Unit5 The Silver Screen

    in this lesson, students will improve their speaking and reading abilities.
objectives:
1.  in this lesson, students will be able to analyze and give reasons why dvd should be sold expensive or cheap.
2.   in this lesson, students will be able to summarize the whole passage.
3.   in this lesson, students will be able to identify new words and expressions appeared in the text.
material/resources: textbook, tape-recorder, tape, blackboard, film posters
procedures
step 1  role-play
a. t: yesterday we mainly dealt with those film actors and actresses, and we also act as two hollywood stars---merly streep and keanu reeves. we now have a better understanding of these people, but there is a problem with them. with fast internet connections and computers with dvd player, people download and watch films online. nobody wants to pay high price for a vcd or dvd; instead, they buy discs for five to ten yuan. so what do you think about this problem? do you think the dvd should be sold expensive or cheap?
b. ask students in groups of five to act out a tv talk show discussing this problem according to the requirement of talking exercise1 on p109.
step 2  pre-reading
      ask students to act out the scene in their own film which was assigned two days ago and explain their scene.
  t: through your personal experience, you see directing is a very interesting but hard job. today we will have a close look at one person who takes up this job. steven spielberg, a quite outstanding and world-renowned director.
step3  while-reading.
a. show five posters of steven spielberg’s films mentioned in the text.
 (jaws, et, jurassic park, schindler’s list, saving private ryan) (see posters on next page)
   ask students to discuss in groups and guess what the film is mainly talking about and what the theme of the film is.
b. skimming
    ask students to read para3-6 quickly and find out the information about these films and compare it to their imagination of the films. then fill in the chart in post-reading. (better use attributive clause)  
films information of the film
jaws (1975) jaw is about…(a big shark that attacks and eats swimmers).
et (1982) (et is about a little creature that comes from outer space and wants to go home.)
jurassic park (1993) (jurassic park is about an island where a very rich man keeps all kinds of dinosaurs.)
schindler’s list (1993) (schindler’s list is about the cruelty of war/a german who saved thousands of jewish people from being killed in the war.)