Unit 5 Path to a Better World Thinking Skills & Reading Strategies课件2026-2027学年仁爱科普版英语九年级上册

Thinking Skills & Reading Strategies Path to a Better World Unit 5 Time to Relax 1. 借助图片与文本，理解分析故事情节这一思维技能，能够识别故事的beginning-middle-end，完成情节表格填空练习； 2. 读懂介绍白板、科学工程技术的语篇，掌握retelling复述阅读策略，学会用自己的语言概括主旨与关键细节，完成相关填空任务； 3. 运用本课词汇，结对谈论人工智能相关小故事，在对话交流中包含完整beginning-middle-end情节，与同伴开展口语交流活动； 4. 通过学习发明、人工智能相关内容，感受科技给生活带来的便利，理性看待科技，激发探索科学技术的兴趣。 重点 重点 通过本节课的学习，学生能够：  Learning objectives  Learning objectives Watch and answer What is the full name of AI? Artificial Intelligence. I use AI to learn English. How do you use AI in your daily life? Watch the video and answer the questions. I use AI to search for useful information. AI helps me listen to music. Look and answer Questions Answers What day is today? What birthday gift did he receive? Who will he call? How does grandpa feel? It is the boy's birthday. It's a smart watch. He will call his grandpa. Grandpa feels very happy. Look at the pictures and answer the questions. Look and complete Look at the pictures and complete the chart. Beginning: Xiao Ming is excited about his ________ — a new phone watch. Middle: Now, Xiao Ming can call his grandpa whenever ________________. End: Both Xiao Ming and his grandpa are very happy. gift he misses him Think and answer Think about what is at the beginning, middle, and end, and then answer. _________ is what happens in a story. It tells about how a story _________________________. begins, develops and ends Beginning It tells the background, characters and the cause of the story. Middle It is the main part of the story. It describes what the characters do and what happens. End It shows the final result of the event and people’s feelings. The plot Think and answer How to analyze the plot? ① Read the text and find the background and cause of the story for Beginning. ② Find characters’ actions and the process of the event for Middle. ③ Find the final result and people’s feelings for End. ④ Sort out the story in the order of beginning-middle-end. Think about this question and answer it. It was already quite late in the afternoon, but Yining’s parents were still at work. “Why not try to make dinner by myself?” Yining said to herself, “I’ve seen Mom use Hello Dish many times. Every time Mom tried a new dish, she would ask Hello Dish for help.” Soon Yining started to prepare her favorite dishes. While making the dishes, she asked Hello Dish questions and followed its instructions. Everything went on quite well. When Yining’s parents got home, dinner was ready. The dinner was simple, but Yining’s parents were greatly moved and felt very proud of her. Read and circle Read the text and circle the beginning, middle, and end. Beginning Middle End Read and complete Read the text and complete the following chain. Beginning: Yining’s parents were busy, so Yining decided to _______________________________. Middle: Yining _______________ by following Hello Dish's instructions. End: Yining's parents ___________________________________________. make dinner by herself made the dishes were greatly moved and felt very proud of her Read and answer Read the text and answer the questions. 1. Beginning：Why did Yining decide to make dinner? 2. Middle：What did Yining do to cook dishes? 3. End：How did Yining’s parents feel when they got home? Because her parents were still at work and came home late. She wanted to try making dinner by herself. She prepared her favourite dishes. She asked Hello Dish questions and followed its instructions while cooking. They were greatly moved and felt very proud of Yining. Think and fill Think about your story with AI and fill out the form. The Plot What Beginning Middle End I was poor at spoken English and was afraid to speak. I use an AI tool to practice English. It listens to me and corrects my mistakes. My oral English becomes better. I feel more confident. Yes, I do. And it helps me a lot. I can tell you my story. Hey, do you use AI these days? I used to be weak in spoken English. I was too shy to speak English in class. Cool! What’s it about? I practice my oral English with an AI tool every day. It listens to me and corrects my pronunciation mistakes. That was hard. How did AI help you? Make up a conversation and role play it with your partner. Make and role-play It listens to me and corrects my pronunciation mistakes. Sounds great. Is there any change now? Of course! My spoken English improves a lot. I’m not afraid to speak in front of my classmates now. Wow, that’s fantastic. AI is really a good helper for our study. Make up a conversation and role play it with your partner. Make and role-play Look and answer Look at the picture and answer the questions. 1. What is this invention in the pictures? 2. How did it develop? 3. What about this invention? It’s the whiteboard. People started to use whiteboards in the 1950s. It became popular in the 1990s. It is a useful invention, and modern whiteboards are powerful. Look and complete Look at the picture and complete the table. Main idea:The whiteboard is a ______ invention. Details: ● It was used in the 1950s. ● It became popular in the 1990s. ● It is now a very _________________. useful powerful tool Think and answer What does Retelling mean? ① Find the main idea（找出主旨大意） ② Find key details（找出关键细节，如时间、事件、特点） ③ Put them in time / logical order（按时间或逻辑排序） ④ Rewrite and speak in your own words（用自己的语言口头表达） Think about this question and answer it. How to retell a story? Retelling means talking about what you have read in your own words. When you retell, you should include all the important parts in the right order. Science, engineering and technology are very closely connected, but how are they different from one another? To make things clear, we can start with a saying about the differences between science and engineering: Scientists study the world as it is, while engineers create the world that has never been. As for technology, we can put it this way: Technology is the use of scientific knowledge in achieving engineering goals. Read and underline Read the text and underline the main idea and important details. Main idea Details The text is mainly about ________________ among science, engineering and technology. Science is the study of _____________________________________. Engineering is about creating a new world. Technology is _________________________________ to achieve __________________. the differences Read and complete Read the text and complete the retelling of the text. the world as it is the use of scientific knowledge engineering goals Retell the text in Activity 2. Retell and share The text is mainly about the differences among science, engineering and technology. Science is the study of the world as it is. Engineering is about creating a new world. Technology is the use of scientific knowledge to achieve engineering goals. Science, engineering and technology are closely related, but they are not the same. Science means studying the world as it really is. Engineers create new things that have never existed before. Technology uses scientific knowledge to reach engineering goals. Think and talk Think and talk about some engineering projects you know. The South-to-North Water Diversion Project China Sky Eye Tiangong Space Station China’s High-Speed Rail the Hong Kong‑Zhuhai ‑Macao Bridge （港珠澳大桥） ... engineering projects Exercise 1. The plot tells us how a story ________, ________ and ________. 2. When we retell a text, we should use our ________ words and include all the _____________ parts in the right order. 3. The whiteboard is a very ________ invention. People started to use whiteboards in the ________. They became popular in the ________. 4. Science studies the world as it is, while engineers ________ the world that has never been. 5. Technology is the use of ________ knowledge in achieving engineering goals. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the phrases in the box. begins develops ends own important useful 1950s 1990s create scientific master two reading strategies: analyzing the plot and retelling. I can sort out a story’s beginning‑middle‑end and retell texts with main ideas and key details. 3 1 After learning this lesson, I can better understand the value of technology and realize how it changes our daily life. talk about inventions, AI and differences among science, engineering and technology, and finish exercises and pair‑work activities. 2 Summary Homework 1. Remember the new words learned in this lesson and use them. 2. Write a short passage about your favorite invention. Try to write its beginning, development and ending. Unit 5 Thank you! 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