人教版 (新课标)必修1&2Unit 5 Music教案

Period 3  Listening and Reading

The General Idea of This Period：

This period aims at training students’ two skills—listening and reading skills.Students have to get the general idea of Freddy’s story and get detailed information by reading the rest of Freddy’s story.Having the general idea of the whole story，students are expected to sum up the advantages and disadvantages of being famous.What’s more，students are encouraged to express their opinions on whether they would enjoy being famous and give their own reasons.

Teaching Aims：

1.Train the students’ abilities to listen to the story about Freddy.

2.Enable the students to memorize some important information about Freddy’s story.

3.Train the students’ abilities to express their opinions.

Teaching Important Points：

1.Develop students’ listening skill to get all the needed information.

2.Enable students to retell the story.

3.Train the students’ abilities to express the advantages and disadvantages of being famous.

Teaching Difficult Points：

1.How to catch all the points about Freddy from listening.

2.Retell the information about Freddy.

Teaching Methods：

1.Listening skill directing.

2.Task-based activity.

Teaching Aids：

A tape-recorder，a projector，some slides and a multiple-media computer.

Teaching Procedures：

Step 1 Review and Check the Homework

T：Last class we learned something about the attributive clause with the preposition ahead of the relative clause.Remember?

Ss：Yes.

T：Can you make a sentence with this structure?

Ss：Yes.

S1：The guitar with which they gave performance was lost.

T：Good.

S2：The name by which the group was known was “The Monkees”.

T：Well done.

S3：The book，the cover of which is broken，is not mine.

T：Yeah，very good.

S4：The singer with whom Coco Li sang was very happy.

T：Terrific!

T：Good，all of you have reviewed the lesson.Then let’s go on to check the homework.Ex.2 on Page 71.Correct the sentences.I would like some students to come here and write down your correct sentences on the blackboard.

（8 students come to the blackboard and write down the sentences.The other students check their sentences.）

Suggested answer：

1.Peter said that he was really grateful to you for the help you offered the other day.

2.He told all the people present to pay more attention to education.

3.Mr Clark found Alice sitting in the corner of the living room whose windows were wide open.

4.I’ll never forget the days which/that we spent together during our study tour in the Republic of Ireland.

5.They thought very lightly of our new design，which made us very pleased.

6.Please sit here for a while.The meal is being prepared at the moment.

7.As a result of the terrorists’ attack，tourism，which is the most important industry here，has been greatly affected.

8.You will be fine as long as you stick to the rules.

Step 2 Warming up：introduce Freddy to the class

Show a picture of a frog and let the students say out what it is.Then introduce Freddy to the class.

T：OK，class.Have a look at this picture.Do you know what it is?

Ss：It’s a frog.

T：Right.But he is not a common frog.His name is Freddy.He has a special quality.Can you guess what special quality Freddy has?

S1：Swinging.

S2：Flying.

S3：Singing.

Step 3 Prediction

Describe Freddy’s life experience and let the students guess what will happen next.While talking about Freddy’s life experience，show the relevant pictures to attract the class’ attention.

T：When Freddy was young，he was a little tadpole.As time went by quickly，he soon became a frog.One day，Freddy sat on the water lily leaf and slid his long，thin legs into the water.Suddenly，he heard some music across the lake.Then what would happen?

（Allow the students to express their own ideas and prediction freely.）

S1：He found a snake.

S2：He found his friends.

S3：He found a nightingale.

Step 4 Listening for the General Information

Let the students listen to the tape for the first time and answer the following questions.

T：You have many difficult ideas about what will happen to Freddy.Now let’s listen to the story about Freddy and see what Freddy found when he swam slowly towards the sound.

（Play the tape for the first time.After listening，ask some students what they have got.）

T：So have you got the answers?What did Freddy find when he swam slowly towards the sound?

S：He found three confident frogs sitting still on the leaf and playing the instruments.

Step 5 Listen for the Detail Information （Group work）

Divide the class into 2 groups.For the students in Group A，they have to find out all the true statements from the 6 sentences.For the students in Group B，they have to find out all the false statements from the same 6 sentences.At last，see which group can get the most correct answer.

