Unit 7 Timelines Lesson 4 Understand what makes people creative

Talk about what makes people creative

Speak and read

1. Make a class list of famous creative people. In what way are / were they creative?
2. Read the descriptions above of three creative teenagers. In what way are they

    creative?

    Matt’s school needed money to buy new shirts for the school soccer team. I wrote to all the best Spanish soccer teams, he told us. It was a lot of work, but I knew it was a good idea. One team sent us 10 tickets for an important game. We sold them for a lot of money.

   Terri told stories to her little brother when she was a child. Later she wrote them on her computer and put them on the internet. Today she writes short stories for an internet magazine and enjoys thinking of new stories. I spend a lot of time on my writing, she says. I want it to be good.

    Jan loves cooking. One day I got a cookbook and made dinner, he remembers. Now I can make a lot things. Jan looks at recipes on the internet and tries his own ideas. Sometimes things go wrong, but that’s how you learn. It isn’t always easy.

3. Creative people all the share the things below. Underline examples in the

    descriptions 

    of Matt, Teri, and Jon.

    They have new ideas, try new things, or do things in new ways.

    They really love their hobby or believe in their idea.

    They work hard.

4. A Work in small groups. Choose one task from the box.

    B Share your ideas with another group.

    Show how Creative you are

    Create a story. Include these words:

     said        house          dog        a movie          came              cried            calm

    Write a new menu for a school lunch or a meal for a special day.

    Think of ideas to get money for  new books for a your school library.

5. Reflect Talk about the questions. Then a read the Reflection point.
6. Was your task in Exercise 4 A easy or difficult? Why?
7. Do you think you’re creative? Why or why not? Is your opinion different after

              Exercise 4A.

  Reflection point

  Everyone can be creative in big or small ways. You can make something, do something     

  in a different way, or wave a new idea. Work hard to make your ideas real.

6. Extend Tell a partner three ways you’re creative.

    I thought of a new way to learn English vocabulary.

    I have a blog with photos of clothes.

    I made a poster for a school party.