Period 1
教学内容
Getting ready (p. 49), Reading (pp.5 0-51), Vocabulary C1, C2 (p. 52),
教学目标
语言知识
认读和理解单词telephone, wheel, comfortable, carriage, century, passenger, invent, practical, since, distance, mobile phone, anytime, develop, lamp, candle, daytime和短语since then, keep in touch with, in the daytime等。
语言技能
根据上下文语境猜测词义。
运用略读策略了解文章大意。
文化意识
了解历史上的伟大发明。
教学重点
根据主阅读篇章的标题、引言和插图获得关键信息。
教学难点
根据上下文语境猜测词义。
教学过程
教学过程
教学过程
Step 1 阅读Getting ready 板块的图文,了解单元话题。
学生观察教材第49页的卡通图,阅读Hi和Lo的对话,回答下列
问题。
● What is Hi doing? (He is reading a book.)
● What is the book about? (It is about great inventions.)
● What does Hi ask Lo? (What is the most important invention in the
world?)
● Why is Lo so proud of himself? (Because Lo thinks the robot is the
most important invention in the world and he himself is a robot.)
Step 2 通过回答问题,激活与单元话题有关的背景知识。
学生浏览一组与我们的生活息息相关的重要发明的图片,并回答问题:Which is the most important invention to you? Why?。教师帮助学生总结:These inventions have all changed our way of life and made our lives more comfortable.。学生认读和理解单词comfortable。
教师展示教材第50页六幅发明的图片,要求学生回答:What have these inventions done for us? (They have greatly changed our way of life.)。学生完成练习A1,同时认读和理解单词telephone, mobile phone和wheel。
学生小组讨论练习A2的问题:How do these inventions help us in our daily lives?。教师帮助学生总结:These inventions help us in many ways in our daily lives. We may use them anytime, anywhere. They are very practical.。学生认读和理解单词anytime和practical。
学生阅读主阅读篇章中的图片、标题、引言和小标题,回答Before you read部分的两个问题。
教师告诉学生:通过阅读文章图片、标题、引言等信息来了解文章大意的阅读策略叫做略读(skimming)。学生学习教材第53页Strategy部分的内容,了解略读的概念和作用。
学生再次略读全文,尤其关注每一段的首、末句,并回答下列问题。
● How do great inventions help people? (They help people live a
better life.)
● Which invention is probably the greatest in history according to
the article? (The wheel.)
● What did Alexander Graham Bell invent? (He invented one of the
first practical telephones.)
● When was the first practical light bulb invented? (In 1879.)
Step 3 通过Vocabulary部分的练习和补充的词汇练习,加深和巩固
核心词汇的理解和运用。
学生阅读全文,划出生词。教师可要求学生通过上下文猜测部分生词的含义或通过Vocabulary C1中的句子理解其含义。
学生完成Vocabulary C2的练习。
学生运用本课所学词汇的正确形式,完成补充的词汇练习。
● Da Vinci is the most famous 15th century painter.
● He opened the door and a strong wind blew out the candle /
candles.
● Will people invent / develop new types of transportation in the
future?
● Passengers can get free water at the airport.
● A good reporter must keep in touch with what is happening in the
world.
● Could you help me and change the left wheel of my car? The tyre
is flat.
● Mr Green’s plan was quite practical, so everyone agreed with
him.
● How can I keep in touch with you if your mobile phone is off all
the time?
● A straight line is the shortest distance between two points.
