Module 3 Music
Part 1 Introduction
主备人:段雪梅 辅备人:舒前会 杨玲
Teaching time:
Teaching Aims :
(1) Improve the Ss’ speaking ability
(2) Master some new words
(3) Cultivate the Ss’ musical taste.
Teaching Important and Difficult Points:
(1) Cultivate the Ss’ musical taste.
(2) Master the ways of expressing likes and dislikes.
Teaching method:
Look-speak method to train the Ss’ speaking ability
Teaching Procedure:
Step 1 Greeting
Greet the whole class as usual.
Students’ activities
Question: Do you like music What words can you think of
Answer: violin, guitar, drum, piano, etc.
Step 2 Introduction
T: Show a group of pictures about the scenes of playing music in which the instrument such as violin, piano, guitar, erhu, saxophone, drum ).
Let the Ss talk about what they can see in the pictures .The teacher can introduce the new words during the discussion with using the questions in Ex1.
Read these words and answer the questions.
audience choir classical composer conductor drum erhu guitar instrument jazz musician orchestra piano pop rock saxophone violin
Which word means someone who writes music Composer
Which word means a group of people who sing together Choir
Which instrument are used in pop and rock music Drum, guitar saxophone
Which instruments are used in classical music Violin, piano
Which instruments are used in jazz Saxophone, drum
which instruments are used un traditional Chinese music Erhu, drum.
Let ss read the words appearing in the pictures again and get familiar with them.
Step 3
Play the tape show different kinds of music played by different kinds musical instruments and let Ss guess the style of music (pop music, jazz, classical music, country music, local music folk music. etc)
And the students’ work in groups and discuss the following questions and give a report about their music taste with using the useful expressions in the box.
What’s your favorite kind of music
If you like traditional rock/Chinese music/ classical music/pop music/jazz Who is your favorite performer composer
Which is your favorite piece of music
Which of the instruments do you like listening to
Which famous musicians do you know play them
4. Which do you prefer, Chinese music or western music Why
Can you tell the difference between them
Work in Groups
Make a dialogue about students’ liking music.
SAMPLE
S1: I like listening to playing erhu Chinese traditional music instrument, many famous Chinese musicians play it. ,such as a Bing Song Fei Ming Hui Fen, Horse Racing is a very famous piece of music played by erhu. It’s wonderful. When I listen to it, I feel as if I were standing on the great grassland, watching the fierce horse race.
S2: As a teenager, I really like pop music. There are many famous pop stars whom I like very much. Jay Zhou, S.H.E Andy Liu are all my favorite stars. After studying I often choose some pieces pop music to relax myself. But I can’t stand the heavy rock. It’s too nosy. I can’t even understand the spirit that the players want to express during playing the music. .
Step 4 Summary
In this class, we’ve talk a lot about music. We also know how to express likes and dislikes in English. Besides, we’ve learned some useful words and expressions like composer, choir orchestra, etc. After class, please practice with your partner as much as possible. Try to use what we’ve learned in this period freely and correctly.
Step 5 Homework
1. know some words about music.
2. know something about three great composers.
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Part 2 Reading and Vocabulary
主备人:段雪梅 辅备人:舒前会 杨玲
Teaching time:
Teaching Aims:
(1) Train the students' reading ability.
(2) Learn some useful words and expressions.
Teaching Important Points:
(1) Help the students to understand the passage better.
(2) Learn and master some important words and phrases in this period.
Teaching Difficult Points:
How to help the students improve their reading and understand the passage better.
Teaching Methods:
(1) Fast reading to get the general idea of the text.
(2) Careful reading to understand the passage better.
(3) Discussion to help the students understand what they've learned better.
Teaching procedure:
Step 1 Lead --in
The teacher may play a kind of music written by Beethoven.
Students’ activities
(1) What kind of music do you think it
(2) Who do you know wrote it
The teacher may discuss the questions and answer them freely.
T: As we know, there are various kinds of music around the world. They all have their own obvious characteristic. And also there were famous composers such as Joseph Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. Today we may learn of their life from the text.
Step 2 Reading comprehension.
Fast reading: Read the passage quickly and choose the best title.
