2019学年度人教版选修八Unit 3 Inventors and inventions Period5Using language-Writing教案

Teaching goals 教学目标

1. Target language 目标语言

a. 重点词汇

assistant, grateful, version, debate, conclusion, reaction, leave out, attract attention, water container

b. 重点句子

I would like to apply to become...

I would be grateful if you could...

If that is the case, you must discuss which...

2. Ability goals能力目标

Enable the students to write a successful letter applying for a job.

3. Learning ability goals学能目标

Help the students learn how to write an application letter for a certain purpose.

Teaching important points教学重点

How to write an application letter.

Teaching difficult points教学难点

How to write about a Chinese invention.

Teaching methods教学方法

Task-based activities.

Teaching aids教具准备

A projector and a computer.

Teaching procedures & ways教学过程与方式

Step Ⅰ Revision

Check the homework. Ask some students to show their work.

A sample version:

Leonardo da Vinci is honored by people not only as a successful painter but a great inventor. He was born in a poor family but he had such a gift for painting that he was accepted by a famous painter from Florence to develop his drawing skills. He learnt a lot about the design and structure of various machines and developed a new attitude towards machines, which made it possible for him to produce more drawings of mechanical ideas and create perfect working machines. Da Vinci was such a talented man that he was skilled in almost every field he turned his attention to.

Step Ⅱ Pre-writing

T: In the listening period, we have known something about James Dyson and his Company. Do you remember?

S1: Yes. I have known James Dyson is a famous British Inventor who has made great inventions.

T: Well, would you like to get a job in his company in the future? Why?

S2: Sure. I think it will be pleasant and worthwhile for us young people to have a chance to go abroad and work in a famous company like this. I'm sure both my English and my work