Unit 5 Music

Reading and Thinking

 

【教学目标】

1. To acquire the basic usage of the new words and express concerning how computers and the Internet help us experience music.

2. Enable students to understand the main information and text structure of the reading text.

3. Enable students to understand past participle as adverbial.

【教学重难点】

1. Guide students to pay attention to reading strategies, such as prediction, self-questioning and scanning.

2. To talk about the advantages and disadvantages of being a member of virtual choir.

3. Lead students to understand past participle as adverbial;

【教学过程】

Step 1 Prediction

Ask students the question.

How can computers and the Internet help us experience music differently?

Step 2: Learning new words

Learn words: perform, enable, prove, award, and fall in love with…

New words practice

In order to have a good _______________ (perform), I have made good preparations for it．

At present, developing the ___________ (able) of the students is an important task in our daily teaching activity．

Step 3: Learning sentence patterns

Introduce the sentence patterns in the lesson and give some examples and explanation

1. as 引导定语从句，意为“正如，正像”

2. 过去分词(短语)作状语

as引导定语从句的常用句式有：

as is known to all           众所周知

as we all know            我们都知道

as we can see            正如我们所看到的

as is reported         正如报道的

as is often the case         这是常有的事

as is mentioned above     如上所述

Step 4: Fast reading tasks

Guide student to read the article quickly, teach some reading skills and do some exercises.

Task of the first fast reading:

Read quickly and figure out the key words of each paragraph.

• Paragraph 1: enable

• Paragraph 2: award

• Paragraph 3: performance

Task of the second fast reading:

1. What is mainly discussed in this passage?

2. Which paragraph mentions background information about the virtual choir?

3. Which paragraph mentions the conclusion of the virtual choir?

Step 5: Careful reading tasks

Guide student to read the article carefully and do some exercises.

1. What is the attitude towards the virtual choir?

2. Why does the virtual choir prove to be a good influence on the lives of many people?

3. If you want to take part in a virtual choir, you need….

Step 6: Study reading tasks

Analyze two difficult sentences in the text.

1. Imagine having the opportunity to sing together with hundreds of other people while you are at home alone．

2. A virtual choir enables them to add their voices to those of other individuals and become part of the global community．

Step 7 Homework:

Review what we have learned and find out the key language points in the text.