Unit 11 Music

Teaching Aims and Demands

Words and Phrases

Four Skills: suggestion perform performer characteristic contain traditional spread variety universal satisfy desire process express

Three Skills: musical instrument blues slave jazz folk guitar record inner emotion musician totally intelligence chant

Spoken English:

Asking for suggestions and giving advice:

What can you suggest? Maybe we could …

Can I ask you for some advice? I suggest (that) …

Can you help me decide …? May be it would be better to …

That’s a good ides.

Well, but what about …?

Have you considering doing …?

Grammar:

Revise the different forms of different tenses:

一般現在時被動語態

The classroom is cleaned every day.

現在進行時被動語態

The plants is being watered.

現在完成時被動語態

The work has been finished.

一般過去時被動語態

The door was locked (by the boy).

過去進行時被動語態

The meals were being severed.

過去完成時被動語態

Over 10 songs had been learned (by us) by the end of last week.

一般將來時被動語態

A lecture on birds will be given.

Use of Language:

1. Master the function use of language as defined above.

2. Help the students to finish the tasks of listening, reading, writing, speaking presented in the book and the exercise book through using what the students have learned.

Learn the text about music and encourage the students to learn more about music esp. Chinese traditional folk music in order to expand the students’ vision.

Important points: 1. Talk about different kinds of music

2. Ask for suggestions and give advice.

3. Talk about famous musicians

4. Compare modern and tradition music

Difficult points: The pattern of the passive voice of different tenses

Teaching aids: computer or slider-projector

Way of Teaching: Communication way of teaching, discussion and group work.

Lesson 1

Step 1 Warming-Up

Get the students to listen to some songs and try to guess where the music come from.

Answers to Exercise 1:

Music1: Russian Music 2: South America Music3:Asian

Music4:African

Step 2 Listening

Let the students listen to the songs and answer the questions. After each song, compare answers and ask the students to explain their answers: Where do you think the music comes from? That is about the characteristic of each folk song. Here the students may get a general impression about the sounds of the world.

Get the students to find a song they like best and tell why.

Step 3 Speaking

First ask the students to get themselves prepared for Exercise 2 on p72, then ask them to perform it out.

Step 4 Homework

Prepare for the next class.

Lesson 2

Step 1 Introduction

The teacher may ask the questions in the Pre-reading part as an introduction of the text and in this way to arouse the students’ interest.

Step 2 Fast-reading

Students read the text quickly and make an outline of the text:

1. Most of us like pop music from China or the US, but we also like to listen to other kinds of music. The world is full of interesting music styles.

2. Blues music has a long history and is an important part of African –American culture and modern music. Blues music has influenced and created many other music styles, such as jazz and rock..

3. Modern American music is more than just blues and rock. Hip-hop and rap are two music styles that have become popular.

4. Latin music is an example of world music that has become part of American culture. The style comes from Latin America and is important to the growing number of Spanish-speaking people in the United States.

5. There are many other styles of music we can discover and enjoy if we explore the sounds of the world.

Step 3 Carefully-reading

(1) Ask the students to read the text again and be prepared to answer the questions in the Post-reading part.

The answers:

1 Blue music came from African music that was brought

to the United States by slaves.

2 To rap is to speak the words of a song along with the beat.

3 Latin music is popular in America partly because of the fact that the US has a large Spanish-speaking –population, but also because of the success of such artists as Santana and Ricky Martin.

4 The students may answer in any way.

2. False: 1,2,3,5 True: 4,6

(2) Explain the language points if necessary.

Step 4 Homework

Finish the exercises 1-3 on P146

Lesson 3

Step 1 Revision

Check the homework.

Step 2 Word-study

Give the students several minutes to get prepared for the exercise, then check the answers with the students.

The answers are:

beat

vi. To strike repeatedly (esp. the heart)

n. a regular, rhythmical unit of time

vt. Defeat

pick

1.v. to gather, harvest

(pick up) v. to take on passengers

(pick out) v. to carefully select

rock

vt. To upset

a./n. akind of music, rock’roll

n. hard and large stones

style

n. the fashion of the moment

n. type, kind

n. a way of doing something

Step 3 Grammar

List several sentences in which the Passive Voice is used and other sentences which is of Active Voice structure, then ask the students to find the formation of Passive Voice.

Dinner is served from 5:00 to 8:00

Mary serves dinner from 5:00 to 8:00.

Five houses were destroyed by the tornado last night.

The tornado destroyed five houses last night.

The formation of the Passive sentences is: be and the past participle of the main verb.

Step 4 Consolidation

Get the students to finish the exercises1 and exercise 2 in the Grammar part.

Step 5 Workbook

Finish the exercises on P147 as well as a kind of consolidation.

Step 6 Homework

Be prepared for a song so as to give an presentation and learn more about music.

Lesson 4

Step 1 Revision

Let some students give their talk about the music they learned after class.

Step 2 Discussion

Fill the form:

1

Comparison Pop music Rock music

Why is music important to the musicians? Music is their career. They use music to become rich and famous. Music is their life. They play music to satisfy their inner desire.

How are songs written? One person writes the words, someone else the music, and other musicians record it. One person has a strong feeling and expresses it with music, and others help build the song

What are the songs about? Most pop songs are simple stories about love that make people feel easy and forger about the real world. Rock music expresses true feelings about society, friendship and even war.

2

Comparison Traditional Chinese Music Modern Chinese Music

What instruments are used? Pipa, erhu, suona, guqin, zheng, drums, luo, etc. Drums, fuita, keyboard, sometimes traditional instruments

What is the music played? At weddings, during festivals, and in the royal courts Every day, on TV and radio

Who write the songs? Songs are often handed down from generation to generation Pop stars or writers write new songs every year

What are songs about? Love, life, news, legends Love, life, society

Step 3 Writing

Choose one of the two writing tasks below.

1 Write about a Chinese or English song that you like. Try to describe the song and how it makes you feel. Explain why you like the song and what the song makes you think of.

2 We write songs to say something about ourselves and the world. If you write a song, what will you say? What will your message be? Work in pairs and try to write a song --- you can use the music of a song you already know or you can make up your own.

Step 4 Homework

Finish the Checkpoint.