Unit12InnovationWritingWorkshop课件高中英语北师大版选择性

新北师大版高中英语选择性必修四Unit12Innovation

WritingWorkshop

GetreadyforwritingPairworkYouaregoingtowriteaboutaninventorandhis/herinventionthatyoufindamazing.Discussthequestions.1.Whichinventorareyougoingtowriteabout? Whichofhis/herinventionsdoyoufindamazing?2.Howwastheinventionmade?3.Whatinfluencehasthisinventionhadonsociety?ReadforwritingReadforwritingReadtheessay“JamesWattandtheSteamEngine”.Answerthequestions.1.WhowasJamesWatt?2.Whatdidheimprove?3.Howdidhemaketheimprovement?4.Whatcontributiondidhemaketohumanhistory?Readforwriting

1.WhowasJamesWatt?JamesWattwasanengineer,scientistandinventor,whowasborninScortlandin1736.Readforwriting2.Whatdidheimprove?Readforwriting3.Howdidhemaketheimprovement?Hewasinspiredwhenhesawtheboilingsteamwaspowerfulenoughtoliftakettletop.Readforwriting4.Whatcontributiondidhemadetohumanhistory?Hisinventionchangedthecourseofhumanhistory.SteamengineshelpedtopowerfactoriesthatstartedtheIndustrialRevolution.ComposeyourwritingMarkthefollowingpartsintheessay.

aTheinventorandtheinvention

bTheinspirationoftheinventionandtheinventor’sresearch

cTheinfluenceoftheinventionInfact,theessayhasaspecificstructurethateachparagraphexplainsoneofthepartsabove.Andthesethreepiecesofinformationarepresentedinorder.Write2-3sentencesforyouressayintroducinganinventorandhis/herinvention.UsetheSentenceBuildertohelpyou.SentenceBuilderTimeExpressions(2)JamesWattwasanengineer,scientistandinventor,whowasborninScotlandin1736.Onedaywhenhewas12yearsold,hewassittinginhisfamilykitchenwatchingakettleboilingwater.Asthewaterboiled,thesteammadethetopofthekettlebounceupanddown.Later,hebegantoexperimentwithsteam,andeventuallydevelopedasteamengine.Searchonlineformoreinformationabouttheinventorandtheinventionyouaregoingtowriteabout.Takenotesoftheinformationinorderoftime.Focusonthemostimportantandinterestingfacts.OutliningCompletetheoutlineofyouressaybasedonActivity4.MyOutlineInventor:______________Invention:______________Inspirationandresearch:_____________Influenceoftheinvention:_____________DraftingUseyouroutlineandtheWritingHelptowriteyourfirstdraft.WritinganIntroductionofanInventorandHis/HerInventionIt’simportantto:makeyouressaywell-structuredandincludetheinventor,theinventingprocess(inspiration),andtheinfluenceoftheinventionWritingHelpWritinganIntroductionofanInventorandHis/HerInventionIt’simportantto:useavarietyoftimeexpressionstointroducehowtheinventioncameabout;usethepasttensetodescribetheinventor’sactionsincreatingtheinvention.WritingHelpAlexanderGrahamBellisoneofthemostfamousinventorsintheworld.Bornin

Scotland

in1847,

Bell

becameaknowledgeablepersonbylearningcontinuously.Afteryearsofexperimenting,intheyearof1876,heinventedthetelephone,whichiswidelyusedandhasagreatinfluenceonourdailylifetoday.Althoughtheinventionofthetelephonemade

Bell

wealthy,heneverstoppedhisresearch.Hecontinuedtoworkandinventedalotofotherusefulequipment.Moreover,hewasalsoasuccessfulteacherofthedeaf.In1992,

Bell

diedin

Canada.However,hisattitudetowardsscienceandhisloveforthedeafstillinspireustoday.Editing.Edityouressayinpairs.Thensharewhatyouhavewritteninclass.EditingSheetDoesthewriterclearlyintroducetheinventorandhis/herinvention?Istheessaywell-structured,includingtheinventor,theinventingprocess(inspiration),andtheinfluenceoftheinvention?Doesthewriterusetimeexpressionstointroducehowtheinventioncameout?Doesthewriterusepasttensetodescribetheinventor’sactions?Markanyspelling,punctuationorgrammarerrors.Markanyunclearexpressions.Givesuggestionsifyoucan.Underlinetheexpressionsyoulike.Comments:____________________________________LanguagePoints1.steam/stiːm/n.水蒸气；蒸汽动力thesteamengine蒸汽机2.kettle/ˈketl/n.水壶，壶

4.improvement/ɪmˈpruːvmənt/n.改善，改进，5.revolution/ˌrevəˈluːʃən/n.彻底变革，革命theIndustrialRevolution工业革命6.availableadj.可用的，可获得的；有空的，有闲暇的；未婚的，单身的7.fibre/ˈfaɪbə/n.(木材、碳等天然材料的)纤维8.explode/ɪkˈspləʊd/vi.&vt.(使)爆炸；急剧增长explosionn爆炸，

爆破9.massiveadj大而重的，结实的；非常严重的；大量的，大规模的；<非正式>特别成功的，非常有影响的；10.sailor/ˈseɪlə/n.水手，海员11.regulate/ˈreɡjəleɪt/vt.控制，管理regulationn规章制度，法规12.illustrate/ˈɪləstreɪt/vt.说明，阐明；给(书籍、文章等)加插图illustrationn示例，实例13.preserve/prɪˈzɜːv/vt.保存(食物)，腌制；维护，保护；n.腌菜，果酱preservationn