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公开课教案：Book 2,Unit 5,Music .The First Period Reading By yang nian zhong Teaching goals 教学目标

1. Target language 目标语言

a. 重点词汇及短语

classical, folk, form, passer-by, earn, extra, instrument, pretend, hit (n.), dream of, be honest with, play jokes on, be based on, put an advertisement, or so, be serious about, break up b. 重点句型

1. Have you ever dreamed of being in front of thousands of people at a concert with everyone clapping and enjoying your singing? 2. If we are honest with ourselves, most of us have dreamed of being famous. 3. ... bands are formed by high school students, who practise their music in someone’s home.

4. They may play to passers-by in the street or subways so that they can earn some extra money. 5. The musicians of whom the band was formed played jokes on each other as well as played music. 6. Their music and jokes were based loosely on the band called “The Beatles”.

7. Actors may not be the able to sing so at first other musicians sang the songs for the programme while the band pretended to sing them. 8. However, after a year or so in which they became more serious about their work. 2. Ability goals能力目标

a. Enable the students to sum up the main idea of each paragraph.

What’s the main idea of each paragraph?

b. Enable the students to understand the details about the passage, and join the correct parts of the sentences together in Exercise 2 (page 35). c. Retell the text using the key words of the passage.

d. Express their opinions by answering the questions. 1) Do you think the TV organizers were right to call “The Monkees” a band when they did not sing or write their own songs? Why? 2) Do you agree that the jokes were more important than the music for this band? Give a reason. 3. Learning ability goals 学能目标

a. Help the students to sum up the main idea of each paragraph. b. Enable the Ss to understand the details about the passage, and join the correct parts of the sentences together in Exercise 2 (page 35). c. Get the students to retell the text using the key words. d. Help them to answer the following questions. 1) Do you think the TV organizers were right to call “The Monkees” a band when they did not sing or write their own songs? Why? 2) Do you agree that the jokes were more important than the music for this band? Give a reason. Teaching important points教学重点

a. Help the students to find out the main idea of each paragraph. b. Discuss the question. Why is “The Monkees” still popular today?

Teaching difficult points 教学难点

a. Discuss the questions. 1) Do you think the TV organizers were right to call “The Monkees” a band when they did not sing or write their own songs? Why? 2) Do you agree that the jokes were more important than the music for this band? Give a reason. b. Discuss the reason why “The Monkees” was successful.

Teaching aids 教具准备

A multi-media computer and a recorder. Teaching procedures & ways 教学过程与方式

Step Ⅰ Revision

1. Greetings 2. Learn the new words of this part.

Step Ⅱ Warm up

1. Lead-in T: Today we are going to learn Unit 5. In this unit we’ll learn something about music. First turn to page 33. Look at the pictures. Let’s listen to some music and let’s see if you can guess which music matches which pictures.

Ss: ... T: Good. I’m sure you are interested in music and know a lot about some songs and famous singers. Now let’s go on with the other three questions. I’d like you to have a discussion. Then I’d like you to report you work.

Allow them enough time for the discussion. 2. Answer the questions T: For the second question, are you ready for your answers? Ss: Yes. S1: I like Chinese music. Because I think Chinese music are easy to understand and it is in agreement with our culture. I like modern music. It often reflects the modern life of modern people. S2: I like Western music. Because I think their music is lively, and musicians’ voices are beautiful and pleasant. I like classical music, and they are often serious and make people inspired. I think most people like classical music, which can last long, while modern music is mainly to young people’s taste, and it may not last long. T: Good. Let’s go on with next question—How does music make you feel?

S3: I think music can make me happy or sad. Listening to the music, I recall some memories or dream of beautiful life and often it makes us think a lot. T: Good. I have the same idea as you. What about next question? Any volunteer? S4: I like to listen to music, because I often feel relaxed when listening to the music. Also music tells about real life, stories, and sounds like the way people

really talk. So I like music very much. Step Ⅲ Pre-reading

Get the students to discuss the questions with their partners and then ask them to report their work. Encourage them to express their opinions freely. T: Now please look at the slide show. And discuss these questions with your partners. Then I’ll ask some students to report your work. Are you clear?

Ss: Yes. 1. Have you heard about any of the famous bands in the world? Please list them if you have. 2. Which one do you like best? Why? 3. Do you know anything about “The Monkees”?

After the discussion. T: Now answer the first question. Who’d like to try?

S1: Let me try. I’ve heard about “The Beatles”, “Simple Plan” “Nickel Back” of America and “The Zero O’clock” of China.

S2: I’ve heard about “Supergrass”, a famous band in America.

S3: I have heard about "Kingsmen", also a famous band in America. T: Good, you know so many famous bands. I think you must be interested in music. Now let’s come to the second question-Which band do you like best? Why? S1: I like “Supergrass” best. The musicians in the band always seem very young. It appears that they are very lazy. Also their performances often keep people laughing all the time. S2: I like “Reggae” best, for I like their performances that are full of excitement. They mainly play jazz or crazy music. S3: I like “The Beatles” best. I like their style of performances. Listening to their performances, you may feel relaxed, amused, and after their performances, you can think a lot about life. T: Very good. Let’s come to the last question. Who knows anything about "The Monkees"?

S4: It is a band that was very popular in the 1960s in America. Now it is still popular in the world today. This band first sang one of my favourite songs—“Bubblegum”.

