2. two of which 3. is home to 4. However 5. Although 6. distinctive 7. whereas 8. With 7. Assign the planning and research for the writing for homework. Ask students if they need any help with their notes, and then have them write their description. If appropriate, ask students to exchange their first drafts and make suggestions as to how to improve them. Students final drafts can be displayed on the classroom walls. VOCABULARY AND SPEAKING (SB p. 80) Compound nouns Students will be familiar with compound nouns from their earlier learning. Additionally, they have already focused on compound adjectives in Unit 6. They will need to have access to a dictionary to do Exercise 6 in this section. 1. Read the notes with the class and focus on the examples. Point out that compound nouns can be spelled as one word, two words, or with a hyphen, for example, air-conditioning. Have students say the words out loud, and establish where the stress falls. Answer The stress is usually on the first syllable: shopping mall tax rates skyscraper real estate 2. Focus attention on the dictionary extracts. Elicit which base word is used (head). Briefly review the different types of information given in the extracts (pronunciation, word type, definition, example(s), to other words, help with usage). Refer students to the phonetics for each word, and elicit the pronunciation.
2. two of which 3. is home to 4. However 5. Although 6. distinctive 7. whereas 8. With 7. Assign the planning and research for the writing for homework. Ask students if they need any help with their notes, and then have them write their description. If appropriate, ask students to exchange their first drafts and make suggestions as to how to improve them. Students final drafts can be displayed on the classroom walls. VOCABULARY AND SPEAKING (SB p. 80) Compound nouns Students will be familiar with compound nouns from their earlier learning. Additionally, they have already focused on compound adjectives in Unit 6. They will need to have access to a dictionary to do Exercise 6 in this section. 1. Read the notes with the class and focus on the examples. Point out that compound nouns can be spelled as one word, two words, or with a hyphen, for example, air-conditioning. Have students say the words out loud, and establish where the stress falls. Answer The stress is usually on the first syllable: shopping mall tax rates skyscraper real estate 2. Focus attention on the dictionary extracts. Elicit which base word is used (head). Briefly review the different types of information given in the extracts (pronunciation, word type, definition, example(s), to other words, help with usage). Refer students to the phonetics for each word, and elicit the pronunciation.
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