-----By Michelle 李芳芳

Teaching Material :“Franklin’s kite experiment”in Unit 16, Senior English Book 1 B.

Teaching Aims:

1. Learn and master the following:

Words: thunderstorm, string, ribbon, condenser, handkerchief.

2. Read the passage and learn how the scientist Franklin found lightning and electricity are the same.

3. Improve the Ss’reading ability through reading activities.

Teaching Important Points:

1. Learn the words above.

2. Train the Ss to improve their reading comprehension.

Teaching Difficult Point:

How to help the Ss understand the passage better.

Teaching Methods:

1. Question-and –answer method to make Ss interested in what they will learn.

2. Fast reading to get the general idea of the text.

3. Careful reading to answer some detailed questions.

4. Individual, pair or group work to make every student work in class.

Teaching Aids:

1. A tape recorder 2. A computer

Teaching Procedures:

Step 1. Revision and Lead-in.

Ask the Ss whether they know some scientists and their discoveries, and then name who invented the plane?

Step 2. Pre-reading.

Get the Ss know some famous scientists and their discoveries.

Step 3. Presentation.

Tell the Ss that today we’re going to read a passage about Franklin’s famous kite experiment.

Step 4. Reading.

1. Learn the new words.

2. Ask the Ss to skim the passage for:

---- What does this experiment prove?

---- What materials are needed to do this experiment?

3. Get the Ss to scan the passage and finish Exx.1.( True or False ) in Post-reading.

4. Have the Ss read the passage in a low voice after the tape.

5. Get the Ss to finish Exx.3. Pick out the correct pictures.

6. Ask the Ss to make a report of the kite experiment.

Title Experimenter’s name Time

Purpose

Things needed

Process

Results

Conclusion

7. Let the Ss work in groups and discuss two questions on the screen.

----- Do you think Franklin’s experiment was dangerous? Explain.

----- What can you learn from the experiment and also Franklin?

Step 5. Summary and Homework.

1. Retell the experiment in your own words.

2. Write down the report of the kite experiment.