Week 15 · Word Choice Challenge

Language target語言目標

Precision, collocation, revision.

Seasonal / Taiwan connection季節與台灣連結

November culture: prepare a Thanksgiving-themed descriptive paragraph without requiring students to celebrate it personally.

Power vocabulary核心字彙 · 8 words · 中文與例句由 MCC 補充

beautifuladj.美麗的The old street looked beautiful at night.最通用的「美」
stunningadj.驚豔的The view from the mountain was stunning.很強 · 多半用在看得見的東西 · 極端字，不加 very
elegantadj.優雅的She wore an elegant dark blue dress.簡潔又講究 · 衣服、設計、解法都可以
dramaticadj.戲劇性的The east coast has dramatic cliffs.落差大、有衝擊力 · 風景、變化
ordinaryadj.普通的It was an ordinary Tuesday.中性偏平淡 · ↔ unusual
unusualadj.不尋常的That is an unusual name.↔ ordinary · 不帶好壞
impressiveadj.令人印象深刻的Winning three medals is impressive.用在成就、技術、規模
disappointingadj.令人失望的The ending was disappointing.-ing 是「令人…」· disappointed 才是「（人）感到…」

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
Bad Paragraph Makeover: teams transform a deliberately boring paragraph into vivid English.
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。

Bad Paragraph Makeover · the patient

爛段落大改造・病人在此

Dom's activity needs a bad paragraph, so here is one, written badly on purpose. Hand it out, give each team six minutes, then read the versions aloud. The class votes — but a team only wins if it can say why each change is better.
Dom 的活動需要一段爛文章，這裡故意寫了一段。發下去，每組六分鐘，然後各組唸出自己的版本。全班投票——但要說得出每個更動為什麼更好，才算贏。

Last week I went to a place. The food was good. There were a lot of people.
The building was big and old. We took some photos. It was a good day.
I was happy. The weather was nice. I want to go again.
Targets: replace every 'good' · name the place · make one sentence longer than twelve words · use two words from this week.

Which word goes with which?

哪個字配哪個字？

Collocation, not meaning. All eight words mean roughly nice or not nice; only some of them fit each noun. Read the pair aloud — if it sounds odd to you, it is odd.
這是搭配問題，不是意思問題。八個字大致都在講好或不好，但只有某幾個配得上某個名詞。唸出來聽聽看——你覺得怪，它就是怪。

______ cliffs (stunning / elegant / dramatic)
an ______ score in the exam (impressive / beautiful)
an ______ solution to the problem (elegant / stunning)
an ______ ending to the film (disappointing / ordinary)
✗ a beautiful score ✗ an elegant mountain ✗ a dramatic dress　← 為什麼怪？

-ing or -ed? · the cause or the feeling

-ing 還是 -ed？・是原因還是感受

Back in Week 2 this was exciting and excited. It returns here because it never stops causing trouble: -ing describes the thing, -ed describes the person. Saying 'I am boring' is the classic, and the class will laugh, which helps.
第 2 週的 exciting 和 excited 又回來了。它會回來是因為它從來沒有停止造成麻煩：-ing 形容那個東西，-ed 形容人。說出 I am boring 是經典錯誤，全班會笑——笑了反而記得住。

The film was ______ . I was ______ . (disappointing / disappointed)
✗ I am boring. ✓ I am bored. ✓ The lesson is boring.
Your turn: The news was ______ and everyone was ______ . (shocking / shocked)
Your turn: I am ______ in history because history is ______ . (interested / interesting)

Exit ticket · one meal, precisely

出場券・一頓飯，精準地寫

Dom's November connection is a Thanksgiving-style descriptive paragraph without asking anyone to celebrate it. So: any meal the student remembers, three sentences, no word used twice.
Dom 指定的十一月連結是感恩節式的描寫，但不要求學生真的過這個節。所以改成：任何一頓學生記得的飯，三句話，同一個字不能用兩次。

Describe a meal you remember. Three sentences.
Rule: you may not use good, nice or big.
Bonus: use one word from this week.

Prep · 備課 No preparation needed — the boring paragraph is written below, ready to hand out. This week is not about knowing more words; it is about the word that fits. Precision beats strength.
不必備課——那段故意寫得很無聊的文章已經備在下面，可以直接發。這週不是要學更多字，是要找到「剛好對」的那個字。精準勝過強烈。