回家作业
1. 抄写单词和短语: telephone, wheel, comfortable, carriage, century,
passenger, invent, practical, since, distance, mobile phone, anytime,
develop, lamp, candle, daytime, since then, keep in touch with, in
the daytime等。
2. 思考:How do the wheel, the telephone and the light bulb help
people live a better life?。
3. 完成 《练习册》第50页Vocabulary和第57页Reading A的练习。
Period 2
教学内容
Reading (p. 51), Comprehension D1, D2, D3 (p. 53)
教学目标
语言知识
理解和运用短语in the early 19th century, be able to, across the world, allow…to do…, keep in touch with等。
语言技能
能利用所给提示(如图片、关键词等)描述一件发明。
能通过图表理清文章结构,归纳文章大意。
文化意识
深入了解伟大发明如何改变人类的活动。
教学重点
掌握主阅读篇章的事实信息,巩固核心单词和短语。
教学难点
运用图表理清文章的结构和主要内容。
教学过程
Step 1 了解更多的发明,同时复习第一课时所学的词汇。
学生根据提示信息,说出各项发明的名称。
● We can use it to communicate with people over long distance. (telephone / mobile phone)
● We can make phone calls with it anytime, anywhere. (mobile phone)
● It is perhaps one of the most practical inventions in the 20th century. Now people use it for both work and play. (computer)
● After its invention, we no longer needed to use the stairs. (lift)
● It cools or warms rooms to make them more comfortable for people to stay in. (air conditioner)
● Passengers who use this for transportation no longer need to worry about traffic jams. (the underground)
● The Wright brothers invented the first machine-powered model of it. (airplane / aircraft)
Step 2 通过图表理清主阅读篇章结构,归纳文章主要内容。
1. 学生阅读主阅读篇章的第一部分,并填写下表。
The wheel
Inventor
Don’t know.
Time of invention
A few thousand years ago.
Life after its invention
Travelling became faster and more comfortable.
Examples:
● carriages
● trains
● cars
2. 学生阅读主阅读篇章的第二部分,并填写下表。
The telephone
Inventor
Alexander Graham Bell.
Time of invention
In 1876.
Life after its invention
● People can speak to each other over long distances.
● People can keep in touch with each other anytime, anywhere with mobile phones.
3. 学生阅读主阅读篇章的第三部分,回答下列问题。
● What did people use to see at night before the invention of the
light bulb? (People used oil lamps, gas lamps or candles.)
● What has the life been like after the invention of the light bulb?
(People can do as many things in the evenings as they can in the
daytime.)
4. 教师播放课文录音,学生跟读课文。教师根据学生的实际情况和教学需要,讲解课文中的知识点。学生认读和理解短语in the early 19th century, be able to, across the world, allow…to do…, keep in touch with;认识专有名词Alexander Graham Bell和Thomas Edison。
Step 3 根据主阅读篇章的内容,运用所学词汇描述电脑这项伟大发明。
1. 学生完成Comprehension D1, D2的练习,加深对主阅读篇章细节
信息的理解。
2. 学生模仿主阅读篇章内容,谈论电脑这项伟大发明。教师可提供一些关于电脑的信息、开头和结尾句型以及描述中可能会用到的词汇。
Step 4 讨论和回答问题,进一步理解“发明改变生活”的话题。
学生分组讨论和回答Comprehension D3中的问题,并陈述自己的观点。
回家作业
1. 模仿录音的语音、语调,朗读课文。
2. 复习主阅读篇章中的词汇。
3. 从以下话题中任选一个进行思考并作口头准备,然后在下一课时
口头汇报。
● Imagine life without wheels
● Imagine life without telephones
● Imagine life without light bulbs
4. 完成《练习册》第58至59页Reading B, C的练习。
Period 3
教学内容
Grammar (pp. 55-57)
教学目标
语言知识
学习形容词good, bad和far的不规则比较级和最高级的形式及用法。
学习as…as结构及其用法。
语言技能
能根据所给的图表信息,运用所学语法知识,比较事物。
学习策略
自主归纳语法规则的能力和交流过程中的合作精神。
教学重点
运用形容词good, bad和far的不规则比较级和最高级以及(not) as…as结构比较事物。
教学难点
运用(not) as…as结构比较事物。
教学过程
教学过程
教学过程
教学过程
Step 1 检查回家作业的落实情况。
学生口头汇报一下内容。
● Imagine life without wheels
● Imagine life without telephones
● Imagine life without light bulbs
Step 2 学习形容词good, bad和far的不规则比较级和最高级形式,并初步运用。
教师告诉学生:We should be thankful to the inventors for their great inventions. We can learn a lot from them.。学生读以下这段名言,体会发明家不断追求完美、永不放弃的精神。Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better and your better is best.
