Unit 1 Teenagers today 第一课时 Starting out教学设计2026-2027学年外研版九年级英语上册

该初中英语教学设计聚焦“青少年品质与社会角色”核心主题，涵盖responsible、role model等词汇，三句中外名言及斯芬克斯之谜理解。通过提问“青少年应具备哪些品质”导入，板书学生答案关键词，自然衔接单元主题，为后续阅读课构建词汇与主题学习支架。 资料亮点在于融合语言能力与思维品质培养，以名言讨论（如习近平主席“未来属于青年”）和斯芬克斯之谜小组探究为载体，引导学生用英语表达社会角色与责任，渗透文化意识（中外名言、古希腊文化）。活动设计如pair work和group discussion提升语言表达与批判性思维，帮助学生反思自身角色，为教师提供清晰教学流程与互动策略。

Unit 1 Teenagers today 第一课时 Starting out Lesson type: Lead‑in & listening‑speaking lesson (Starting‑out section) 1. Teaching objectives 1.1 Knowledge objectives 1. Students can master new words and expressions related to teenagers’ qualities: responsible, role model, quote, youth, society, riddle. 2. Students can understand three famous quotes about young people and the Sphinx’s riddle from the textbook. 3. Students can get familiar with the unit theme Teenagers today and preview key sentence patterns that will appear in the later reading text. 1.2 Skill objectives 1. Students can read and understand short quotes and get main ideas from them. 2. Students can talk about teenagers’ roles in society with simple English; answer textbook‑based questions and carry out pair‑work discussion. 3. Students can describe what a responsible teenager is like and share their ideas about youth. 1.3 Emotional & cultural objectives 1. Help students reflect on their own roles as teenagers in modern society. 2. Inspire students to think about good qualities teenagers should have: responsibility, courage, creativity. 3. Prepare mentally and linguistically for the later reading passage Art in safe hands. 2. Key and difficult points - Key points: Understand the meaning of three quotes; use simple English to talk about teenagers’ roles and qualities. - Difficult points: Express personal opinions freely about youth and social roles; understand the deep meaning behind the quotes and the Sphinx riddle. 3. Teaching aids Textbook, PPT (pictures of teenagers, famous people, Sphinx riddle picture), blackboard, worksheet with quotes and discussion prompts. 4. Teaching procedures (40 mins total) Step 1 Warm‑up & topic introduction (7 mins) 1. Greet the whole class. Teacher raises guiding questions: Q1: You are all teenagers now. What good qualities should a good teenager have? Q2: What can teenagers do for our family or our society? 2. Invite several students to give short answers. Teacher writes key words from students’ answers on the blackboard, such as responsible, creative, hard‑working, helpful. 3. Transition: “We will start Unit 1 Teenagers today. In this unit, we will explore great qualities of teenagers. We will also think: what is a responsible teenager like? What roles do teenagers play in our country?” Show unit learning objectives from textbook on PPT. Step 2 Activity 1: Read and discuss the quotes (18 mins) 1. Show the three quotes from the textbook on PPT: ① The future belongs to the young people, and the hopes also rest with them. — President Xi Jinping ② The foundation of every state is the education of its youth. — Diogenes ③ The youth of today are the leaders of tomorrow. — Nelson Mandela 2. Vocabulary support: Explain key words: quote, youth, state, foundation, rest with. Teacher leads the whole class to read the three quotes aloud twice, paying attention to pauses. 3. Give students 4 minutes to read the quotes by themselves and think about the two textbook questions: Q1: What are these quotes about? Q2: What role do you think young people have in society? 4. Pair work (6 mins): Students work in pairs to discuss the two questions. Walk around the classroom to offer language help. 5. Whole‑class check (8 mins): - Call different pairs to share their answers. - Expected answer for Q1: All quotes are about young people / youth’s importance to society and the future. - For Q2, accept open‑ended reasonable answers, e.g. Young people create the future; young people take responsibility for society. - Teacher gives positive feedback and supplements useful expressions: play important roles in society; build the future; shoulder responsibility. Step 3 Activity 2: The riddle of the Sphinx (12 mins) 1. Show the Sphinx’s riddle picture from the textbook. Introduce the background briefly in simple English: “This is a famous old riddle from ancient Greece.” 2. Put forward the two textbook tasks: Q1: Do you know the riddle? Share it with the class. Q2: Which life stage are you at? And what should you do? 3. First, invite volunteers to try to tell the Sphinx riddle. If no student knows it, teacher tells the riddle: What creature walks on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and three legs in the evening? Answer: human beings. Morning means childhood, noon means youth, evening means old age. 4. Group discussion in groups of 3‑4 students (5 mins): Students discuss Q2. They need to talk about their own life stage — teenage years, and talk about what teenagers should do. 5. Group presentation (5 mins): Invite representatives from 2‑3 groups to share ideas. Guide students to use phrases: As teenagers, we should… We are supposed to… It is our responsibility to… 6. Transition to the next reading lesson: “We have talked about teenagers’ qualities and responsibilities. In our next lesson, we will meet Zhan Haojing, a teenage girl, who shows us what responsibility means for teenagers.” Step 4 Summary (2 mins) Teacher brief review: Today we read three quotes about youth. We talked about what roles young people play in society. We also discussed the Sphinx’s riddle and thought about our own teenage life. Teenagers are important for our society’s future and we should take responsibility. Step 5 Homework (1 min) 1. Read the three quotes aloud and try to recite one of them. 2. Write 5‑6 English sentences: What kind of teenager do I want to be? (Use words: responsible, youth, role, society) 3. Preview the new words of Understanding ideas: Art in safe hands on textbook Page 4. Blackboard design Unit1 Teenagers today — Starting out Key words & phrases - teenager / youth / society / state - responsible; role model - quote; riddle - shoulder responsibility; play roles in society Three quotes’ theme: Youth are important for the future of society. Sphinx riddle → life stages: childhood → teenage(youth) → old age What should teenagers do? → be responsible; learn; make contributions Useful sentences: The future belongs to the young people. It is our responsibility to… 6. Teaching reflection (for teacher reference) 1. Check whether students can understand the connotation of the quotes, and whether they can express personal opinions with learned vocabulary. 2. Some students may lack vocabulary to express ideas about social roles; encourage short simple sentences rather than long complex ones. 3. This lesson builds thematic and vocabulary preparation for the subsequent reading lesson Art in safe hands. Observe how many students can use “responsibility” in output activities. 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $