1、Unit 6 When was it invented? SectionA3a-3c An accidental invention Class type: reading Teaching aims: Knowledge aims: After reading, students can know the history of tea. Students can master new words and phrases in this passage. Ability aims： Students can get relevant information from the passage a
2、nd finish tasks. Students can master some reading strategies, predicting, skimming, and scanning. Students can write an exposition by themselves. Moral aims: Students can have a better understanding of Chinese tea culture and develop the spirit of innovation. Teaching important and difficult points:
3、 Teaching important points: by accident, ruler, boil, remain, smell, saint, national, take place, doubt, without doubt Teaching difficult points: Students can describe the history of tea by themselves and write an exposition. Teaching methods. Task-based language teaching, communicative method Teach
4、ing aids: Multimedia, tea, water, paper cups Teaching procedures Step 1 Leading-in T: Its very hot these days.Am I right? So when you feel hot and thirsty, what would you like to drink? Then ask students if they like tea. Whats the smell and taste of tea? Make tea at the class and ask students to sm
5、ell and taste. Step 2 Pre-reading Ask students to brainstorm some knowledge about tea they have known. Show new words in the passage. Step 3 While-reading Ask students to read the passage quickly. Then they should finish the match exercise. Students read paragraph 1 and fill the chart. WhatTea Ask s
6、tudents to read paragraph 2 and answer the questions 1. Who is called “the saint of tea”? Whats the name of the book? 2. What is the book about? Students read paragraph 3 and fill the blank using the country and time WhereIn China WhoAChinese ruler called Shen Nong When5,000 years ag0 HowShen Nong w
7、as boiling drinking water over an open fire. Some leaves from a tea plant fell into the boiling water. It produced a nice smell and tasted delicious. This is how tea was invented. Students discuss the benefits of tea with partners. Step 4 Post-reading Make a summary of this passage by filling the bl
8、anks. Tea was invented by _. It is said that it was first _ by Shen Nong about 5000 years ago. One day when he _ _ water over an open fire, some leaves from a tea plant _ _ the water and _ there for some time.Anice smell was produced so he _ the hot drink. And so one of the most popular drinks was b
9、orn.Abook called Cha Jing mentioned a lot about tea a few thousand years ago. Tea _ _ to Korea and Japan during 6thand 7thcenturies. It also became a _ drink in England. Tea is now _ between many different countries. This helped to spread the _ of tea to more places around the world. We Chinese are
10、_ _ the ones who best understand the nature of tea. Step5 Consolidation Summarize the structure and the style of this passage. Students write an introduction of bikes. Step6 Homework 1. Complete the writing task about bikes after class. 2.Prepare for the dictation. Blackboard design Unit 6 when was it invented? Secion A 3a-3c An Accidental Invention
