1、Unit 10 When was it invented?The Sixth PeriodTeaching Aims and Demands1Knowledge Objects(1) New Vocabularyabacus, century, telescope, camera(2) Use these words correctlycrispy, sweet , salty, sour(3) Write paragraphs about some inventions.2Ability Objects(1) Train the students to use these adjective
2、s:crispy, sweet, salty, sour(2) Train the students writing skill.3Moral ObjectsTry to find out when the things around you were invented. Enjoy the stories about how they were invented.Teaching Key Points1Help the students have a self check on the key words and target language.2Practice using the adj
3、ectives below:crispy, sweet, salty, sour3Write an article.Teaching Difficult Points1Make sentences with the adjectives.2Write the article about the histories of the inventions.Teaching Methods1Teaching by making sentences.2Teaching by writing an article.Teaching Aids1Real objects: an abacus, an umbr
4、ella, a binoculars, a camera2A picture of a bicycle.Teaching ProceduresStep Revision1Check the homework. Ask the students to hand in their homework.2Ask the questions below again to review the article in Activity 3a:What was the article about?When was it invented?Who was it invented by?How was it in
5、vented?3Ask some similar questions about the flying disk, or encourage the students to ask each other questions about it.4Dictate the words below:metal, pie, flying disk, bakery, throw, specialStep Part 1This activity focuses on vocabulary introduced in the unit.Focus attention on the box. Invite a
6、student to read the vocabulary words at the top.You are asked to fill in the blanks with the words. They are four adjectives used to describe how food tastes. Note to use them to adjust the proper food.Ask the students to fill in the blanks on their own.Check the answers. Four students each read a s
7、entence, filling in the blanks. The rest of the students check their work.Answers1sweet 2salty 3sour 4crispyAsk the students to make their own sentences with the words, preferably sentences that are meaningful. Move around the room. Collect a few students answers with mistakes on the blackboard. Alo
8、ng with the students help correct the mistakes.Sample answers1The potato chips are crispy. All the children love eating them.2The chicken soup is too sweet. Mom put much sugar in it by mistake.3The dishes in that restaurant are too salty.4I like eating something sour.Step Part 2This activity provide
9、s reading and writing practice using the target language.First, teach the names of the five inventions with books closed like this:Show a real abacus to the class and say, We call this an abacus in English.Write the word abacus on the blackboard. Then point to it and teach the students to read it.Do
10、 the same with the other four inventionsumbrella, binoculars, camera and bicycle.As a bicycle is too big, show a picture of it instead of a real object. Then ask the students to open their books.Read the instructions to the students. Be sure that the students know what to do. Have the students look
11、at the sample. Ask a good student to read the sentence to the class. Correct any pronunciation errors to make sure the student are providing a good model for the rest of the class.Provide the information of the other four inventions on the blackboard: (Or ask the students to find out the information
12、 by reading an encyclopedia or looking up information on the internet as homework.) umbrella: about 4 000 years ago in Assyria, China and Egypt.binoculars: 1854 Ignatio Porro in Italycamera: 1827 by Joseph Nicephore who took the first picturebicycle: 1880s in England.Let the students write paragraph
13、s about these things on their own.Move around the classroom and provide help as necessary.Ask several children to read their paragraphs to the class. Correct the answers with the rest of the students.Have the students exchange their paragraphs with their partners.Get them to look over the articles c
14、arefully, correcting any mistakes they may have made in writing.Sample answersThe abacus was invented in the sixth century by Chinese people.The umbrella was invented about 4, 000 years ago in Assyria, China and Egypt.The binoculars were invented in 1854 by Ignatio Porro in Italy. The camera was inv
15、ented in 1827 by Joseph Nicephore who took the first picture in the world.The bicycle was invented in 1880, in England.Step Just for FunThis activity provides reading and speaking practice with the target language.Ask the students to look at the cartoon pictures.Look at the cartoon pictures. What wa
16、s invented in the pictures?Help the students to answer like this:A battery-operated tennis racket was invented.Then discuss why the cartoon is funny with the class. Help the students to say, To invent a battery-operated tennis racket is a strange idea.Step SummaryIn this class, weve practiced using
17、some adjectives and written paragraphs about the inventions. At last, we enjoyed a funny cartoon. All of you have done very well.Step Homework1Revise all the language points in this unit.2Finish off the exercises on pages 3940 of the workbook.3Make another sentence with each adjective below:crispy,
18、sweet, salty, sour4Rewrite the paragraphs.Step 7. Blackboard DesignUnit 10 When was it invented?Self CheckThe Sixth PeriodAnswers to Activity 11sweet 2salty 3sour 4crispyThe information of the four inventions:umbrella: about 4.000 years ago in Assyria, China and Egypt.binoculars: 1854 Ignatio Porro in Italycamera: 1827 by Joseph Nicephore who took the first picturebicycle: 1880s in England