Learning about Language教学内容

Unit 3 Inventors and Inventions

Warming Up Pre-reading, Reading

Teaching Goals:

1.

To learn about the difference between a discovery and an invention 2.To arouse Ss’ interest in learning about the stages of an invention 3.To develop Ss’ some basic reading skills. 4.To develop Ss’ ability to discover and solve the problems and cultivate Ss’ creativity

and imagination. Teaching Procedures: Step 1. Warming Up

Purpose: To arouse Ss’ interest in learning about the difference between a discovery and an invention Get Ss t to guess what the invention is or who the inventor is in groups

Question 1:

It`s made of plastics and metal.

It looks like a small box. The invention can contact someone while you are on the move. Question 2:

The inventor is from America.

He is one of the father of inventions. The inventor invented the bulb. Suggested Answer: Edison 2.

Get Ss to tell as many the inventions they know as possible in groups. 3.

Ask Ss to look at the pictures on P19 and answer the following questions. (1)

Which of the pictures is an invention? (2)

Which of the pictures is a discovery? 4.Get Ss to discuss the difference between the inventions and a discovery and give a definition of them and give some examples of each category.Suggested Answer:

An invention is something produced for the first time through the use of imagination or ingenious thinking and experimentation. A discovery merely makes known something that already exists in nature. Step 2. Pre-reading

Purpose : To get Ss to be aware of the connection between inventing and the scientific process. 1.

Let Ss work in pairs and decided what the first and most important stage is to make an

invention. 2.

Ask Ss to finish the exercise of Pre-reading on P19 and then check the answer in pairs. Step 3. Leading-in

Purpose: Arouse Ss’ interest in the text and encourage Ss to imagine the content of the text.

Ask Ss to predict in pairs the content of the text based on the title and pictures. Step 4. Fast reading

Purpose: To get Ss to have a brief understanding of the text 1.

Ask Ss to read the text quickly and try to get the main idea of the whole text. The text narrates the problem of the snakes and presents the procedures of catching them and

applying for a patent 2.

Get Ss to divide the passage and work out the main idea for each part.

Part I (Para 1): Part II (Para 2～3): Part III (Para 4～6): Part IV (Para 7～8): The discovery of the problem of the snakes. The research on the approaches to solve the problem. The attempts to catch the snakes. The requirement of getting a patent. Step 5. Intensive reading

1.

Ask Ss to read the text carefully and find out which paragraph or paragraphs deal with each inventing process in the passage and find the examples:

2.Ask Ss to work in pairs and try to tell which of the following statements are true and which are

Thirdly, _(6) _the snakes so that they became (7)__ and could be easily caught ①

She placed the_ _(8) (9)_ bowl over the snakes` habitat and the on top of the bowl and finally covered the whole (10)_ (11)

(12) active, but were still too fast . thing with Time: Result: The snakes were and (13)_ into a hole in the wall. (14)

them. Then ②

She froze the bowl and ice-cubes again and she covered the bowl with the Three attempt Time: (16) (15)_

Result: The snakes were _(17) they tried to ③

She repeated the earlier Time: (20) _carefully. (21)_

(18)_ (19) sleepy, but once picked up, her and used a small net and Result: She collected the all back into the The steps of receiving a ①

Fill in _(25) patent Office. ②

Being (27)_ (22)_ snakes and (24)_

(23) _them and file the patent (26)_ with the Patent . (28)_ months.

③

Application will be published

3. According to the form above, get Ss to retell the text. Step 6. Extension

Purpose: To develop Ss`s ability to discover and solve the problems and cultivate Ss creativity and imagination. To provide a chance for Ss to apply their creative skills to real tasks. 1.

Ask Ss to work in groups and answer the following questions. (1)

What’s the writing purpose of the writer? (2)

What should we learn from this text? 2.

Get Ss formed in groups of four and discuss some inconveniences they’ve met in their life.

Problem 1: the apples growing on your apple tree are too high for you to reach them. What can

you invent to pick your apples in comfort? Problem 2: You need to make a house but you only have fishing nets and many plastic bottles. How can you solve it? Problem 3: You want to catch fish but not hurt them when you do so. Design a fishing rod that

will solve this problem. Step 7. Homework

1.

Ask Ss to go over the reading text.

2.

Ask Ss to preview Learning about Language.