Unit9Whenwasitinvented?Languagegoals:Inthisunitstudentslearntotalkaboutthehistoryofinventions.Newlanguages:Whenwasthecarinvented?Itwasinventedin1885.Whataretheyusedfor?Theyareusedforseeinginthedarks.Whoweretheyinventedby?ItwasinventedbyJulieThompson.Difficultpoints:1.Inthisunit,thestructure:Passivevoice(questionsandstatements)2.Howtoimprovethestudents’listening,readingandwritingability.Teachingaids:computer,video,recorderTeachingperiods:Period1:SectionA1a/1b/1c/2a/2b/2cPeriod2:Grammarfocus/SectionA3a/3b/4Period3:SectionB1a/1b/2a/2b/2c/Selfcheck1Period4:SectionB3a/3b/3c/4/Selfcheck2Period1Teachingaims:1.Teachvocabularywords.2.Targetlanguages:Whenwasthecarinvented?Itwasinventedin1885.Whataretheyusedfor?Theyareusedforseeinginthedarks.Whoweretheyinventedby?ItwasinventedbyJulieThompson.3.Listen,talkandreadabouttheinventions.4.Trainthespeakingandlisteningabilities.Teachingprocedures:Step1.Lead-inAskstudents“Whohasamobilephone/bike?Doesyourfamilyhasacar/TV/computer…?”Watchthevideoandtellstudentsthesethingswerecalledinventionswhentheywerefirstmade.Theyareveryusefulinventions.Theycanmakeourlifeeasier.Doyouknowanyotherinventions?Listthemonthepaper.Step2.PresentationAsk“Whenwasthetelephoneinvented?”“Thetelephonewasinventedin1876.”Getthestudentsrepeatthesentencesseveraltimes.Whilestudentsarerepeatingthesentences,theteacherwritesdown“Whenwas/were…invented?It/Theywas/wereinventedin…”Watchthevideo.Lookatsomepicturesandpracticethesimilardialogues.Explain“be+PastParticiple”expressPassivevoice(Showaslide)e.g.Englishisspokenaroundtheworld.Abridgewasbuiltlastyear.Step3.SectionA1aGroupworkShowaslide.1.Pointtothepicturesandaskstudentstosaywhattheyare—acomputer,acar,atelephone,aTVandacalculator.2.Ask“Whichoneisthenewest?Whichonedoyouthinkistheoldest?”3.DiscussingroupsandNumberthem1-5.4.Checktheanswers.Step4.SectionA1bThisactivitygivesstudentspracticeinunderstandingthetargetlanguageinspokenconversation.Showaslide.1.Lookatthepicturesandthedates.Youwillhearaconversationbetweenagirlandawoman.2.Listencarefullyandmatchtheinventionsandthedates.3.Listenagainuntilstudentscancatchit.4.Checktheanswers.Step5.SectionA1cPairworkThisactivityprovidesguidedoralpracticeusingthetargetlanguage.1.Watchthevideoandcallattentiontotheconversation.Asktwostudentstoreadit.2.Workinpairs.Lookat1b.StudentAcoverthedates.StudentB,askstudentAwhenthethingsinthepicturewereinvented.Thenchangerolesandpracticeagain.3.Askstudentstomakesimilardialoguesusingthethingsaroundthem.Step6.SectionA2a/2b1.Showaslidewithsomeinventionsonit.Teachthevocabularywords.Readthemagainandagainandtrytograspthem.2.Showanotherslide.Lookatthepicture.Herearethethreeinventions.Youwillhearaconversationbetweenagirlandaboy.Listenandnumbertheinventionsintheorderthatyouhearthem.3.Listencarefullyagainandcheckuptheiranswers.4.Askastudentsayouthis/heranswer.5.Theteachershowsthecorrectanswers.6.Thenshowanotherslide.Lookatthechart.Itshowsthepeoplewhoinventedthesethingsandwhattheyareusedfor.ListentotherecordingagainandmatchtheitemsincolumnA,BandC.7.Playthetapemanytimesuntilthestudentscatchit.Thenchecktheanswers.8.Lookatthetapescriptandreadtheconversationaloudinpairsagainandagain.9.Explainthelanguagepoints.e.g.Whowasitinvented?Itwasinventedby…Whatisitusedfor?Itisusedfordoing…Step7.SectionA2cPairworkThisactivityprovidesguidedoralpracticeusingthetargetl...
