1、Teaching objectives: Knowledge objectives: 1. Key words: country music, forever, abroad, actually, ever since, fan, southern, modern, success, belong, one another, laughter, beauty, million, record 2. Key sentence: . Ever since then, she has been a fan ofAmerican country music .Many songs these days
2、 are just about modern life in the US, such as the importance of money and success, but not about belonging to a group. It reminds us that the best things in life are free laughter, friends, family, and the beauty of nature and the countryside. Ability objectives: 1. Be able to master the reading st
3、rategies: skimming and scanning 2. Train Sssummarizing skill 3. Help Ss to express their opinions about music and life, and improve their writing skill Moral objectives: Through learning the relationship between Sarah and country music, cultivate the deeper meaning and make Ss have an active attitud
4、e towards life Teaching methods: The situational teaching approach, task-based language method, the cooperative learning method and the communicative approach Teaching aids: PPT, pictures, materials of exercise Teaching procedure: Step 1 Warm up 1. Greetings 2. Show a video and have a free talk Step
5、 2 Pre-reading 1. Show the learning objectives 2. Listen to the recording and circle the new words. After that, ask Ss to use the new words to fill in the blanks. Read the new words. Step 3 While-reading Ask Ss to skim the passage, then match the right main ideas with each paragraph. Paragraph 1 1.
6、Scan this paragraph and fill in the blanks about Sarahs change 2. Invite a girl to read this paragraph Paragraph 2 1. Scan this paragraph and answer the questions 2. Find out the key words of “good old days” 3. Show a series of pictures of “good old days” 4. Invite a boy to read the paragraph Paragr
7、aph 3 1. Scan this paragraph and answer the questions 2. Complete the mind map Step 4 Post-reading Writing Show some pictures to present “the best things in life”. Then ask Ss to discuss the topic and write a short passage. Later, invite several Ss to read their passages to the class. Step 5 Emotion
8、 Music can give us strength to overcome the difficulties in our lives. Step 6 Summary Step 6 Homework Blackboard design: Afamouscountrymusic singer: The number of records he has sold: The home of country music: Where is it from: What kind of music it is: A famous country music place in Nashville: Country music
