Unit 6 · How English Really Works
Active vs. passive voice; when the action matters more than the actor.
Language target語言目標
Active vs. passive voice; when the action matters more than the actor.
Seasonal / Taiwan connection季節與台灣連結
Everyday objects: kitchen tools, school supplies, phones, clothing, and snacks make excellent passive-voice examples.
Power vocabulary核心字彙 · 6 words · 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.
Mystery Object: students guess how everyday objects are made/invented using passive sentences.
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。
Chinese 被 carries bad news, so students feel the passive is negative and avoid it. But almost every sign, label and science sentence in English is passive, and none of them is complaining. Show neutral examples until the feeling wears off.
中文的「被」帶著壞消息，所以學生覺得被動語態是負面的，能避就避。但英文的告示、標籤、科學句子幾乎都是被動，沒有一句在抱怨。多看幾個中性的例子，那種感覺就會退掉。
The passive is a choice about what goes first. Put the important thing at the front of the sentence. Four situations cover nearly every real use.
被動語態是在選擇「什麼先出場」。把重要的東西放句首。四種情況涵蓋幾乎所有真實用法。
Dom's activity. Hold up an everyday object; teams guess its story entirely in the passive. Wrong answers are fine — the sentences are the point, not the facts.
Dom 的活動。舉起一個日常物品，各組全部用被動語態猜它的來歷。猜錯沒關係——重點是句子，不是事實。
One active sentence rewritten as passive, plus the reason for the change. The reason is the harder half.
把一句主動句改寫成被動，並說明為什麼要改。說明理由才是難的那一半。
Prep · 備課
No preparation needed, but know this before you teach: 被 in Chinese usually means something bad happened to you — 被騙, 被罵. English passive carries no such feeling. It is neutral, and it is everywhere in signs, science and news. Students avoid it because it feels like complaining.
不必備課，但教之前要知道一件事：中文的「被」通常代表倒楣事——被騙、被罵。英文的被動語態沒有這種感覺，它是中性的，而且在告示、科學、新聞裡到處都是。學生會避開它，因為那感覺像在抱怨。
Optional video / media plug-in影片與媒體（選用）
Optional: manufacturing, food, or science clip.
Homework回家作業 · due next week
Write 8 active sentences and transform them into passive sentences; add 3 original passive sentences.
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。
recognize was/were + participle.
transform simple sentences.
use passive naturally.
explain why.
register and information focus.
Next-week routine下週例行
Next Saturday: review this homework first, then move into Week 33.
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.
