The greatest inventors.

1. The greatest inventors. Michael Faraday (1791-1867)

2. The aims of our lesson are: • to meet with the text about M.F., his biography and his experiments • to discuss the information • to revise your grammar (Passive Voice) • to summarize the information

3. 1.Read the words: • Michael Faraday • Electricity • Humphry Davy • Especially • Volta • Ampere • physist

4. 2.Guess the meaning of the words: • Continent • Electricity • Magnet • Experiment • Scientist • Wire • Current

5. 3.Check up your home task: • (Was, invented,when , telephone?)… • (What, 1908, was, by, invented, in, James Spangler?) … • (Developed, was, where, idea of cloning, the?)… • (Whom, the first, was, by, produced, petrol-driven, car, motor?)…

6. The correct variant: • When was telephone invented? • What was invented in 1908? • Where was the idea of cloning developed? • Whom was the first petrol-driven motor car produced by? • Telephone was invented in 1876. • The first vacuum cleaner was. • The idea of cloning was developed in Scotland. • It was produced by Karl Benz.

7. Michael Faraday (1791-1867) • Have you ever heard about M.F.? • What did he invent? • Do you think his experiments were really great?

8. 5.Answer the questions: • What was F. interested in? • What role did books play in his life? • Why did he write a letter to Davy? • Did scientists know much about electricity at that time? • What did Faraday do? • Do you think his experiments were really great? • What has electricity done to our lives?

9. 6.Write the sentences in the correct order: • Like all true scientists, F. wanted… • He wrote a letter… • F. sent a lot of time… • Davy and F. made a … • He got an electric current… • It was the beginning of the age..

10. Check yourself: • F. spent a lot of time playing in the streets during his early life. • Like all true scientists , F. wanted to make experiments. • He wrote a letter to sir Humphry Davy. • Davy and F. made a trip to the Continent to meet great scientists of other countries. • F. got an electric current by using a magnet. • It was beginning of the age of electricity.

11. 7.Make sentences using Passive Voice: • F. read a lot of books . • He wrote a letter to sir Humphry Davy. • Davy and F. made a trip to the Continent. • An electric current was produced in the wire. • Electricity has changed the face of the world. • “to be” V ed, 3

12. 7.Make sentences using Passive Voice: • F. read a lot of books . • He wrote a letter to sir Humphry Davy. • Davy and F. made a trip to the Continent. • An electric current was produced in the wire. • Electricity has changed the face of the world. • “to be” Ved, 3

13. Check yourself: • A lot of books were read by F. • A letter was written to sir Humphry Davy. • A trip was made to the Continent. • The face of the world has been changed with electricity.

14. 8. What is this story about? • This story is about.. • F. was the great.. • He was born… • F. wanted to give.. • F. was wondering whether.. • Then he got what he wanted.. • This was a great .. • It was the beginning of the age..