Learning about Language教学设计一等奖

Book8unit3教学设计

I 单元教学目标

Topics Inventions; patent applications; great inventors Goals Talk about inventors and inventions Learn about the stages used in scientific research Learn to use the past participle as the attribute Write a letter asking for a job II 目标语言

功

能

句

式

（Making a telephone call）

Hold the line, please. Hang on, please. Just a moment, please. I’m sorry, but this phone is out of order.

I can’t get through. Sorry.

He / She isn’t here right now. Can I ring back later? I’ll ring him / her up again. I must ring off now because …

词汇1. 四会词汇

discovery, patent, distinguish, product, power, perfume, cube, abrupt, abruptly, convenient, expectation, monitor, passive, criterion, valid, application, file, committee, bear, jam, mess, forehead, dot, tap, wire, straw, current, importance, helicopter, triangle, stable, practical, refrigerator, court, version 2. 认读词汇

amphibious, Stephenson, George Stephenson, jelly, freezer, overnight, release, recognition, claim, rod, precede, Alexander Graham Bell, microphone, occasionally, multiple, Morse code, inspiration, reproduce, tetrahedron, invaluable, James Dyson 3. 词组

call up, now and then, set about, in case, traffic jam, beaten track, dive into, set out (to do), in truth, hang on, out of order, get through, ring back, ring off 4．重点词汇

discovery, convenient, distinguish, application, expectation, importance, practical, bear

重

1.

The first thing I tried to do was to see if there were products that might help me, but there only seemed to be powders designed to kill snakes.

P20 2.

Between the outside and inside walls of the bowl there is some jelly, which freezes hard when cooled.

P20 3.

The criteria are so strict that it is difficult for new ideas to be accepted unless they are truly novel.

P21 4.

Nor will you receive a patent until a search has been made to find out that your product really is different from everybody else’s.

P21

5.

He found that by pressing his lips against his mother’s forehead, he could make the bones move in such a way that she could understand what he was saying.

P25 6.

He designed a machine that would separate different sound waves and allow different conversations to be held at the same time.

P25 7.

Although he will always be known for his invention of the telephone, he was in truth a continuing searcher after practical solutions to improve the quality of everybody’s life.

P26

点句子

的作用。

III. 教材分析与教材重组

1. 教材分析

本单元以Inventors and inventions为话题，旨在通过单元教学，使学生能了解发明和发现的区别，了解发明创造的过程和获得专利的条件，学习发明家的成功事例；能灵活运用基础句型描述中外古代和现代发明，谈论不同发明的优缺点及其现实意义；根据不同问题及条件设计、改进发明并阐述自己的观点；能写出一封有创新的求职申请，阐述自己的特长和优势，能对别人的发明、创造或观点提出意见或建议；并能运用所学知识利用现实生活中有限材料进行发明创造。

1.1 Warming Up 提供了三幅不同发明或发现的图片，让学生运用已有的知识和经验，区分发明和发现的不同含义；并能与同伴合作描述现代发明在现实生活中

1.2 Pre-Reading要求学生将课本所列关于进行科学研究或发明创造所必须经历的几个阶段(步骤或过程)进行正确的排序。了解每一项发明在得到社会承认前都必须经历一个过程。

1.3 READING是一篇记叙性的文章。作者在文中详细介绍了从发现问题(snake trouble)、分析问题(products that might help)到解决问题(remove the snakes)的全过程，并介绍了专利申请方面的一些知识。

1.4 Comprehending第一个训练题要求学生根据课文内容回答问题；第二个训练要求学生运用科学步骤设计一项发明解决课本所提供的三个问题，并与同学交流观点。第三个训练题要求学生通过进行角色表演活动，学会对某一发明做出评价并确定其能束获得专利。

