1、Reading1.通过任务型阅读，培养学生的阅读能力和概括能力。2.教学生热爱发明，勇于思索和探究。本节课以Inventors and inventions为话题，让学生了解发明和发现的区别，学习发明家的成功事例。Warming Up 提供了一些科学家及其发明创造的图片，直接导入文章主题。Reading部分，主要是让学生从整体上去把握文章结构:了解发现问题（snake trouble）、分析问题（products that might help）到解决问题（remove the snakes）的全过程，并介绍了专利申请方面的一些知识。通过快速阅读和细节阅读，既让学生从整体上理解全文，又让学生从
2、细节上深层次加深对文章重点和难点把握。设计问题分层进行,使得不同层次的学生都有话说,这样既能够培养学生阅读思维能力，又能提高学生口语表达能力，课堂效果明显提高。2.Guess what the invention is or who the inventor is.1.Do you know any inventors and inventions?let us appreciate a video to know some folk inventions in china.因您的存在而有力发明创造中国梦Zhang Hengseismographinvented Why is he famou
3、s?Cai Lunpapermaking Why is he famous?Thomas Edison invented the electric bulb.Why is he famous?Ben FranklinLightning is electricitydiscovered Why is he famous?radiumMadame Curiediscovered Why is he famous?the New ContinentColumbus Please tell whether the following are discoveries or inventions.Its
4、_ a discovery.An amphibious car Its _ 水陆两用汽车 an invention.Its _ Stephensons“Rocket”an invention.DNAIts _ a discovery.A discovery is something existingin nature but not yet _.An invention is something_by human beings.knowncreatedDifference between a discoveryand an inventionDiscoveries often _ _inven
5、tions.Inventions _often_ _ discoveries.lead toare based on Connection betweendiscoveries and inventions？Do you know the stages every inventor must go through before inventing?Applying for a patentFinding a problemDoing researchTesting the solutionThinking of a creative solutionDeciding on the invent
6、ion1._2._3._4._5._6._stages every inventor must go through:Look at the pictures,what inventions can you think of?The Problem Of The Snakes1.Skim the whole passage and get the main idea:Summary:The text narrates _ and presents _and applying for _.the problem of the snakes the procedures of catching t
7、hem a patentPart 1(Para1)A.The attempts to catch snakes.Part 2(Para2-3)B.The requirement of getting a patent.Part3(Para4-6)C.The discovery of the problem of the snakes.Part 4(Para7-8)D.The research on the approaches to solve the problem.E.The importance of inventing.2.Match each part with its main i
8、dea1.What kind of writing style is the passage?_.A.narrative(记叙文)B.argumentative(议论文)C.explanatory(说明文)D.imaginary(想象的)Read the text again and choose the right answer 2.The biggest advantage of the writers new idea is that:A.it makes the snakes move slowlyB.it makes the snakes hardly bite usC.it is
9、easier for us to kill the snakes without hurting ourselvesD.it is easier for us to catch the snakes without killing themPara.Stages Examples in this storyFind a problemThe snake must be caught but not_.Do researchResearch the _ of snakes.Think of a creative solutionIdentify three possible approaches
10、 and choose_.Test the solution several timesTry_ times to make it work successfully.Apply for a patentThis means the solution is _.harmedhabits124,5,67,83threerecognizedoneFill in this form:Imagine you are a designer(D)for something new(cell phone,robot)and it sells well.Hearing this,a reporter(R)co
11、mes to interview you about it.Your conversation can be based on its functions(功能).Sentence patterns:1.Firstly,it can be used to do2.Secondly,it will helpif I3.What is more,it can alsoYou can begin your conversation like this:R(reporter):Your looks D(designer):1.Revise the text again at home.2.Exercises 2.3 on Page 24