2019新人教高中英语必修二Unit5 Music Reading andThinking公开课教案.docx

2019新人教高中英语必修二Unit 5 Music-Reading and Thinking 公开课教案Teaching aims: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 apply the reading skill of scanning to practice and understand past participle as adverbial.Teaching key points:1. Lead students to better understand how the virtual choir is formed.2. Help students identify the structure of the text and grasp and use some words and phrases to describe their music experiences.Teaching difficult points:1. Enable students to figure out the main structure of the passage.2. Get students to express their own opinions on whether a virtual choir can really bring people together.Teaching procedures:Step 团 Lead-inLead students to talk about the following questions.1. How do you experience music in your daily life?2. How can computers and the Internet help us experience music differently?Suggested answers:1. I can listen to the radio, watch TV or attend concerts.2. Computers and the Internet can help us experience a wide range of musical genres. The Internet gives us access to millions of songs in many different genres , so we can find exactly what we like. Computer technology today can also help us create the sound of an orchestra on our home computer.Step团Predicting for possible informationLook at the picture and the title,and then predict what the text is about.Suggested answers:The text is about some background information about the virtual choir.Step团 Scanning for specific informationScan the text and find out the following information.The man who came up with the idea for a virtual choirEric WhitacreThe place where he studied musical compositionJuilliard SchoolThe name of his songWhat IfStep团 Intensive readingActivity 1 Read Paragraph 1 and find out the key elements of virtual choir.Anyone interested in music can take part in a virtual choir.They can record themselves at any place while they perform and then upload their videos onto the Internet.They join in the virtual choir because they love it and can relax themselves.Activity 2 Find out the differences between a virtual choir and a real choir.(红 色部分为学生填写)Virtual choirReal choirFormvideo recordedlivePlaceon the Internet (at any place)stages of musical hallsIdentity of singersanyone interested in musicusually professionalsNumber of singersnot limitedlimited to therequired programmeActivity 3Read Paragraph 2 and describe Eric Whitacre's life experience according to the timeline.-© in 1970in 1988f-in 1995in 1997 over the next 10 yearsSuggested answers:In 1970,he was born.In 1988,he began studying music at the University of Nevada.In 1995,he graduated from university.ln 1997,he received a master/s degree in musical composition from the Juilliard School in New York.Over the next 10 years,Whitacre's original compositions began to become quite popular among choirs and singers.Activity 4 Read Paragraph 2 again and answer the following questions.(l)What can you learn from what Whitacre said?(2)Why does the author mention Eric Whitacre's studying experience and his achievements in music?Suggested answers:(l)lt shows his experience in music which is full of surprise.(2)The author wants to stress that it was his great passion and achievements in music that led to the creation of the virtual choir.Activity 5 Read Paragraph 3 and 4 and answer the following questions.(l)What gave him the inspiration to make his first virtual choir?(2)Does the writer hold a positive attitude toward the virtual choir?How do you know?Suggested answers:(l)He was inspired by a video in which a girl was singing one of his works gave him the inspiration to make his first virtual choir.(2)Yes,the writer holds a positive attitude toward the virtual choir,because he says “The virtual choir is a wonderful way for people around the world to sing with one voice and thus make the world a better place".Activity 6 Figure out the structure of the passage.Suggested answer:1 WhatmakesavirtualchoirThevirtual Whocreatedthevirtualchoiroriginallychoir | HowhecreatedthevirtualchoirJ InfluenceofthevirtualchoirStep 团 PracticeActivity 1 Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the words and phrase.ordinary remind perform award effort individualfall in love enable stage studio original prove onto opportunity1 .Last night I went to see my friend's new rock band on at a small local music festival.2 .This new pop song me of an old song that was sung by Billy White but later made popular by another singer.3 .Km so happy!My favourite singer just won a music .This that all the she put into her work was worth it.4.1 with rap music when I was a teenager.Listening to it me to relax and forget about my problems.5.Five years ago,he was finally given a(n) to record his song at a(n) .Ever since,his success has shown the world that even people can become famous.6.Nowadays millions of musical performances are uploaded the Internet every day by different who may or may not be professional musicians or singers.Suggested answers:l.perform;stage 2.reminds;originally3. a wa rd; p roves; eff o rt4.fell inlove;enabled 5.opportunity;studio;ordinary 6.onto;individualsStep团 Creative thinkingTeacher:Encourage students to have a debate.Topic:Does a virtual choir really bring people together? Why or why not?Students:Discuss in groups and express their opinions.Suggested answers:Pros:（正方'）People from every corner of the world can upload their videos onto the lnternet,which is like a great stage where people come together to sing.Different people sing the same song,share similar interests and values,which makes them feel like family.In the global communitpeople can exchange feelings and thoughts with each other like real-life communication.Cons:（反方）A virtual choir cannot have people together on stage where people can communicate in person.A virtual choir is unreal because it is just something made up.A virtual choir concert can't have real actor-audience interaction.Step团 HomeworkSearch for more information about the virtual choir on the Internet.