Unit 9 教材分析

Ⅰ. Analysis of the Teaching Material

1. Status and Function

In this unit, students, learn to talk about the history of inventions, using the Passive Voice. And they will know much about the history of ,several inventions. Also they will be asked to think of their own inventions.

The children will understand that they should always try out their new ideas. All the students will be interested in the stories of the inventions of the potato chips,

the flying disk and some other things. And they will make great progress in English after learning this unit.

(1) The first period of this unit mainly introduces some new vocabulary to the students. Most new vocabulary are very useful or, helping the children talk about, the history of inventions. Also the first period gives the children lots of practice in writing, listening and. speaking with the target language.

(2) The activities in the second period provide the students much more listening practice and oral practice, using the target language. Also the students will get chances to practice the new vocabulary by listening and speaking. All these will help improve the students’ listening and speaking skills.

(3)In the third period, students will make a list of helpful and annoying inventions. And they will discuss their opinions in the inventions. Also they will do some writing and speaking practice.

The students can improve their speaking English and know more about the inventions.

(4) The fourth period, provides much practice on understanding and using the new adjectives. The new adjectives are used for describing how food tastes. It also gives much more listening and speaking practice. The students will enjoy the story of how the potato chips were invented and make much progress in listening.

(5) The fifth period will train the students how to answer the questions according to the article given and to write an article based on the notes given. Students can do much speaking practise through groupwork as well.

(6)The sixth period is designed to train the students’ writing skill. It also provides some more practice on using the new adjectives.

2. Teaching Aims and Demands

(1) Knowledge Objects

In this unit, students learn to talk about the history of the inventions with the Passive Voice. They will also learn some new adjectives.

(2) Ability Objects

To train the students to use the adjectives, and to train the students’ listening, speaking and writing skills using the target language.

(3) Moral Object

Keep trying out your new ideas and maybe some new inventions will be invented by you.

3. Teaching Key Points

To help the students to grasp the target language and the new adjectives.

To let the students know something about the history of the inventions.

4. Teaching Difficult Points

To train the students’ listening, speaking, reading and writing skills with the target language.

To train the students to use the new adjectives.

5. Studying Ways

Get the students to be interested in the history of the inventions and to try out their own ideas on inventing something.

Ⅱ. Language Function

Talk about the history of inventions

Ⅲ. Target Language

When was the telephone invented?

I think it was invented in 1876.

Ⅳ. Structures

Passive Voice(questions and statements)

Ⅴ. Vocabulary

salt, sweet, sour, crispy, pleasant, potato, chips, slipper, leaf, fire, scoop, light bulb, telescope, microwave oven, abacus, camera, beverage

be invented by, be used for, by mistake, by accident

Ⅵ. Recycling

helpful, annoying, telephone, car, alarm clock, shoes, umbrella, bicycle, discover, tea

Ⅶ. Learning Strategies

Brainstorming

Role playing

Ⅷ. Teaching Time

 Six periods