Learning about Language教案1

Unit 3

Inventors and inventions 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 1.When we speak of inventions, we can’t help thinking of the four great inventions in ancient China. Can you name them?\ 2.Can you make a list of important inventors and useful inventions?

(1) Which of the pictures is an invention? (2) Which of the pictures is a discovery? 3.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 Leading-in If some snakes are in your yard, how do you deal with them? Step 3. Fast reading 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):

The discovery of the problem of the snakes. Part II (Para 2～3):

The research on the approaches to solve the problem. Part III

(Para 4～6):

The attempts to catch the snakes. Part IV (Para 7～8):

The requirement of getting a patent. Step 4. Careful

reading True

or

False.

1.I bought an ice-cream maker made of aluminum. 2.The snakes are too big for me to handle. 3.The snakes are poisonous. 4.The snakes are finally sent to the zoo. 5.People who produced a new type of plant has the qualification to get a patent. 6.A patent will be published 18 months from the date you apply. Choose the best answer

1. The purpose of writing this text is _____.

A. to show us how to trap the snakes but not to kill them B. to tell people how to apply for a patent of the writer's new idea C. to introduce the writer's new idea of trapping the snakes and her application for a patent D. to tell the readers how to get a new idea and make it a patent 2.The biggest advantage of the writer's new idea is that ____. A. it makes the snakes move slowly B. it makes the snakes hardly bite us C. it is easier for us to kill the snakes without hurting ourselves D. it is easier for us to catch the snakes without killing them 3. What instruments were used for catching the snakes? A. A bowl, ice-cubes, male perfume. B. A bowl, a bucket, female perfume. C. A small net, ice-cubes, a bucket. D. A small net, a bucket, powders. 4. Which statement is 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's 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. 5. 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 Huo Da. 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. Summary The problem of the snakes in our yard 1._____us all the time. My mother wanted me to get 2.______of the snakes. I thought of three possible 3.____to catch them. Firstly, removing their 4._____; secondly, attracting them into5.____; and thirdly cooling them so that they would become 6.________and could be easily caugt. But all these 7.

failed. So I had to8._______ my plan. My last attempt proved to be successful. I carried in my hand a small net used for 9._______fish. All went well according to plan. The snakes were caught and the next day they were all 10._______ back into the wild. 11._____ by my friends and relations, I decided to get my invention 12.________by the patent office. I have filled in the form and 13.______ my patent application 14.________the Patent Office. I am expecting success enthusiastically now! Step 5. Extension Can you invent a method to prevent you from falling asleep in class? Step 6 Homework