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8B Unit 4 Newspapers—More Practice Benjamin Franklin上南中学东校
8B Unit 4 Newspapers—More Practice
Benjamin Franklin
执教老师：王音
Place Shangnan East Middle School Class
Class 7 Grade 8 Main Lesson Focus Reading
Language focus The simple past tense
Teaching aids Computer, projector, worksheets, blackboard Teaching method Task-based method
Resources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin http://sln.fi.edu/franklin/inventor/inventor.html Biography.Benjamin.Franklin. [DVD. English]
Material analysis
Class profile
Benjamin Franklin is a newspaper article. The passage contains 4 paragraphs and 3 of them are about Benjamin’s inventions. The article is comparatively interesting and attractive for students to read. With the knowledge of former study, grammar and
sentence patterns in this passage are familiar to most students. This is a class of 28 students of Grade 8. They are willing to participate in different teaching activities but there are still some students whose study is not satisfactory. They are very shy in class, keeping quiet and listening to others. I need to provide more chance for them to practice speaking. The average level is intermediate.
Teaching objectives
At the end of the lesson, students are expected to
1. Know the meaning of new words according to the context, e.g. talented, curious.
2. Understand the main idea and some key information through skimming, scanning, detailed reading, etc.
3. Develop their ability to express ideas related to the topic after having a brainstorm.
Key points and difficulties
Students learn more about Benjamin Franklin, especially his famous inventions through a range of teaching activities.
Students have a brainstorm in groups and use reasonable imagination to talk about their ideal inventions.
Stage Students’ activities
Aim
Pre-reading
1. Watch the video clip to get brief
knowledge about Benjamin Franklin. 2. Tick the jobs Franklin did and think
about some adjectives to describe him.
3. Learn new words in the context:
talented, curious.
1. To set the context and briefly introduce Benjamin Franklin. 2. To begin the lesson with a fun activity and arouse Ss’ interest. 3. To elicit two new adjectives in the context. While-reading 1. Skim the whole passage and divide it into two parts.
2. Think about the main idea of each
part.
3. Read the first paragraph and fill in the
blanks in a table with Franklin’s basic information.
4. Have a peer-check and get feedback
on the screen.
5. Scan and circle the names of
Franklin’s inventions and underline their usage.
6. Answer T’s CCQs to consolidate the
understanding of new words.
7. Read the whole passage and answer
questions.
8. Have a peer-check and get feedback
on the screen. 1. To practise skimming skills and make sure that Ss can get the main idea of the passage.
2. To require Ss to get the basic information of Franklin,
3. To develop Ss’ ability to scan and find specific information.
4. To elicit new words with visual help.
5. To promote the detailed reading ability.
6. To call Ss’ attention to some confusing statements. Post-reading
1. Look back to Paragraph 3 and think
about how to introduce an invention. 2. Have a brainstorm about an ideal
invention and draw a mind map in groups.
3. Share ideas with classmates.
1. To help Ss recall the
description of an invention. 2. To arouse Ss’ creative
thoughts and organize ideas with the help of a mind map. 3. To give Ss chances to express ideas. Assignments
Individual work:
1. Copy and think over some maxims
said by Benjamin Franklin.
2. Write a passage of at least 60 words
on the topic—my ideal invention. Group work:
3. Make an e-newspaper in a group of 4
about one of the famous people in history on P67.
1. To know Franklin better through his words.
2. To practise Ss’ writing skills of describing an item. 3. To cultivate team spirit.
Worksheet
Read the first paragraph and fill in the blanks
Benjamin Franklin
Birthday Nationality
The number of sisters and brothers
Job Personality
Read and answer the questions
1. How did Franklin begin his experiment on electricity?
_______________________________________________________ 2. Benjamin Franklin invented electricity, didn’t he?
_______________________________________________________ 3. Why did Franklin have the idea of inventing bifocals?
_______________________________________________________ 4. How many times did Franklin travel across the Atlantic Ocean? _______________________________________________________ 5. What did Franklin learn about during his long journeys?
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