高中英语Unit 3 Inventors and inventions--Period1[ty]必修八新人教版.doc

Unit 3 Inventors and inventions Period 1 A sample lesson plan for reading (THE PROBLEM OF THE SNAKES) Introduction In this period, after the warming up, students will first be guided to pre-read the text by talking about invention. Then they will read for forms, copy and making sentences, read to transform information, read the text for the type of writing and summary of The problem of the snakes and read to draw a diagram of the text and retell the test in your own words. Objectives To help students understand the text’s forms and contents and learn about inventors and inventions To help students communicate on the topic in focus with the words, collocations and structures learned in this unit Focus Words distinguish， monitor，release， claim，file， bear， dot， tap，reproduce， Collocations call up， now and then， set about， in case，dive in，in truth， hang on， out of order， get through， ring back， ring off Patterns 1. Here was a chance for me to distinguish myself by inventing something that would catch snakes but not harm them. 2. This was in the expectation that the snakes would bite again. 3. The criteria are so strict that it is difficult for new ideas to be accepted unless they are truly novel. 4. “Leave the beaten track occasionally and dive into the woods. 5. Every time you do you will be certain to find something that you have never seen before. 6. Follow it up, explore all around it, and before you know it, you will have something worth thinking about to occupy your mind. 7. All really big discoveries are the result of thought.” Aids Multimedia facilities, tape-recorder, photos, diagrams Procedures 1. Pre-reading by talking about intention What is invention? Invention is the successful exploitation of new ideas, new objects. By reasoning, analyzing and experimenting new things and new ideas are invented for the benefits of the world. Look at the photo, please. This man is a great inventor called Thomas Edison. Thomas Edison received over 1000 U.S. p