Unit2 Inspiring People Section B (3a-3d) 教学设计-2026-2027学年人教版英语九年级上册

Unit 2  Inspiring People

Section B (3a-3d) Reading & Writing

一、Teaching Aims

1. Students can read the online post about Mozi and identify who the writer admires and why.

2. Students can complete the chart in 3b using key information from the post (Life, Belief, Inspiration).

3. Students can research an inspiring person and make notes in a chart similar to the one in 3b.

4. Students can write a short post about an inspiring person using their notes from 3c.

二、Key and Difficult Points

Key points:

(1) The target vocabulary and expressions: thinker, woodwork, kite, Warring States Period, bring peace, kindness, care, strangers, live on, inspiration, community of a shared future for mankind.

(2) Reading skills: skimming for main ideas and scanning for specific details in a reading passage.

(3) The chart structure (Life / Belief / Inspiration) for organizing information about a person.

Difficult points:

(1) Understanding abstract expressions such as "his ideas live on" and "a community of a shared future for mankind".

(2) Writing a coherent short post about an inspiring person using appropriate language and sentence patterns.

(3) Distinguishing between key details and supporting information when completing the chart in 3b.

三、Teaching Tools

Textbook (Unit 2, pp.9-10), blackboard and colored markers, pictures of Mozi and the Warring States Period, printed chart templates (for 3b and 3c), PPT (optional), dictionary.

四、Teaching Procedures

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

1. The teacher writes "Mozi" on the blackboard and asks: "Do you know this man? What do you know about him?"

2. The teacher shows a picture of Mozi on the PPT and briefly introduces him as a great thinker from Chinese history.

3. The teacher asks students to predict what the online post might be about based on the title and picture.

[Purpose] To activate students' prior knowledge about Chinese historical figures and introduce the topic of the lesson.

Step 2: 3a - Reading for Gist (10 mins)

1. The teacher asks students to read the online post about Mozi quickly and answer the

question: "Who does the writer admire? Why?"

2. Students read individually and then share answers with their partners.

3. The teacher checks answers with the whole class: The writer admires Mozi because he was a great thinker who wanted to bring peace. Key information includes: soldier, woodwork, inventor of the kite, great thinker, Warring States Period, bring peace, idea of love, ideas live on.

4. The teacher highlights key vocabulary on the blackboard: thinker, woodwork, kite, Warring States Period, bring peace, kindness, strangers, live on.

[Purpose] To train students' skimming skills and help them get the main idea of the passage. Also to introduce key vocabulary in context.

Step 3: 3b - Reading for Detail (12 mins)

1. The teacher shows the chart in 3b on the PPT/blackboard and explains the three categories: Life, Belief, Inspiration.

2. Students read the post again more carefully and complete the chart:

   Life: Lived in China during the Warring States Period

   Belief: Believed in showing kindness and care to everyone / states should avoid attacking one another

   Inspiration: His ideas live on / People need to hear the message of peace and love and work together

3. Students work in pairs to check their answers.

4. The teacher checks answers with the whole class and asks students to read the completed