初中英语外研版 (新标准)七年级下册Unit 2 Vienna is the centre of European classical music.教学设计

Module 12 Western music

Unit 2 Vienna is the centre of European classical music.

一、教学目标：

【知识能力目标】

1) 能够正确使用下列单词和词组：centre, European, classical, century, composer, poor, another, poor, perfect ...

2) 理解文章内容，获得重要信息，提高阅读能力

【情感态度目标】

了解外国伟大音乐大师和西方音乐的不同文化，培养学生热爱生活、热爱音乐、积极乐观的精神。

二、教学重难点

【教学重点】

能够掌握人物介绍的基本写作方法，写出简单的人物介绍。

【教学难点】

能读懂有关音乐以及人物介绍的文章，掌握其细节内容。

三、教学过程

Step1 Warming-up and Lead in

To give the students some pictures and videos about Strauss Waltz . Let them watch and then talk about Western music.

Step 2 Work in pairs.

Look at the pictures of Activity 1 and describe it. Use the words from the box to help the students. 

Step3 Reading

1. Scanning

Ask the students to scan the passage and answer the questions as quickly as they can.

How many composers are mentioned in the passage? Who are they?

2. Listening

Ask the students to listen to the tape and do the exercises of Activity 2.

1) Many musicians came to study and work in Vienna.

2) Strauss the younger played the piano, the violin and the drums at the age of six.

3) Mozart’s family took him around Europe.

4) The father, Johann Strauss, died in 1791.

5) Mozart wrote The Blue Danube.

3. Careful reading

Ask the students to read the paragraph and answer the questions:

1) Where is Vienna?

2) What music did Johann Strauss the elder write?

3) How many waltzes did Johann Strauss the younger write?

4) When was Mozart born?

5) How old was Mozart when he died?

4. Complete the passage of Activity 4 with the correct form of the words from the box.

another   elder   European   perfect  poor  popular

Both Strauss the (1) ______ and Strauss the younger wrote some very (2) _______ music. (3) _______ successful composer from Vienna was Mozart, but he became very (4) ______ and died at the age of thirty-five. Many people think Mozart’s music is (5) _______. All three were great (6) _________ musicians.

Step 4 Writing

Use the note to write a passage about the Chinese composer Xian Xinghai.

¤ Xian Xinghai

¤ famous for the song The Yellow River

¤ wrote it in 1939

¤ one of the great composers of classical and traditional music

¤ born in Macao, China, 1905

¤ died young, 1945

¤ called the “People’s Musician”

¤ used traditional Chinese music

¤ studied in Paris

¤ songs are still popular today

They can write like this:

Xian Xinghai is one of the great composers of classical and traditional music. He was born in...

Step 5 Language Points

1.  His dance music made him famous all over Europe.

    1)make 的常见用法：

① make sb. do sth. 使某人做某事

　    make sb. not do sth. 使某人不做某事

      eg. Parents always make their children learn many things.

         父母总是使他们的孩子学习很多东西。

②make sb./sth. +adj. 使某人/物……

eg. The bad news made him very sad.这个坏消息使他很伤心。

2) all over 遍及                 all over the world全世界   

all over the country全国          all over China全中国

eg. We have friends all over the world.  我们的朋友遍天下。

2. …he played not only the piano, but also the violin.

not only…but also…是一个表并列关系的连词，用来连接两个并列关系的句子成分。

eg. I can speak not only English, but also French.

我不但会讲英语，而且还会讲法语。

Step 6 Exercises

一、用所给动词的适当形式填空。

1. Tony ___________ (not like) pop music, does he?

2. I like pop. It’s lively and good ________ (dance) to.

3. There were two composers _____ (call) Johann Strauss.

4. Mozart _______ (die) in 1791 when he was only 35.

5. He _____ (be) a teacher in 1992.

keys; 1. doesn’t like    2. to dance    3. called   4. died    5. was

二、按要求转换下列句子。

1. At the age of 20, he joined the army. (改为同义句)

   _____ ___ ____ 20, he joined the army.

2. Your father was born in 1948, __________? (完成反意疑问句)

3. Strauss was famous for his waltzes.(改为同义句)

  Strauss’ waltzes _____ ____ _______.

4. I can play the violin. Tom can play the violin, too. (改写为同义句）

   ____ ____ I ____ ____ Tom can play the violin.

5. Many people went to Qingdao to enjoy the beautiful sea. (就画线部分提问）

   ______ ___ many people____ to enjoy the beautiful sea?

Keys: 1. When he was   2. wasn’t he    3. made him famous   

4. Not only; but also    5. Where did; go

Step7 Homework

 Review and recite the important points of Unit 2.

教学反思