Three Great Austrian Composers.
Three Great Composer of the eighteenth Century.
Three Great Child Composers.
Key: B.
Now let's read the passage again, underline new words in the text and decide whether the following statements are right or not.
Work in Groups
Activity 1:
The three composers were all born in Austria.
Mozart had a beautiful singing voice.
Mozart died before his fortieth birthday.
Beethoven once worked at the court of a prince, who began to go deaf when he grew older.
Beethoven had ever met Haydn, but he didn't think he taught him a lot.
Both Haydn and Mozart had fathers who were musicians.
Key:
F Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany.
F. Haydn had a good singing voice.
T
F. Haydn once worked at the court of a prince, but he didn't go deaf.
T
F. Haydn was the son of a peasant
( The teacher may begin with the T/F questions orally and this is a good time to test their listening abilities as well as their comprehension of the text. )
Step 3 Read and listen to the passage. Meanwhile, some more questions are waiting for you.
Activity 2:
How did Haydn change the form of symphonies
How long did he work in eastern Austria
How many pieces of music did Mozart compose
How old was he when he played for the Empress of Austria
How long were Mozart and Haydn friends
Who taught Beethoven how to play the piano
Did he stop composing when he became deaf
Keys:
1 He changed the symphony into a long piece for a large orchestra.
2. 30 years.
More than 600 pieces of music.
4. When he was 6 , he played the harpsichord in a concert for the Empress of Austria.
Step 3 Read the text for more details and try to say something about one of the three great composers.
Step 4 Language points:
1. be known as/ be known for / be known to
2. change…into
3. have a beautiful singing voice
4. where 定于从句
5. of all time
6. live 35 years
7. have musical talent
8. play the harpsichord
9. by the time
10. as well
11. give concerts
12. be impressed with/ by
13. it was Haydn who encouraged Beethoven to move to Vienna.
14. go deaf
Step 5 Homework:
(1) Read the passage.
(2) Make some sentences with the language points.
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Part 3 Grammar
主备人:段雪梅 辅备人:舒前会 杨玲
Teaching time:
Teaching aims:
1. know some rules of Adverbial Clause of time
2. make some sentences with Adverbial clause of time
3. write a letter.
Targets for this period:
To summarize and consolidate Present continuous and the new vocabulary
Key points:
Key structures—Present continuous
Teaching methods:
Task-based approach, formal and interactive approach
Teaching steps:
I. Revision.
Ask some students to say sth about the three Great Composers of the 18th century. Each at a time. Correct the mistakes if any.
Ask the students to pay attention to the following sentences:
Students’ activities
1) He learned to play the harpsichord when he was four.
2) When he was six, he played the harpsichord in a concert for the Empress of Austria.
3) While he was still a teenager, Mozart was already a big star.
4) As he grew older, he began to go deaf.
The underlined sentences are all Adverbial clause of time. In this module, we are going to deal with this grammar item.
II. Turn to page 24.
Grammar 1 Adverbial clause of time
Work in Groups
Activity 1:
Read the sentences and answer the questions.
A: Which of the sentences refers to a single event in the past
Sentence 1.
B. Which of them refers to a period of time in the past
Sentences 2 and 3.
C. Which of them refers to a progressive change
Sentence 4.
audience: a large audience 观众甚多, 作主语时,谓语动词单数、复数形式都可以。
The audience is/ are always very excited by a wonderful goal.
精彩的进球总会使观众非常激动。
Activity 2:
Match the two parts of the sentences:
1—b 2—d 3—c 4—a
all over:1) 到处、处处 look all over for the lost book
2) 完蛋、没希望了 It’s all over with him. 他全完了
3)彻底地、完全地 That sounds like my brother all over. 听起来很像我兄弟。 be wet all over 全身湿透
Read the notes about the composer Tan Dun and make sentences similar to those in Activity 2.
Possible answers:
While he was a child, Tan Dun lived in the countryside.
When he was young, Tan Dun lived with his grandmother.
When he lived in Hunan Province, he collected folk songs and music.
While he lived in Hunan Province, he planted rice.
When he attended Central Conservatory of Music he heard western music for the fist time.
