The Second PeriodTeaching Aims:1.Learn the text and train the students’reading ability.2.Learn some useful words and expressions.3.Help the students to learn to be more creative.Teaching Important Points:1.Get the students to grasp the main idea of the passage and help them understand the passage better.2.Learn and master the important words and phrases in this period.Teaching Difficult Points:1.How to help the students improve their reading ability and understand the passage better.2.How to master the language points in the passage.Teaching Methods:1.Fast reading to get the general idea of the text.2.Careful reading and discussion to help the students understand the passage better.3.Explanation to help the students master some language points.Teaching Aids:1.the multimedia2.the blackboardTeaching Procedures:Step Ⅰ GreetingsGreet the whole class as usual.Step Ⅱ Lead-in and Pre-readingT:In the last period,we talked about some new inventions.We know that inventions can make people’s life easier and better.They will do a lot of good to people.But how do people come up with ideas for new inventions?Do you have to be very intelligent to be an inventor?Are some people born creative,or is it possible to learn how to be creative?If you want to be an inventor yourself,you must have a lot of questions.Now,read the passage quickly to find the answers to these questions on Page 59.Step Ⅲ Reading and Understanding(Allow the students a few minutes to find he answers to the questions.)T:Have you finished?Ss:Yes.T:Good.Now,have a discussion with your partner.If you don’t agree with each other,read the passage again to checkyour answers.A moment later,I’ll ask some of you to tell us your answers.(A moment later.)T:Well.Now,Xiao Hui,tell your answer to the first question,please.S:I think some people are born creative.T:Do you agree with her,Li Ling?S:I’m afraid not.I think it is possible to learn how to be creative.T:Can you tell us why?S:Because creative thinking is a matter of habits.By thinking about how we think and practising good thinking strategies,we can become more creative.T:Good.Please sit down.Now,who’d like to answer the second question?S:I’d like to have a try.I don’t think people have to be very intelligent to be an inventor.Because only some of the thinkers did well in school.And creativity is not about getting high test scores,having a high IQ or being smart.T:Does anybody have a different opinion?Or do you agree with her?Ss:We agree with her.T:OK.Now,the last question.Who knows the answer?S:I want to have a try.I think people should try new ways to solve a problem,and break away from old thought patterns.T:Good.Who has anything else to say?S:I think people should look at a problem in as many ways as possible.T:Anything else?S:People should try to combine new with old ideas in as many different ways as possible.By comparing and connecting ideas and objects in new ways,people may think of new applications and solutions.S:I have something else to say.Good ideas are no accident.They are the result of a long process of trial and error.T:Well done!You’ve all got the main idea of the passage.Now,please read the passage carefully again to check some detailed information.Look at the sentences on the screen and tick the sentences that are true according to the text and correct the false ones.(The multimedia shows the following sentences.)(A moment later,ask some students to say their answers and check them with the whole class.)Suggested answers:1.(×)Most inventors don’t necessarily have high IQs.2.(√)3.(×)It’s possible to learn how to be creative.4.(×)The best way to find a good solution is not to look for one good answer only.Partial solutions and even failures give us more information and clues that help us move towardsa better solution.5.(×)Inventors all know that for each new invention thatworks,there are at least ten that don ’t.6.(√)7.(√)Step Ⅳ ExplanationT:Good job.In order to help you understand the passage better,I ’ll explain some useful words and expressions to you.Look at the screen and listen carefully.(The following is shown on the screen.) Language Points:1.be born+adj./n.e.g.He was born ⎩⎨⎧singer.a blind. e up withe.g.Scientists will come up with new ways of increasing the world ’s food supply.3.allow fore.g.We must allow for the bus being late —it always is.4.get stucke.g.The car got stuck in the mud.5.break away frome.g.The prisoner broke away from his guards.A province has broken away to form a new state.6.be aware of/thate.g.Are you aware of the time?She became aware that something was burning.(Explain the language points and write the phrases on the blackboard:be born+adj./n.,come up with,allow for,get stuck,break away from,be aware of/that…)Step Ⅴ DiscussionT:Look at the examples on the screen.They have been mixed up.Read the passage carefully again and place them in the right paragraph.You may have a short discussion with your partner.(Show the following on the screen and allow the students to read the passage again and discuss in pairs.)1.According to Leonardo da Vinci,problems which had seemed impossible could be solved if he changed the way he described the problem.2.Thomas Edison made a rule saying that he had to make an invention every ten days.3.Mozart,who lived in Austria,wrote more than 600 pieces of music.4.Einstein,who changed the world of physics forever with his Theory of Relativity,preferred images to numbers.5.Samuel Morse,the man who invented the telegraph,gothis idea by watching a rider exchange a tired horse for a new one.(A moment later,ask some students to say their answers.If they have different opinions,allow them a few minutes to have another discussion.)Suggested answers:1.→Think outside the box2.→Keep trying3.→Keep trying4.→Take another look at it5.→Make connectionsStep Ⅵ Listening and ReadingT:Good.You’ve understood the passage well.Now,let’s listen to the tape.The first time I play it for you,you should listen carefully and the second time,you can read after it.Pay attention to your pronunciation and intonation.(Play the tape twice for students to listen and repeat.And then if time permits,ask some students to read the passage.One student,one paragraph.Help students with their pronunciation.)Step Ⅶ Summary and HomeworkT:Today,we’ve read a passage about how to be morecreative.And also we’ve learnt some useful phrases.After class,you should read the text again and again to understand it better.Try to use the new phrases more to master them better.Remember to preview the next two parts:Language study and Grammar.So much for today.Class is over.See you tomorrow!Ss:See you tomorrow!Step Ⅷ The Design of the Writing on the BlackboardUnit 18 InventionsThe Second Period1.be born+adj./n.e up with3.allow for4.get stuck5.break away from6.be aware of/that…Step Ⅸ Record after Teaching。