The six sentences are：

1.Freddy had changed from a man to a frog.

2.He felt lonely in his lake till he met his friends on the lily leaf.

3.The singers of the band could sing very loudly.

4.Freddy thought he could sing as well as the other singing frogs.

5.Freddy was very confident about his singing.

6.He sang the song to ask the other frogs to be his friends.

Suggested answers：

1.F  2.T  3.T  4.T  5.F  6.T

Step 6 Fast Reading

T：So do you think Freddy and the other three frogs were going to form a band?Now let me tell you that they formed a band and soon became famous and then they went to Britain to give performances.Then what would happen in Britain?Would they succeed or fail?

Give students 1 minute to read the rest story about Freddy and find out the answer to this question：Did Freddy and his band get a great success in Britain?

Suggested answer：

Yes，they got a great success and became very popular in Britain.

Step 7 Detailed Reading

Give the students 3 minutes to read the text in detail and answer the following questions：

1.What was Freddy’s most exciting experience in London?

2.What happened when the program was over?

3.What problem was caused after they became stars?

4.Did Freddy and his band leave Britain at last?

Suggested answers：

1.His most exciting experience was to sing in a TV programme called “Top of the Pops”.

He had to wear an expensive suit and give a performance to a TV camera.

2.The telephones in the same room started ringing and everbody was asking when they could see Freddy and his band again.

3.They were followed everywhere and their personal life was discussed by people.

4.Yes，Freddy and his band left Britain and went back to the lake，because it’s painful for them.

Step 8 Summary

Let the students summarize the main idea of Freddy’s story.

T：We have listened and read the story of Freddy.It’s time for us to summarize it.Who can use a sentence to summarize the story of Freddy.

S：This is a story about a band that became famous and did not like it.

T：Good!Well done!

Step 9 Retell the Story

T：Have a look at the chart.And retell the story of Freddy according to the chart.

I will give you 3 minutes to get prepared.Then I will ask some of you to retell the story.

Suggested answer：

One day，when Freddy was wondering on the lake，he heard a fine deep sound.He looked up and tried to find the sound.He found some frogs and they became friends since they all liked singing.Then they formed a band and began to give performances.Soon they became famous and they went to Britain to give performances.They soon got a big hit.However，at the same time，some problems arose.They were always followed by their fans everywhere and their personal life was discussed by people.They felt quite painful.At last，they decided to leave Britain and came back to their lake.

Step 10 Discussion

1.Let the students express themselves freely on in what specific ways Freddy’s life changed.

T：Just now，we have learnt the development of Freddy’s band，and the course of their being famous.However，it brought forwards some problems.So in what specific ways did Freddy’s life change?Who would like to show your opinion?

S1：They became popular and have many fans.

S2：They became rich.

S3：They were followed by people everywhere.

S4：They were discussed by people.

S5：They couldn’t have a peaceful and quiet life.

2.Train the students’ abilities to express the advantage and disadvantages of being famous.

T：So you have talked about many problems caused by being famous.So what do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of being famous?

S1：Being famous proves that you are very successful and have many abilities.I would enjoy being famous.

S2：If you are famous，you can have many fans and people will notice you everywhere you go.

S3：Being famous means being rich.You can earn a lot and can do whatever you want to do.

T：Good point!How about the disadvantages of being famous?

S1：I don’t like being famous.I want to be a common person so that I can have enough time to think about my life and enjoy the true meaning of life.

S2：Not being famous means no need to worry about your appearance in the public eyes and you can keep your privacy.Your life won’t be disturbed and discussed by people.

S3：Not being famous means that you can have a quiet life.And you can spend more time with your family and friends.

Step 11 Summary and Homework

T：Today，we have leant Freddy’s story，their success and their problems caused by being famous.We could tell that being too crazy about film stars，singers and actors may cause trouble to them.

T：Homework for today is to translate the five sentences on Page 71.

Step 12 The Design of the Writing on the Blackboard

Step 13 Record after Teaching