Unit 3 Lesson 9 Creative Minds（第二课时）教学设计-2023-2024学年九年级英语北师大版全一册

Unit 3 Lesson 9 Creative Minds(第二课时) Lesson Focus ·Understanding cause and effect relationship ·Discussing about creativity and what you want to invent Exercise 5 Purpose: to help students express their opinions on inventions · Ask“Which invention do you like best?”Elicit a few answers, asking students to try to say why. Then ask“Why do you think these kids can make these inventions? Discuss these questions with a partner”. Monitor, offering help as needed. · Come together as a class, having students share their thoughts. Expansion: What Do You Think? Note: Use this activity with more proficient students. Tell students some quotations about inventing things. Have them respond, giving their opinions on the quotations and expressing how they think it pertains to the inventions in the reading. Here are a few: Necessity is the mother of invention. ——George Farquhar Doubt is the father of invention. ——Galileo Galilei To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. ——Thomas Edison We believe that if men have the talent to invent new machines that put men out of work, they have the talent to put those men back to work. ——John Fitzgerald Kennedy Exercise 6 Purpose: to help students talk about creativity · Have students brainstorm qualities of inventors. You can do this as a class or have them do it in small groups. Either way, get some of the answers on the board. Then ask“Think about the inventers from the passage. What are some examples of their creativity?”Elicit appropriate responses. If necessary, read the Example aloud, or have two students read it. Have students get into pairs to discuss. Moni-tor, offering help as needed. · Come together as a class, having students share their opinions. Expansion: Write about It! Note: Use this activity to give students more practice. Have students do some research on an invention that interests them. Then have them prepare to tell the class about it. You can do this as a class, making time for each student, or in small