1、Unit 10 When was it invented?The First Period Teaching Aims and Demands1Knowledge Objects(1) Key Vocabulary：invent(2) Target LanguageWhen was the telephone invented?I think it was invented in 1876.2Ability Objects(1) Teach the students to use the new words.(2) Train the students to talk about the hi
2、story of inventions.(3) Train the students listening and speaking skills with the target language.3Moral ObjectsMany important inventions have changed the world a lot. Do you know the inventors of them? And when were they invented? Teaching Key Points1Key Vocabulary：invent2Target LanguageTalk about
3、the history of inventions. Teaching Difficult Points1Train the students to talk about the history of inventions.2Train the students to understand the target language in spoken conversation. Teaching Methods1Listening. 2Groupwork. 3Pairwork. Teaching Aids1A tape recorder.2Some pictures or real object
4、s of the inventions. Teaching ProceduresStep Revision1Revise the language points in Unit 9. Ask some students to say something about Tina and the stories happened on April Fools Day. Encourage them to use the Past Perfect Tense.2Check the homework by asking some students to share the sentences they
5、made with the verbs with the class.Step 1aThis activity reviews vocabulary and introduces new vocabulary which can be used to talk about inventions.Read the inventions to the students.Call the students attention to the five pictures. Tell the students that all of these things were invented in the la
6、st 150 years. Point to each picture and let the students tell what it is.Have several different students guess and write the dates on the board.Ask the class to repeat the questions and answers like this.T: When was the computer invented? Class repeat.Ss: When was the computer invented?T: Good. Now
7、Tom, what is your guess?S1: 1965.T: OK. Tom, repeat after me. The computer was invented in 1965.T: Class, please repeat.Ss: The computer was invented in 1965.Repeat the process with several different inventions.Tell the children that they will find out the real dates after they complete the lesson.H
8、ave the students look at the example conversation in the box. Ask two students to read this conversation to the class.A: I think the telephone was invented before the car.B. Well, I think the telephone was invented after the car.Read the instructions again to the students. Remind them to remember th
9、e inventions from first to last.Then have the students talk about the five inventions in groups of four, using the sample conversation as a model.Ask several groups to tell the class their answers. The rest of the class listen to them and show they have different answers by raising their hands.In th
10、e next activity you will find out the real dates.Step 1bThis activity gives students practice in understanding the target language in spoken conversation.Get the whole class to read the instruction together.Call the students attention to the five inventions in the picture. Ask five students to say t
11、he names of them.Then ask them to see the five dates with a blank line in front of each.Well listen to a girl and a woman talking about the five inventions. They will talk about when they were invented. Listen carefully and match the inventions and the dates. Write the correct letter in front of eac
12、h date as the sample given. Ask them to have a look at the sample answer. Tell them the answer in front of 1876 is d. That means that the telephone, which is letter d, was invented in 1876. Play the recording the first time. The students only listen and try to catch the main idea.Play the recording
13、a second time. Let the students match the inventions and the dates. Check the answers by asking several to say the answers to the class.If some of the answers are hard to get for the children, tell them not to worry and they will make it next.Then play the recording again. Pause after each sentence
14、and let the students repeat. For some difficult sentences, get the students to repeat several times. Be sure that they make everything clear.Answersd 1876 a 1885 e 1927 c 1971 b 1976Step 1cThis activity provides guided oral practice using the target language.Read the instructions and point to the li
15、st of dates in Activity 1b.You will be talking about the dates things were invented with a partner.Call the students attention to the example in the box. Ask a pair of the students to read this conversation to the class.SA: When was the telephone invented?SB: I think it was invented in 1876.Write th
16、e conversation on the blackboard. Then get the students to practice in pairs, using the information in Activity 1b. Tell them to do it like this:Student A, covers the dates. Students B, asks Student A when the things in the picture above were invented. Then change roles and practice again.Ask severa
17、l pairs to share their conversations with the class.Step SummaryIn this class, weve learned to talk about the history of inventions with passive voice. Weve also done some listening practice in understanding the target language in spoken conversation. And weve done much oral practice, using the targ
18、et language.Step Homework1Write out two conversations in Activity 1a.2Write out two conversations in Activity 1 c.Step Blackboard DesignUnit 10 When was it invented?Section AThe First Period1The names of the five inventions:computer, car, calculator, telephone, TV set2Target language:A: When was the telephone invented?B: I think it was invented in 1876.