Activity 3:
Step 1 Grammar 2
1. 现在进行时态 定义:表示现在正在进行的动作。
2. 构成:be + 动词的现在分词。
1) be 随着人称、数的变化而变化。(am is are)
2) 现在分词的组成形式有如下几种:
① 动词后面直接加ing: doing buying playing
② 动词去e加ing : having taking giving writing
③ 重读闭音节单词,双写动词最后一个字母,然后加ing: running swimming sitting shopping getting beginning putting
④ 特殊形式的变化:lie — lying die – dying
3) 练习:
① 把下列动词改为现在分词
sit-sitting swim-swimming run-running put-putting get-getting
see-seeing jump-jumping read-reading clean-cleaning eat-eating
listen-listening write-writing have-having take-taking play-playing
② 用be (is, am , are )动词的适当形式填空
A. Tony is buying some fruits.
B. Lucy and Lily are doing their homework.
C. I am singing in the washroom.
D. They are playing football .
E. She is enjoying her visit.
3. 现在进行时: 肯定句 be doing
否定句 be not doing
一般疑问句,Be动词提前到句子开头
e.g I’m visiting my friends now.
He isn’t writing a postcard.
Is she enjoying her visit
Are they buying postcards
句型转换: 1) She is watching a ballet. (变否定句)
She isn’t watching a ballet.
2) We’re waiting for our teacher. (变一般疑问句)
Are you waiting for your teacher
3) Is Tony calling a friend (作肯定问答)
Yes, he is.
4) They are lying in the sun. (画线提问)
What are they doing
4. 常与现在进行时态连用的词:now, listen, look, it’s +时间. 等。
如:What are you doing now (你在干什么?)
I’m reading now. (我现在正在读书。)
Listen! She is singing. (听,她正在唱歌。)
Look! My parents are watering the flowers. (看,我的父母亲正在浇花.)
Step Two To look at the picture2 and answer the questions one by one
1. What is the boy doing He is swimming in the sea.
2. What is the girl doing She is cleaning the blackboard.
3. What are the students doing They are dancing.
4. What are the boys doing They are fishing.
Step Three To complete the conversation Tony is having with his dad. (Activity 2)
Tony: Hi, Dad!
Dad: Hi, Tony .What are you doing (you/do)
Tony: We are visiting (visit) the Forbidden City. Lingling and Betty are writing (write) postcards.
Dad: What is Daming doing (Daming /do)
Tony: He is taking (take) photos. There are lots of people here. They are enjoying (enjoy) the sun. Some are looking (look) at the buildings and some are listening (listen) to the guide.
Dad: Are you having (you/have) a good time
Tony: Yes, we are having (have) a great time, Dad! See you later.
Dad: Bye.
Step Four To write about the pictures after the example (Activity 3)
Eg: Some boys are playing football. They aren’t playing basketball.
1. Some old people are doing Taijinguan. They aren’t doing yangge.
2. He isn’t watching TV. He is using a computer.
Step Five To Match the words in Box1 with the words in Box2 to make phrases (Activity 4)
1 buying a drink / buying a hot dog 2 calling her mother / calling on the phone
3 drinking a coffee / drinking a drink in a pub 4 driving a bus / driving a train
5 eating in a restaurant / eating a hot dog 6 enjoying a ballet / enjoying the school trip
7 having lunch / having a coffee 8 going home / going to sleep / going to the opera
9 leaving home /leaving the office 10 lying in the sun
11 saying good night 12 shopping for presents
13 taking a bus / taking photos 14 talking on the phone
15 waiting for a bus / waiting for her mother 16 watching a ballet
17 writing home / writing postcards
Step Six To try to remember some of the things that people do at different times and different
places ( Around the world)
1 It’s morning in New York.
2 It’s midday in London.
3 It’s evening in Sydney.
Step Seven To translate the sentences into English
1. 我正站在中国的长城上和你谈话。
I’m standing on the Great Wall and talking to you.
2. 我们在参加学校组织的郊游,玩得可高兴啦。
We’re on a school trip and having a good time.
3. 你能给我也寄张明信片吗?
