Unit 6 When was it invented ?
Grammar and Writing
Teaching Aims
1. Knowledge objects:
(1) The students will be able to use the patterns be done in the given situations or daily life.
(2) The students will be able to use the following phrases: be invented in ; be used for doing ; be invented by … to make sentences.
2. Ability objects:
(1)The students will be able to get the information needed in reading.
(2) The students will be able to talk about and write the information about their inventions using target language.
3. Emotion & attitude
Enable the students to have the spirit of creating new things and love our mother land, study hard to achieve our dreams.
Important and difficult points:
The students will be able to use be done structure correctly in speaking and writing practice.
The students will be able to adopt correct reading and writing strategies. Teaching approach and means:
Task-based Teaching Approaches. multimedia
Teaching procedures
Grammar
Step 1 Lead-in
( Show some pictures of the Great Wall .)
T: What’s this ?
Ss: The Great Wall.
T: It is the symbol of China and it is famous all over the world ,right ?
But what was it used for ?
(Ask one student to answer .)
Step 2 Pair work
A: What was it used for ?
B: It was used for sending messages.
T: Be used for…is Passive Voice.
More practice:
A : When was it invented ?
B: It was invented in…
A: Who was it invented by ?
B: It was invented by…
A: What is it used for?
B: It is used for…
A: What do you think of it ?
B: I think it…
Some exercise.
Reading
Step 1 Read and fill in the blanks.
Check the answers.
Pay attention to the structure of the passage .
Step 2 More reading
1.T: Here is a passage about inventions ! Go through the picture with the students.
2. Let the students read again and answer the questions below the passage.
(Then check the answers and let the students to choose the reading strategy they adopted in reading and share it in class.)
Groupwork
Step 1 Cooperate to design
T: Well done dear students! Now it’s time to cooperate to design. Discuss these problems in your group and we’ll show your design to see which group is the best one. Ask students to have a discussion in groups and then design their own tools. All the problems should be solved by themselves.
Step 2 Share the designs in class
Everyone in the group are supposed to say something about their inventions . Each of them have a chance to talk in class.(Give them the standards about how to make an estimate of each invention. Let the students show their own ideas about other inventions. ) Writing
1. Write their own introductions of their design.
2. Share the passages in class so that the students can learn more information about each invention. In this way each student can improve their own writing ability.
Ending:
T: As the hosts of the 21st century , we have the duty to make our country stronger and stronger ,what should we to do to achieve our China Dream ?
Ss: We should study hard!
Together : Let’s study hard and achieve our China Dream !!
Homework:
T: In this class all of you did very well, and you helped me a lot, thank you! Here’s today’s homework:
1. Rewrite the articles .
2. What else do you want to invent in the future ?
Tell us something about your ideas next class.。