课题

Period 1 Listening and Thinking

单元

Unit 5 Music

学科

English

教材

分析

During this period, the class will focus on listening and thinking.

Students are expected to get insight into music.

The teachers would inspire students to talk about music preference.

教学目标与核心素养

Knowledge objectives: Enable the students focus on listening and thinking.

Skill objectives: Help the students get insight into music.

Emotional objectives: Improve students’ sense of music.

Thinking quality objectives: Inspire the students think about how to express preference.

重点

Master the usage of key words and phrases.

Improve the students’ listening and speaking ability.

难点

Let students pay attention to the plosives.

Make the students know about paraphrase.

Daily routine

Step 1

Warm up

Teacher greets the whole class as usual.

Activate students and remind them to concentrate.

Step 2

Preview check

Teacher asks students the meaning of words, phrases and knowledge points learnt last lesson.

Students answer the questions loudly together.

Check the teaching situation of last lesson quickly.

Help students consolidate the knowledge points.

Lead-in

Step 3

Saying

Teacher shows the pictures to lead the topic.

Do you know where the photo was taken?

Which languages do you think are officially used here?

keys:

The photo was taken at a United Nations General Assembly meeting.

English, Chinese, French, Spanish, Arabic, and Russian are officially used here.

After acknowledging the information and the meaning of the new words, answer the questions.

Use pictures to catch students’ attention.

Expand their horizons and spark their interest.

Step 4

New words

Teacher explains the meaning of the new words, and asks students to translate the meaning of the whole sentence.

hip-hop

bagpipes

stringed instrument

There is classical music playing in the background.

classic adj.

I like to listen to it when I exercise．It gives me energy.

energetic adj.

She went to pray for the soul of her late husband.

soulmate n.

Teach the meaning of new words.

Step 5

Let’s play

Teacher choses students to answer the questions.

You're a brave __________.

It is of great importance for us to save __________．

Most _________ music sends me to sleep.

keys:

soul 2. energy 3. classical

Familiarize the new words

Clear the tackle of listening practice.

Step 6

Pair work

Discuss the questions in groups.

Before you listen, discuss the question in groups.

What are the people doing in the pictures below?

Discuss with their patterner and voice their opinions

Familiarize Students with key words.

Make students use core words and phrases.

Exercise students’ expression and speaking skills.

Listening & Speaking

Step 7

Listening practice

Teacher shows the questions. Then teacher plays the listening material and asks students to answer.

video: Kinds of music

Match the pictures with the correct types of music.

Chinese traditional

classical

country music

hip-hop

Keys：

B

A

C

D

A reporter from the school newspaper is interviewing students about music. Listen to the interviews. Draw lines between the words to make complete sentences. Some words will not be used.

The reporter paraphrased some of the answers the students gave him. Listen to the interviews again and complete the sentences with the words you hear.

A: Country music touches my heart.

B: So you like music that's __________ of__________?

A: When I listen to hip-hop, I just have to move!

B: So it makes you want to _________?

A: Classical music makes me feel like I'm sitting beside a quiet stream and enjoying nature.

B: So to you, it's __________ and __________?

Keys:

full; feeling

dance

peaceful

beautiful

Listen to the materials carefully and do the listening exercises.

Familiarize students with key words.

Exercise students’ speaking skills.

Step 8

Paraphrase

When you want to explain something difficult to somebody, it is helpful to use easier words with the same meaning. This will help you make it easier to understand.

Paraphrasing tips

Writing an idea in a different way than the published version can be difficult. These are four tricks you can apply to help you do so.

Start your first sentence at a different point from that of the original source

Use synonyms (words that mean the same thing)

Change the sentence structure (e.g. from active to passive voice)

Break the information into separate sentences

Students listen to the tips.

Help students learn tips in listening practice.

Make students master the listening skill better.

Better finish the testing task.

Step 9

Discussion

Teacher shows the topic and gives students examples to discuss.

Discuss these questions with your classmates.

Do these types of music make you feel the same as the students? Why or why not?

What type of music do you not like, and how does it make you feel?

Talk in pairs. Interview each other about music. Use the pictures below for ideas.

EXAMPLE:

A:What kind of music do you like?

B:I like techno music.

A:What makes it so special to you?

B:I like to listen to it when I exercise. It gives me energy.

Reasons for liking music

touches my heart/soul

makes me happy/want to dance gives me energy/hope

helps me exercise/study

sounds peaceful/beautiful

reminds me of home/people I love

Use what they have learnt from the interview to help you and discuss in groups.

Voice their opinions.

Practice their team spirit.

Practice their thinking skill and imagination.

Practice their speaking and listening.

Step 10

Pronunciation

Read the lyrics below from "Blowin' in the Wind" by Bob Dylan. Notice how the plosives are pronounced.

