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Unit5

Music

This unit seeks to demonstrate that music can be a bridge to understanding English(or any language for that matter). Music is an easy means of communication among culture; it is also a motivational tool for learning another language.

The 1st Period Warming-up, Pre-reading and Reading

A. Teaching content and analysis Content: Warming up, pre-reading and reading

Analysis: Warming up: Many kinds of music are represented here on both the tape and in the photos. This part is spark students’ interest of learning the text.

Reading: It’s an introduction to Western popular music. The diversity questions of designing are to cultivate the students’ thinking capacity. B. Teaching goals and analysis Goals：

1. Learn new words and phrases related to different styles of music. 2. Enable the Ss to understand the details about the passage The Band that Wasn’t.

3. Help the Ss to sum up the main idea of each paragraph and master the reading skill——scanning, skimming, careful reading, ect. Analysis：Skimming: the first question requires students to look through the text as soon as possible and catch the main idea at the same time. Scanning & careful reading: further reading can improve students the ability of catching important information, enlarging vocabulary and enriching their knowledge. C. Predicting problems and analysis 1. Teaching Important Points: How to help students to comprehend the text according to exercises.

2. Teaching Difficult Points: How to master reading skills, such as skimming, scanning, careful reading, etc.

D. Teaching Methods a. Review, explanation, and consolidation. b. Make every student work in class. E. Teaching Aids The multimedia;

The blackboard;

The courseware

F. Teaching procedures Warming up -----Pre-reading -----Reading -----Summary -----Homework

Step1. Check homework

Check their homework (to check whether they have finished the learning paper.) Step2. Lead-in 1)

Play the song and sing it together 2)

Brainstorming: try to give the name of the band or the song. Designing purpose：Discussion enable students become more active and reduce the nevous atmosphere.

Step 2 Reading

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Task 1 Skimming: Read the whole passage and try to find out the answer for each question.. 1. How many bands are mentioned in the passage? What are their names? 2. Which band is “The Band That Wasn’t”?

Answers：1. Two.”The Beatles”and “The Monkees”

2. “The monkees”

Designing purpose：It enables students have a good command of skimming skill.. Task 2 Scanning:

Ask the students to read the passage carefully and decide whether the statements are true or false and explain why.Finish the part in small groups and answer the questions in chorus.

1.They produced a new record in 1970 to celebrate their time as a band. (

) 2.Most musicians get together and form a band because they like to become famous. (

) 3.They put an advertisement in the newspaper looking for five rock musicians but only one person was accepted. (

) 4.The first TV show was a big hit. (

) 5.However, the band broke up in about 1970,

but reunited in the1990s. (

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Answers：F;F;F;;F;T; Designing purpose：Seize the main information in a few minutes and learn to judge a statement. Task 3 Detail reading：Read the passage and fill in the blanks. The exercise would be distributed to three groups and the students finish it in big groups. Band’s name

A band based on

The Beatles Information 1.

It began as ______. 2.

The musicians of the band ________each other as well played music. 3.

The TV organizers had looked for four ____ who were lively and who could sing as well as____,but they only found one ___musician who was good enough, but their performances were ____. 4.

At first“The Monkees”would play a song or two written by ______. 5.

After about one year, they started to play their own_____and write their own ____.Then they produced their own ___. 6.

In 1970, “The Monkees ”______

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In the mid-1980s, “The Monkees ”______

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In 1996, “The Monkees ”______.

The Monkees Answers：1. TV show; 2. played jokes on; 3. musicians; act; rock; 4. other musicians

5. instruments; songs; records 6. broke up; 7. reunited; 8. produce a new record Designing purpose：Train students to be the best in searching for details. Step 3 Test for goal Read the passage again and do the multiple choices. 1. Which is wrong about a band when it is first formed? (

) A. people form a band because they like to write and play music. B. Many bands are formed by high school students. C. They can earn money by playing to passers-by. D. They will become famous once the band is formed.

