WHAT WILL YOU THINK OF NEXT?,What is the text about?,Read the passage carefully and try to answer the following questions,The text is about the thinking strategies that creative thinkers use and explain how these strategies work.,How many ways of thinking strategies are mentioned? What are they?,Four.,Think outside the box.,Take another look at it.,Make connection.,Keep trying.,Think outside the box,Take another look at it,Make connections,Keep trying,Scanning: Find out what the following ways mean.,Try new ways to solve a problem.,Look at a problem in as many ways as possible.,Try to combine new and old ideas in as many different ways as possible.,Have a long process of trial and error.,inventions,ideas,possibilities,each new way,thought,in new ways,applications,find new ways,Why does the author use “new” many times ?,Find phrases and expressions with “new”,new,1. What is creativity according to the text ?,2. How can we become more creative?,Creativity is not about getting high test scores, having a high IQ or being smart. Instead,it is one of the most highly valued skills in society, is a matter of habits.,By thinking about the way we think and practicing good thinking strategies.,Para.1,Further Reading:,1. Why should we “think outside the box ” ?,Knowledge and learning are important but what we know and what we have learnt may also limit our thinking.,Para.2 Think outside the box,2. Whats the authors opinion about partial solutions and failures?,Partial solutions, and even failures, give us more information and clues that help us move towards a better solution.,If we look at problems in as many ways as possible, we may,A. find solutions that would otherwise remain invisible B. have different attempts and false starts C. improve our understanding D. make our ideas visible,Para.3 Take another look at it,Why should thinkers combine new and old ideas in many ways?2. How do creative thinkers usually think of new applications and solutions?,It is easy to limit the possibilities of a new idea by connecting it to only one area of our previous knowledge.,By comparing and connecting ideas and objects in new ways.,Para.4 Make connections,Why did some great inventors force themselves to develop new ideas even when they were tired or did not feel inspired?,They all knew that for each new invention that works , there are at least ten (inventions) that do not (work) .,Para.5-6 Keep trying,Post-reading: Tick the sentences that are true according to the text and correct the false ones.,1 ( ) Most inventors have high IQs. 2 ( ) The things we know can sometimes make it more difficult for us to understand new ideas. 3 ( ) It is impossible to learn how to be creative. 4 ( ) The best way to find a good solution is to lookfor one good answer. 5 ( ) Inventors try to avoid failure. 6 ( ) The more ways we have of looking at a problem, the more likely it is that we can find a solution. 7 ( ) Most good ideas are the result of a long process of trial and error.,Post-reading: Tick the sentences that are true according to the text and correct the false ones.,1 ( ) Most inventors have a high IQ. 2 ( ) The things we know can sometimes make it more difficult for us to understand new ideas. 3 ( ) It is impossible to learn how to be creative. 4 ( ) The best way to find a good solution is to look for one good answer.,Not all inventors,possible,as many answers as possible,A plane crashed. Why nobody in the plane was injured?,When we cut a corner from a square-shaped desk with four corners, how many corners are left?,Why can a frog jump higher than a tree?,For some questions, if we think out of the usual way, we can get the answers easily.,All the people in the plane died.,Five.,A tree cant jump.,Are the eyes of the same height? Yes!,Can you only see a pot? Pay attention to the dark! Two faces!,Is there only a yellow triangle? Pay attention to the blue?,Of course we can see an old man. Look more carefully! What else can you see?,Discussion,1. How do you understand the title of the passage?2. Of all the strategies discussed above, which one do you think is the most important? Why? 3. What other strategies can you suggest to be creative?,If we want to be creative, we should follow these thinking strategies -think outside the box, take another look at it, make connections and keep trying. These rules also work when we solve a problem.,How to become more creative:Think outside the box.Take another look at it.Make connections.Keep trying.,Summary,1.throughout history 2.come up with 3.have much in common 4. do well 5. have different backgrounds 6.get high test scores 7.have a high IQ 8. highly valued skills 9. a matter of habits 10. limit ones thinking 11. practise good thinking strategies 12.rephrase a problem 13. get stuck 14. allow for creative solutions 15.break away from old thought patterns,