1、新人教（2019）英语必修二Unit 5 Period 2 Reading and Thinking 教学设计课题Period2Readingand Thinking单元Unit5 Music主题语境人与社会教材分析The theme of this unit is Music, while the theme of the reading text is Learn about experiencing music online. The text introduces a new music style-virtual choir. It mainly talks about the fo
2、ur factors of virtual choir and the story of Eric Whitacre, who started the virtual choir and the meaning and function of thevirtual choir.学情分析Students in Grade One has learned English for years, and they have mastered some basic language points and language skills, and they can get some detailed in
3、formation in the text. But most of them lack reading strategies like skimming, scanning and prediction. This text is related to music, which almost all the students are interested in, but as to the virtual choir, most of them are not familiar with. After reading the text, students can learn about th
4、e virtual choir and cultivate their critical thinking and creative thinking to judge the advantages anddisadvantages of this new music style.教 学 目 标 与核心素养Knowledge objectives:To learn about the features and the linguistic characteristics of explanatorytext.Skill objectives:To cultivate students abil
5、ity to scan the text to get some important date, figures, names.Emotional objectives:To learn about different music and their features, and the new trend with the development of the Internet.To learn about the effect music makes on people.Thinking quality objectives:To learn about the new trend of m
6、usic with the development of the new technology;To cultivate the spirit of critical thinking and creative thinking重点To learn about different music and their features, and the new trend with the development of the Internet;To learn about the features and the linguistic characteristics of explanatoryt
7、ext.难点To cultivate students ability to scan the text to get some important date, figures,names.教学资源：multimedia教学准备：Some background information about Eric Whitacre, UNICEF and the virtualchoir教学方法：Task-based method to make students interested in what they will learn Fast reading to get the general id
8、ea of the passageCareful reading to get some detailed information in the passage教学过程教学环节教师活动学生活动设计意图Pre-readingStep 1 Lead-inThink and share:1. Why do people need music?2. What are the ways for people to experience music?3. How can computers and the Internethelp us experience music differently?Stude
9、nts brainstormandanswerthe questions.Toactivate students own knowledge.Step 2PredictionTask 1:Look at the title and predict.Studentsobservethe pictures andPractisepredictingand background information1. What is a virtual choir?2. What aspects of the virtual choir does the passage mainly talk about?Ta
10、sk 2: Show a video about a virtual choir.Task3:Introducethebackgroundinformation about Eric Whitacre and UNICEF.the look at the title to predict.Appreciate the video about a virtual choir.contextandcontent from images and the title.Makepreparation for the reading text.While readingStep 3 SkimmingSki
11、mming: get the main idea of each paragraph and the text.What does the passage mainly tell us?Main idea of the text:how the virtual choir came into being and its features and influence.Para. 1:A technology-based emerging music stylethe virtual choir.Para. 2&3: The founder of the virtual choirEric Whi
12、tacrePara. 4: The influence ofthe virtual choirStudents read the text quickly to find the main idea according to the topic sentences and key words.Practise skimming strategyfor readingStep 4Task 1:Scan the text and find someStudents read thePractise scanningScanningdetailed information:questions and
13、 findstrategyforPara. 1:the keys words inreadingtogetHow is a virtual choir different fromthetexttogetsomedetailedother choirs?somedetailedinformationPara 2&3:information.1. Who came up with the idea for a virtual choir?2. What caused Eric Whitacre to fall in love with classical music?3Wherehestudie
14、dmusical composition?4. What gave him the inspiration to make his first virtual choir?5. Whats the name of his song.?Task 2: Find the numbers and dates to fill in the timeline.Step 5 Further-thinkingRead again and find out how the text is organized by making a mind map.Tocultivate studentsabilityof
15、conclusionPost-readingStep 6 DiscussionThink and share:1. Whats the writers attitude towards the virtual choir? Find evidence from the text to support your idea.2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of being a member of a virtual choir?3. Does a virtual choir really bring people together? Why
16、 or why not?To cultivate students ability to analyze and conclude.To cultivate the spirit of critical thinking and creative thinkingHomework写一篇通知：一个网站招募虚拟合唱团成员，为十一献唱“我和我的祖国”。字数要求 80 词左右Blackboard DesignUnit 5 MusicPeriod 2 Reading and ThinkingLearn about experiencing music online教学评价:课程内容反思内容自我评价主题作者重点突出了什么内容？语篇语篇是什么体裁？结构特征是什么？语言知识能否根据时间轴复述 Eric Whitacre 的生平？语言技能能否通过图片，标题猜测文章大意？能否总结出虚拟合唱团的特点？文化知识了解各种不同的音乐形式学习策略哪些学习方法对自己的学习帮助最大？教后反思：在运用寻读策略了解文中细节信息方面，学生的能力有所提高，但在最后的对比分析利弊方面，学生的思维不能完全打开。
