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Unit 8 Lesson 23 Discovery of the Year(第一课时)
Lesson Focus
·Making a formal speech
·Writing a speech
Warm-up
Exercise 1
Purpose: to help students know inventions and heir inventors
· Direct students to the list of inventions and inventors. Say“Match the inventions with the inventors“. Monitor, offering help as needed. Allow students to work in pairs to guess the inventors.
· If time allows, give students a chance to find the answers online or in the library.
· Go over the answers, asking individual students to say them aloud. Encourage students to answer in complete sentences.
Answers
a. Thomas Edison, b. Alexander Bell,
c. The Wright Brothers, d. Cai Lun
Exercise 2
Purpose: to help students predict the order of statements in a speech
· Show students the photos without letting them see the caption. Ask “What do you think the man is doing? What are the people doing?“ Elicit or provide He's giving a speech. They're clapping. Point out the expression to give a speech. Ask”When do you clap, before, during or after a speech?“Elicit or provide Usually before (once the speaker is introduced) and after. If you feel your students are ready, you may skip this step.
· Direct students to the statements. Say“Read the statements from the speech. What might be the correct order?”Monitor as students put the statements in order, offering help as needed. If students need support, have them work in pairs. Let students know they'll be listening to check their answers.
Listening
Exercise 3
Purpose: to help students check the order of statements in a speech based on a listening
· Direct students to the statements in Exercise 2. Say“Now listen to the speech. Check the order of statements”. Monitor, offering help as needed.
· Go over the answers, asking individual students to read the sentences aloud.
Answers
4, 3, 6, 5, 1, 2
Expansion: Mix It Up!
Try a new approach, Total Physical Response (TPR) , with Exercise 2. Print out the statements and cut them into strips of paper. Give each pai