高中优质课竞赛教案

1、高中优质课竞赛教案UNIT11 A WORLD OF MUSIC赖成丽Step 1 Pre-reading1. Checking homework 1) T asks the question: Do you play any musical instrument? What is your favourite instrument? In this way, Ss review names of kinds of musical instrument.1) T asks another question: Has anybody got any information about music

2、al styles? Ss tell different kinds of music, such as blueship-hoprapLatin music etc.Here is some information about music:Music is a language that is spoken to everyonefrom the day we are born we hear music of some kind of our lives. But there are as many different kinds of music as different languag

3、es, and it is impossible to describe them all. Here are just a few well-known types. 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 mus

4、ic was also written to be sung as opera. Classical music is very popular and schools often teach this type of music.Jazz developed in the Southern States of North America at the beginning of last century. The black people of these states, who were originally slaves from Africa, had their own rhythms

5、. Jazz brought classical music and African rhythms together.Blues was originally Black Country music, which also came from the Southern States of last century. It is slow, usually sad music, which is often sung by one person with a guitar.Rhythm and blues developed from the Blues in America in the 1

6、940s. It became faster and more complex and used more instruments, e.g. saxophone, guitar, piano, drums. The music was often about city life and white musicians started playing it as well.Musicians in the 1950s developed Rock from Rhythm and Blues and it became popular with young people. It spread t

7、o Europe in the 1960s and is now known in most countries. A lot of pop music comes from Rock and Roll.Pop music developed from Rock and Roll in America, Britain and Europe in the 1960s and is now in every country. The name is used for most commercial music, i.e. music we can buy on records and hear

8、on “pop radio”. It is usually played by groups who often use electric instruments and make videos to go with their records.2. Pair-workHave Ss discuss these 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

9、 to music form other countries?3. A gamePlay some music played by different musical instruments, ask the Ss to guess what makes the song. (piano/guitar/trumpet/drum)Teach the English names of different musical instruments on the slide: violin, trumpet, guitar, jazz drum, mouth-organ, huqin(Chinese v

10、iolin) etc.Step 2 Reading1. Fasting readingHave Ss read the passage as quickly as possible to find the answer to the question: How many kinds of music are mentioned in the passage and what are they?2. Careful readingHave Ss read the passage carefully and fill in the form below according to the passa

11、ge.Step 3. Post-reading1. Answer the following questions:1) Where does blues music come from?2) What does the word “rap” mean?2. The sentences below summarise the article. Read them and decide if they are true or false. Write the letter “T” if the sentence is true. Write “F” if it is false, and then

12、 correct the error and give the right information.1)There are only a few styles of music in the world.2) Blues is a new style of music.3)Hip-hop and rap are completely different from blues and rock.4)Santana is a well-known Latin music artist.5)Rappers sing the words to their music.6)There are many

13、Spanish-speaking people in both North and South America.3. Discussion Discuss the following in groups of 4.1) Why is Latin music so popular in the US? Is it popular in China?(Give some background of Latin musicThe cup of life by Ricky Martin)2) Is music a universal language? Can you enjoy music from other parts of the world even if you dont understand the words? Are there any other universal languages? What about dancing, paintings and photograp