Lesson 31 A Movie or a Play教学设计第一课时

Lesson31: A Movie or a Play

Teaching aims Knowledge:

To learn new words and phrases about movie making To grasp some important language points Ability

:

To be able to talk about movie making in English. Emotion

:

To realize the necessity of working together to make a good movie and how to work together.

Teaching procedures Step 1. Leading In

The teacher play a guessing game together to help them tell a movie or a play. (Make use of an interesting game to create a happy feeling. )

Step2. Warming Up

Have a discussion with the students about the two questions on the textbook.

1. Have you ever been in a theatre? What did you watch? 2. What do you know about making movies?

Then add a question to discuss:

What do you think is needed to make a movie or a play?

Collect the answers from the students.

Step 3: New Concept

I.

Listening Ask the students to listen to the tape and answer the question: What are Ms.Cox and her students talking about in this class?

Answer: Making movies.

What do you need to make a movie?

Answer: scrip actors directors costume designer camera camera operator make-up artist lights and so on.

II.

Learn new language points in the text.

1.

involve

v.

包含；

使参与；牵涉

Don't involve other people in your trouble. 别把别人牵涉进你的麻烦中去。

I was involved in this case.

我被牵涉到这件案件当中.

2.

script

n.

剧本

Jenny's writing a film script. 珍妮在写一个电影剧本。

3.

director

n.

主任；负责人；

导演；院长

Zhang Yimou

and Feng Xiaogang are two famous film directors.

4.

direct

v.

指导；导演；指示

Tangshan Earthquake

was directed by Feng Xiaogang. 这部电影是冯小刚导演的。

5.

costume

n.

戏装；服装

Her funny costume made all the guests laugh. 她那滑稽的服装引得客人哄堂大笑。

6.

task

n.

任务；工作

That’s really a hard task .

那的确是一项艰巨的任务。

You have to complete the task on time. 你必须按时完成任务。

7.

background

n. 背景; 背景资料

Her dress had pink flowers on a white background. 她的衣服是白底粉红色花。

What was the background to the story? 这故事的时代背景是什么？

III. Read and do the exercises in the textbook

Ask the students to read the text by themselves and then show a role-play in a group . Finish Task 1and Task 2 Task One Read the lesson and write true (T) or false (F).

1.

Most of the students in Ms. Cox's class have been to a theatre before.

( T

)

2. Ms. Cox thinks making a short movie or a play will interest the students.

(

T

)

3. We have to take care of lots of things when making a movie or a play.

(

T

)

4.

Actors are the people who direct movies.

( F

)

5. Some background research is necessary before making a movie.

( T

)

Task Two In today’s lesson, Ms. Cox let the students talk about movies and plays. She asked if

they had ever seen a movie or a play in a theatre. Most of students raised their hands.

When she asked if they had ever been involved in making a movie or a play, A few

students raised their hands. Then she encouraged them to make one in class and asked

them to think about what is needed to make a movie or a play. They believe a good

script needed to be written first. They also needed some good actors, a good director

to direct the movie and finally someone to take care of the costumes, sound and

music. Ms. Cox told them they also needed to do some research. To do good research,

they needed to ask some good questions. But Danny said he had no background in

movie making! Ms. Cox told Danny not to worry about that and she asked them to get

to work in groups and divide up the tasks.

Step 4.Exercise Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the given words

1.

Do you know that singer? She sang many songs in the past.

(sing/ singer) 2.

Our English teacher also teaches us Chinese in our school. (teach/ teacher) 3.

Drivers should be careful when they drive in the dark . (drive/ driver) 4.

James Cameron, a famous director,directed, Avatar. (direct/ director) 5.

The director tells the actors what to do and how to act in the movie. (act/ actor)

Ⅰ. 根据汉语提示完成句子。

1.

The director(导演)expresses his sorrow in his film.

2.

I think my background (背景) meets the requirement of this position.

3.

He is not competent to the task (任务；工作) of teaching English

4. “Don’t involve(参加；包含) me in your family affairs!”

5. Henry went on to direct a handful of Hollywood films.

1.Because it ____ every day, the window is very clean.【中考链接】

A.cleaned

B.will clean

C.was cleaned

D.is cleaned

2.----I got a message saying my phone number won a prize worth 3000 yuan.

----Too good to be true. Don’t _____ it.【中考链接】

.

A.do

B.hold

C.make

D.believe

3.Mike was involved ______ the trouble.【中考链接】

A.at

B.in

C.out

D.on

DDB Step5. Summary

Involve

v.

(使)参加；包含

Scrip

n. 剧本

Director

v. 导演；院长；校长；

N.主任；负责人

Direct

v. 导演；指导；指示

Costume

n. 服装；戏装

Background

n. 背景；背景资料

Task

n. 任务；工作

1.

Be interested in

对....感兴趣

2.

Be involved in

参与...... 3.

Take care of

关心；照顾；照料

4.

Do some research

做研究；做研讨

5.

Divide up

分配；分割；瓜分

Step 6 Homework

1.Learn the new words and phrases by heart after class.

2. Make a short play or a short movie that you love in your group.

Lesson 31: A Movie or a Play

Words:

Phrases:

Sentences:

involve

be interested in

What do you think is needed

direct (or)

be involved in

to make a movie or a play?

task

take care of

A good script needs to be written. background

do some research

costume

divide up