“Learning about Language”and "Using language”

Unit 5 Music 第二课时

( 一 )教材分析 本单元的中心话题是“音乐”。在第一课时里，学生已经完成了 Warming up, Pre-reading, reading, comprehending 部分的内容，也就是达到了 Reading for 1)information 2)comprehending, 3)enjoyment 的教学目标。本课属第二课时，是一节以词汇学习和词汇运用为主的语言学习课，通过完成书上的” Learning about language” 中的“ discovering useful words and expressions” 部分的练习和一些课堂活动，使学生能熟练掌握阅读文章中的重点词汇及短语。

（二）教学目标：

按新课标的要求 , 根据英语词汇教学的特点 , 主要确立以下五个教学目标 .

语言技能 :语言知识 :情感态度 : 学习策略 :文化意识 :

( 三 ) 教学重难点

重点：熟练掌握阅读文章的重点词汇 和短语

难点：如何在具体语境中正确运用这些词汇和短语

( 四 ) 教学过程

Step 1 Talk about “Super girl TV show”

Singer or musician?

attractive performance

Fan clap

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earn money

guitar

instrument

actor

Reborn band

form

break up

2.Have you ever dreamed of being one of them?

Play a game called “What is your dream?”

(Work in pairs and tell each other your dream

and what you expect to happen. Use the phrases

dream of and honest with in your sentences.)

Examples:

S1: I dreamed of becoming an important writer. But to be honest with you , I know I shall be very lucky if I work for a newspaper.

S2: I dreamed of being a film star. But to be honest with you, I know I cannot act well.

Step2

Intensive reading for language

1.Ask students to read the text carefully again and discover the useful words and expressions(even wonderful sentences) they think. Collect the useful words and expressions they find out in the passage. (It is better to present them on the blackboard.)

2.From the reading passage, find the words and expressions with the following meaning.

1._______ sth.used to make music

2.________ someone whose job is to play or write music

3.________ excited supporter of somebody

4.________ person or thing that is very popular and successful

5.________ sing a song with a video

musical instrument

musician

fan

hit

karaoke

6.________ public message to tell about sth.or service

7________ imagine sth.would come true

8.________ person going past by chance

9.________ tell exactly what one thinks

10._______ go away in different directions

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dream of

passer-by

be honest with

break up

I always wanted to meet my hero ——a famous _______ who sang in a very popular band. I had been a _____of his for many years but had never met him.That all changed one day when the chance I had __________ really came. I was just a__________in the street when a car stopped in front of me. To be _________you,I did not think it would be my hero. But he got out of the car with his________ under his arm.

3.Complete the passage with the words above:

musician

fan

dreamt ofpasser-by

honest with

instrument

He asked me for the way to a theatre where he was going to film an __________.

I was so excited I could hardly speak to him. When I had given him the directions to the theatre he started to sing his latest ____ and I joined in, just as if we were doing _______ together. It will be something I will always remember.

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4.Fill in blanks by using the useful words and expressions you find out in the passage

If we are__________ ourselves , most of us have__________being famous sometimes in our lives .Most musicians often meet and _______a band . Sometimes they play in the street to ____________so that they can earn some _______money and this also gives them a ________to realize their dreams .There was once a band started in a different way .The musicians of whom the band was formed _______ _____ ______each other as well as played music ,whose music and jokes were loosely ________“The Beatles”.Their exciting performances were copied by other groups .The “ Monkees” played their own _________and wrote their own music .Though it __________in 1970, it reunited in the mid—1980s and it is still popular today.

honest with dreamed of

form

passers—by extra

chance

played jokes on

based on

instrumentsbroke up

Step 3.

Using language

“The biggest band in the world”

Read the passage:

The Beatles

The biggest band in the world The Beatles are probably the most famous pop group in the world.On radio stations across the world, a Beatles song is being played every second of every day. The group split up in 1970, but their music is still poplar today. In fact, 1996 was the group’s most successful year as the group released( 发行 ) three new double albums, which sold over 20 million copies, and they made a lot of money.

The original group was made up of 4 yong men, who began playing together in 1959. Three years later, in May 1962, the group signed a contrast( 合同 ) with a record company. The Beatles first single “love me do” ,was released in October 1962. The bands catchy( 易记的 ) tunes and simple love lyrics made them popular immediately. In 1963, the band became the first to have three No.1 singles and two No.1 albums in a row.

By the end of 1963, the Beatles were the most popular group in Europe and America. They sold millions of records, and their supporters copied their hairstyles and clothes. They never expected they would be so famous. During the next two years, Europe and America went crazy for the Beatles. The group played hundreds of wonderful concerts all over the world. In August 1965, they set another record by playing to the largest ever concert audience—about 55,600 people, including many famous film stars and great singers.

From 1966 until 1970, the Beatles released six more albums and all of them went to No.1 in the charts. In 1970, the band split up. Sadly, one member of the band —John Lennon was shot dead outside his department building in New York in December 1980. The remaining three Beatles occasionally( 偶尔 ) release new records.

1.Try to replace some words and expressions by using the new words and expressions from the text:

Words and expressions from the reading material

Words and expressions from the text

group

split up

made money

be made up of

supporter

band

break up

earn money

be formed by

fan

Try to replace some words and phrases by using the new words and phrases in the reading passage:

Words and expressions from the reading material

Words and expressions from the text

expect

wonderful

about

film star

singer

dream of

attractive

or so

actor

musician

2.Try to find out some other useful words and phrases about music in the passage(the beatles)

3.Make up a story by using the following words or phrases in groups of four. (you should choose at least five of them):

musician dream of clap formbe honest with passer-by earn extraplay jokes on loosely advertisementactor attractive fan or soinstrument break up

Assessment:

You’ better make up a story about music

Try to use as many given words as possible

Try to make your story intersting

Step4 Summing up(自我反思和归纳 ):

From this lesson,I have learned: Useful verbs: Useful nouns: Useful adjectives and adverbs: Useful expressions:

Step5 Homework:

Go over the new words and expressions Write down the story you mande up in the

class(words:100-120) Finish exercise1,2 in “Discovering useful

structures” on page 36.

Homework: