Project(2): Developing an ad campaign第一课时评课稿

Before I die, I want to…

Learning aims: 1. listen to and read a speech to get the main idea and detailed information about it, using skimming and scanning. 2. analyze the structure of the speech and summarize its main idea

3. write a sentence to express their own idea, thinking over what is meaning in our life

Teaching procedures: Step1. Lead-in: a short story Step2. Listen to the speech and answer the following questions “What sentence did the speaker write on the chalkboard? What directly caused her to do so?”

Step3: go through the transcript again silently and quickly, and Put the following words into right order to analyze(分析) the structure(结构) of the speech

①About New Orleans;

②the speaker’s thoughts/feeling

③Joan’s death;

④

introduction;

⑤the campaign(活动);

⑥influence

___________→___________→___________→___________→___________→___________ Step4: summarize the speech:

Cloze (with the words below in their correct forms)

pass on ;

get caught up;

architecture;

abandon;

gratitude;

distraction;

Candy Chang, an artist and urban planner, devotes her life to turning the 1.___________walls of public spaces into a wonderful place，

which is aimed at(目的是，旨在) 2.________________the wisdom of our community社区. In her “Before-I-die” campaign(活动) back in New Orleans, a city which has the most beautiful 3._________________in the world, she has successfully made a chalkboard(黑板) for people to fill in the blanks, in which case she reminded people of what really matters in an age full of 4._________________. Even though we easily 5.________________ in the daily trifles(琐事), we have to value our life with 6. ____________________. Step5: further understanding 1.Read paragraphs 7,20&21 and answer the following questions.

(1). What effect did Joan’s death have on the speaker? (2). What are the most valuable things ? (3). Why are the shared spaces important for us?

2. What lesson have you learnt from the speech? Step6:writing and presentation self- writing: write a sentence on your own (2minutes)

group-sharing: 4 students form a group to choose the best sentence of your group

translation: translate it into Chinese

presentation: one member in a group reads the best sentence and its translation aloud to the whole class and stick it to the whiteboard

Step7:Conclusion

Step8:Homework: polish their sentences and stick them to the whiteboard and read others’

sentences.

Before I die, I want to…

Task 1

Put the following words into right order to analyze(分析) the structure(结构) of the speech

①About New Orleans;

②the speaker’s thoughts/feeling

③Joan’s death;

④

introduction;

⑤the campaign(活动);

⑥influence

___________→___________→___________→___________→___________→___________ Task 2

Cloze (with the words below in their correct forms)

pass on ;

get caught up;

architecture;

abandon;

gratitude;

distraction;

Candy Chang, an artist and urban planner, devotes her life to turning the 1.___________walls of public spaces into a wonderful place，

which is aimed at(目的是，旨在) 2.________________the wisdom of our community社区. In her “Before-I-die” campaign(活动) back in New Orleans, a city which has the most beautiful 3._________________in the world, she has successfully made a chalkboard(黑板) for people to fill in the blanks, in which case she reminded people of what really matters in an age full of 4._________________. Even though we easily 5.________________ in the daily trifles(琐事), we have to value our life with 6. ____________________. Task 3 1.Read paragraphs 7,20&21 and answer the following questions.

(1). What effect did Joan’s death have on the speaker?

(2). What are the most valuable things ? (3). Why are the shared spaces important for us?

2. What lesson have you learnt from the speech? _____________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________

Task 4 Step 1: self- writing: write a sentence on your own (2minutes)

Step 2: group-sharing: 4 students form a group to choose the best sentence of your group

Step3: translation: translate it into Chinese

Step4: presentation: one member in a group reads the best sentence and its translation aloud to the whole class and stick it to the whiteboard

Before I Die I Want to

1. There are a lot of ways the people around us can help improve our lives. We don't bump into every neighbor, so a lot of wisdom never gets passed on, though we do share the same public spaces. 2. So over the past few years, I've tried ways to share more with my neighbors in public space, using simple tools like stickers, stencils(模板) and chalk. And these projects came from questions I had, like: How much are my neighbors paying for their apartments? (Laughter) 3. How can we lend and borrow more things, without knocking on each other's doors at a bad time? How can we share more memories of our abandoned buildings, and gain a better understanding of our landscape? How can we share more of our hopes for our vacant storefronts (店面), so our communities (社区)can reflect our needs and dreams today?

4. Now, I live in New Orleans, and I am in love with New Orleans. My soul is always soothed (安慰) by the giant (巨大的) live oak trees (橡树), shading lovers, drunks and dreamers for hundreds of years, and I trust a city that always makes way for music. I feel like every time someone sneezes, New Orleans has a parade (游行). (Laughter) 5. The city has some of the most beautiful architecture in the world, but it also has one of the highest amounts of abandoned properties in America. 6. I live near this house, and I thought about how I could make it a nicer space for my neighborhood, and I also thought about something that changed my life forever. 7. In 2009, I lost someone I loved very much. Her name was Joan, and she was a mother to me. And her death was sudden and unexpected. And I thought about death a lot. And ... this made me feel deep gratitude for the time I've had. And ... brought clarity (清晰) to the things that are meaningful to my life now. But I struggle to maintain this perspective (视角)in my daily life. I feel like it's easy to get caught up in the day-to-day, and forget what really matters to you. 8. So with help from old and new friends, I turned the side of this abandoned house into a giant chalkboard, and stenciled it with a fill-in-the-blank sentence: "Before I die, I want to ..." So anyone walking by can pick up a piece of chalk, reflect on their life, and share their personal aspirations (愿望) in public space. 9. I didn't know what to expect from this experiment, but by the next day, the wall was entirely filled out, and it kept growing. And I'd like to share a few things that people wrote on this wall. 10. "Before I die, I want to be tried for piracy."

(Laughter) 11. "Before I die, I want to straddle (跨坐)the International Dateline." 12. "Before I die, I want to sing for millions." 13. "Before I die, I want to plant a tree." 14. "Before I die, I want to live off the grid." 15. "Before I die, I want to hold her one more time." 16. "Before I die, I want to be someone's cavalry (骑兵)." 17. "Before I die, I want to be completely myself."

18. So this neglected space became a constructive (建设性的)one, and people's hopes and dreams made me laugh out loud, tear up, and they consoled (安慰) me during my own tough times. It's about knowing you're not alone; it's about understanding our neighbors in new and enlightening (令人受启发的) ways; it's about making space for reflection and contemplation (冥想), and remembering what really matters most to us as we grow and change. 19. I made this last year, and started receiving hundreds of messages from passionate (热情的) people who wanted to make a wall with their community. So, my civic (城市的) center colleagues and I made a tool kit, and now walls have been made in countries around the world, including Kazakhstan, South Africa, Australia,Argentina, and beyond. Together, we've shown how powerful our public spaces can be if we're given the opportunity to have a voice, and share more with one another. 20. Two of the most valuable things we have are time, and our relationships with other people. In our age of increasing distractions, it's more important than ever to find ways to maintain perspective, and remember that life is brief and tender. Death is something that we're often discouraged to talk about, or even think about, but I've realized that preparing for death is one of the most empowering (授权的) things you can do. Thinking about death clarifies your life. 21. Our shared spaces can better reflect what matters to us, as individuals and as a community, and with more ways to share our hopes, fears and stories, the people around us can not only help us make better places, they can also help us lead better lives. Thank you.(Applause)