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Unit 3 Inventors and inventions ●

Teaching Content:

Reading –The problem of the snakes

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Teaching aims 1. Knowledge aims:

To have a general idea about the problem of the snakes and the approach the writer used to solve the problem; 2. Ability aims: To improve our reading ability to summarize the main idea of each paragraph, and gain the detailed information by inferring and judging ; 3. Emotional aims: To learn to solve problems in our daily life by creativity . ●

Key points:

Get Ss to master different reading skills and use the skills to help understand the text.

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Difficult points: Dealing with some difficult sentence structures in the reading passage. ●

Teaching methods: 1. Task-based teaching and learning

2. Cooperative learning

3. Discussion ●

Teaching aids:

Multimedia PPT

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Teaching procedures Step 1 Greetings and showing the learning goals Step 2 Pre-reading Every inventor must go through six stages before they can have their invention approved? Look at the list below and work out a suitable order. 1.

Applying for a patent

2. Finding a problem

3. Doing research

4. Testing the solution

5. Thinking of a creative solution

6. Deciding on the invention

__________________________________________________________________________________ Step 3 Lead-in 1. Watch a video about an invention which has solved the problem of traffic jams and ask the students to discuss: If you found a problem in your daily life, would you like to think of inventing something to solve it? 2. Show the title of the passage---- The Problem of The Snakes

Step 4 Skimming What’s the main idea of the text?

The text describes how the author _______ the problem of the snakes in their parents’ house with her _________ and the procedures ____ ______ _____ a patent.

Step 4 Scanning

Paragraph

Stages in the inventing process Find a problem Do research Think of a creative solution Test the solution several times and invent sth Apply for a patent The snakes must be removed but not_______ . Look for ________

of removal;

Identify three possible __________ : choose one Make three attempts to make it work efficiently. Fill in the form and file the ______ _________ with the Patent Office.

Step 5 Detailed reading Read the passage paragraph by paragraph and answer the following questions.

Para 1

1 ) Why was the writer happy to help her mother?

Para 2 Why did the writer not use powders to solve the problem? A．Because it was an old thought pattern to use powders. B．Because that would harm or even kill the snakes. C．Because that would damage something else near the house. D．Because she wanted to invent something new. Para 3

Three possible approaches: ◆

removing the snakes’ ______

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attracting the snakes into a ____

Thinking of a ◆

_______ the snakes so that they would become sleepy and creative solution

could______________ She decided to use the _________ approach.

Para 4—6

1. How did the writer catch the snakes?

A. Using something the snakes were interested to attract them into a trap.

B. Taking their habitat to another place.

C. Placing the snakes at a low temperature for them to sleep and then caught them.

D. All the above.

2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the text? A.

In my first attempt, the snakes were as active as before. B. The snakes were not sleepy at all in my second attempt. C. I killed all the snakes after I collected them.

D. Ice-cubes were used in the three attempts.

Para 7—8 1. Find a sentence to replace the following one

If the ideas are not really different from others’, it isn’t possible for them to get recognized because the standards are so high.

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2. 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 Han Han. 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.

Step 6 Discussion) Discuss with your partner what the advantages might be of getting a patent. Step 7 Homework

1. Go over the whole passage and underline the key sentences in the text. 3. Prepare for Learning about Language in the textbook.