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Unit5 The Silver ScreenThe Teaching Plan For The 2nd PeriodReading: Getting to know Steven Spielberg（苍溪中学）1. Teaching goals1.1Target Language:Enable the students to understand and use the following key words and expressions:script, actor，actress, academy, studio, blockbuster, creature, outer, adults, follow-up, cruelty, peace, industry, happiness, take off, cut sth. into pieces, do research, win over, go wrong, owe sth. to sb., in all.1.2 Ability goals:a. Enable the students to make comments and give opinions on films, actors and directors.b. Enable the students to improve the skills of reading a text as a whole.1.3 Moral goals:Students are divided into different groups. Each group member will play a different role to talk about films and directors. Each group member should be involved and know his/her role well. Through these activities students should learn to be involved, cooperate and solve problems. By learning this text students should know there isnt any smooth and easy way to any success or achievement.2. Teaching important points:a. Give opinions and comments on films, famous actors and directors in their own words.b. Improve the students reading ability by finishing some reading tasks.3. Teaching difficult points:a. Let the students know the way to success of the famous director Steven Spielberg.b. Let the students learn to realize their dreams through hard work and perseverance.4. Teaching methods:a. Reading, discussing and question-and-answering activities to help the students go through with the text.b. Pair work or group work to practice speaking and check their understanding of the text.5. Teaching aidsA tape recorder, a projector, and a computer with Powerpoint 2020.6. Teaching Procedures & ways:(A detailed lesson plan for the reading part)Step 1 PresentationLet the students talk about the films that they have ever seen.Let the students talk about the films, actors and directors they like best.T: Now we are going to talk about film today. All of us are fond of films, especially the students I think. Here are a few questions:What do we call the man who plays the film? (an actor)What do we call the woman who plays the film? (an actress)What do we call the person who directs the film? (a film director)Have you ever seen the film HERO? It is a wonderful film, isnt it? Do you know who is the actor? (Li Lianjie)And who is actress?(Zhang Zhiyi) .And who is the director of this film?(Zhang Yimou, a famous director in China of the films such as Hero, Not One Less, etc.)Step 2 Pre-readingAsk the students to read the title and look at the pictures, and then guess:Q: What is the text about?(This text will be about Steven Spielberg and his films. When we are reading about films, we will probably find information about people who play in films, people who make films, and read what films are about.)T: Today we will get to know a famous film director, whose name is Steven Speilberg. He is an American. And he is one of the top film directors in the world. Before reading the text, mark each paragraph with a number, please.Step 3 Fast Reading1. Give the students about six minutes to read the text and try to find the answers to the questions:a. What is the main idea of the text?The text is mainly about . (C)A. Steven Spielbergs family lifeB. Steven Spielbergs as an actorC. Steven Spielbergs as a film directorD. Steven Spielbergs successful filmsb. How many of Steven Spielbergs movies are mentioned in the passage? And what are they?A. 5 B. 6 C. 7 D. 8 (B)Firelight (When did he make this film? 1946+16=1962)Jaws(1975) ET(1982) Jurassic Park Schindlers List Saving Private Ryan2. Pair work: Ask the students to collect the information about Steven Spielberg .(1) What happened to Steven Spielberg in the following years?(Scan the first paragraph and try to find the information by the time clue.) 1946He was born.1958He made his first film.1959He won a prize for a short film. (when he was 13 years old.)1962He made the film Firelight. (when ha was 16.) (2) What do you know about Steven Spielberg? (Fill in the chart below) NameSteven SpeilbergGendermaleYear of Birth1946Place of BirthA small town in AmericaOccupation director , producer and screenwriterEducationCalifornia State University at Long BeachFatherElectricalMother a music teacherName of his wifeCate CapshawOccupationan actress Oral composition:Say something about Steven Spielberg in a few sentences by the chart above.Suggested answer: Steven Spielberg was born in a small town in America in 1946. He once graduated from the California State University at Long Beach. Now he is a famous director, producer, and screenwriter. His father was an electrical engineer and his mother a music teacher. His wife, Cate Capshaw , is an actress.(3) What are Spielbergs films about? Jaws(1975):about a big white shark that attacks and eats swimmersET(1982):about a young boy who makes friends with a small creature from outer space and helps him to find a way to go home.Jurassic Park (1993):about a park where a very rich man keeps different kinds of dinosaursSchindlers List(1993):about the cruelty of war, or a German who saved thousands of Jewish people from being killed in the war.Saving Private Ryan(1998):about the cruelty of war, or an American captain who led his team to search for a soldier named Ryan.Step 4 Detailed Reading1. Read the text again, and then ask and answer the following question in pairs.a. What was Spielbergs dream when he was young?b. Why did Spielberg study English instead of film?c. When did Speilbergs career really take off?d. Why were people who saw the film Jaws afraid to swim in the sea?e. How important is his family to Spielbergs career?Suggested Answers:a. Going to the Film Academy.b. Because his grades were too poor(low) to go the Film Academy.c. After he got a small job at a film studio, where he became the youngest film director.d. They remembered the scene in which people were eaten by the shark.e. He owes much of his success and happiness to his wife and children.2. What can be inferred from the passage? (C)(After reading a passage, you should learn to make some judgements, to draw something from the text.)A. All of Spielbergs films are real blockbusters. (Jaws Really is.)B. Learning English well plays a very important role in ones success.C. Spielberg has a gift for directing films.D. Behind every successful man there must be a great woman.Step 5 Discussion in groupsThe nearest four students can make up a group for the discussion. You must decide whether this idea is right or wrong, and then give us your reasons.It is easy for Steven Spielberg to be a successful director. Right or Wrong? And Why?Suggested answer: Wrong. From the first paragraph, we know that Spielberg was interested in film from a very early age, but he could not go to the Film Academy to realize his dream. He had to study a different subject , but he didnt give up. After graduation he came back to his favorite film. Hard work and perseverance bought him to the position that he holds now. Spielberg has made some famous films. From watching and understanding Speilbergs films, we can know that he wishes the world not to be at war but in peace. Even when he was famous and successful, he said that he owned much of his success to his wife and children. So we know there isnt a smooth and easy way to any success or achievement. And so it is with our study. We must work hard in order to make progress in our study.Step 6 Word study1. The phrase take off in Paragraph 2 has the same meaning as the one in . (C)A. The plane crashed soon after it took off.B. He took off his hat and said hello to me.C. After Streep won her first Oscar as Best Actress, her career took off.D. When his wife was sick in hospital, he took off from work.2. It must have come from outer space. I have never seen such a strange in my life.A. animal B. human C. creature D. people (C, a living thing)3. Having been at war for eight years, the people of that country want nothing but .A. cruelty B. kindness C. friendship D. peace (D)4. Work and taking care of the family are the two most important things in life.A. man B. kid C. teenage D. adult (D)5. The young man his success to many people, his parents in particular.A. gives B. owes C. shares D. devotes (B)6. There are forty-eight students in our class . (C = in total)A. at all B. after all C. in all D. of allStep7 A summaryToday we have learnt about a famous film director Steven Spielberg, his life experien