Unit2 Inspiring People Section B (2a-2c) 教学设计-2026-2027学年人教版英语九年级上册

Unit 2 Inspiring People 

Section B (2a-2c) Vocabulary in Use

一、Teaching Aims

1. Students can circle the correct words (science/scientist, history/historian, chemistry/chemist, biology/biologist, physics/physicist, researcher/research) to complete sentences in 2a.

2. Students can write down more words ending with -ist, -er, and -ian after observing the given examples.

3. Students can complete sentences with the correct forms of spread, wise, elder, calendar, radio in 2b.

4. Students can complete the passage about Amelia Earhart with correct forms of look up to, pioneer, courage, pilot, come true, encourage in 2c.

5. Students can introduce an inspiring person in their own words using the target vocabulary.

二、Key and Difficult Points

Key points:

(1) The word endings -ist, -er, -ian and their meanings (person who does something / person who studies something).

(2) The target vocabulary: spread, wise, elder, calendar, radio, look up to, pioneer, courage, pilot, come true, encourage.

(3) Using correct word forms (e.g., wise -> wisdom, spread -> spreading, encourage -> encouraged) in different contexts.

Difficult points:

(1) Distinguishing between the subject name and the person name (e.g., chemistry vs. chemist, physics vs. physicist).

(2) Changing word forms correctly according to the sentence context (e.g., wise -> wisdom, not wisely).

(3) Understanding and using phrasal verbs and idioms such as "look up to" and "come true" in context.

三、Teaching Tools

Textbook (Unit 2, p.8), blackboard and colored markers, vocabulary cards (showing -ist/-er/-ian words), printed exercises (2a-2c), PPT (optional), dictionary.

四、Teaching Procedures

Step 1: Warm-up and Lead-in (5 mins)

1. The teacher writes three words on the blackboard: scientist, historian, chemist. Then asks students: "What do these words have in common?"

2. The teacher guides students to find the common ending "-ist" and explains that it means "a person who does or studies something".

3. The teacher shows pictures of different professionals (a scientist, a historian, a chemist, a physicist) and asks students to say their names in English.

[Purpose] To activate students' prior knowledge about professions and introduce the word formation pattern -ist/-er/-ian.

Step 2: 2a - Circle the Correct Words (10 mins)

1. The teacher asks students to read the five sentences in 2a carefully and circle the correct word in each sentence.

   (1) scientist  (2) historian  (3) chemistry  (4) biologist  (5) physicist / researcher

2. The teacher checks answers with the whole class and asks students to explain why they choose that word.

3. The teacher asks students to write down three more words ending with -ist, -er, or -ian on their notebooks (e.g., artist, doctor, musician).

4. The teacher writes some extra words on the board and asks students to guess the meaning: pianist, journalist, technician.