Step 1. Warm-up Show some pictures of some inventions and ask the students to have a free talk about some inventions. What do you think is the most helpful invention? When was it invented? Who was it invented by? What is it used for? How was it invented? Step 2.Presentation Ⅰ.Lead-in 1. Do you like drinking tea? 2. Do you know who invented tea? When was tea invented? And how was tea invented? Ⅱ Reading 3a 1. Ask the students to look at the picture in 3a answer some questions: Who was the man? What was he doing? 2. Ask the students to read this article and answer some questions. (1) What’s the article about ? (2) When was it invented ? (3) Who was it invented by? (4) How was it invented? 3. Check the answers. 4. Read the article again and discuss the difficulties in groups. 5. Read the article again and again and try to retell it. Ⅲ.3b 1. Look at the chart. It shows the history of flying disks. Ask the students to answer the following questions: (1)Who invented flying disks? (2)When were they invented? (3)What did the college students use for flying disks? (4)Where were the metal pie plates from? (5)How were the flying disks invented? 2. Ask students to write an article about flying disks according to the information. The teacher moves around the room to offer some help if necessary. Ⅳ.4a 1. We all have things that we don’t like doing. Why not think of an invention that could help you? 2. Discuss in groups what they don’t like doing. Then think of an invention that could help them. 3. After five minutes, ask several groups to tell the class their inventions. Ⅴ.4b Ask the students pretend a businessperson, to work in pairs to ask their partner questions about his / her invention. Then try to sell their partner’s invention to the class. Ⅵ. Self check 1 1.Ask the students to read the four adjectives and pay attention to their meanings and usage. 2. fill in the blanks .3. Make their own sentences with each word. Ⅶ. Self-check 2 1. Ask the students to find out when these things were invented and who invented them? 2.Ask students some questions: What is it? What is it used for? Who was it invented by? What would you like best? 3.After that, ask students to write paragraphs about them. Step 3. Summary. |
Have a free talk about some inventions. Answer some questions . Look at the picture in 3a and answer some questions. Read this article and answer some questions. Discuss in groups Answer the questions and write an article. Think of something that you don’t like doing. Then think of an invention that could help you .Write the details in the chart. Pretend a businessperson, try to sell their partner’s invention to the class. Fill in the blanks with the words, then make their own sentences with each word. Answer some questions then write paragraphs about them. |
