1、1Module 9 Great inventionsStep 1 Lead in (Activity 1)T: Do you like reading? Do you often use ebooks to search for some information? Who can tell us their advantages？(组织学生分小组讨论)Step 2 Skip the passage and match the main ideas with the paragraphs. (Activity 2) Ask students to read the ideas and tell
2、you what the passage is going to be about.Ask students to read the passage and match the ideas with the paragraphs.Ask students to compare answers with the other classmates answers.Step 3 Intensive reading (Activities 3, 4)引导学生细读短文，完成 Activities 3, 4; 培养学生按照时间线索理清文章脉络的能力。Step 4 Read again and retell
3、 the passage 让学生再次读短文，根据 Activity 3的表格，用自己的话复述短文。(Ask the students to read the passage again. Retell the passage in his/her own words with the help of the table of Activity 3.)Step 5 Language points 21. result v. (因而)产生；发生2. replace v. 取代；替换3. by hand 用手；靠手工4. Later, developments in printing made it
4、 possible to produce books more quickly and cheaply.后来，印刷术的发展使更快、更便宜地书籍制作成为可能。5. In a way, we can compare the invention of paper and printing to the introduction of the Internet in the twentieth century.在某种程度上，我们可以把纸张和印刷术的发明比作二十世纪因特网的推行。6. A much larger amount of information can be stored in more va
5、ried forms on the Internet than in books.网络可以比书储存更大量、更多样化的信息。Step 6 Write (Activities 5, 6, 7) Activity 5：本活动让学生练习使用表示原因或结果的连词。先让学生默读句子，体会连词 as a result, because, so的用法；然后两人一组模仿例句回答问题。如：What was the result of few books being produced?Few books were produced. As a result, few people could read.Activity 6：要求学生根据 Activity 3的表格写句子，应多使用被动语态。Activity 7：本活动应结合 Activities 5, 6来思考写作内容，安排好前后顺序，明确逻辑关系，完成短文写作。Step 7 Summary 让学生再次朗读短文，找出文中的重点短语、句子，识记并默写。
