years more advanced.
中文可以說「非常暴怒」，英文不行：furious、boiling、exceptional、freezing、exhausted 裡面已經含著 very 了。它們要接 absolutely 或 completely。光這一條規則，就能讓學生聽起來成熟好幾年。

✗ very furious ✓ absolutely furious
✗ very boiling ✓ absolutely boiling
✗ very exhausted ✓ completely exhausted
✓ very angry · very hot · very tired　← 中間那一階可以接 very
Your turn — fix this: ✗ The soup was very boiling and I was very exhausted.

Sports reactions · mild to wild

看球的反應・從平淡到瘋狂

Dom's sports connection. Give the scale, then call out moments from a game; students respond at the right temperature. Shouting 'ecstatic' at a warm-up throw is the mistake to catch.
Dom 指定的運動連結。先給量尺，再喊出比賽片段，學生用對的溫度回應。熱身傳球就喊 ecstatic，正是要抓的錯。

interested → keen → excited → thrilled → ecstatic
The team walks onto the field. → ?
Your school scores the first point. → ?
Your school wins the county championship. → ?
The other team scores. → annoyed / angry / furious?

Exit ticket · build your own scale

出場券・自己做一道量尺

Four words on one idea, weakest to strongest, plus one sentence using the top rung correctly. Dom's homework asks for five scales, so this is the first one done in class.
同一個概念找四個字，由弱排到強，再用最強那一階造一句正確的話。Dom 的作業要五道量尺，這是在課堂上先做掉的第一道。

______ → ______ → ______ → ______
Sentence with the strongest word: ______

Prep · 備課 No preparation needed. Week 4 asked students to climb to a stronger word. This week asks something harder: know the whole ladder, and know that the top rung will not take 'very'.
不必備課。第 4 週要學生往上換一個更強的字，這週要求更難的事：認得整道梯子，並且知道最高那一階「不接 very」。

Week 13 · Degrees of Meaning