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2. which is right about “the Monkees”? (

) A. It began as a TV show. B. The members were serious about their clothes. C. The members were all lively musicians. D. The TV organizers easili found its members that that needed. 3. Sometimes the musicians may play to passers-by in the street or subway to (

). A. attract others’ attention

B. show their gift for performance. C. earn extra money or to pay for their instrument. D. Play jokes on others. 4. What does the title passage mean? (

) A. The band wasn’t a famous one.

B. The band was formed in a different way. C. The band didn’t play their own music

D. The band wasn’t supported by his fun.

5. Which of the following statements is true? (

) A. All the bands are formed because they like to write and play music. B. The Monkees played songs written by other musicians for many years. C. The Beatles is more popular than the Monkees. D. Forming bands for high school students can realize their dream of becoming famous. Answers：DACBD Designing purpose：It is used to evaluate students understanding of the whole text.

Step 4 Summary Ask Ss to clarify their thoughts and fill in the path.

started as a _1.______

one_2._______ and_3._____ actors _4.______ to sing after one year or so became _5._____ about their work ( played and sang their own music) became more _6.______ and sold even more _7._______ (in1970)they_8.______

(_9.______ (mid-1980s) produce a new 10.______ for celebrating their time as _11.________

Answers：1.TV show; 2. musician; 3. Three; 4.pretend; 5. serious; 6. popular; 7. records; 8. broke up; 9. reunited; 10. Record; 11. A real band Designing purpose：Train the students’ summarizing ability and get idea of the passage. Step 5 Homework A.

Review the reading text and finish the exercises in your learning paper. B.

Recite the words from “dream of”

to “perform” on page 93

Designing purpose：Let students have a good command of understanding this text and try to remember some key words, expressions and sentence structure.

Exercises after class Group A: Elementary exercises

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Ⅰ.根据括号内汉语或首字母提示,用合适的单词填空

1. In order to e

a living, my parents must be busy working every minute at that time. 2.Keep silent! Important news is being b

on TV, and I want to listen. 3..My sister takes an interest in music and can play some musical i

. 4.As we all know, Mozart and Beethoven are great m

. 5.This is one of the most

(迷人的;吸引人的)places I’ve been to. 6.He is a

(幽默的)person, and often brings great pleasure to people. Answers：

1.earn；2. broadcast; 3. Instruments 4. Musicians; 5. Attractive 6. humorous Ⅱ.请用下面方框中所给短语的正确形式填空

dream of

to be honest

attach...to

in cash

play jokes on

rely on

be/get familiar with

break up 1.When I was a little boy, I always

becoming a famous singer in the future. 2.People

too much importance

the marks of middle school students. 3.The customer asked whether there was a discount if he paid

. 4.We dare not

our teacher, because she is a serious person. 5.Most people in this city

by working in the car factory. 6.In order to fish, Jim started to

the ice on the frozen lake. Answers：1. dreamed of;

2. attach; to

3. in cash;

4. play jokes on;

5. earn their living;

6. break up

GroupB: Consolidation exercises

Ⅲ.语法填空

I was a young mother with a thirteen-month-old baby and a four-year-old child when my husband suddenly died ten years ago.

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my family didn’t live close by, everyone was there to support me during that very difficult time. A month later, one girl in my daughter’s nursery also lost

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father. I wrote a note to the girl’s mother and told her that I was

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the same situation and asked what I could help. With a baby, a four-year-old child and an older child from a previous marriage, she had to take care of them herself because she had no family

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(help) her. I went over to her home, watched the children for her and

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(help) her tidy her home so she could get some rest. Eventually we moved on with our lives. But every time I ran into her, she would always tell me how

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(thank) she was that I had been there

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her when she had no one else to turn to. Later, I helped

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young woman, who also went through a similar situation. I always tried to be a source of support, for I realized it also helped me feel

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(good) and heal myself. Giving others help was also a great gift for the

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(give) themselves. Answers：

1.Though/Although

2.her 3.in

4.to help

5.helped

6.thankful

7.with

8.another

9.better

10.givers

Teaching reflection: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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