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Unit 3 Inventors and inventions Part 1 Teaching Design 第一部分

教学设计

Period 1 A sample lesson plan for reading (THE PROBLEM OF THE SNAKES) Introduction In this period, after the warming up, students will first be guided to pre-read the text by talking about invention. Then they will read for forms, copy and making sentences, read to transform information, read the text for the type of writing and summary of The problem of the snakes and read to draw a diagram of the text and retell the test in your own words.

Objectives To help students understand the text’s forms and contents

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learn about inventors and inventions To help students communicate on the topic in focus with the words, collocations and structures learned in this unit Focus Words Collocations distinguish，

monitor，release，

claim，file，

bear，

dot，

tap，reproduce，

call up，

now and then，

set about，

in case，dive in，in truth，

hang on，

out of order，

get through，

ring back，

ring off Patterns 1. Here was a chance for me to distinguish myself by inventing something that would catch snakes but not harm them.

2. This was in the expectation that the snakes would bite again. 3. The criteria are so

strict that

it is difficult for new ideas to be accepted unless they are truly novel.

4. “Leave the beaten track occasionally and dive into the woods.

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Every time you do you will be certain to find something that

you have never seen before.

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6. Follow it up, explore all around it, and before you know it, you will have

something worth thinking about to occupy your mind.

7. All really big discoveries are the result of

thought.”

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Multimedia facilities, tape-recorder, photos, diagrams Procedures 1. Pre-reading by talking about intention What is invention? Invention is the successful exploitation of new ideas, new objects. By reasoning, analyzing and experimenting new things and new ideas are invented for the benefits of the world.

Look at the photo, please. This man is a great inventor called Thomas Edison. Thomas Edison received over 1000 U.S. patents, the most issued to any individual. Some people also credit him with an invention that received no patent: the modern corporate research laboratory. While this conclusion is arguable, his Menlo Park laboratory was intentionally designed to be an invention factory. It housed a large reference library, and often served to showcase the Wizard's work. Some who worked in or visited the lab later became competitors.

“box telephone”

telegraph

sewing machine

light bulb

2. Reading for forms

Read the text again to: cut/ the sentence into thought groups, blacken the predicates, darken the connectives and underline all the useful collocations.

3. Copying and making sentences There are several different types of collocation made from combinations of verb, noun, adjective etc. Some of the most common types are:

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Adverb + Adjective: completely satisfied (NOT downright satisfied)

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Adjective + Noun: excruciating pain (NOT excruciating joy)

Noun + Noun: a surge of anger (NOT a rush of anger)

Noun + Verb: lions roar (NOT lions shout)

Verb + Noun: commit suicide (NOT undertake suicide)

Verb + Expression With Preposition: burst into tears (NOT blow up in tears)

Verb + Adverb: wave frantically (NOT wave feverishly) You are asked to read the text for all the useful collocations and copy them into your Collocation Book after class as homework. You may make your own sentences with each of these collocations.

Collocations from THE PROBLEM OF THE SNAKES call up…on the telephone给……打电话, in the countryside在农村, in our yard在院子里，come near the house走近房子, now and then时而、有时，make one’s home here在这里安家, get rid of…除掉, feel very proud感到自豪骄傲, a chance for…to do…某人做……的机会, distinguish oneself显扬自己，使自己扬名, invent something发明某物, catch snakes捉住蛇, hurt these living creatures伤害这些生物, be designed to do…旨在做……, a new approach新方法, set about doing…着手开始做……, research the habits of…研究……的习性, trap…in the easiest way用最简易的方法捕……, make the solution easier使问题比较容易解决, be prepared with…做……准备, decide on…决定……, remove one’s habitat铲除……的栖息地, attract…into a trap把……引进陷阱, use male or female perfume or food用男人或女人用的香水或食物, become sleepy困乏, be easily caught容易被捉住, an ice-cream maker一个之冰激凌的器具, between the outside and inside walls of the bowl在碗的外壁和内壁, freeze hard冻结, on top of… 在……上方, cover the whole thing with…用……把整个罩住, abruptly disappear into a convenient hole突然一下子就消失在附近的洞里, adjust one’s plan调整计划, leave…overnight把……通宵放在, early the next morning第二天一早, see the result看结果, get down to do…蹲下去做……, improve one’s design改进方案, repeat the earlier procedure重复上次程序, carry in one’s hand…手里拿着……, a small net used for…一个用来……的小网, in the expectation that…预料到……, be monitored carefully仔细监视, go according to plan按计划进行, the passive snakes温顺的蛇, release…all back into the wild全都释放……到野外, be pressed by…由于……的督促, send…to the patent office把……送到专利局, get recognition for…给与……认可, have the

