Using LanguageⅡ课件配套优秀获奖教案

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ModuleⅧ

Unit 3 Inventors and inventions Teaching Plan for Using LanguageⅡ

– Speaking and Writing Middle School Attached to Xidian University, Li Yidan Student Analysis:

Students have learned much knowledge about inventors and inventions in the previous lessons (Warming up, Reading, Using LanguageⅠ,Workbook Reading). They have also mastered words and phrases in this unit. Now, it is time they put what they have learned into practice. According to the text book Using Language Ⅱ,students should be able to finish a letter which aims to apply for a job in James Dyson Foundation. But students have no experience in applying for a job and they do not know how to write an applying letter. Thus, students should be guided to know what the vital factors should be included in the letter and how to organize the letter. In order to let students detect the content and procedure of finishing the letter, group discussion will be carried out initially.

Textbook Analysis:

The topic of this unit aims to inspire students to think creatively and encourage students to learn from giant inventors. After learning Alexander Graham Bell and Leonardo Da Vinci, students are eager to be the inventors like them. Given a chance, students will also be potential inventors. In the Using language part, students are encouraged to write a letter to apply for a job in James Dyson Foundation after knowing who James Dyson is. Students should use the words and phrases they learned in the vocabulary list. At the same time, students should be guided to know how to write an applying letter and how to revise the letter step by step.

Teaching Goals: Language Knowledge Goals: 1.

Through talking about the requirements for employing an inventor or assistant and the qualities of being an employee in James Dyson Foundation, students can practice and use some professional words and phrases about inventors and inventions such as patent, convenient, expectation, seize the opportunity, competent, competence , etc. 2.

Through writing activities, students can learn how to write an applying letter and how to revise the letter step by step.

Language Skill Goals: Through discussing what should be written, writing the letter sentence by sentence and revising the letter step by step, students will be able to know the procedures of writing an applying letter so as to develop their writing ability and can use what they have learned in their everyday learning. Emotion and Attitude Goals: Through speaking and writing activities, students improve their skills in output English and strengthen their love in detecting, gain the motivation in learning and form their own skills in writing and then can learn by themselves. During group discussion in speaking activities, students are encouraged to express themselves properly and communicate with

others well. By attending class activities, students participate in cooperating and investigating learning, express their own views, respect and understand others in the communication and develop good habits in learning.

Learning Strategy Goals: Students can make use of available materials to preview their lesson and expand their learning area; can analyze and deal with information; can analyze and solve problems; can keep communicating by overcoming the barriers in language. Cultural Awareness Goals: After speaking and writing activities, students will be able to know the importance of figuring out the most significant factors from other’s requirement. Besides, they will also be able to know the general structure of an English applying letter that differs a lot from a Chinese one, namely authors usually state the most important sentence and information at the beginning of each paragraph.

Teaching Emphases: Enable students to learn about the procedures of writing an applying letter and learn to revise their writings step by step.

Possible difficulties: 1.Students might find it hard to know who James Dyson is and what James Dyson Foundation is, so I will ask two students to introduce them initially. 2. Students might consider it difficult to figure out what should be written in the letter, so I ask them to discuss in group through speaking activities so that they can share their ideas with each other to know the requirements of James Dyson Foundation. 3. Students may not be accustomed to revising their writings so I guide them step by step so that they know how to revise writings in their further study.

Learning resources:

The textbook, media, and the blackboard.

Teaching procedures: Warming Up: (3 minutes) Intention: to stimulate the topic Step 1: Inform students that we will begin the last class in Unit 3 which requires them to write a letter to James Dyson to apply for a job in his foundation. Time: 1 minute Intention: let students know what task will be completed in this class.

Step 2: Ask one student to share us with his knowledge about James Dyson. Let him make comments to James Dyson by writing down one sentence on the blackboard. Time: 2 minutes Intention: Inform students who James Dyson is. Let students think about the qualities of being an inventor like James Dyson.

Listening: (5 minutes) Intention: to practice students’ listening competence and provide more information about James Dyson and his Foundation

Listen to the tape for one time and answer me two questions (1. What was the problem with washing machine at that time? 2. What did James Dyson do to make improvement?). Ask 3 students to give comments to James Dyson according to what they have listened to. Encourage one student to write her comment on the blackboard.

Group Discussion: (7 minutes) Intention: to know the vital factors of writing an applying letter

Step 1: Ask one student to introduce James Dyson Foundation to the students. The introduction should include what does his foundation do and inform students that engineers and assistants are wanted in his foundation. Let the student write one sentence to summarize the idea of this foundation. I will encourage students to apply for a job there. Time: 2 minutes Intention: 1. to let students know something about James Dyson Foundation so that they can know to which company we are going to apply a job for 2. the comments made by the student will be useful for students while writing

Step 2: Speaking and Discussion

Students are expected to speak and discuss in a group of four. They are supposed to figure out what the requirements for employees in James Dyson Foundation. Only by knowing the requirements can they get the idea what should be written in the applying letter. After discussion, the representative of some groups will present their results of discussion. Time: 5 minutes Intention: To let students figure out what the basic requirements to be an employee in Dyson Foundation are and what most appealing qualities of a job hunter are. So that students can know what are the vital factors in an applying letter. Besides, students should learn how to work efficiently in groups.

Writing Activity: (29minutes) Intention: to guide students to write and revise an applying letter Writing: to write 6 sentences Step 1: Ask students what factors should be mentioned to make sure that one can be admitted to James Dyson Foundation. Possible answers: qualifications, personality, work experience and passion. Ask students to open their textbook to page27 and recite the letter together. Discuss the advantages in the model.

Time: 3 minutes Intention: to know what should be written in the letter and learn from a model Step 2: Finish the 6 sentences one by one according to the language database on the screen. Time: 13 minutes Intention: to finish 6 sentences in the letter Revising: Step 1: Firstly, ask students to build the structure by combining the 6 sentences into 3 paragraphs, namely the beginning, the body, and the ending. Secondly, check if you have the leading sentence and the supporting sentences. Thirdly, how to make the body part more coherent? Guide students to use the conjunction words and sentence patterns listed on the

screen. When students finish building the structure, I’ll show one of the students letter to all the students on the screen and make some explanation. Time: 3 minutes Intention: to build the structure Step 2: Encourage students to change some adj. and use some sentence patterns in their letter with the help of the guidance on the screen. When students finish polishing the words, I’ll show one of the students letter to all the students on the screen and make some explanation. Time: 3 minutes

Intention: to polish the letter Step 3: Let students exchange their letters with their desk mates and do some revision. When students finish revising each other’s letter, I’ll show one of the students letter to all the students on the screen and make some explanation. Time: 3 minutes

Intention: to help and learn from others Step 4: Let students enjoy their letters by reciting together and I will make some comments on their writing. Great attention will be paid to how to revise a letter. Time: 3 minutes

Intention: to learn from others Step 5: Summarize how to write an applying letter. 1. Make sure what information should be included. 2. Figure out the structure. 3. Make the body part more coherent. 4. Polish the composition by changing some words and sentence patterns. 5. Write neatly. Time: 1 min

Intention: to summarize how to write and revise an applying letter

Homework Assignment: (1minute) 1. Complete your applying letter to James Dyson Foundation.

2. Suppose you were a college student in Beijing University and you would seize a chance to be an exchange student to study in the US for one year. Write a letter to apply to be the exchange student.

Blackboard Design: Unit 3 Inventors and inventions James Dyson He is a/an ________ inventor. He is a/an ________ inventor who ________________________________. James Dyson Foundation It aims to _____________________________________________________. The requirements: 1. Personality and Qualifications

2. Work experience

3. Passion