教师由这段名言引出教材第55页常用的三个形容词good, bad和far的不规则比较级和最高级的形式。
学生观察练习A1中的成绩表。为了确保学生理解表格中的数字。教师可以提问:What does the number “83” mean? (Daisy got an 83 in Art. / Daisy’s mark in Art.)
学生观察练习A1的示例,教师可以通过以下问题确认学生理解示例中分别使用比较级和最高级的原因。Why do we use “better” in the first example but “best” in the second? (In the first example, we compare two students’ marks. In the second example, we compare more than two students’ marks.)
学生完成练习A1,通过对子活动核对答案,并朗读对话。
学生完成练习A2。 然后,教师可要求学生改变参照地点编制对话,进一步巩固far的比较级和最高级的用法。如:
S1: Whose home is farther / further from Alice’s, Daisy’s or Paul’s?
S2: Paul’s home is farther / further from Alice’s.
S1: Whose home is the farthest / furthest from Alice’s, Daisy’s,
Paul’s or Eric’s?
S2: Eric’s home is the farthest / furthest from Alice’s.
教师要求学生说出他们所知道的其他常见的比较级和最高级是不规则变化的形容词,并帮助学生总结出以下三个表示数量的形容词。同时提醒学生few是规则变化。学生用这些词的比较级完成句子。
many-more-the most much- more-the most
little-less-the least few-fewer-the fewest
● With light bulbs, people can do more things than before at night.
● Light bulbs produce more light than oil lamps.
● Oil lamps produce less light than light bulbs.
● Carriages carry fewer passengers than trains.
8. 学生根据下表,用many, much, little和few的比较级和最高级形
式完成句子。
教师应提醒学生注意表中的可数名词与不可数名词。
Student
Things the student has
Alice
30 storybooks, 7 notebooks
3 packets of paper, 5 bottles of ink
Ben
27 storybooks, 8 notebooks
2 packets of paper, 8 bottles of ink
Judy
21 storybooks, 12 notebooks
1 packets of paper, 6 bottles of ink
Example: Ben has more paper than Judy but fewer storybooks than Alice.
● Judy has fewer storybooks than Alice but more notebooks than Ben.
● Ben has more ink than Judy but less paper than Alice.
● Alice has the most storybooks among / of the three students.
● Judy has the least paper among / of the three students.
● Alice has the fewest notebooks among / of the three students.
● Ben has the most ink among / of the three students.
Step 3 学习同级比较结构as…as及其用法。
教师提问:How big was the first computer in the world? (It was bigger than a car.)。然后向学生展示第一台计算机的图片,告诉学生:The first computer was as big as room.。学生找出主阅读篇章中含有as…as结构的句子。如:With light bulbs, people can do as many things in the evenings as they can in the daytime.。
学生观察教材第56页的例句,完成Work out the rule部分的内容。
学生完成练习B1。教师注意让学生理解产品说明中H, W, D分别代表高(Height)、长(Width)和宽(Depth)。
学生完成练习B2。教师提醒学生注意表中的可数名词与不可数名词。
学生根据下表与示例,用(not) as…as结构完成句子。
Student
Things the student has
Lucy
25 storybooks, 2 notebooks
5 packets of paper, 1 bottle of ink
Mary
25 storybooks, 2 notebooks
5 packets of paper, 1 bottle of ink
Sandy
32 storybooks, 4 notebooks
2 packets of paper, 5 bottles of ink
Example:
Lucy has as many storybooks as Mary.
Mary doesn’t have as many storybooks as Sandy.
● Lucy has as much paper as Mary.
● Lucy has as much ink as Mary.
● Mary / Lucy doesn’t have as many notebooks as Sandy.
