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课件网) Unit 4 Inventions Focusing on culture 02 03 Learning objectives By the end of this lesson, I can: 01 get the main idea of the story; retell the process of movable type printing; analyze the significance of movable type printing. What are the four great invetions in ancient China When were they invented Pre-reading 3. What do you think the story is about 1. What is the girl doing 2. What is the man doing Who is he She is dreaming. The man is sitting by a desk. He is busy working with his tools. Perhaps the man is Bi Sheng. Pre-reading 3. What kind of text is it A. It’s a description of a real event. B. It’s a fictional story. C. It’s an article about the life of a famous person. It’s a story about a girl meeting a famous person from history. The events and the dialogue did not happen in real life. While-reading 1. When and where does the story start In Jane’s bedroom, just before 10 p.m. 2. Who are the characters in the story Jane and Bi Sheng. 3. What are they talking about They are talking about how to print with moveable type. Skim through the story and answer the following questions. While-reading Describe the steps of printing a book with movable type with the information from the story on page 62. Step 1: Cut characters into pieces of clay. Step 2: (1)_____ Step 3: (2)_____ Step 4: (3)_____ Step 5: (4)_____ Step 7: (6)_____ Bake them with fire to make them hard. Spread out a mixture of pine gum, wax and paper ash on a metal plate. Put each piece of type on the plate and fix them with a frame. Press down on the clay characters with a board to make sure the surface is even. Heat it up so that the mixture will melt. Brush the characters with ink. Step 6: (5)_____ While-reading Try to retell the process of movable type printing While-reading Read the story and the notes on pages 62 and 63. Then complete the table about the development of movable type. Inventor Time period Material used Achievements Bi Sheng Gutenberg In the 15th century Metal He invented movable type. He improved movable type and introduced metal movable type to Europe. (In the Song dynasty) Between 1039 and 1048 Clay Post-reading Jane fell asleep while reading a book about _____. In her dream, she met a man making type out of _____. The man explained that he was preparing to _____. First, he _____ into clay pieces and baked them to make them hard. Then, he _____ pine gum, wax, and paper ash on a metal plate. After_____ each piece of type on the plate, he _____ them with a frame. Next, he _____the plate to melt the mixture. Then, he _____ the characters with a board to make the surface even. the history of printing clay print a book cut characters spread the mixture of placing heated pressed Fill in the blanks to complete the story. fixed Post-reading Finally, he _____the characters with ink to make them ready for printing. Jane realized the man was _____, the inventor of _____. She told him that_____ improved ... ...
