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Book 8 Unit3 Inventors and inventions Learning about language: revision of past

I Teaching aims: Knowledge and ability aims: get students to review and thus have a better understanding of the usages of P.P. Learning strategies aims: get students to learn to use two learning strategies: communicative learning and research-based learning. Emotion aims: get students to develop creative thinking and interest in invention. II Teaching important points: Help students to review the different uses of P.P. and learn to use it in new situations. III Teaching difficult point: How to design interesting and vivid situations to help students learn to use P.P. correctly. IV Teaching aids: multi-media; blackboard; an apple and a knife V Teaching steps: Step1: Lead in 1. Show students an apple and ask them how to cut it into two parts. Then show the new way of cutting and show the star in it to them------ creativity changes the world. 设计说明: 与往常的导入不同，本课笔者让实物走进了课堂，因为实物总是能够更好地激发学生的兴趣。先请一名同学将苹果切为两半，然后展示另一种切割法:横着切，结果会发现里面的苹果核呈五角星状，由此引出主题：创新改变世界。

2. Then tell them they are attending the TV program ------ I love invention. Then do a guessing game of two inventors. Sentences including P.P. are used.

Who is he? He is interested in invention and often do many experiments in his lab. Every time he is lost in thought, the grass of wisdom will grow on his head. He often walks with his hands crossed behind his back.

He is the leading role of the famous cartoon called "The pleasant sheep and the big big wolf". He has a lot of amazing inventions but we often see him injured by them. He often fails to catch any sheep and therefore is beaten by his disappointed wife. 设计说明：游戏能更好地调动学生的参与积极性，而且谜底是大家非常熟悉的动画片中的人物：慢羊羊和灰太狼。

Step2: Discovery and induction Present the sentences including P.P. And ask students to find out the P.P.s and what they are used as. In the attribute part, ask students to find out the different positions of P.P. and in the object complement pat, ask them to find out the passive use. In predictive part, show the differences between past participles and present participles. 设计说明：该环节让学生通过观察对比呈现的句子来归纳总结出过去分词的不同用法，以进一步从知识层面上复习和强化该语法结构。本环节所有任务的完成均以学生为中心，教师提出问题，学生通过个人思考，合作讨论等方式找出答案。

Step 3. Practice The story of " Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" 1. Divide students into two groups: Mr. Wolf's team and Mr. Slow Sheep's team. Tell students they will compete in all the following activities. 设计说明：在课堂中适当引入竞争机制能够调动学生参与各项活动的积极性，活跃课堂气氛。

2. Activity 1 Mr. Wolf' invention Show students some pictures of Mr. Wolf's invention and a short passage describing these pictures. Ask students to choose the suitable verbs from the box to finish the story with their correct forms.

inspire annoy frighten determine disappoint improve tie

One morning, Mr.Wolf told his wife he would catch some toads（癞蛤蟆）for her to eat for breakfast. Hearing these _______ words, Mrs. Wolf grabbed the pan to beat him. Not wanting to see his wife ______, Mr. Wolf decided to invent something to help him catch goats. He got _______ when he saw a spring and invented a pair of spring shoes（弹簧鞋）.With the magic shoes, Mr. Wolf jumped onto the sky above the sheep village where the sheep were practicing spears（标枪）. Seeing Mr. Wolf, the goats immediately threw spears at him with a ______ look on their faces. Hearing a loud noise, Red Wolf opened the door and found her husband ______ to the wall with many spears in his body. As a _______ inventor, Mr. Wolf didn't lose heart. He had his invention _______ and made a new pair of spring shoes. Keys: annoying disappointed inspired frightened tied determined improved 设计说明：该环节是以灰太狼的发明为蓝本而设计的练习，生动形象的图片和熟悉的情节能让学生带着兴趣去完成任务，而竞争机制的引入也会让更多的学生积极参与。该练习体现了语法教学必须以一定语境为背景的原则，形式是选词填空，而且只需填单个词，难度相对较低，因此放在前面，便于学生掌握。

3. Activity 2 Mr. Slow Goat's invention Show students some pictures of Mr. Slow Goat's invention and ask them to finish sentences with the given words.

1. In order to defeat Big Big Wolf, Slow Goat ____________________（陷入了沉思）(lose) 2. Suddenly, a good idea occurred to him. After a few day's experiment, a magic insole（鞋垫)_______________ (用羊毛做的） came into being. (make) 3. At the very moment, he ____________________（发现灰太狼被抓住了）by the sheep. (catch) 4. So he put the insole into Mr. Wolf 's spring shoes. The wool made him feel so itchy that he jumped again and again. 5. Mr. Wolf _______（受伤）as he hit his house heavily. And he had to _____________________（请人修房子） in the following week.（injure；repair) Keys: 1. was lost in thought 2. made of wool 3. found Mr. Wolf caught 5. got injured; have his house repaired 设计说明: 该练习以完成句子的形式出现，难度有所增加，遵循了由易到难的原则。

4. Activity 3 Find changes Situation: show students a picture of a robot invented by Mr. Wolf. Tell students that the robot has cleaned the house for Mr. Wolf. Show them two pictures of the house. Ask students to find out all the changes in the second picture using "I find / see sth done." e.g. I find the coat on the bed taken away. 设计说明：该环节主要是练习过去分词做宾补的用法，通过找出不同来学会运用find / see sth done 以及其他类似的结构。

5. Activity4 Award certificate Announce that Mr. Wolf and Mr. Slow Goat have been elected as the greatest inventors. Show students two award certificates to Mr. Wolf and Slow Goat. Ask them to write down the missing words, and they are required to use as many participles as possible. After this, check the answers. Mr. Wolf As a great inventor, you are __________ and have never lost heart. You get _________ from daily life and have made lots of ________ inventions. You are also a _________ husband. Though we often see you ________ by your wife, you love her more than yourself. Your story is so ________ and we should learn from you! C C T V I Love Invention Mr. Slow Goat The grass on your head is the symbol of your wisdom. When you are ______ in thought, we know a great invention is to come into being. We are so __________ with your hi-tech inventions and explanations that we

gradually become __________in science. From your story we really understand that “knowledge is power”! C C T V I Love Invention

Keys: determined inspired amazing devoted beaten moving lost impressed interested 设计说明：该环节是一个相对开放的练习，给学生两段与真实情景相关的文本，让其发挥想象力和创造力。这里没有标准答案，只要填进去意思通顺，合乎语法都行。最后给出的答案可作为参考。这一环节是对前面活动的一个总结，使得整节课始终围绕发明创造的主题展开，巧妙自然地将课堂推向高潮。