学习任务单
课程基本信息
学科 英语 年级 高一 学期 春季
课题 B2U5 Music-Reading and Thinking
教科书 人教版必修二
学习目标
1. Get to know what is the virtual choir as well as its creator, creation and significance. 2. Learn to apply scanning and timelines as two important reading techniques. 3. Figure out the structure, cohesion and rhetorical devices of the passage. 4. Explore the subjective and objective reasons why the virtual choir has become a worldwide phenomenon. 5. Recognize the value of music as the universal language of mankind
课前学习任务
1. Preview the vocabulary and the reading material, The Virtual Choir
课上学习任务
【学习任务一】
Think about the question: What are the ways for people to experience music
【学习任务二】 Finish the blanks to know about scanning. Scanning is compared to ______________ and “pear” refers to ______________
The 4 steps to scan: Step 1. Know ____________________________ Step 2. One scan for ____________________________ Step 3. Let your eyes ____________________________ down the page Step 4. When your eyes catch one of your pearls, ____________________________
【学习任务三】 Scan Para. 1 to define the word “virtual” . 【学习任务四】 Scan Para. 1 again to answer the questions about the virtual choir. Q1. What is the virtual choir in nature (本质上) (the pear: ___________________) Q2. Who can join a virtual choir And Where can we join it (the pear: ___________________) Q3. How to form a virtual choir (the pear: ___________________) Q4. Why do people join a virtual choir (the pear: ___________________) 【学习任务五】 Watch a video to better understand the virtual choir. 【学习任务六】 Figure out the structure of the passage. 【学习任务七】 Scan Para. 2 and Para. 3 to finish the timeline about the creator and the creation of the virtual choir. 【学习任务八】 Read Para. 2 and Para. 3 carefully to think about the following questions. Q1. What caused Eric Whitacre to fall in love with classical music Q2. How does the author describe Whitacre’s love for classical music Q3. What’s the function of the last sentence of Para. 2, “This lead to the creation of the virtual choir” Q4. What gave him the inspiration to make his first virtual choir Q5: How were his first and second choir received And how do you know Q6: What factors have contributed to making the virtual choir a worldwide phenomenon 【学习任务九】 Identify the cohesive device used in Para. 4. 【学习任务十】 Think about the question: How to understand “sing with one voice” in the last paragraph 【学习任务十一】 Evaluate and score your performance from the checklist to see if you have achieved the predesignated learning objectives of the class. No.ItemsMy Reflection(√)1Get to know what is the virtual choir as well as its creator, creation and significance.2Master how to scan for specific information in a written material and how to make a timeline to organize events in a chronological order.3Figure out the structure of the passage and the role of the transitional sentence, echo,quotation and figures used in it.4Explore the subjective and objective reasons for the great success of the virtual choir.5Recognize the value of music as the universal language of mankind.
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课程基本信息
学科 英语 年级 高一 学期 春季
课题 B2U5 Music-Reading and Thinking
教科书 人教版必修二
教学目标
Get to know what is the virtual choir as well as its creator, creation and significance. Learn to apply scanning and timelines as two important reading techniques. Figure out the structure, cohesion and rhetorical devices of the passage. Explore the subjective and objective reasons why the virtual choir has become a worldwide phenomenon. Recognize the value of music as the universal language of mankind.
教学内容
教学重点： Get to know what is the virtual choir as well as its creator, creation and significance. Learn to apply scanning and timelines as two important reading techniques. Recognize the value of music as the universal language of mankind.
教学难点： 1. Learn to apply scanning and timelines as two important reading techniques. 2. Figure out the structure, cohesion and rhetorical devices of the passage. 3. Explore the subjective and objective reasons why the virtual choir has become a worldwide phenomenon.
