Unit 4Creativity

Teaching objectivesIn this unit you will-know what creativity is and how to develop creativity-read a passage about the approaches schools and parents adopt to encourage creativity-read two passages about what prevent children from being creative-develop reading skills like identifying pronouns, text expansion by means of illustration-enlarge your vocabulary

Warm-up activities Task 1:Defining creativityTask 2Creative drawings on page 132and signature Shygirl wants to write a letter to her friend and she wants a creative signature. Please design one for her.

Task 3Optical illusion and imaginationLooking inside:Looking forwardLooking flatLooking from the upper side:

In-class Reading Pre-reading Did your parents involve you in family decisions? If yes, what kinds of decisions are they?

Thoughts or ideas?

Discourse level text structure Thesis statement( para1):What is creativity (para. 2-5)How to encourage creativity (6-10)The present problem (para. 6). What can schools do (para. 7) What can parents do (para. 8-10)

Mini-skills development---identify pronouns It is a strategy that more and more companies are employing and one that experts around the country say we ought to be following .

Sentence level The feeling is that (l 13)It is up to sb. to do (l 42).There are things that (l 47)

Word studyApproach (line 16.line 32)We approached the birds quietly and watched them.His word is approaching perfection.I approached him about filling the managers job. All the approaches to the airport were blocked by the police.I made approaches to her to join the club.

Be up toIts up to him to decide it. fit for , fit to doShe is not up to the job.Do you feel up to going out, or do you still feel sick?(do sth. secret or bad.I see what you are up to.

sacrificeFall a sacrifice to Make sacrifices for Offer a sacrificeAt the sacrifice ofShe sacrificed her life to save her child.I wont sacrifice my health in pursuit of wealth.Sacrifice ones career for the family.

Nature By nature :Cats are by nature very clean.In nature: His problem was personal in nature.

Useful expressionsAn essential step towards Develop the thoughts into workable ideasThere is no risk in doingCross conventional boundariesBreak patternsMake order out of confusion

Post-reading discussionIs creativity a skill or a personal quality? Justify your answers.

AssignmentRead after-class reading passages and try to answer the following questions.What different reactions do Americans and Chinese have for the key-slot anecdote? What adult-children relationship is reflected in it?What do Americans value in kids growth process?What are the two approaches to education? Explain them in your own words.

Key to vocabulary exercises1,confused, confusion 2. intelligence, intelligent, 3 humorous, humor, 4, strategy, strategic, 5, motivated, motivation. 6,combination, combined, 7, creation, creative, 8, pursuit , pursuing, 9, multiplication, multiply 10, employ, employment,

2:Perfected, ApproachingValueFunctionsApproachPerfectHonorFunctionHonorvalue

3)DismissConsequentlyPromotingAppliesVitalScornedConventionalOriginal

ConsciouslyInnovativeUnconsciouslyDeterminesImaginationAwareControlCreatedExtensionTechniqueVulnerableUnfoldingJoyfulGainApply At the behest ofAt ones behestHave/exercise dominion over

Further developmentWhat do they stand for?Letter of the alphabetWonders of the ancient worldArabian nightsSigns of the zodiacCards in the deck with the jokersPlanets in the solar systemPiano keysHours in a dayPlayers on a football teamDays in February in a leap year

letter to ShirleyShirley is a quiet girl but her roommates are active in the dormitory bull sessions before sleep. She is very tired of this. Now write a letter in the name of Shygirl to provide a creative solution to her . Dont forget your creative signature.

Continue the story-(story-making)One day there were three people. Their names were Manners, Trouble, and Shut up. .

Solution One day they were playing hide and seek. Manners got a tummy ache so he went to the toilet. Trouble was hiding. Shut up was finding Trouble when he met a police man. The policeman: what is your name? Shut up: shut up! The policeman: Are you looking for trouble? Shut up: Yes! The policeman: Where are your manners? Shut up: In the toilet.

Cloze MeanIncludeBreak Invent StrikeLimitedAbleNotAverageReasonthatExamining Another PlayRegardSoundBecauseDisapprovedSatisfactionbut

On educationWhat are the two approaches to teaching mimetic approach transformative approachWhich should be emphasized , knowledge or creativity? facts and skills, favor .over, go out of date, update,

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