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recognition取得认可, truly an inventor真正的发明者, in addition此外, get a patent去得专利, a scientific theory一种科学理论, a mathematical model一种数学模式, a computer program一个电脑程序, a large number of patent examiners一大批专利审查人员, one’s application for..申请……, fill in the form填表, file one’s patent application with the Patent Office向专利局提交申请书, succeed by the size of one’s bank balance看某人的银行结余判断是否成功, wish… luck祝……好运

5. Reading to transform information Read the text to find answers to the five questions listed in the table. THE PROBLEM OF THE SNAKES Why was my mother upset? Why did I feel very proud? There are some snakes in our yard. Here was a chance for me to distinguish myself by inventing something that would catch snakes but not harm them．

What was the first thing I The first thing I tried to do was to see if there were products that tried to do? might help me. What are the three possible Firstly, removing their habitat; secondly, attracting them into a approaches? trap using male or female perfume or food; and thirdly cooling them so that they became sleepy and could be easily caught. How many attempts did I I made three attempts. make?

My first step: 6. Reading the text for the type of writing and summary of The problem of the snakes Determining the type of writing will help you determine the author’s topic (subject), purpose (why he is writing), style (how he should write) and tone (his attitude toward his subject - supportive, condeming, objective, etc.) It is important to find main ideas when reading. Main ideas help you remember important information. The main idea of a paragraph tells the topic of the paragraph. The topic tells what all or most of the sentences are about. The other sentences in the paragraph are called details. Details describe or explain the main idea. Read the text to find the main idea.

The problem of the snakes

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Type of writing

A narration The main idea of 1st

“There are some snakes in our yard，” she told me．“Snakes come paragraph near the house now and then，and they seem to have made their home here．Can you get rid of them please？”

The main idea of 2nd

I set about researching the habits of snakes so I could trap them in paragraph the easiest way. The main idea of 3rd

I decided on three possible approaches: firstly, removing their paragraph habitat; secondly, attracting them into a trap using male or female perfume or food; and thirdly cooling them so that they became sleepy and could be easily caught. I decided to use the last one. The main idea of 4th

The snakes abruptly disappeared into a convenient hole in the wall. paragraph So I had to adjust my plan. The main idea of 5th

Once picked up, the snakes tried to bite me. As they were poisonous paragraph snakes, I clearly needed to improve my design again. The main idea of 6th

I collected the passive snakes and the next day we released them all paragraph back into the wild．

I decided to send my invention The main idea of 7th

Pressed by my friends and relations，paragraph to the patent office to get recognition for my successful idea. The main idea of 8th

Nor will you receive a patent until a search has been made to find paragraph out that your product really is different from everybody else's. 7. Reading to draw a diagram of the text and retell the test in your own words Writers structure, or organize, their writing in many different ways. Recognizing the way in which a text has been organized will help you understand its meaning more fully.

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THE PROBLEM OF THE SNAKES Inventing something that would catch snakes but not harm them Cooling the snakes so that they became sleepy and could be easily caught Placing the frozen bowl and ice-cubes over the snakes' habitat and covering the bowl with the bucket

collecting the passive snakes and releasing them back into the wild

Filling in the form and filing my patent application with the Patent Office

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