Unit9ImprovementinAppliancesTeachingFocusTextATextBThemeI’mToastintheBattleAgainst“Smart”AppliancesAHigh-techWomanVocabularylikewise,effective,disturb,feature,probably,equip,helpful,press,urge,improvementapart,organize,traffic,relax,skillful,nowhere,schedule,alarmPhrasesandExpressionsbefacedwith;figureout;giveup;beyondcomprehensionapartfrom;workout;callup;breakinto;warmup;gothrough;acoupleof;plentyofGrammar1)Howtousethestructure“beabouttodo”and“ithas/isbeen…since”(“FocusingonSentenceStructure”)2)Howtoreducewordiness(1)(“BasicWritingSkills”)WritingUnderstandingandwritingnotices(2)(“PracticalWriting”)TeachingPlan单元主题ImprovementinAppliances课时安排8教育教学目标(学生)Tofindtheadvantagesanddisadvantagesofa“smart”applianceandseehowtomakethemostofitsadvantagesanddiminishitsdisadvantages.Todesignanideal“smart”applianceforyourself.Tobefamiliarwiththecontextmeaningandtheuseofthosevocabularyofthetwotextslistedintheabovetable.Tobefamiliarwiththecollocationofthosephrasesandexpressionslistedintheabovetable.Tobeabletomakesentenceswithfigureout,beyondone’scomprehension,cometo,andwhat’sworse.Tobeabletorewritesentencesaftermodels,usingthestructureof“beabouttodo”or“ithasbeen/is...since...”.Tolearnsomerulesofreducingwordinessinwritingsentences.Tobeabletounderstandandwritesomenotices.教学内容SectionATextA:I’mToastintheBattleAgainst“Smart”AppliancesSectionBTextB:AHigh-techWomanSectionCPracticalWriting:Understandingandwritingnotices(2)LeadingInandExploringtheTopicAskthestudentstoworkinpairstofinishtheexerciseofExploringtheTopiconP158ofSB.教学设计教学活动安排建议Encouragesomevolunteerstosharehisopinionandhispartner’sopinionwiththeclass.GivetheSshelpswherenecessary.SectionAReadingThroughPrepareaPPTwiththetextstructuregivenonP327ofTBandshowittotheclass.AsktheSstoworkinpairsandwritedowntheanswerstothequestionswhilereadingthroughthetext.1)What’smainideaofthearticleprintedinTheWashingtonPost?2)Doestheauthoragreewiththeideasofthearticle?What’stheopinionoftheauthor?3)Dopeopleknowhowtousethoseappliancefeatures?Whyorwhynot?4)Domanufactureswanttogivepeoplemorefeatures?Whyorwhynot?5)Whatdoestheauthorurgepeopletodo?Why?Asksomepairstosharetheirquestionsandanswerswiththeclass.Givethemhelpwhennecessary.FinishtheexercisesofGettingtheMessage,UsingtheRightWord,WorkingwithExpressionsandTranslatingtogetherwiththeSsinclass.BasicWritingSkillsPrepareaPPTwithsentencesoftheexerciseonP167ofSB.Asksomestudentstotelltheiranswerstotheclassandexplainwhy.ChecktheunderstandingoftheclassbyexplainingtheexamplesgivenonP166andP167ofSB.SectionBReadingMoreDividetheclassintotwogroupsandaskeachgrouptoprepareaPPTaboutsomecontentofthetextbeforeclass.AssignParas.1-2toGroupOneandParas.3-6toGroupTwo.AsktheSstoincludethefollowingcontentintheirPPT:1)themodernappliancesthatthewomanuses;2)whatthewomandoeswithallthosemodernappliances;3)whetherallthemodernappliancesleadtoabusyandefficientlife;4)yourownopinionsofusingmodernappliances.GivetheclasstimetothestudentsandallowthemtoshowtheirPPTwiththewholeclass.Helpthemwhenneeded.FinishtheexercisesofGettingtheMessage,UsingtheRightWord,WorkingwithExpressionsandTranslatingtogetherwiththeSsinclass.SectionCPracticalWritingGuidetheSstofinishthethreeexercisesonP173andP174ofSBaccordingtothesamplesgiven.SearchonlinetofindsomeChinesenoticesandchangethemintoEnglishones,usingwhatyou’velearnedinthisunit..课后学习设计作业FinishalltheexercisesinUnitNine.ReadthepassageinReadingOutonPage162ofSBandreciteit.Writeanarticletoshowyourownopinionofusingmodernappliances.SearchonlinetofindsomeChinesenoticesandchangethemintoEnglishones.课后总结与反思