How many roads must a man wal(k) down

Before you call him a man?

How many seas must a whi(te) dove sail

Before she sleeps in the sand?

Yes, and how many times mus(t) the cannon balls fly Before they're forever banned?

The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind The answer is blowin' in the wind.

Yes, and how many years can a mountain exist Before it's wash(ed) to the sea?

Yes, and how many years can some people exist Before they're allow(ed) to be free?

Yes, and how many times can a man turn his head Pretending he jus(t) doesn'(t) see?

The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind The answer is blowin' in the wind.

Repeat after the recording.

Students do the exercises.

Improve the students’ pronunciation skill.

Step 11

Pronunciation tips

Video: Plosives

Practise plosive with voiced and voiceless sounds with students. First write or dictate the following list of words (be sure to mix them up) and ask students to match the "minimal pairs", i.e., words where one change of phoneme gives a different word. For example, "pea" and "bee". Then ask students to mark which of each pair is voiced and which is voiceless, using the tips above to decide.

pin—bin peach—beach tie—die coat—goat pie—die pig—dig pearl—girl bed — ted tap—gap book—cook dawn—cornpay—bay pig—big tip—diptown—down

cap—gap card—guard cold—gold coal —goal pay—day park —dark peel—deal pie—guy

pot—gotboy—toy

book—took bone—tone toast—ghost test—guest ball —call beep—keep dare—care dart—cart

Extend by putting students into pairs and asking them to take turns to think of sentences using both words for each pair and any other minimal pair they can add. Lists of further minimal pairs can be found online.

Video: Blowin' In The Wind -Bob Dylan

Learn the related knowledge point.

Help students understand and master related knowledge points.

Step 12

Language points

Teacher explains the language points and makes some exercise.

1. classical adj. 古典的；经典的

classical music

a classical composer

classical ballet/dance

古典音乐

古典音乐作曲家

古典芭蕾舞/舞蹈

classic

classical

指经典的、优秀的、一流的，如a classic movie；也可表示典型的，如a classic example

表示西方古典音乐及其他传统的事物

（1） 他演奏流行音乐和爵士乐，同时也演奏古典音乐。

   He plays ________________，as well as pop and jazz.

（2） 贝多芬是一名古典作曲家。

   Beethoven is ________________.

keys:

classical music

a classical composer

The young boy has a variety of hobbies, which ________ from classical music to online games.

A．change  

B．vary

C．extend

D．range

keys:

B

The work has _____ the status of a classic among the composer's admirers.

A. required

B. acquired

C. inquired

D. inspired

keys:

B

2. energy n. 能源；能量；精力
energetic adj. 精力旺盛的

save energy

be full of energy

节省能源

精力旺盛的

In addition, the more you work out, the more ___________ (energy) you will become．

She is such a girl full ___________ energy, for which I admire her very much．

keys:

energetic

of

Carelessness is the ________ of home accidents.

A. power

B. substance

C. source

D. energy

keys:

C

John is a(n)_______ boy．Whenever I see him, he is working．

A. cautious

B. energetic

C. familiar

D. outgoing

key:

B

Listen to the key knowledge points carefully and take exercise.

Help students know about the knowledge points deeper.

Let students know how to use these words and phrases.

Step 13

Exercise

Teacher asks students to fill the gap together.

Rewrite the sentences using words and phrases from the box to replace the parts in italics.

I put the letter into a plain envelope.

Thank you for giving me the chance to try out for the famous musical.

The musician developed a serious disease in 2007 and has suffered stomachaches since then.

The poster has been produced with the purpose of increasing sales of the singer's new album.

Classical music seems to have an important influence on keeping one's soul at peace.

Different kinds of people turned up at the music festival.

Her gift for music showed at an early age.

The flute is a nice musical instrument; moreover, it is not expensive.

keys:

ordinary

opportunity

from then on

aim

a great impact

various

talent

in addition

Summary and Homework

Step 14

Summary

Teacher leads students to have a summary of this lesson.

Language points

classical, hip-hop, techno, energy, soul, bagpipes, stringed, stringed instrument

Others:

Talk about music preferences

Kinds of music

The plosives

Paraphrases

Follow the teacher’s thinking flow and read the words and phrases loudly.

Consolidate students’ knowledge.

Form knowledge system.

Step 15

Homework

Write an essay about “My favorite song”.

Take notes.

Consolidate students’ knowledge and prepare for the following lesson.

板

书

Unit 5 Music

Period 1 Listening and speaking

Language points

classical, hip-hop, techno, energy, soul, bagpipes, stringed, stringed instrument

Others:

Talk about music preferences

Kinds of music

The plosives

Paraphrases