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Form  9

Inventors and Inventions

Teachers open the door

But you must walk through it yourself.

Ціль: поглиблювати й удосконалювати навички мовленнєвої діяльності, розвивати навички читання з повним розумінням тексту, тренувати учнів у вживанні структур Passive Voice, вдосконалювати навички групової творчої роботи, залучити учнів до творчого письма. Розвивати критичне мислення, креативне мовлення, вміння слухати, аргументовано представляти свою точку зору. Виховувати толерантність, гордість за досягнення людства у розвитку науки та техніки.

Обладнання: ноутбук, проектор, презентації, портрети вчених, роздатковий матеріал, картки для голосування.

Procedure

Introduction

Aim: today we are going to speak about modern inventors and inventions.

Warming up

Finish the quotations and proverbs:

1) Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration.
(T. Edison)

2) You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself. (Galileo)

3) It is better to understand a little, than to misunderstand a lot. (A. Pope)

4) Wonders are many and nothing is more wonderful than man. (Sophocles)

5) We know what we are but we know not what we may be. (Shakespeare)

6) As for me, all I know is that I know nothing.

7) Men learn while they teach.

8) Train hard, fight easy. 

Reading

The motto of our lesson is: Necessity is the mother of invention. So let us prove it. 

Pre-reading stage.

Answer the questions: 1) If you were an inventor, what would you invent?

2) Name three inventions you use every day?

Match the synonyms

Boss

To be on duty

Mechanism

Work

to keep watch

chief

job

device

Match the opposites

Never

Chief

Begin

Open

Subordinate

Always

Close

Stop

While –reading stage.

Read the text and suggest a title for it.

Edison’s first invention

      When Edison was a boy of 15, he worked as a telegraph operator. He had to be on duty at night, from 7 o’clock in the evening till 7 o’clock in the morning. But at night there was never much work and the telegraph operators usually slept. So boss ordered each operator to give a signal every hour to show that he was awake. Edison’s signals always came at the same time, at the beginning of each hour. That surprised the boss.

So one night he sent an inspector to see how well the boy was working. When the inspector opened the door, he saw Edison sleeping in his chair. The inspector was going to shake the boy when he saw a block with a mechanism in the table near the telegraph apparatus. He waited to see what would happen. When the hand of the clock pointed to the hour, the mechanism began to work and sent a signal.

The inspector went up to the boy and shook him. Edison awoke. He was told that he had lost his job. This story explains why the first of Edison’s many inventions was never patented.

What is the title of the text?

Post- reading stage

Put the sentences in the right order

A.                                 Edison’s signals always came at the same time and that surprised the boss.

B.                                  There was never much work to do at night and the operators usually slept.

C.                                  Being a boy of 15 Edison worked as a telegraph operator.

D.                                 In order to show that he was awake each operator had to give a signal every hour.

E.                                  Edison was told he had lost his job.

F.                                   The boy had to work the whole night.

G.                                 He saw the boy sleeping in his chair.

H.                                 The mechanism near the telegraph apparatus began to work and sent a signal.

I.                                     The inspector went to see how well the boy was working.

J.                                    The inspector shook the boy and he awoke.

Are these statements true or false?

1.     When Edison was a boy of 15, he worked as a telegraph manager.

2.     But at night there was much work and the telegraph operators usually worked hard.

3.     So boss ordered each operator to give a signal every 10 minutes to show that he was awake.

4.     Edison’s signals always came at the same time, at the beginning of each hour.

5.     One night the boss sent his mother to see how well the boy was working.

6.     When the inspector opened the door, he saw Edison sleeping in his chair.

7.     The inspector saw a block with a mechanism in the table near the telegraph apparatus.

8.     The inspector wanted the boy to show how the mechanism could work.

9.     Edison awoke and was told that he had lost his job.

10.                 This story explains why the first of Edison’s inventions was patented.

Answers : C,F,B,D,A,I,G,H,J,E. 1-, 2-, 3-, 4+, 5-, 6+, 7+, 8-, 9+, 10-

Dear children, retell this text from the different points of view.

Group1 –boss, group 2-inspector, group 3-Edison, group 4-telegraph apparatus.

Communicative practice

What is the best place to know more about great men’s inventions? (The museum of scientific and technological progress). So let us start our excursion. (Teacher’s presentation). And now it’s time to go to the hall of modern inventions (pupil’s presentation).

                            Let us listen to a song and have a rest.

Do you think all these inventions are useful or harmful for mankind?

P1: To my mind such inventions as computers, microscopes, telescopes, space stations bring us…

P2: I believe that inventions as planes, cars, bikes, mobile phones, TV sets, trains, helicopters changed...

P3: In my opinion vacuum cleaners, microwave ovens, CD players, music systems, dishwashers…

P4: It seems to me that such inventions as chemicals, hydrogen bombs, dynamite, and nuclear weapons....

Grammar review. Magic Box.

Make up the sentences using Past Simple Passive.

Writing. Fair of Inventions.

Write advertisements about your inventions (in groups).Pupils read their advertisements and vote for the best one.

Summary

1)    Summing-up. Unfortunately, time flies quickly. Our lesson is coming to the end. What useful information have you learnt today? Have you proved the motto of the lesson?

2)    Evaluation. I am happy to say we have done a good bit of work during the lesson. Thank you. I give you …( marks with motivations).

3)    Home task: write compositions “Modern Inventions in My Life”.

The lesson is over. See you next time.