Розробка уроку "Inventions and inventors"

Form: 9

Theme: Inventions and inventors.

Topic: Keep in touch!

Aims:

• to activate lexical material for the topic;
• to develop reading skills;
• to practice in speaking for the definite situation;
• to develop the cultural aspect of human achievements.

Equipment: mobile phones, access to the Internet, hand outs(HO)

Procedure

1. Introduction

1. Greetings. Aims.

Teacher: Good morning dear pupils. How are you today?

We are going to work with different tasks to practice in speaking about one of the most important inventions nowadays, use the new vocabulary to understand the information about this invention from the text. How do you think what is it?

2. Warming up.

Let’s name three… inventions you have got in your house.

                                inventions you have got at school.

                                inventions you have got with you today.

                                inventions you can’t live without.

                                inventions that have changed the humans’ life.

2. The main part of the lesson.

1. Revising the material.

a). Matching. (Ex. 6, p.96). Read the definition of the device and say what is it. (на дошці записані назви пристроївб учні по черзі обирають картку, зачитують інформацію з неї і прикріплюють навпроти відповідного пристроюю Клас когоджується або ні із відповідями учнів біля дошки) Першу відповідь даємо для зразка разом . Кожна наступна – оцінюється у 0,5 бала учневі біля дошки)

A. This is an instrument that converts voice and sound signals into electrical impulses for transmission by wire to a different location, where another object receives the electrical impulses and turns them back into sounds. Alexander Graham Bell invented it in 1875.	1. a computer
B. There are many major milestones in its history, starting in 1936, when Konrad Zuse built the first freely programmable machine.	2. a television
C. In 1884, Paul Nipkow sent images over wires using a rotating metal disk technology with 18 lines of resolution. This invention then evolved along two paths, mechanical and electronic. American Charles Jenkins and Scotsman John Baird followed the mechanical model while Philo Farnsworth, working independently in San Francisco, and the Russian emigrant Vladimir Zworykin, working for Westinghouse and later RCA, advanced the electronic model.	3. a radio
D. In 1769, the very first road vehicle was invented by the French mechanic, Nicolas Joseph Cugnot. However, it was a steam-powered model. In 1885, Karl Benz designed and built the world’s first practical model to be powered by an internalcombustion engine.	4. a camera
E. In 1814, Joseph Nice′phore Nie′pce created the first photographic image with a camera obscura, however, the image required eight hours of light exposure and later faded. Louis-Jacques-Mand Daguerre is considered the inventor of the first practical process of photography in 1837.	5. penicillin
F. The first functional machine of this kind was invented by the French tailor, Barthelemy Thimonnier, in 1830. In 1834, Walter Hunt built America’s first successful machine of this kind. A little later Isaac Singer invented the up-and-down motion mechanism.	6. an automobile
G. This medicine was discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1928. Andrew Moyer patented the first method of industrial production of it in 1948.	7. a sewing machine

Answers: 1.B   2.C    3.A    4.E    5.G    6.D    7.F  

b) checking the home task  (Ex. 3, p.94). Fill in the suitable word. (учні проводять самоперевірку. Один учень зачитує речення інші учні перевіряють свої роботи у зошитах. Кожна правильна відповідь-1 бал. Бали ставимо у зошиті за домашнє завдання, але ці бали не впливають на оцінку за урок)

1. Medical advance helps people to live much longer.

2. The invention of the computer has revolutionized the business world.

3. Many scientists don’t consider that science can give absolutely reliable knowledge.

4. The telescope has allowed astronomers to make discoveries about the Galaxy.

5. New communication technologies have transformed the business world.

6. He must study engineering if he wants to be involved in designing new bridges and machines.

2. Presenting new vocabulary. (5 хвилин на виконання завдання)

a). For our further work we have to get to know the meaning of the following words. Use your mobile phone and the access to the Internet. Find the Oxford dictionary with the help of the following qr-code and write down the definition of the words. (Повністю виконане завдання оцінюється у 2 бали, половина визначених слів – 1 бал) менше половини – 0 балів.

do credit to someone • portable • a receiver • a configuration • a display • a flip • a keypad • tiny • a digital organizer • to browse • the advent • an extension • a device • a building block •

 

For example: to credit to somebody- to bring praise and respect to someone.

 

b). Make three sentences with the any words from the list.

3. Reading. (Ex.3, p.98)

a).Pre-reading. Answer the questions: (one pupil choose the sticker with the question and ask the pupil he/she wants, than new pupil choose another sticker with the question and continue the exercise)

• Do you have a mobile phone?
• Why do you use it?
• How much time do you spend talking on the phone?
• How much time do you spend on typing massagers to your friends?
• Is it an important device nowadays?
• Who invented the mobile phone?

b). Reading. While reading the text choose the best title for each part. (за кожен правильно підібраний заголовок учні отримають 0,5 бали. Роботи учні перевіряють самостійно, виставляють отримані бали у зошиті)

The titles:

A	How does it vary?
B	What idea(s) and inventions had to be developed before it could be created?
C	Who invented it?
D	How has it changed the world?
E	What does it do?
F	Why do we need it?