● Sandy doesn’t have as much paper as Mary / Lucy.
● Mary / Lucy doesn’t have as much ink as Sandy.
● Mary has as little ink as Lucy.
● Lucy has as few notebooks as Mary.
回家作业
调查并比较班级同学的不同方面,如身高、体重等。要求在比较中运用形容词good, bad, far, many, much和little等的比较级和最高级以及(not) as…as结构。
2. 完成《练习册》第51至53页Grammar的练习。
Period 4
教学内容
Speaking (pp. 58-59), Project (pp. 63-64)
教学目标
语言知识
掌握朗读一般疑问句时的语调。
了解发明在日常生活中的应用和中国古代四大发明。
语言技能
在一般疑问句的句尾使用升调。
根据提纲和范文,合作撰写关于中国古代四大发明之一的短文。
情感态度
在对话和完成课题的过程中积极与他人合作,互相帮助,共同完成任务。
教学重点
运用问答形式谈论生活中常用的发明。
教学难点
小组合作查找资料,并撰写一篇关于中国古代四大发明之一的短文。
教学过程
教学过程
Step 1 学习Talk time部分朗读一般疑问句时的语调。
1. 教师通过提问方式和学生进行交流。如:
Can I ask you some questions?
Do you remember what we learnt yesterday?
Do you know the comparative from of the word “far”?
Can you repeat that?
Is this correct?
2. 学生复述教师所提的问题,并思考这些问题是什么类型的疑问句,朗读时需要注意什么。教师帮助学生总结:朗读一般疑问句时, 句尾要使用升调。
学生听练习A1的对话录音,然后两人一组,朗读对话。
学生继续进行对子活动,根据练习A2中的发明,模仿练习A1中的对话编制对话,操练一般疑问句的语调。
Step 2 完成Speak up部分关于对自己及家人最有用的一项发明的谈论。
教师就练习A2中的四项发明,和二至三名学生进行交流,可以提问如下内容。
● Do you often use them?
● Which is the most useful invention to you and your family?
● Why do you think so?
● What do you or your family use it for?
● How often do you use it?
● Can you do without it?
…
教师展示教材第59页五项发明的图片。学生说出这些发明的名称。然后,教师鼓励学生说出更多日常生活中使用的发明,并将它们板书在黑板上。
学生听Speak up部分示例对话的录音,然后模仿示例对话,谈论对自己及家人最有用的发明。可参考教材第59页和黑板上补充的生活中常用的发明。教师应鼓励学生在四个问题的基础上至少再增加一至两个新问题。
Step 3 阅读Project板块的内容,共同参与制作名为“中国古代伟大发明”的小册子。
教师提问:We have talked about many great inventions from other
countries, but do you know about the four great inventions from ancient China?。
教师展示教材第63页中国古代四大发明的图片。学生以小组活动的形式,选择想要介绍的一项发明,并思考应从哪些方面去了解这项发明。教师提醒学生可以参考主阅读篇章和Speak up部分的内容。
学生阅读A部分的参考问题。教师可建议他们再列出二至三个问题,使自己最终的汇报内容更加充实。学生通过百科全书或互联网,查阅一项四大发明的信息,完成B部分的表格。
学生阅读C部分的范文,然后总结每段大意。认读和理解单词introduction。
各小组的学生参考C部分的范文,共同完成关于本小组所选发明的短文初稿。教师邀请各组代表上台作简单的口头汇报。
回家作业
各小组继续完成关于中国古代四大发明之一的短文,包括补充内容、图片等,使其更加丰富和完善。最终将各小组的文章整理成册,供全班学生阅读。
完成《练习册》第56页Speaking的练习。