S5: “The Monkees” were a 4-person band in the 1960s as well as a TV show of the same name and it modeled on “The Beatles”. The band used techniques rarely seen on TV at that time. T: Good, let’s come to the reading-The Band That Wasn’t and find more about them. Step Ⅳ Reading First reading: scanning Get the Ss to comprehend the passage quickly and accurately and meanwhile help the Ss to form a good habit of reading. Teachers give the Ss a couple of minutes to look through the whole passage. Tell the Ss to read the text silently and then ask some detail questions about the text on

the slide show with their partners. Teachers encourage the Ss to express their ideas. T: Now we are going to learn a passage about some bands. Read the passage quickly and find out the answers to the two questions here.

Show the questions on the screen. 1. What are the benefits if students form a band to play in the street? 2. When did “The Monkees” break up and when did it reunite?

3. Why was “The Monkees” successful in their work?

Allow the students several minutes to read the passage. T: Since you have finished reading, let’s answer the questions. Any volunteer?

S1: The first question. They can earn some extra money and this can also give them a chance to realize their dream of being famous. T: Quite right. What about the second question? S2: “The Monkees” broke up in about 1970 and it reunited in the mid-1980. T: Good! How about the third question? S3: Because they were serious about their work and they also worked very hard. T: Quit right, you have done a good job.

Second reading: Reading aloud In this part, Ss will read the text again and try to understand the sentences and the main idea of each paragraph. And then finish the exercises in Comprehending. First let them read the passage carefully, do the exercises on their own, discuss the questions in pairs and then check the answers together. T: Read aloud and let’s do the comprehending exercises after you having read the passage. After the Ss have finished reading. 1 T: Have you found out their best choices for Exercise 1? Ss: Yes. T: OK! Let’s check the answers. Who’d like to try?

S1: I think they are lively, funny and attractive, for they modeled on the attractive performances of "The Beatles". They played music and played jokes on each other as well. Their performances must be very interesting and attractive. S2: I think they are brave, for at the beginning they did not sing or write their own songs. Though they met with difficulties, they succeeded after all. S3: I think that they are popular, and famous. Because they produced many records, some of which are still popular today. T: So we can say they are popular, lively, funny, attractive, brave, and famous. Get the students to do this exercise by themselves, and then ask them to check their answers with the whole class. T: Let’s do next exercise. Discuss the two questions and I’ll ask some students to report your work. After several minutes T: Question 1. Who’d like to try?

S1: Let me try. Yes. I think it was right for them to call “The Monkees” a band. Though they didn’t sing or write their songs, they really get people to appreciate music. It’s such a creative idea that many people become their fans. It was a band formed in an unusual way.

S2: No, I don’t think it was a band. They didn’t write or sing their own songs. How can we call it a band? S3: No. I don’t think so, because singing and writing its own songs is the basis of a band. T: I have the same idea as you. Let’s go on with next question. Any volunteer?

S4: Yes. I think it is the jokes that really attract more fans. S5: No. The purpose of forming a band is getting people to enjoy the spirit of music. It’s more important than playing jokes just to make people laugh.

S6: No, I think the content of music is more important than the jokes. The content is the soul of the music. Get the students to do it by themselves, and then discuss the answers in groups of 4. At last check the answers with the whole class. T: Now it’s time to deal with Exercise 4. Go over the passage and look for the main idea of each paragraph. I’ll give you several minutes to discuss your answers in groups 4, and then let’s check the answers with the whole class.

Step Ⅴ Language points T: well, please look at the screen and I’ll explain something to you.

1. dream of: imagine something a. He often dreams of being a scientist. b. The soldier often dreamed of his hometown. 2. ...with everyone clapping and enjoying...(with structure used as adverbial) He stood there, with a book in his left hand. With the day coming near, they felt excited. The new manager felt worried, with so much work to do.

He came in, with his nose red from cold. 3. pretend: make oneself appear to be doing something to deceive others a. He pretended not to know anything when he was asked. b. He pretended to be reading when I came in. 4. play jokes on: speak lightly or amusingly about sb/sth Don’t play jokes on the disabled.

5. base on: use something as grounds The stories were based on real life. 6. ...of whom the band was formed... a. This is the shop in which he works. b. Mr. Smith is the person to whom you should write. 7. break up: make something separated using force The police broke up the crowd. What broke up their friendship？

Step Ⅵ Listening and filling in the blanks

In this part, students will listen to the tape and do this exercise individually. After that, check the answers with the whole class, and then the teacher and the whole class read the passage together, which will be served as the ground for the retelling afterwards. T: Listen to the tape and finish the following exercise. If we are ________ ourselves, most of us have ________ being famous sometimes in our lives. Most musicians often meet and ________ a band. Sometimes they play in the street to ________ so that they can earn some ________ money and this also gives them a ________ to realize their dreams. There was once a band started in a different way. The musicians of whom the band was formed ________ each other as well as played music, whose music and jokes were loosely ________ “The Beatles”. Their exciting performances were copied by other groups. “The Monkees” played their own ________ and wrote their own music. Though it ________in 1970, it reunited in the mid-1980s and it is still popular today. Suggested answers 1. honest with

2. dreamed of

3 form

4. passers-by

5. extra

6.chance

7 played jokes on

8. based on

9. instruments

10. broke up Step Ⅶ

Retelling

Show the key words and relevant pictures on the screen, using the computer.