UNIT 12 INNOVATION WRITING WORKSHOP课件2（共37张PPT，内镶嵌音频）-高中英语北师大版（2019）选择性必修第四册

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WRITING WORKSHOP
UNIT 12 INNOVATION
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
To read and talk about writing an essay about an inventor and his / her invention;
To read for general understanding;
To read for specific information and deep understanding;
To compare personal opinions with the ideas of others;
To understand and learn words and expressions in context;
To write an essay about an inventor and his / her invention.
KEY POINTS AND DIFFICULT POINTS
More time is needed to write an essay about an inventor and his / her invention;
To answer the comprehension questions;
To get general idea and key information in the text;
To struggle with sentence construction and spelling;
To struggle with grammar rules and usage;
To compose writing through outlining, drafting and editing.
LEADING IN
What aspects can we write in an essay about an inventor and his / her invention
aspects
name
birth
invention
influence
achievement
evaluation
...
AN INTRODUCTION OF AN INVENTOR AND HIS / HER INVENTION
介绍发明家及其发明
一、概述
“介绍发明家与其发明”是记叙文的一种，是对发明家主要事迹和发明过程进行描述。
首先，对发明家进行简要的介绍。其次，挑选出发明家一生中比较重要的事迹进行描写。最后，介绍该发明的影响。也可以对发明家进行客观的评价，包括其人格、贡献以及闪光点的评价。
介绍发明家及其发明
一、概述
人物介绍类文章的写作时态比较灵活，常用一般过去时来讲述人物的事迹，而评价性话语则常采用一般现在时，以便说明所描述的人物的成就及其影响。
人物介绍类文章一般采用“总一分一总”三段模式。第一段言简意赅，开门见山，直奔主题，简要介绍发明家的身份及其成就；第二段介绍发明家发明的主要过程；第三段用两句话总结全文，达到首尾呼应，起到画龙点睛的效果。
AN INTRODUCTION OF AN INVENTOR AND HIS / HER INVENTION
介绍发明家及其发明
二、常用素材
1. 介绍人物的姓名、出身
She is a young woman from America.
Abraham Lincoln, the son of a poor family, was born
in Kentucky on February 12, 1809.
Stephen Hawking, one of the world’s most influential scientists, was born in 1942.
AN INTRODUCTION OF AN INVENTOR AND HIS / HER INVENTION
介绍发明家及其发明
二、常用素材
2. 介绍人物的成就或取得的成绩
During her career life, she obtained 132 championships , including 4 Olympic championships.
When he was still a boy, he showed great interest in
literature.
His stories, most of which are short ones, give people
surprising endings.
AN INTRODUCTION OF AN INVENTOR AND HIS / HER INVENTION
介绍发明家及其发明
二、常用素材
Her story tells us that we should value what we have ,
and try our best to overcome any difficulty in life.
3. 介绍发明的过程
One day when he was 12 years old, he was sitting in his
family kitchen watching a kettle boiling water.
AN INTRODUCTION OF AN INVENTOR AND HIS / HER INVENTION
介绍发明家及其发明
二、常用素材
4. 介绍人物的影响及人们对此人的评价
He became famous for his new theory.
The people had come to love him as an inspiring leader.
We regard him as our model.
Lei Feng has been praised for his communist spirit.
He was a bright star in the world of science.
AN INTRODUCTION OF AN INVENTOR AND HIS / HER INVENTION
介绍发明家及其发明
三、常用句型
1. 第一段
..., a great ..., was born in ... and died in ... He / She invented ...
Born in ... and dying in ..., ... was a remarkable ..., who invented ...
2. 第二段
During his / her time, ... was popular, but he / she found ...
AN INTRODUCTION OF AN INVENTOR AND HIS / HER INVENTION
介绍发明家及其发明
三、常用句型
2. 第二段
In order to change this situation, ... invented ..., which allowed ..., and greatly reduced ... costs.
When working as ..., ... used ... to ..., which had many disadvantages.
To change that, ... improved ... by using ... The biggest advantage was that ..., because ...
AN INTRODUCTION OF AN INVENTOR AND HIS / HER INVENTION
介绍发明家及其发明
三、常用句型
3. 第三段
... invention revolutionised ... and it had a far-reaching impact on ...
... was a great revolution in the history of ..., which made a great contribution to ...
AN INTRODUCTION OF AN INVENTOR AND HIS / HER INVENTION
介绍发明家及其发明
四、写作模板
Born in _________ (出生地), _________ (人物) was/ is _________ (职业或头衔).
When he/ she was young, _________ (事件). In _________ (时间), _________ (事件). From _________ (时间) to _________ (时间), he/ she _________ (事件或经历).
He/ She made agreat contribution to _________ (成就).
AN INTRODUCTION OF AN INVENTOR AND HIS / HER INVENTION
Write 2-3 sentences for your essay introducing an inventor and his/her invention. Use the Sentence Builder to help you.
FOCUS ON STRUCTURE AND LANGUAGE
FOCUS ON STRUCTURE AND LANGUAGE
Time Expressions (2)
James Watt was an engineer, scientist and inventor, who was born in Scotland in 1736.
One day when he was 12 years old, he was sitting in his family kitchen watching a kettle boiling water.
