Using LanguageⅡ优秀教学设计

Unit3 Inventors and inventions

THE PROBLEMS OF THE SNAKES

一．

Teaching aims

1. Knowledge and skills

1). To know the meanings of the following new words and phrases in this period：

patent(专利)，courtyard(院子)，distinguish(区别；辨别)，merciful(宽大的；仁慈的；慈悲的)，approach(方法，办法)，……

2).To develop the students’

reading ability by grasping the key words and central sentences quickly. 3).To develop the students’

speaking ability by talking about inventors and inventions．

2.Emotion，attitude and value

1）．To stimulate students to protect animals and love science．

2）．To develop students’ sense of cooperative learning．

4. Teaching strategies aims

1）. To make the students learn how to do with the information and obtain the reading skill by listening 、reading and the group discussion

2). To consolidate the contents of the text by asking the students to

retell the text in their own words．

二、Important and difficult points

1)．To enable the students to conclude the stages every inventor must go through.

2). Develop students' ability to make a summary of the text using some key\new words 三、Teaching design

Step１

Lead-in

Ask the students “Four Great Inventions” in China.(compass, printing, gunpowder, paper-making.)

Step2

Listening Ask the students to listen to the tape and answer two simply questions

1）．What was the mother upset about? 2）. Did the write solve the problem finally? Do you know how she solve the problem?(设疑) Step3 While reading Get the students to comprehend the passage quickly and accurately and meanwhile help the students form a good habit of reading. 1.Fast- reading：

What’s the main idea of the text?（机动）

2. careful-reading Attention: when reading, give some tips to students Part 1(Par1)

the discovery of the problem of the snakes Q1, why was the write happy to help her mother?

Part 2(Par2) the research on the approaches to solve the problem Q2 , Did she use powders to kill the snakes? What did she do ?

Part3(par3)

what were the possible approaches she think of ？

Q3, what were the three possible approaches she thought of? Part 3(Par4—6) the attempts to catch the snakes Q4，How many times did she attempt to catch the snakes? Part4.(par7—8)

the requirements of getting a patent Step 7 Retelling

Ask students try to retell the text in their own words．Give them some key words on the blackboard:

snakes ，courtyard．do some research ，

the habits,

approaches，

the last，

three times , the third , successful , apply for,

Patent

(设计意图：培养学生口语及用英语思维的能力并形成自己的交际策略）

Discussion: Ask students if they know the stages every inventor must go through before they can have their invention approve。Encourage them to draw a conclusion.

Suggested answers：1．Finding a problem 2．Doing research 3．Thinking of a creative solution 4．Testing solution 5．Deciding on the invention 6．Applying for a patent Step 8 Homework 1. Write a short summary of then text .

2. Try to find more information of inventions and talk about them．

四．Blackboard design 1. Some questions about the text. 2.The key words of the text snakes ,courtyard, now and then , researching ,possible approaches, have attempts, the third, successful, apply for ,patent. 五、Reflection after teaching