Unit7 New Waves of Technology–vocabulary教案

before opening the text, write the word technology on the board. ask for a definition and /or examples of the word. talk about the root word and suffix: techno—logy.draw a graphic organizer on the board to further discuss the many kinds of technologies. encourage the ss to provide examples of technologies and how these technologies have changed their lives .also expand on the categories, i.e. sports, household, ect.vocabulary review: inventor and invent. ask how these two words are related to technology.technology     electronic communication      media               transportationpeople’s report on new technology using the directed reading—thinking activity process, the teacher will guide the ss through the text.teaching tipthrough the dr-ta teaching strategy, the teacher asks ss to make and support predictions, makes sense of concepts and vocabulary and draw conclusions. it encourages ss to construct meaning collaboratively and creates student talk in the classroom.                                           <ruddell,martha,>before the class,there is some preparation.1 determine stop-points. the teacher stops after the title, then chooses about 3or 4 logical breaks, for ecample,after a sub—heading,chapter,introduction etc.2 prepare questions to be asked at stop—points.try to ask open—ended questions .these type of questions encourage discussion.3 if needed, provide the ss with cover sheets to avoid ss reading further when a stop—point has occurred.step 1 begin by asking prediction type questions about the title, for example.what about the title tell us about this story?can you predict what type of new technology peter will report on?what are some other words that have a similar meaning as “report”?step 2before the ss silently read the first section, introduce new vocabulary to ss. the purpose is for the ss to easily comprehend the text.the new vocabulary needs to be presented to the class in the actual context used in the text so that ss can try to construct the meaning  of the surrounding of the word from the meaning of the surrounding text. the ss are encourage d to contribute ideas about each words meaning in this context.