 

Mobile Phones

 

The invention of a mobile phone, or a cell phone as it’s alternately called, is credited to Dr Martin Cooper at Motorola. He made the first successful call over the system on April 3, 1973.

 

A mobile phone allows you to use telephone service from almost anywhere. A portable or cordless phone allows you to talk wirelessly but the receiver is still connected to the same land line. A mobile phone allows you more range and allows you to communicate much further from virtually anywhere in the city, country, or world. You have the ability to make a telephone call or receive one wherever you happen to be with your mobile phone.

 

Mobile phones come in many different configurations. Most are about the size of a candy bar, have a display and a keypad. Some configurations come with a flip that opens up to show the display and the keypad, thereby keeping it protected. Cell phones are available big and small, simple and complex. Some just make simple phone calls; others have tiny cameras, MP3 players, digital organizers built into them. Some of the newer models can even allow you to use the Internet over them, browse various services such as news, or movie listings. New models are always being introduced. New fashions, new technology, more features, cheaper cost, better performance keep the market place filled with plenty of choices.

 

The mobile phone has radically changed the world since its introduction in 1973. With each year more and more people own one. Most families typically have two or three. The ability to easily communicate to anyone, anywhere, is a powerful concept. This was true when the telegraph was first invented, and then taken to a new level with the advent of the telephone. The mobile phone is just the next extension of that technology.

 

Since the mobile phone is a combination of a telephone and a radio, these two devices are the building blocks upon which the mobile phone was developed. In addition, tiny computers (microprocessors) are needed to control the radio and its connection to the nearest base station. The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876. The radio was invented by Guglielmo Marconi in 1896. The microprocessor was invented by Gary Boone in 1971.

Answers:  1F, 2A, 3D, 4.B

Getting points. Now, let’s check your answers. Self-control. Every correct answer give you 0,5 point.

c). post reading activity.

Do Ex. 6, p. 100 write the answers in a test. (Діти обмінюються роботами для взаємоперевірки. Перші два питання тексту обговорюються разом. Правильні відповіді з 3по6 питання оцінюються у 0,5 бали)

1. The invention of a mobile phone is credited to Dr Martin Cooper at ..... .

 a) Nokia

b) Motorola

c) LG

2. A mobile phone allows you more range and allows you to communicate much further from virtually anywhere ..... .

a) in the place where you live

b) in the country you live in

c) in the city, country, or world

3. New fashions, new technology, more features, cheaper cost, better performance keep the market place filled with ..... .

a) plenty of choices

b) poor choices

c) very expensive models

4. The mobile phone ..... the world since its introduction in 1973.

a) hasn’t radically changed

b) has radically changed

c) is trying to radically change

5. The mobile phone is just ..... .

a) the first step in the development of modern technology

b) a new invention

c) the next extension of the previously developed technology

6. The mobile phone was developed from ..... .

a) a computer

b) a telephone and a radio

c) a telephone and a computer

Answers: 1B, 2C, 3A, 4B, 5C, 6B

 

Use your mobile phones and search the next address. Do the task. (учні можуть отримати 2 бали за правильно підібрані синоніми)

https://learningapps.org/display?v=pje2f134321

Getting points. Write down your marks. Виставляємо бали за це завдання у зошит.

4. Speaking.

Now you are going to organize several groups of 4 students. Choose the card and join to your group.

Inventions	Inventors	Discoveries
mobile phone	Alexander Graham Bell	continents
mobile phone	Alexander Graham Bell	continents
mobile phone	Alexander Graham Bell	continents
mobile phone	Alexander Graham Bell	continents

 

Your task is to interview your group members with the following questions. Than you have to complete the summary table and present your results. (Проведення анкетування англійською мовою – 2 бали + представлення результатів анкетування – 1 бал)

Questions	I am	Name	Name	Name	Results
Do you have a mobile phone?
Do you enjoy talking on the phone?
Do you surf the Net from your phone for studying?
Do you often type massages to your friends on it?
Is it a great invention for nowadays?

Now, let’s count the points in each line and complete the summary table below.

NOW I KNOW THAT….
	pupils in our group have a mobile phone
	pupils in our group enjoy talking on the phone
	pupils in our group surf the Net from your phone for studying
	pupils in our group often type massages to your friends on it
	pupils in our group think that mobile phone is a great invention for nowadays

 

Getting points. Виставте відповідні бали і порахуйте загальний бал за урок.

3. Summary of the lesson.

1). Feed back. Complete the sentences on stickers…

Now I know such new words…

I can …

It was interesting to me to….

2). Home task.

For the next lesson be ready with writing an article to a school newspaper in which you express your point of view on the subject. Use the plan in Ex.9, p.102.