Sentence Builder
FOCUS ON STRUCTURE AND LANGUAGE
Time Expressions (2)
As the water boiled, the steam made the top of the kettle bounce up and down.
Later he began to experiment with steam and eventually developed the steam engine.
Sentence Builder
COMPOSE YOUR WRITING
Search online for more information about the inventor and the invention you are going to write about.
Take notes of the information in order of time.
Focus on the most important and interesting facts.
COMPOSE YOUR WRITING
1. Outlining
Complete the outline of your essay based on Activity 4.
My Outline
Inventor: __________________________
Invention: _________________________
Inspiration and research: __________
___________________________________
Influence of the invention: __________
___________________________________
COMPOSE YOUR WRITING
1. Outlining
Complete the outline of your essay based on Activity 4.
Review the structure of an introduction;
Copy the structure in your notebooks;
Write some notes on what each paragraph will contain.
COMPOSE YOUR WRITING
Writing an Introduction of an Inventor and His / Her Invention
It's important to:
· make your essay well-structured and include the inventor, the inventing process (inspiration), and the influence of the invention;
Writing Help
2. Drafting Use your outline and the Writing Help to write your first draft.
COMPOSE YOUR WRITING
Writing an Introduction of an Inventor and His / Her Invention
It's important to:
· use a variety of time expressions to introduce how the invention came about;
· use the past tense to describe the inventor’s actions in creating the invention.
Writing Help
COMPOSE YOUR WRITING
Sample Writing 1
请用英语写一篇介绍电话发明家亚历山大·贝尔 (Alexander Bell) 的文章，内容包括：
1. 介绍该人物；
2. 介绍电话的发明过程；
3. 电话的作用和影响。
注意：
1. 词数80左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
COMPOSE YOUR WRITING
Sample Writing 1
Alexander Bell, who was a famous American scientist and the inventor of the telephone, was born in Scotland in 1847, When young, he liked to help the deaf and attempted to find a way to send a voice over wires.
Bell thought that spoken words consisted of different vibrations. He assumed that if a wire could carry vibrations, it was surely capable of carrying a man’s voice. Bell kept on working at it with his assistant Watson. One day in 1874,
COMPOSE YOUR WRITING
Sample Writing 1
working at his receiver in one room, Bell suddenly heard a sound coming from the other room. He shouted excitedly, “Mr Watson. come here! I want to see you!” He was so thrilled because he had made it.
The telephone is so helpful that we can say that nowadays we can not live without it in our daily life. Mobile phones are very convenient to carry, so people can keep in touch with anyone at any time and any place for urgent help.
COMPOSE YOUR WRITING
Sample Writing 2
请用英语写一篇介绍活字印刷术发明家毕昇的文章，内容包括：
1. 介绍该人物；
2. 介绍活字印刷术的发明过程；
3. 活字印刷术的作用和影响。
注意：
1. 词数80左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
COMPOSE YOUR WRITING
Sample Writing 2
Born in 972 AD and dying in 1051 AD, Bi Sheng was a remarkable printing craftsman in the Northern Song Dynasty, who invented movable-type printing.
When working as a printing craftsman, Bi Sheng used block printing to print books, which had many disadvantages. If one single Chinese character was carved wrong, the whole block was wasted. To change that,
COMPOSE YOUR WRITING
Sample Writing 2
Bi Sheng improved the printing technique by using movable-type printing. The biggest advantage was that it was convenient and flexible to use, because every Chinese character could be used repeatedly.
The invention was a great revolution in the history of printing, which made a great contribution to world civilisation.
COMPOSE YOUR WRITING
3. Editing
Edit your essay in pairs. Then share what you have written in class.
Does the writer clearly introduce the inventor and his / her invention
Is the essay well-structured, including the inventing process or inspiration, and the influence of the invention
COMPOSE YOUR WRITING
3. Editing
Edit your essay in pairs. Then share what you have written in class.
Does the writer use time expressions to introduce how the invention came about
Does the writer use the past tense to describe the inventor's actions
PRACTICE
某英语报上开了一个“我最敬佩的发明家”专栏，请你用英语写一篇短文，介绍你最敬佩的发明家托马斯·爱迪生(Thomas Edison)，要点如下:
1. 简单介绍该人物的基本信息；
2. 简述该人物发明电灯的过程；
3. 说明你敬佩他的原因。
注意：
1. 词数80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
PRACTICE
As one of the most famous inventors of all time, Thomas Edison exerted a tremendous influence on modern life, one of which is the invention of light bulb.
At the beginning of the 19th century, people began to use gas lamps, but gas was supplied by pipes. Once the gas leaked or blocked, accidents happened. People were very eager to reform the lighting. In fact, Edison set himself an impossible task: Besides improving lighting, he
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PRACTICE
also had to create a power supply system. He and his friends did more than 1,600 experiments endlessly before they made the first carbon-filament bulb,which could burn for 45 hours at a time. Later, he continued to make improvement, and finally launched a light bulb that could ignite for 1,200 hours.
His spirits will never stop influencing me, pushing me to work hard to achieve my goal.
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SUMMARY
Learn how to write an essay about an inventor and his / her invention;
Read for specific information and deep understanding;
Get general understanding and specific information;
Learn about and practice words and expressions in context;
Write with correct sentence construction and spelling;
Compose writing through outlining, drafting and editing.
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