1、 Unit 8 Section B (2a-2e) A Country Music Song Changed Her Life ForeverTime: June 14th, 2017Place: Taiji Middle SchoolClass: Class Nine, Junior Grade TwoType of lesson: ReadingTopic: American country music Knowledge objective: Help the students understand the meaning of the reading material.Ability
2、objectives: 1. Enable the students to get the main purpose of each paragraph. 2. Enable the students to use the title and the picture to guess the main idea. 3. Enable the students to use some important information to make a short summary. 4. Cultivate their good reading habits.Moral objective: Stim
3、ulate the students to know more about music and love music.Difficult points: Help the students understand the text correctly and get useful information to improve their reading ability. Teaching aids: 1. The blackboard. 2. A multi-media computer. Teaching procedures:Step 1. Warming-up Greet the stud
4、ents and divide them into two teams.Step 2. Lead in-Discussion Do you have a favorite singer or band? Do you have a favorite song? Step 3. Reading 1.Make predictions about the passage.(what and who) 2. Fast reading Let Ss read the passage quickly and match each paragraph with its main idea. Paragrap
5、h 1 Sarahs dream is to go to Nashville to see Garth Brooks sing live one day. Paragraph 2 Sarah is an American girl and she loves American country music. Paragraph 3 Country music is a traditional kind of music. It is about belonging to a group. 3. Careful reading(1). Paragraph 1: Let Ss listen to t
6、he tape and answer three questions. 1) Where is Sarah from? A. England B. America C. French 2) What does she like? A. pop music B. jazz C. country music 3) Sarah used to _,but now she misses her family because of a song full of feelings about _ _ on the radio.(2). Paragraph 2: Let Ss read it togethe
7、r and try to fill in the blanks. kindfactSongsthese daysCountry musicWhat it is about in the US a groupWhat it reminds usThe importance of and The best things in life are free- (3). Paragraph 3: Let Ss read it individually and fill in the blanks. Go to Sarahs dream Hope to see Garth Brooks who One of the in American history.Garth Brooks success Has sold _ _ 120 million . 4. Help Ss make a short summary of the passage. Step 4. Summary Step 5. Homework A Teaching Plan Wei Xiaojuan Lanzhou No.14 Middle School3 / 3
