1、Unit 5 Musicby Peoples Education PressTeaching objectives Linguistic knowledge 1. Students grasp some useful words and phrases: musician, clap, passer-by, form, extra, earn, advertisement2. Students can master the sentence structure 3. Students should understand the general idea of the passageSkill
2、objective 1. locate specific information by scanning2. analyze the language features of the passage3. improve Ss ability to make inference by guessing the meaning of word4. improve Ss ability to analyze the text by detailed reading Cultural awareness 1. Encourage the Ss to share the different kinds
3、of music.2. Improve the cooperation and share among the students.Affective attitude 1. Students will be willing to read aloud in the class.2. Students will have interest in sharing introduction of music.3. Students will be active in cooperating with others in discussions.4. Students are able to deve
4、lop their thinking abilities for example, critical thinking Learning strategy 1. Students will be able to understand/express the topic with the help of teaching aids like pictures or video.2. Students would like to seize opportunities to communicate with others.Warm up 01Pre-reading 02While-reading
5、03Post-reading 04Table of Contents05Self-reflection 06Homework Can you play a musical instrument? How does music make you feel? Why do you like to listen to music?warm-up “The suffering of life can not break me down, the joy in my heart is not my personal. I put the joy into the music, so as to make
6、 the whole world feel happy.”Wolfgang Amadeus MozartBring happiness “Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy .”Ludwig van BeethovenBring enlightenment pre-reading 01Brainstorming :How many kinds of music do you know ?Classical music Rocknroll Orchestra Rap Folk music Jazz Country
7、 music Choral Listen and guess You are going to listen some pieces of music and guess what kind of music does it belong to ?classic musicraprocknrollBand is a group of musicians who play popular music together.What is band ?Do you know Monkees? They are the most popular band in USA from 1966 to 1968
8、!A big hit Enjoy a video Prediction Title: The Band That Wasnt The band was formed in a different way Skimming: read passage quickly and find out the following information Band :Time :Number of members:Form of performance :skimming : Whats the main idea of this passage?A. How to be a famous singer.B
9、. the introduction to the Monkees.C. The importance of music.D. Famous bands in the world.Scanning: matching paragraph 1paragraph 2paragraph 3paragraph 4The common ways that bands formDreaming of being famous The development of the Monkees How the Monkees formed the band?while-reading 02Careful read
10、ingPara 1 Dreaming about being famousQ: What is the function of the first para? Have you ever wanted to be part of a band as a famous singer or musician ? Have you ever dreamed of playing in front of thousands of people at a concert,at which everyone is clapping and appreciating your music? Do you s
11、ing karaoke and pretend you are a famous singer like Song Zuying or Liu Huan? To be honest , a lot of people attach great importance to becoming rich and famous. But just how do people form a band?to arouse interest and introduce topic Careful readingPara 2 The common ways that bands formQ:How many
12、ways are mentioned in this para? What are they? Many musicians meet and form a band because they like to write and play their own music. They may start as a group of high-school students, for whom practising their music in someones house is the first step to fame. Sometimes they may play to passers-
13、by in the street or subway so that they can earn some extra money for themselves or to pay for their instruments.Later they may give performances in pubs or clubs,for which they are paid in cash. Of course they hope to make records in a studio and sell million of become millionaires.How do people fo
14、rm a band ?way 1to practise music at homeway 2to play in the street or subwayway 3to give performances in pubs or clubsway 4to ma ke records in a studio Careful readingPara 3 How the Monkees formed the band?Q:How was the Monkees different from other bands?However,there was one band that started in a
15、 different way. It was called the Monkees and began as a TV show. The musicians were to play jokes on each other as well as play music, most of which was based loosely on the Beatles.The TV organizers had planned to find four musicians who could act as well as sing.They put an advertisement in a new
16、spaper looking for rock musicians,but they could only find one who was good enough.TOPIC SENTENCE Careful reading Para 4 The development of the MonkeesQ: Could the Monkees sing well? The result? Why did they play and sing their own songs later?have a discussion with your partners and draw a mindmap.
17、post-reading 03Discussion:1. Do you think the TV organizers were right to call it a band when they did not write or sing their own songs? Give reasons.2. In your opinion, what is the most important thing for a successful band? Why? 3.Whats your favorite band ? why?3. Suppose The Monkees are invited
18、to China and youve got the chance to attend their concert, which questions will you ask after learned this passage?become serious about their work Step 2start as a TV show and pretend to sing Step 1become popular and sell more records Step 3produced a new recordfor celebrating their time as a real b
19、andStep 4Their road to success Further Thinking Are you a star-chaser? Whats the pros and cons of chasing stars ?cons waste energy and time influence normal life. learn some good qualitiesrelieve stress and tension .pros Dont follow your favorite star in the wrong way !HOMEWORKTalent show can provid
20、e a platform for people who wants to stand in the spotlight. Whats your opinions about talent show?Self-reflection on teaching design and PPTStrengths of teaching design: 1.Have Clear structure and some mind maps to help students understand passage.2.Arrange various activities such as guessing and d
21、ebating which can arouse studentss interests and enthusiasm 3.My teaching design is consistent with core competence and new curriculum which focus on developing students critical thinking.Weaknesses of teaching design :1.Students may be not interested in the topic the band monkees.2.That might not be enough time for class.Self reflection on PPT :1.My ppt have lively forms of materials, beautiful design as well as medieval players.2.I add some delicate pictures, sweet music, lovely flash cartoon and interesting video to PPT.
