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Unit 18 INVENTIONS TEACHING PLAN FOR UNIT 18 (Book 2B)for Reading part Inventions I. Brief statements Based on the Unit This unit mainly talks about inventions and what qualities we should have to create new things.. All the activities, including Warming up, Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing, focus on this topic. Through this topic, the students not only get more information about inventions, but also learn what to do to develop creativity. In addition, the students can learn some useful language points through the materials provided in each part, especially a lot of words and phrases, which are very helpful for the students to build up vocabulary about inventions. The Grammar—the attributive clause is also important. The given materials and exercises give the students an opportunity to learn grammar by using it. It not only helps the students learn to give definitions to new things Warming up Reading GOALS: To learn some basic knowledge about inventions in the 20th century which have changed our modern life so much.. Get the students to grasp the main idea of the passage and help them to understand the passage better. Help the students to learn to be more creative. Learn some useful words and expressions. TEACHING PROCEDURES I. Warming up 1. Lead-in Show pictures of four great inventions of ancient China. Say: Talking of inventions, we couldn’t help thinking of four great inventions of ancient China. Can you mention them? What are they? China has a history of 5000 years. In history, four great inventions stand out in the hall of glory, which we are most proud of. They are the compass, paper, printing and gunpower. It shows that China led the world for centuries in science and technology in ancient times. 2. Brainstorming Show pictures of inventions in the 20th century which have changed our modern life so much. Say: What inventions can you think of which are invented in the last century? In the first twenty years: In the 1920s: In the 19