2. Key sentences重点句子

She doesn’t like pop music, does she?

You’ve heard of him, haven’t you?

He was German, wasn’t he?

You listen to pop music, don’t you?

It’s certainly very traditional, isn’t it?

Ability goals 能力目标

Enable students to understand the tag questions and use them.

Teaching important/difficult points 教学重难点

Revision of the tag questions.

Teaching aids教具准备

Some pictures and a tape recorder

Teaching procedures and ways教学过程与方式

Step I Revision

Check the homework with the class and then have a dictation of some new words and expressions.

Ask some students to read the passage about the composer of Xian Xinghai.

Step II Grammar

In this procedure, revise the important points of this module. Do pair work to practise tag questions.

T: Look at page 38, activity 1. Let’s play a game called “looking for friends”. One student reads a sentence in column A, if you can choose the correct tag question in Column B, you can stand up and answer.

Sample conversation:

S1: You like rock music.

S2: don’t you?

S1: They sing well.

S3: don’t they?

S1: He has written ten new songs this year.

S4: hasn’t he?

…

T: Well done! Let’s come to activity 2. Please fill in the proper tag questions in the blanks.

Give the students a few minutes to write the answers. Then ask students to work in pairs and practise the conversation. Make sure they put the stresses in the right places.

Ask some pairs to read the conversation. Then go through the answers with the class.

T: Please tell us whether the speaker in each case is asking a real question or just checking information.

Ask students to answer. Then check the answers.

Step III Words and expressions

In this procedure, review some important words and expressions, making sure students know the meanings and spelling. Then do some practice.

Show some pictures and ask students which type of music each picture is. Ask them to ask and answer in pairs according to the pictures.

Sample conversation:

S1: What type of music is it?

S2: It’s pop music.

S1: How is it?

S2: It’s lively and modern.

T: Please write down the different types of music below the five pictures.

Then go on with Activity 5. Call back the answers.

T: We have learned something about Mozart in the passage in Unit 2. Now let’s learn more about this famous musician. Let’s read the passage of Activity 6, and then fill in the blanks with proper words from Activities 4 and 5.

Ask one student to write the answer on the blackboard. Then check the answers together.

Step IV Reading

In this procedure, read the passage about Elvis Presley and answer some questions and develop the reading skills of students.

T: There were many famous pop singers in the world. Elvis Presley is one of the most famous. Let’s read the passage about him and answer the questions.

After reading, ask students to work in pairs and ask and answer the questions.

Sample conversation:

S1: How long did Elvis live in Memphis?

S2: He lived there for 29 years.

Around the world

T: An orchestra is a large group of musicians who play classical music. What is it made up of? How is it going? Let’s read a passage about it.

Give the students a few minutes to read this passage.

Step V Listening

In this procedure, ask students to listen carefully and grasp the main idea of the passage. Ask and answer questions in pairs after listening.

Play the tape twice and ask students to listen carefully. After listening, ask them to work in pairs and ask and answer the questions in pairs.

Sample conversation:

S1: Where does Amy study?

S2: …

Go through the answers with students.

Step VI Module task

In this procedure, ask students to work in pairs and talk about the music they like best.

T: In this module, we learned something about music. Let’s talk about your favourite music. Work in pairs, describe the music you like best.

Sample conversation:

S1: What kind of music do you like best?

S2: I like rock music.

S1: Why?

S2: Because it is lively and fast.

S1: Do you like classical music?

S2: Yes I do.

Ask some pair to act before the class. The ask students to do some group work as follows.

T: Let’s have a discussion. Work in groups of four. Every one will talk about your favourite music. Use the adjectives to describe your feelings when listening. After discussion, report your results to the class.

Sample report 1:

I like pop music. It’s lively and modern. I don’t like rock music, because it’s too noisy

Sample report 2:

Li Ming likes pop music, it’s lively and modern. He doesn’t like rock music, it’s too noisy.

Step VII Homework

Ask students to

1. Words & phrases生词和短语

maybe, phone, instrument, of course, loud, record, own, century

2. finish exercises 4-7 on page 129 in the workbook.

Period 3 Language in use

Target language 目标语言

1. read the passage for several times.

4. Not only…but also: He not only reads a lot, but also remembers a lot.

Step IV Reporting

In this procedure, help students report the passage, using information given in the passage to practice speaking and to be prepared for writing.

T: We have learnt the passage about the two famous musicians. If you are a reporter, can you tell us the story of Mozart?

Show the following key words and ask the students to make a report.

Austria, 1756, not only…but also, around Europe, give concerts,

　at the age of 12, 1791, greatest composer

Ask some students to report the story of Mozart.

Step V Writing

In this procedure, ask students to say something about Xian Xinghai and write a passage about it.

T: There are many famous musicians in China. Who do you know?

S: Nie’er, Xian Xinghai and…

T: Yes, Xian Xinghai was one of the most famous musicians in China. Today, can you say something about him? Please look at Page 37. There are some notes about him. Work in pairs and say something about him according to the information given.

Sample version:

Xian Xinghai is one of the great composers of classical and traditional music. He was born in …

Ask two students to make a report. Then ask students to write the passage down. Ask one student to write on the blackboard. Correct mistakes after writing.

Step VI Homework

Ask students to

3. called: That boy is called Tom.

2. at the age of: He went to school at the age of 7.

1. make…famous: This song made him famous.

4. He played the piano, the violin and the organ.

T: Please read the passage more carefully and find out the sentences in the passage which have the same meaning as the sentences on the blackboard.

After about 6 minutes, ask some students to do this task. Explain the language points to the students.

Show the following and ask students to make sentences with them.　

3. There were two composers. We call them Johann Strauss: a father and a son.