Unit 11 The sounds of the world

unit 11 the sounds of the world
    teaching objective
1. learn to enjoy different kinds of music
2. be able to give opinions on music
3. master the reading skill of finding out the main idea of each part
4. grasp the uses of some important points
5. get the ability of using the passive voice freely
6. write a short passage about music
teaching content
section a: enjoying different styles of music
1. important points:
u cultivate the students’ musical taste.
u master the ways of asking for and giving advice.
u make dialogues with the structure: suggest …to do…:advice…to do…
2. difficult points:
u .how to further develop the students’ listening and speaking ability.
u look-speak method to train the students’ speaking ability.
u listening-and-answer activity to train the students’ listening ability.
section b: reading comprehension
1. important points:
◆  improve ss’ reading ability and help the ss understand the passage correctly.
◆  learn and master the following words and phrases:
on the radio  in common  combine  variety
2. difficult points:
◆ help students to find the general idea of the whole passage and the main ideas of every part..
◆ fast reading and careful reading to train the students’ reading ability and understand the passage better.
◆. discussion to improve students’ ability to communicate with each other.
time allotment
section a: 1 periods
section b: 2 periods
        unit 11 (3 periods)  
   section b: reading comprehension (2 periods) 
u period 2
i. lead-in activity：pre-reading 
1. t asks ss to discuss questions about music in order to review some musical terms and introduce more terms.
 t presents questions such as “has anybody got any information about musical styles?”
ss talk about different kinds of music, such as blues\hip-hop\rap\latin music，etc. in this way, ss review names of kinds of musical styles.
2. pair-work:
(t get students to talk about music as a preliminary related to the reading material)
 ss discuss the following questions in pairs.
1) what kind of music do you like?
2) when you listen to a song, do you listen to words or the music?
3)  do you like to listen to music form other countries?
ii. background information
   classical music is serious western european music from the middle ages(1500) to the present and it was often written for a large orchestra, or for a small group of players. many instruments can be used. a lot of music was also written to be sung as opera. classical music is very popular and schools often teach this type of music.