Unit18InventionsPeriodFourIntegratingskillsandwritingI
Teachingaims
Learnareadingpassagetoimprovethestudents’readingabilityandlearnaboutsciencemetaphors
Dowritingpracticetoimprovethestudents’abilityofwritingaprocessessayKeywordsandphrases1
digital;paste;storage;electronics2
inthemind;besimilarto;atahighplace;nowthat…;afterallII
TeachingproceduresActivity1
Checktheassignment
Activity2
Integratingskills1
FastreadingReadthepassagequicklyandthenanswerthefollowingquestions
Whyarescientificmetaphorslike“memory”and“cutandpaste”useful
Howdotheylimitourthinking
ThinkofmorewordsweusetotalkaboutcomputersandInternet
Howwelldotheydescribethethingsoractiontheyareusedfor
Arethereotherwordswecouldusethatmightbebetter
Suggestedanswers:1)Theymakeiteasierforustounderstandanduseanewtool
Meanwhilethe