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Unit 5 Music Period 1 Aims ◆To learn to talk about the materials of music. ◆To read The Band that Wasn’t and try to understand the main idea as well as the details. Difficult and important points

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How to help the students improve their reading ability and understand the passage. 2.

How to master the improtant language points in the passage. Teaching methods Fast reading,task-based method&discussion Teaching aid 3.

How to help the students improve their reading ability and understand the passage. 4.

How to master the important language points in the passage. Procedures StepI. Warming up by discussing T: Hi, everyone. Do you like music? How much do you know about music? Can you tell about the different kinds of music? Please turn to page 33. Look at the pictures. Let’s listen to some music. Let’s see if you can guess which music matches with which picture.

T: Yes, you are right. I’m sure you will really enjoy yourselves after listening to all these beautiful music. What kind of music do you like better, Chinese or Western, classical or modern? Why? How does music make you feel? Why do you like to listen to music? Let’s discuss these questions in small groups. Try to share your opinions with one another.

StepII. Pre-reading 1.Thinking and saying T: Have you heard about any of the famous bands in the world? List some if you can. (“The Beatles”, “Back Street Boys”, “West life”, “ SHE” “FIR”, “Beyond on ”. and so on )

2.Listening, talking and sharing T: Let’s listen to some pieces of music from different bands. Work in groups of four. Tell your group mates which band you like best. Why? Then the group leader is to stand up and share the group idea with the class.

Do you know anything about “The Monkees”?

For reference: “The Monkees” is a band that was first popular in the 1960s in America. Unlike most bands of the time, the Monkees were not formed by its members but rather by TV producers. They were a fictional band in the TV show of the same name. The band was composed of Mike

Nesmith, Mickey Dolenz, Davy Jones, and Peter Tork. All the members had some musical experience. Let’s come to the reading --- The Band That Wasn’t and find more about them.

StepIII. Reading 1. Skimming T: Now please listen to the recording of the text THE BAND THAT WASN’T. Then you should tell me the main idea. .

T: Skim the text and identify the topic sentence of each paragraph. You may find it either at the beginning, the middle or the end of the paragraph. Para.1

①Many people want to be famous as singers or musicians.

Para.2

②How the Monkees became popular and how they developed as a real band.

Para.3

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This is how most bands start. Para.4

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The Monkees started in a different way. 2.Read The Band That Wasn’t and choose the best answers. 1.In the author’s opinion，many people want to be part of a band because

. A. they want to sing or play music

B. they like famous musicians C. they want to become rich and famous

D. they know a band plays an important part in society 2. Many musicians like to write and play their own music so they

. A. join a club

B. form a band C .like together

D .sing in the street 3 .At first the musicians sing in the street in order to

. A .make themselves sing better

B. thank the passers-by C. become millionares

D. make some extra money 4 .What did the Monkees do on the TV show? A. They played jokes on each other and played music

B. They told people stories

C. They sang and danced

D .They taught people music 5. How many years didn’t the Monkees work together after the band broke up？

A. About 10 years

B .About 15 years C. About 20 years

D. About 25 years 3. Detail reading Read the text again to complete the tables.

How do people get to form a band? Members High school students

Reasons Places Forms Results They like to write and play music. They practice their music in someone’s home.

They may play to passers-by in the street or subway. They can earn some extra money. They may also have a chance to dream of becoming famous. How was The Monkees formed and became a real band? The Monkees in 1968 (left to right): Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork, Mike Nesmith & Davy Jones beginning of the band

style of the performance first music and jokes development of the band It began as a TV show.

They played jokes on each other as well as played music. Most of them were based loosely on the band called “The Beatles”.

They became more serious about their work and started to play their own instruments and write their own songs like a real band. They produced their own records and started touring and playing their own music. StepIV. Post reading

(实话说) ，a lot of people

（认为非常重要) becoming rich and famous. Many times in America, bands are

(组合) by high school students, who may play to

(路人) in the street or subway. Later they may give

(表演)in pubs or clubs, for which they are paid

(用现金) . But the Monkees started

(以一种不同的方式).The musicians of the band

（开玩笑）each other as well as played music,Anyhow their performances were

（幽默的）enough to be copied by other groups.The band

（解散）

in about 1970,but

（重聚）

in the mid-1980s.

StepⅤ.Homework What do you think of “The Monkees”?Discuss in pairs using the adjectives that you think best describe them. Give reasons for your choices. popular, lively, funny, foolish,attractive, brave, crazy, noisy,classical, rich, honest, famous

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