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Unit 3 Inventors and inventions

Lesson length:45 minutes Lesson type: Reading Description of students: 66 students of Class 24，Senior Two

Textbook/ Page number: Page 20-21 Book 8 Time & place: 18th May,2018 , Class24 in teaching building ●

Teaching Content:

Reading –The problem of the snakes

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Teaching aims 1. Knowledge aims:

To have a general idea about the problem of the snakes and the approach the writer used to solve the problem; 2. Ability aims: To improve our reading ability to summarize the main idea of each paragraph, and gain the detailed information by inferring and judging ; 3. Emotional aims: To learn to solve problems in our daily life by creativity . ●

Key points:

Get Ss to master different reading skills and use the skills to help understand the text.

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Difficult points: Dealing with some difficult sentence structures in the reading passage. ●

Teaching methods:

Task-based teaching and learning

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Teaching aids:

Multimedia PPT

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Teaching procedures Step 1 Greetings and showing the learning goals Step 2 Pre-reading Every inventor must go through six stages before they can have their invention approved? Look at

the list below and work out a suitable order.

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Applying for a patent

2. Finding a problem

3. Doing research

4. Testing the solution

5. Thinking of a creative solution

6. Deciding on the invention

__________________________________________________________________________________ Step 3 Lead-in 1. Watch a video about an invention which has solved the problem of traffic jams and ask the students to discuss: If you found a problem in your daily life, would you like to think of inventing something to solve it? 2. Show the title of the passage---- The Problem of The Snakes

Step 4 Skimming What’s the main idea of the text? The text describes how the author _______ the problem of the snakes in their parents’ house with her _________ and the procedures ____ ______ _____ a patent. Step 4 Scanning

Paragraph

Stages in the inventing process Find a problem Do research Think of a creative solution Test the solution several times and invent sth Apply for a patent The snakes must be removed but not_______ . Look for ________

of removal;

Identify three possible __________ : choose one Make three attempts to make it work efficiently. Fill in the form and file the ______ _________ with the Patent Office.

Step 5 Detailed reading Task 1

Work out the main idea for each part. Part I (Para 1):

The requirement of getting a patent. Part II (Para 2～3):

The discovery of the problem of the snakes.

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Part III

(Para 4～6):

The research on the approaches to solve the problem. Part IV (Para 7～8):

The attempts to catch the snakes. Task2 Choose the best answer. 1.

The writer was successful to catch the snakes in

________ attempt.

A the first

B.the second

C.the third

D.every1

2.How did the writer catch the snakes?

A. using something the snakes were interested to attract them into a trap. B. taking their habitat to another place. C. placing the snakes at a low temperature for them to sleep and then caught them. D.

All the above.

3.Which statement is the TRUE according to the text? A. The snakes were so sleepy in the second attempt that they couldn’t bite the writer at all. B. your product must be different from everybody else if you want to receive a patent. C. The writer decided to send her invention to the

patent office the moment she succeeded in catching the snakes. D. If an application for your product proves to be valid, you can get a patent immediately. 4.According to the text, which subject do you think can be given a patent? A. A new star discovered by a scientist. B. A new novel written by Yao Ming. C. A new way to make dirty water clean. D. A new kind of grass found in a mountain which

can be used as a medicine. Step 6 scanning (T or F) 1.

In this passage, the writer wants to encourage the readers to consider carefully the problems in daily life.(

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The writer was successful in catching the snakes in the second attempt.(

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An inventor can easily get the patent for the invention.(

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The writer collected the passive snakes at his third attempt.(

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If you have a scientific theory or mathematical model, you can get a patent(专利).(

) 6.

If your inventions pass the test, your application for a patent will be published 17 months from the date you apply.

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Step 7 Homework

1. Go over the whole passage and underline the key sentences in the text. 3. Prepare for Learning about Language in the textbook.

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