教学过程
Ⅰ. Lead-in Q1: Do you like music What are the ways for people to experience music Q2: When we are apart, can we still experience choir？ Justifications: lead in the topic and familiarize Ss with the new word “choir” Ⅱ. While-reading Activity 1 Explain scanning Justifications: By comparing the reading skill of scanning to pearl diving and listing four steps to scan, Ss can easily understand and master the skill, thus better prepared for the next reading task. Activity 2 Scan Para. 1 to define the word “virtual” Justifications: It’s a relatively easy scanning exercise. By applying the four steps to scan and identify the pearl to be found in this case, which is “virtual”, Ss can quickly find in its surroundings that “online” and “onto the Internet” are similar to “virtual” in meaning and thus understand the meaning of the title, namely “the choir online”. Activity 3 Scan Para. 1 again to know more about the virtual choir Ss will scan Para. 1 again to find out the answers to the following questions and therefore have a full understanding of the virtual choir. Q1. What is the virtual choir in nature (本质上) (the pear: item names) Q2. Who can join a virtual choir And Where can we join it (the pear: words indicating people and place) Q3. How to form a virtual choir (the pear: verbs) Q4. Why do people join a virtual choir (the pear:words indicating reason or significance) Activity 4 Video time After get all the information of the virtual choir, Ss will watch a video on Eric Whitacre’s What If to experience the online choir with their eyes and ears. Activity 5 Figure out the structure of the passage Activity 6 Scan Para. 2 and Para. 3 to finish the timeline about the creator and the creation of the virtual choir Justifications: during this activity, Ss will again practice their scanning and also master another reading skill, making a timeline, which will help them sort out a series of events in a time order. Activity 7 Careful reading Read Para. 2 and Para. 3 carefully to think about the following questions. Q1. What caused Eric Whitacre to fall in love with classical music Q2. How does the author describe Whitacre’s love for classical music Q3. What’s the function of the last sentence of Para. 2, “This lead to the creation of the virtual choir Q4. What gave him the inspiration to make his first virtual choir Q5: How were his first and second choir received And how do you know Q6: What factors have contributed to making the virtual choir a worldwide phenomenon？ Justifications: Q1 and Q4 and the former part of Q5 belong to “detail-comprehension” exercises. Q2, Q3 and the latter part of Q5 lead Ss to appreciate the rhetorical devices employed in this passage, namely quotation, transitional sentence, figures. Q6 is an open question which provokes critical thinking. Hopefully, Ss will learn to analyze any success from both subjective and objective aspects. Activity 8 Identify the cohesive device used in Para. 4 (echo) Ⅲ. Post-reading (Further thinking) Q: How to understand “sing with one voice” in the last paragraph Justifications: By understand the last sentence of the passage, especially the phrase “sing with one voice” , Ss can have a deep understanding of the significance of the virtual choir in uniting people across the globe despite the great distance between us and the language we speak, which is exactly the essence of the sentence “Music is the universal language of mankind.” in the opening page. Ⅳ. Summary To sum up the class, Ss will be invited to evaluate and score their performance from the checklist to see if they have achieved the predesignated learning objectives of the class. No.ItemsMy Reflection(√)1Get to know what is the virtual choir as well as its creator, creation and significance.2Master how to scan for specific information in a written material and how to make a timeline to organize events in a chronological order.3Figure out the structure of the passage and the role of the transitional sentence, echo,quotation and figures used in it.4Explore the subjective and objective reasons for the great success of the virtual choir.5Recognize the value of music as the universal language of mankind.
Ⅴ. Homework Ss have 3 versions of homework marked with their respective index difficulty to choose from. Therefore, Ss of different level can all find a proper way to consolidate what they’ve learnt. Option 1 学习理解类 Index of difficulty ★★ Draw a table to compare the virtual choir and reality choir from such aspects as form, place, participants, number of singers and etc. Option 2 应用实践类 Index of difficulty ★★★ Scan the passage titled Ludwig van Beethoven on Page 59 to make a timeline about Beethoven’s life and achievements. Option 3 迁移创新类 Index of difficulty ★★★★★ Write a passage within 120 words to share you understanding of the sentence “Music is the universal language of mankind”. Remember to use the virtual choir as an example and the writings skills you’ve learned from the class.