1.5 Learning about Language 分两部分。第一部分要求学生利用填空、改写句子的方式复习所学词汇及表达法。第二部分重点练习过去分词作定语的用法。

1.6 Using Language分成四部分。第一部分Reading要求学生阅读一篇介绍发明家Alexander Graham Bell的文章并回答有关问题，了解电话发明者贝尔的发明及其成功的原因。第二部分Listening and Speaking是一段关于Zhou Rui对一家发明公司的工程师进行电话采访的听力材料。要求学生掌握电话交谈常用表达；并在此基础上进行角色扮演活动，即求职者与公司考核人员之间的电话交谈。第三部分Writing要求学生写一封求职信，列举自己的优势、特长和工作经历向这家发明公司提出求职申请。

Word Study

Book8 Unit 3 Inventors and Inventions Read aloud the following words: n.

patent

perfume

product

powder

wire

cube

helicopter

courtyard refrigerator

expectation

caution

identification

forehead

adj.

merciful

stainless

convenient

merry

practical

valid

innocent

dynamic,

v.

distinguish

seize

bear

associate

call up

set about

set out Task 1 Look and guess

Look at the following pictures and see which word will come to your mind.

1.——————————

2. ————————————

3.——————————

6. 4.———————————

5. ——————————

6.————————————

7.————————

8.

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Task 2

Explain the usage of the key verbs: distinguish

seize

bear

associate

call up

set about 【观察领悟】：

1. distinguish

vt.辨别，区分，使出名

①

It’s hard to distinguish one twin from the other.

②Children should be taught to distinguish between right and wrong. ③Liu Xiang distinguished himself by breaking the world record. 【自我归纳】：

相关搭配: 区分A和B____________________

_____________________ 表现出众,使自己扬名_________________ 【活学活用

】

①Speech(语言）

______________ men______ (区分）

animals. ②speech ___________ _________men______

(区分) animals. ③Lin Dan has _______ ___________

(成名）

as an athlete. 2. seize vt. 抓住；夺

【观察领悟】

①She seized me by the wrist.

②The army has seized power. ③Seize the opportunity to create a better life 【自我归纳】

抓住某人的手腕/手臂______________________ 夺取政权______________ 抓住时机_________________________ 【活学活用】

We should________________________ to develop the economy.(抓住机会）

3.associate

vt.联想，联系n.同伴，伙伴

【观察领悟】

①People often associate the sea with summer vacation. ②The sea is often associated with summer vacation. ③Don’t associate with bad companions.

④

a business associate . 【自我归纳】

….把…

和…联系起来_________________ 与……有联系

_________________ 与

某人交往，

______________ 【活学活用】

They_________ happiness ______ having money. 4.bear vt (bore, boren)

忍受

承担

承受（重量），生育，具有

【观察领悟】：

①She can’t bear the pain any more .

②I can’t bear seeing / to see animals treated cruelly.

③The captain will bear the responsibility. ④The ice is too thin to bear your weight.

⑤She has borne three children. 【自我归纳】

固定搭配

忍受做某事

___________________ 承担责任

/ 费用

___________________ 承受重量

__________________ 生小孩__________________ 【活学活用】

The baby can’t ________ ___________

___________ _______.(忍受被嘲笑）

The baby can’t ________ ___________

___________ ________ _______.(忍受被嘲笑）

I doubt if the chair will _______________

(承受他的体重）

5. call

up

【观察领悟】

①He called me up to tell me the good news. ②The old photo calls up memories of my childhood. ③They were called up at the beginning of the war. 自我归纳：

call up: _____________ ______________ ________________ 6.set about /set out 【观察领悟】

As soon as he got home, he set about preparing lunch. As soon as she got home, she set out to prepare lunch. 【自我归纳】

着手做某事

____________________

____________________ Task3 Drill Here are eight pictures. Each group has a chance to pick one out and answer the question behind it. Task4 Group Work Now make up a story! Requirements: 1.Try to use the words or phrases we have just learned. 2.Try to make it interesting.

3.Each group chooses one spokesman to share the story with the whole class.

case 1:

前几天，我的一个学生打电话告诉我他在大学生英语演讲比赛中表现出众，这是因为他铭记：抓住每个说英语的机会。因此每天一大早他就在校园里朗读英语。他还和很多外国朋友在网上交往。我希望他再接再厉取得更大的成功。

case2: ………

Homework Write down your story in our exercise-book.