1、Unit 8 Have you read Treasure Island yet? Section B (2a-2e) Teaching Aims 1. Knowledge aims Students can master the following vacabulories and sentences: (1)country music, forever, abroad, actually, ever since, fan, southern, modern, success, belong, one another, laughter, beauty,record (2) Sarah ha
2、snt been to Nashville yet, but it is her dream to go there one day. She has already read a lot about the place and done some research on it. 2.Ability Aims (1) To learn how a country music song changed Sarahs life. (2) Can summarize the main ideas of the text by making notes or underlining the topic
3、 sentences. 3. MoralAims Stimulate students to love music,love life Teaching Key Points 1. Learn and master the new words and sentences. 2. To learn how a country music song changed Sarahs life. 3. Can summarize the main ideas of the text by making notes or underlining the topic sentences. Teaching
4、Difficult Points Can summarize the main ideas of the text by making notes or underlining the topic sentences. Teaching Methods Multimedia-assisted teaching and learning method, and task-based language method. Teaching Steps Step 1 Warming-up 1.Watch a short MV What kind of music it is ?How do you fe
5、el ? 2.Have a dictation of the facts and introduce some new words : beauty ,success,record Step 2 Before reading Read the title and watch the picture from the article ,then guess what the article is going to talk about. Tip1:Title is important ,it can help you to predict the article Step 3 Reading 1
6、. Fast reading Read the passage quickly and match the main idea of each paragraph Tip2:the first /last sentence is usually the main idea. 2. Careful reading First paragraph Read and fill in the blanks.Who is Sarah? studied_in England. Sarah is from_. _missed her familyand friends. has been a_ofAmeri
7、can _. Paragraph 2 Read the following statements .(T for true, F for false) 1.Country music is a traditional kind of music from the western states ofAmerica. 2.Country music is about modern life. 3.songs these days are about belonging to a group. 4.Country music brings us back to the “good old days”
8、 5.Country music reminds us that the best things in life. Paragraph 3answer the questions What is Sarahs dream? And why? Is Sarah Garth Brookss fan? How do you know? Who is Garth? Step3:After Reading 1.use the underlined sentences to write short answers of 2c 2.Use the answers to wrtite summary 3wor
9、k in groups.Three students in one group ,each one write one paragraph. Tip 3: Summarizing can help you better understand the text. Step4:Group work Enjoy some music and talk about your favorite singers such as: Michael Jackson, Garth Brooks ,The cold play,Taylor Swift. Discussion:Whose fan do you li
10、ke to be? Students will use the tips(: successful/successrecordsfan forever beauty .) with the strucuture (I want to be the fan of .because he/She is .The song was his/her great .He/She sold .His/Her beautiful music makes us.) to make a conversation Step5: Evaluation 1.body language 2.Pronunciation 3.Language and structure 4.Natural Step6:Moral education Love music ,Love life Step7:Summary This class we learned 1. something about country music 2 three reading tips : TitleTopic sentenceSummarizing Step8: Homework 1.read the passage 2.write some facts about your favorite song or singer.
