1、Teaching planContent :Writing in Unit 4 on Page 60About material :Writing is the last lesson of this unit, the topic is My invention, it is familiar tostudents. But how to design their writings is difficult to students. The ending of thewriting should bring out the theme. Make the students write a s
2、hort article about owninvention.About my students:Students in Grade 8 are very active and they want to express themselves verymuch.Buttheyareafraidofwriting.Someofthemarepoorattheirpronunciation .They often make some grammatical mistakes while writing. Theirhandwritings must be improved. Girls are b
3、etter than boys at English. As their teacherI must encourage them to make sure that they wont give up.ITeaching aims and demands:1 Knowledge aims:* Students can get to know the words, create, special, wing , petrol, instead ofetc.* Students can understand the topic of invention and technology. To wr
4、ite thearticle in their own words.2 Ability aims:Students can write the article about own invention.3 Emotion aims:Students can understand the meaning of the topic.IITeaching important and difficult points:How to use the spidergram to help students make plans for this invention.IIITeaching tools :Th
5、e multimedia equipment. objects, photos.IVTeaching methods:Co-operation, Task-based approachVTime :40 minutesTeaching procedure :Step 1 Leading in6 mPlay a game, two students of each group say numbers , review knowledge.Teacher checks the answers with students togetherPurpose: Teacher uses a game to
6、 arouse students interests, After playing the game,lead in the topic my invention.Step 2 Work in pairs6mStudents ask and answer each other the questions below in the group:Do you often use them?Which is the most useful invention to you and your family?Why do you think so?What do you or your family u
7、se it for?How often do you use it?Can you do without it?Purpose: The same topics appear again, Guide students to their own invention.Interviewing others can improve oral ability. Invention is a new word in this lesson. Itappears again Students can remember it better. From others to students owninven
8、tion, Students have been able to finish todays task easily .after this step.Step 3 Show ,correct and comment15 mIntroducesomefunnyinventionstostudents.Theteachershowssomecompositions and comments on them, let students write down good parts. Correctsome mistakes together. Remind students about what t
9、hey should pay attention towhile writing.Purpose: In this step, Teacher directs students how to write, let students find out andcorrect othersmistakes and realize they may make the same mistakes. They willimprove their writing.Step 4Make a summary3 mLet students summary about what they should pay at
10、tention to while writing.Teacher shows the demands again in PPTPurpose: When students talk about the things they should pay attention to whilewriting, they will finish writing better in the future.Step 5 Brainstorm3 mStudents discuss about inventions.Purpose: let students discuss about inventions .T
11、eacher gives them right guide, andencourages them to invent some things in the future.Step 6Start to write6 mStudents start to write .Teacher walks around and watches them. The teacherreminds students to pay attention to the tense, Teacher shows the title and demands:Title :My invention10 pointsDema
12、nds: 1About 60-70 words(1)2 Good handwriting(2)3 The title(1)4 Right grammar(3)5 Clear meanings of sentences(3)The teacher reminds students to pay attention to the tensePurpose: This step is important to students After the first two steps Students start tofinish the writing task and think about how
13、to finish it better.Step 7Homework1 mFinish a writing :My inventionPurpose :Homework :Go back to the writing task in this lesson, continue to practisewritingBlackboard design:My inventionTeaching reflectionWriting is difficult for every student Especially for rural students.It is an abilitythat stud
14、ents use English freely and rightly. Guiding and imitation are important forstudents in Grade 8.so I use the following steps in my teaching.(1) I use some moving pictures and a game to attract their attention .Lead in thenew lesson.(2) I use objects and tape recording to help students understand oth
15、ersinventions,Go on leading in the new lesson.(3) I organize students to discuss about inventions. in pairs. Prepare for the nextstep .Writing(4) I spend about 15 minutes correcting and commenting on others compositionsLet students understand what a good composition is and what they should payattent
16、ion to while writing .(5) In Step 7 I organize students discuss about funny inventionsr, Lead them tolove inventions.Teachingeffect :With the help of information technology, students can be interested inEnglish ,especially playing a game and some my own pictures . Most of them canimitate writing and finish the writing task Students take an active part in teachingactivities.Butsomestudentscannotknowhowtocommentonotherscompositions .Their compositions have some grammatical mistakes. Students arepoor at speaking. I should train them in the future.
