Unit 10《Money》Lesson 4 Advertisements教案.docxVIP

Unit 10《Money》Lesson 4 Advertisements Objectives ■ To read a text and distinguish fact from opinion. ■ To use -ed and -ing adjectives. ■ To use linking words: also, either, plus, too. Resources used ‘Gadgets’ of your own that you can bring into the classroom and/or ask students to bring their own gadgets to school. Possible problems Possible confusion with -ed and -ing adjectives. Background Two of the gadgets are real (‘Walkabout Headphones’ and ‘Micro Camera’) and both are actually on sale. The other two are ‘Chindogu’ inventions. Chindogu comes from Japan and is the art of creating ingenious but fundamentally useless inventions. Other Chindogu inventions include waterproof newspaper covers so that you can read the newspaper in the bath; an upside down umbrella that collects rain water in a tank carried on the person’s shoulder; walk ’n’ wash tanks, strapped to your legs so that you can wash your clothes while going for a walk in the park. Routes through the material . If you are short of time, set some of the exercises for homework and omit Exercise 7. . If you have time, do the Option activity. . If you have two lessons for a unit, a suitable natural break is after Exercise 3. Language Power: pages 60-61. Reading Before you start Exercise 1 Key Words cheap, compact, convenient, easy (to use), expensive, practical, reliable, useful ■ Check the meaning of the Key Words with the students and check pronunciation, especially word stress. ■ Check students’understanding of a gadget (being a device that is small and often not essential) by asking them if a washing machine, a watch, a pen are gadgets. ■ In pairs, students discuss the list of gadgets, giving their opinions and saying if they have one or have used one. ■ Elicit other gadgets from students. Ask students to describe them and say what they do. Read to learn Exercise 2 ■ Students quickly look at the pictures and scan the texts to decide which of the gadgets they think are real (the