Period 5
教学内容
Listening (p. 54), Writing (p. 60)
教学目标
语言知识
认读和理解单词advertisement, funny, create, dust, special, wing, instead of , petrol和短语keep…off, at the same time等。
进一步熟悉和理解“发明与技术”的话题。
语言技能
听前理解图片信息,听中捕捉关键信息。
运用“蛛网图”组织写作素材。
学习策略
利用图片等非文本信息理解主题内容,在学习中善于模仿,举一反三。
教学重点
在听的过程中捕捉关键信息。
教学难点
运用“蛛网图”构思写作内容及结构。
教学过程
教学过程
教学过程
Step 1 检测回家作业的落实情况。
学生展示“中国古代伟大发明”的小册子,教师给予适当的评价。
Step 2 完成Listening板块的任务。
教师展示练习A中四幅发明的图片,学生猜测图片中的物品是什么,起什么作用。同时,回答下列问题:What are they? What can we do with them?。
教师提问:What do you think of these inventions?。在学生回答后,告诉学生:这四项都是有趣的发明,接下来要听一段关于这四项发明的广告。学生认读和理解单词funny和advertisement。
教师播放录音一至二遍,学生完成练习A。教师与学生一起核对答案。在核对第二幅图片的答案时,学生认读和理解单词dust和短语keep…off和at the same time。教师提问:What do you think of the inventions? (They are very special.)。学生认读和理解单词special。
学生尝试回答这四项发明的用途,从而了解听力内容的大意。教师可以提问:What do we use these inventions for?。
教师再次播放录音,学生完成练习B。教师与学生一起核对答案。
教师和学生分享更多有趣而奇特的小发明,如公共交通乘车帽、自动旋转冰激淋筒、360度照相机等。然后鼓励学生进行讨论,找出身边类似的有趣而奇特的小发明,并说出它们的用途。若学生无法说出此类小发明,告诉学生:Today, you can create a new or special invention of your own.,从而自然过渡到Writing板块。学生认读和理解单词create。
Step 3 描写自己想像中的新发明,完成写作任务。
教师告诉学生:A student has designed a flying car. What do you want to know about this new invention?。鼓励学生提出问题,并将学生的问题板书在黑板上。
教师展示练习B中范文的主体部分(body),学生阅读后,尝试回答他们之前提出的问题。如:
● How many wheels does the flying car have? (It has four wheels.)
● How fast is it? (It can travel at a speed of 300 km / h.)
● What is special about the car? (It can run on land and fly in the
air.)
● How do we fly it? (We just need to shout “fly” and it will turn
into a plane in 30 seconds.)
● What kind of power does it use? (It uses solar power.)
在回答最后一个问题时,可以先作铺垫。如:Most cars use petrol.
Does the flying car depend on petrol?。学生给出正确回答后,教
师可以补充:It uses solar power instead of petrol.。学生认读和理
解单词instead of和petrol。
教师给出以下三个问题。学生思考这三个问题是否包含了之前提出的部分问题,其中哪些问题可以归入这三个问题的范畴。
● What does it look like?
● What is special about it?
● How does it work?