Can you send me a postcard, too
4. 此时此刻,世界不同地区的人们正在做不同的事情。
At this moment, people in different places of the world are doing different things.
5. 有些人在等公共汽车,有些人在赶火车。
Some people are waiting for a bus. Some are running for a train.
6. 早上,人们起床、洗漱,然后穿衣。
In the morning, people get up, wash, and then get dressed.
7. 她正在那儿享受阳光吗?
Is she enjoying the sun there
8. 谢谢你从长城寄来的明信片。
Thank you for sending me the postcard from the Great Wall.
9. 他下躺在阳光下。
He is lying in the sun.
10. 在除夕午夜有焰火。
There are fireworks at midnight on Spring Festival’s Eve.
III. Writing.
Read the email. Ask the following questions:
1) Where does she live
2) What instrument does she play
3) What kind of music does she like
4) Can her father play an instrument
Now answer the questions and write down your replies. Then make a passage by adding all your answers up.
IV. Write the passage down.
V. Homework:
Make some sentences with Adverbial clause of time.
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Part 4 Speaking and Writing
主备人:段雪梅 辅备人:舒前会 杨玲
Teaching time:
Teaching Aims:
To develop speaking ability by talking about likes and dislikes.
To learn about some vocabulary and knowledge related to music and composers.
To develop writing ability by presenting a biography of a famous Chinese musician or composer.
Train the ability of collecting and dealing with information, and develop their abilities of getting new information, communication and cooperation.
Teaching key points:
To raise students’ interests in science and form the right attitude towards all kinds of music.
To help them know Chinese traditional music well and cultivate their interest in playing some Chinese instrument.
Teaching difficulties:
To make them know how to enjoy different kinds of music.
Arouse their interest of playing some kinds of instrument and enrich their leisure time.
Teaching Method:
Task-based methodology
Communicative Approach
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1 Pre-reading
Look at the picture and answer the following questions.
Students’ activities
Who is he
Have you ever know something about him
Step 2 While-reading
a. Skimming
Read the passage quickly, and make a note of some basic information about Ye xiaogang.
Work in Groups
Activity 1:
Name
Sex
Nationality
Job
Main achievement
Style of music
Suggested answers:
Name Ye xiaogang
Sex Male
Nationality China
Job Composer
Main achievement received many prizes, home and abroad
Style of music mixing Chinese musical traditions with western forms and instrumentation.
b. Detailed reading
Read the passage carefully and fill in the blanks with proper words. Find what Ye Xiaogang did or what happened to him in the following years:
Activity 2:
Time What he did
1955
From 1978 to 1983
1985
1986
1996
Suggested answers:
Time What he did
1955 born
From 1978 to 1983 studied at the Central Conservatory of Music of China.
1985 held a concert of symphonies in Beijing.
1986 his album appeared
1996 played with Italian musician Enrico Rava at the Beijing International Jazz Festive.
Step 3 Post-reading
Activity 3:
Are there any similarities between Ye Xiaogang and the European composers you have read about in this module
Do you think it is a good idea to mix Chinese and western music
Language points:
1) work as
2) leading modern composers 主要作曲家 leading article 社论
the leading cause 主要原因 a leading role 主角
3) mix A with B = mix A and B together
mix win with water Never mix with such people.
mix up 弄混,弄错 It’s common to mix him up with his brother.
弄乱 mix up the papers mix up those data
4) receive many prizes
5) part of
Step 4 Everyday English
a. Listen to two people talking about the way they listen to music and answer the questions.
How do they listen to it
Are they happy with the way they listen to music
What does Anna offer to do for Tom
b. work in pairs. Discuss your favourite music and how you listen to it.
Step 4 Guided writing
Write a short passage of a famous singer in China—Han Hong.
The following words may help you:
1. sing well /successful song writer
2.born/ in1971 /in Tibet(西藏)
3. young /watch her mother sing and /dance
4. at the age of nine /professional(专业的) /training /in Beijing.
5. in 1985/ her first national prize
6. write songs /in 1993
7. song Hometown /number one in China
Step 5 Homework
Finish writing the biography of Han Hong—a famous Chinese singer.
Finish other exercises in this module.
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