I．单元教学目标
技能目标 Skill Goals
Talk about inventions
Practice describing inventions
Review the Attributive Clause
Write a process essay
II. 目标语言
功能句式
Ways of describing inventions
This invention can help people…
This is a new way of…
This new invention will make it possible for people to…
I think… is much more useful than…
It can make / help people…
I’d like to invent… because it can…
I’d like to invent… which can…
If people can create…
I suppose…
It must be very convenient if people could invent…
I dreamed I could invent…
Ways of asking questions about new inventions
What does it look like?
How does it work?
What’s it made of?
How would people use it?
Is there anything you would like to invent?
词汇
1. 四会词汇
vest, heel, patent, officer, petrol, background, reject, possibility, otherwise, connection, previous, aware, trial, rider, dusty, pilot, storage, glue, typewriter
2. 认读词汇
edible, flavour, laptop, inflatable, creative, rephrase, partial, perception, visible, Mozart, relativity, Samuel Morse, desktop, palmtop, Mona Lisa, Charles Chaplin, John Denver, Isaac Newton, Abraham Lincoln, Eve, Helen Keller, metaphor, paste, electronics, Eniac
3. 词组
allow for, get stuck, break away from, be aware of, trial and error, after all, keep track of
4. 重点词汇
vest, office, background, reject, possibility, otherwise, aware, allow for, get stuck, break away from, be aware of, after all, keep track of
语法
Review the Attributive Clause
1. a car that / which uses water instead of petrol
2. thinkers who have changed the world
3. a chip that / which makes it possible for us to see the future
4. a smart pen that / which automatically translates what we write into a foreign language
重点句子
1. These chopsticks are both delicious and environmentally friendly. P57
2. Creativity is not about getting high test scores, having a high IQ or being smart. P59
3. If we look only for the correct answer and reject ideas that do not pro vide a complete answer,
we may get stusk.. P59
4. As with thinking outside the box, the process includes a series of different attempts and several
false starts. Each new way of looking at a situation improves our understanding and makes it
easier to discover new possibilities. P59
The 1st period Speaking
Step 1 Warming up
Give the students introductions of the three inventions from the textbook.
Step 2 Pre-speaking
Of all the 4 inventions, which do you think would be useful, why?
Use the following patterns to guide them:
I think… this invention can help people….
I think… is much more useful then …which we use now.
Some possible expressions:
I’d like to invent a ….
It can help people….
It must be very convenient if people could invent….
I dreamed I could invent….
Step 3 Speaking
Let the students read the passage and make them understand what they should do. To explain how the invention works and why it is useful.
Ask 5 groups to act their dialogue out in front of class.
Step 4 Summary
Ways of describing inventions:
This invention can help people …
This is a new way of…
This new invention will make it possible for people to…
I think … is much more useful than…
I can help/ make people…
I’d like to invent… because it can ,,,,
I’d like to invent… which can….
If people can create… I suppose…
It must be very convenient if people could invent…
I dreamed I could invent…
Ways of asking questions about new inventions:
What does it look like?
How does it work?
What’s it made of?
How would people use it?
Is there anything you would like to invent?
Step 4 Homework
1. Talking at p131
2. Write a short passage with the title “My ideal new invention”.
The 2nd Period Listening
Step 1 Revision
Check the homework, asking the students to come to the front to read out his or her essay outindividually.
Step 2 Listening
Dialogue 1& 2 on p58
Students are asked to read fast the questions and then listen to the tape twice to answer the questions.
Step 3 Discussion:
Think of some examples of new inventions that people were afraid of or can’t accept at first.
Step 4 Homework.
Listening (wb P130)
Preview the reading.
The 3rd Period Reading
Step 1 Revision
Check the homework and then ask if they have some ideas of inventing some useful things to improve our life.
Step 2 Pre-reading
Do the ex on p59
Step 3 while-reading
Main idea of each para:
Para 1. By thinking about the way we think and practicing good thinking strategies, we can become more creative.
Para 2. To “ think outside the box” is to try new ways to solve a problem.
Para 3. Good solutions and new ideas are often the result of a change in perception.
Para 4. Every new thought or idea has to be connected to what we already know.
Para 5. Good ideas are the result of a long process of trial and error.
Step 4 Language focuses:
Deal with some language points if possible:
Trial-try
Application-apply
Produce-production
Inspiration-inspire
Fail-failure
Deep-depth
Possible-possibility
Connect-connection
Awareness-aware
Step 5 Post-reading:
Listen to the tape and then finish the post-reading Ex on p60.
Step 4 Homework
Find out some sentences with the Attributive Clause.
Preparations: Language Study on p 61.
The 4th Period Grammar
Step 1 Revision
Dictate some phrases and sentences:
Be tired of, break away from, allow for, get stuck
Partial solutions, and even failures, give us more information and clues that help us move forwards a better solution.
By looking at a problem in as many as possible, creative thinkers can find solutions that would otherwise remain invisible.
Step 2 Grammar
Do some exercises about the Attributive Clause:
Step 3 Practice:
Finish the exercises on P61, checking the answers orally.
Step 4 Homework
Ex 2&3 on p133
Go over the reading on p133
The 5th Period Extensive reading
Step 1
Check the homework (Ex2&3 on p133)
Step 2 Listening and Fast reading
Play the tape and ask students to listen to the tape and complete the following chart:
Invention Possible uses
Invisible paint 1.________; 2.________
Step 3 Intensive reading
Read for the second time, and then answer the questions:
Then deal with some language points if necessary.
Step 6 Homework
Review what we’ve learned in this period and preview the Reading and Writing on p62.
The 6th Period Writing
Step 1 revision
Step 2 Pre-writing
Ask the students to read the text All in the Mind: Scientific Metaphors? And then finish the chart on the below.
Step 3 Writing
Try to write an essay using the information given on P64.
Read some sample essays and give comments on them.
Step 4 Homework
To summarize what we’ve learnt in this unit.
Read the Strategies given on P64 to see if you can use these tips to improve your English-learning.