Unit 3 · Say It Better
Meaning distinctions in everyday English.
Language target語言目標
Meaning distinctions in everyday English.
Seasonal / Taiwan connection季節與台灣連結
Everyday English: use school, kitchen, classroom, and home examples so students hear these distinctions constantly.
Power vocabulary核心字彙 · 6 組易混字 · 14 個字 · 中文與例句由 MCC 補充
The lesson, minute by minute · 課堂流程
Review last week's assignment. Ask 2–3 students to share. Correct one common error and celebrate one strong example.
Teach 5–10 target words. Always include: meaning, Chinese equivalent when useful, example, synonym, antonym, and/or word family.
The English Courtroom: students decide which word is 'guilty' in funny sentences and explain why.
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
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。
Dom's activity. Read the sentence aloud; the class decides which word is guilty and passes sentence — that is, gives the correction and the reason. The reason is what convicts.
Dom 的活動。唸出句子，全班判定哪個字有罪並「宣判」——也就是給出更正和理由。有理由才算定罪。
The master table. Copy it to the board and leave it up all lesson. Each line is a question the student must now answer that Chinese never asked: which direction, who is involved, did you choose it.
總表。抄到白板上，整堂課都留著。每一行都是一個中文從來不問、但學生現在得回答的問題：往哪個方向、牽涉到誰、是不是你自己要的。
This pair cannot be reasoned out to the end — the last stretch is memory. Teach the rule first (make leaves something behind), then drill the exceptions as a chant.
這一組沒辦法完全用道理推到底，最後一段就是要記。先教規則（make 會留下一個東西），再把例外當口訣練。
Dom's homework asks for twelve mini-dialogues, so write the first one here. Two lines, one confusing pair used correctly in each.
Dom 的作業要十二段小對話，第一段在這裡寫掉。兩句話，每句正確用到一組易混字。
Prep · 備課
This is the most valuable week of the whole unit for Chinese speakers, and the reason is blunt: every single pair here is ONE word in Chinese. 借 is both borrow and lend. 看 is look, see and watch. 做 is make and do. The students are not being careless — their first language never asked them to choose. Teach the choosing.
對中文母語者來說，這是整個單元最值錢的一週，理由很直白：這裡每一組在中文裡都只有一個字。「借」同時是 borrow 和 lend，「看」同時是 look、see、watch，「做」同時是 make 和 do。學生不是粗心——他們的母語從來沒要求他們做這個選擇。要教的就是這個選擇。
Optional video / media plug-in影片與媒體（選用）
Optional: short dialogue clip; students catch the target pairs.
Homework回家作業 · due next week
Write 12 mini-dialogues using 6 commonly confused pairs correctly.
CEFR differentiation · 依程度分級
One plan for a mixed class: what each level is asked to produce.
同一份教案帶混合程度的班：各級學生被要求產出的東西。
choose between two.
create sentences.
correct errors and explain.
discuss collocation and naturalness.
Next-week routine下週例行
Next Saturday: review this homework first, then move into Week 15.
Teacher principle: Review → Retrieve → Learn → Use → Challenge → Homework. Every week runs on the same routine, so the routine can be predictable and the learning can be creative.
