Unit 1 A trip to the theatre优秀公开课教案

Unit 1 Topic:

The Phantom of the Opera Teaching aims: 1.

To enable the students to learn something about a famous story, the Phantom of the Opera. 2.

To help the students to learn how to take notes about the life of sb. 3.

To help the students get familiar with different uses of Gerunds.

The 1st period Aims: 1.

the names of some musical instruments and the types of music 2.

the general idea of the text Warm-up 1. Questions for students: a. Have you ever attended any concert or opera before? b. Have you ever attended any concert during the Spring Festival or not?

2. There are quite a lot of music instruments and types of music.

Have a discussion of the types of music and their favorite music instruments in the form of “brain storm”.

the names of the instruments may include: drums, piano, guitar, banjo, violin, harp (竖琴), lute (琵琶), harmonica (mouth organ), cello (大提琴), double bass (低音提琴), organ, accordion (手风琴), saxophone, synthesizer (合成器), trumpet, tuba (大号), clarinet (竖笛, 单簧管, 黑管), oboe (双簧管), flute, pipe, recorder, etc.

the types of music may include: symphony, concerto, opera, jazz, rock, pop, folk, choral,

classical, rap, blues, gospel (福音), etc.

3. Enjoy the songs: the phantom of the opera

All I ask of you

4. What do you know about …?

Look at the picture of the opera and label it with the words from the box. 1. The conductor 2. The audience 3. A singer 4. The stage 5. The orchestra What do you know about the Phantom of the Opera？

Text: The Phantom of the Opera 1. Look at the pictures on page 3 and guess what is happening.

2. Skim the text and match paragraph numbers with main ideas.

___ a. describes how Chrsitine learnt to feel sorry for the phantom. ___ b. describes how the Phantom kidnapped Christine and captured Raoul. ___ c. describes the Phantom letting Christine and Raoul go. ___ d. talks about the Phantom and his life. ___ e. tells us where the Phantom lived. ___ f. talks about what the phantom did for Christine.

3. Scan the text paragraph by paragraph and answer the questions.

(Students will be invited to read the text again to answer the following questions.) (1) Where did the Phantom live?

(2) Why did the Phantom teach Christine how to sing?

(3) Why did the Phantom freed Raoul and Christine?

4. Finish Exercise A, B on page 2

Homework 1.

Copy the New Words and Expressions in Reading Part on page 16. 2.

Preview the text and finish exercise C on page 2