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Book 8 Unit 3 Inventors and inventions Reading: The Problem of the Snakes Teaching importances:（教学重点）

1. Enable students to learn about the stages used in producing an invention.

2.

Enable students to get a good understanding of the passage.

Teaching difficulties:（教学难点）

Enable students to know the criteria of an invention.

Teaching methods:（教学方法）

1.

Task-based teaching and learning. 2.

Cooperative learning

3.

Group work and discussion. Teaching tools:（教学工具）

The multimedia and some other normal teaching tools. Three-dimensional objectives:(三维目标) Knowledge aims:（知识目标）

1.

Enable students to talk about inventors and inventions.

2.

Learn about the stages used in producing an invention.

3.

Enable students to get a good understanding of the passage.

Ability aims:（能力目标）

Develop the students’ reading ability and let them learn different reading skills.

Emotional aims:（情感目标）

1.

Don’t be afraid of failure.

2.

Know the importance of applying for a patent.

Teaching procedures: (教学步骤) Step 1 Warming up (2 minutes) Introduce the four great inventions in ancient China. (compass, printing, gunpowder, paper-making) Step2 Pre-reading (5 minutes) There are 6 stages in producing an invention:

①Finding a problem

②Doing research

③Thinking of a creative solution

④Testing the solution

⑤Deciding on the invention

⑥Applying for a patent

Step 3 Reading (28 minutes) 1.

Fast-reading

Task 1 Skim the passage quickly to get the main idea: The passage tells us the___________ of the snakes and presents the problem

___________ procedures

of catching them and applying for a ______. patent

Task 2 Please divide the passage into 4 parts according to the main idea and match the main idea of each paragraph.

Part 1 (para.1 )

Find the problem

Part 2 (paras.2-3 )

Do some research

Part 3 (paras.4-6 )

Three attempts to catch the snakes

Part 4 (paras.7-8 )

Apply for a patent

2.

Careful-reading

Part 1 Find the problem

Ask students to read part 1 carefully and answer a question: What was the problem? Part 2 Do some research Ask students to listen to Part 2 carefully and then answer some questions. Part 3 Three attempt to catch the snakes Ask students to fill in the blanks on the screen.

Part 4 Apply for a patent Decide whether these statements are True or False. 3.

Consolidation(语法填空) Step 4 Enjoy a video (2minutes) Enjoy a video about some great inventions to let students know more about the inventions.

Step 5 Discussion ( 7 minutes) If you were a great inventor, what would you want to invent? Why?

(If I were a great inventor, I would invent…….because……

The 6 stages........ ) Step 6 Homework (1 minute)

Retell the passage and write a short passage about the things you want to invent.

Blackboard Design (板书设计)

Unit 3 Inventors and inventions Reading Part 1 (para.1 )

Find the problem

Part 2 (paras.2-3 )

Do some research

Part 3 (paras.4-6 )

Three attempts to catch the snakes

Part 4 (paras.7-8 )

Apply for a patent

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