教师告诉学生:描写一项发明需要至少包含着三方面的内容,其他内容可以作为补充。教师根据练习A中的“蛛网图”帮助学生进一步分析描写一项发明所需要包含的三方面内容。
学生可以运用练习A中的“蛛网图”组织思路,设计自己的新发明,并准备写作素材。
学生阅读练习B中范文的Introduction和Closing部分,说出这篇文章的Introduction部分与Body部分的关系,以及Closing 部分的作用。如:Body部分的三段分别对应了Introduction中描述flying car性能的三方面,即:fast, convenient和green;Closing部分说明了作者设计这项发明的目的。
学生划出范文中包含形容词比较级和同级比较的句子。如:You can go to farther places in a shorter time.,You will be as free as a bird.。教师告诉学生:这些句子形象地补充说明了该发明的特点,并鼓励学生在写作中尝试运用此类语句。
回家作业
结合个人构建的“蛛网图”,模仿练习B中的范文,完成一篇题
为“My invention”的作文。
2. 完成《练习册》第54至55页Listening和第60页Writing的练
习。
Period 6
教学内容
More practice (p. 61), Culture corner (p. 62)
教学目标
语言知识
了解单词giant, ballpoint pen, editor, refill, ink, mess, tip, roll, success和短语right now, make a mess, dry easily, refer to等。
了解圆珠笔发明者发明圆珠笔的故事及孔明灯和热气球这两项发明。
语言技能
能运用略读、找读等阅读策略理解文章大意和细节。
能就“圆珠笔的使用”与“圆珠笔发明者的伟大之处”等话题参与讨论,表达简单的观点和意见。
学习策略
利用网络资源和百科全书等工具查找信息。
对所学内容进行自我评估,反思学习中的进步与不足。
教学重点
了解补充阅读和文化角板块中篇章的大意和细节。
教学难点
了解单词giant, ballpoint pen, editor, refill, ink, mess, roll, success和
短语right now, make a mess, refer to等。
教学过程
教学过程
教学过程
Step 1 学习More practice板块的相关内容。
学生说说经过前几课时的学习,了解了哪些伟大的发明家和他们的发明。如:
Thomas Edison developed the first practical light bulb.,Cai Lun invented paper.,
Alexander Graham Bell is the inventor of the first practical telephone.。
教师呈现文章的第一段,提问学生是否知道这是哪项发明。接着提问:Which do you prefer, a ballpoint pen or a fountain pen? Why?。教师可事先准备圆珠笔、钢笔和墨水,通过现场演示,帮助学生理解文中的生词。
学生尝试回答问题:Do you know why the ballpoint pen was invented?。同时了解单词refill, mess, tip, roll和短语make a mess, dry easily。
教师告诉学生他们将要读到的是一篇讲述圆珠笔发明者的文章。学生运用略读策略阅读全文,并判断下列句子分别概括了文中哪一段的段落大意。
● The ballpoint pen was a great success. (Paragraph 3)
● How the ballpoint pen was invented. (Paragraph 2)
● How people remember Biro. (Paragraph 4)
学生细读全文,回答练习A的四个问题,进一步理解文章细节。
教师引导学生关注文章的标题,思考标题中giant的意思。并要求他们小组讨论:What does the word “giant” mean in the title? Why do we call Biro a pen giant?。
学生思考问题:Do you know of any other invention that was named after its invention?。
学生阅读一篇关于“三明治发明者”的短文,并完成练习。
Step 2 学习Culture corner板块内容。
1. 教师告诉学生孔明灯就是以发明者诸葛亮(字孔明)的名字命
名的,他们将要读到的是一篇关于孔明灯的文章。
2. 教师展示一张孔明灯的图片并提问学生:Have you ever flown a
Kongming Lantern? When?,How does the Kongming Lantern rise
into the sky?。
3. 学生略读Culture corner板块的文章,回答下列问题。
● Where is the Kongming Lantern popular? (All over Asia.)
● What is the relationship between the Kongming Lantern and the
hot-air balloon? (The Kongming Lantern led to the invention of
the hot-air balloon.)
4. 学生再次阅读文章,回答下列问题。
● What is the Kongming Lantern? (It is a kind of paper lantern
with a closed top and a small candle inside.)
● How does the Kongming Lantern work? (The candle heats the
air inside the lantern and makes it rise.)
● When do people use the Kongming Lantern? (People use it on
important days and during festivals.)
● What did Zhuge Liang use such Lanterns to do? (He used them
to give signals in battles.)
● How did the Kongming Lantern lead to the invention of the
hot-air balloon? (Because they both work in the same way.)
Step 3 完成Self-assessment部分关于单元学习情况的自我评价。
回家作业
利用百科全书或互联网搜索下列内容,并整理成小短文。
● 类似圆珠笔的伟大小发明
● 以发明者名字命名的发明
● 一项发明推动另一项发明的例子
可以通过以下几个方面来介绍:
● How was it invented?
● Why was it invented?
● How did it work?
选择性地完成《练习册》第61至64页Integration的练习。