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Unit 1 I've also entered lots of speaking competitions.
Section B(2a-2e) Reading Period 4
Effective Worksheet for Grade 8
Name________ Class__________ No.__________
【Teaching goals】：
Knowledge goals: To know something about country music.
To grasp some important phrases and sentences.
Ability goals: To give students practice in scanning.
To give Ss practice using the target language in writing.
Emotion goals: To enable the students to keep a thankful heart to everything or everybody who gives us love and help!
Teaching steps:

Part I: Warming up & Free Talk
Enjoy four pieces of music and match them with the right pictures.

Part II: While-reading
Task 1: Group Discussion: Read the title and guess what the passage is about.
Task 2: Scan the passage and match the main idea for each paragraph.

What’s Sarah’s dream?
Para. 1

How did Sarah become a fan of American country music?

Para. 2

What is country music?
Para. 3

Task 3 Careful reading
1. Read the first paragraph. Are the following statements true (T) or false (F).
1) ( ) As a teenager, she seldom fought with her family.
2) ( ) Sarah heard a song about returning home while working in England.
3) ( ) Ever since she heard a song about returning home, she has been a fan of American country music.

1. Life is __________ in West Virginia.
2. Country roads take me __________.
3. Country roads take me to the place I __________ to.
4. The radio reminds me of my home _________ away.
5. While driving down the road, I get a _________ that I should have been home yesterday.

2. Listen to a country music song and fill in the blanks.

3. Read the second paragraph and answer the following questions.
1) What is country music about?
A. The importance of money
B. Belonging to a group
C. The importance of success
D. How to be rich and successful
2) What does country music remind us?
A. Tennessee is the home of country music
B. People were kind to each other
C. People trusted each other
D. The best things in life are free

4. Paragraph 3. Close your book and finish the following cloze.
Sarah hasn’t been to Nashville yet, but 1._______ is her dream to go there one day. She has already read a lot about the place and 2._______ some research on it. She knows that there is a Country Music Hall of Fame Museum in Nashville. There are also always a lot of great music concerts with famous 3._______ and singers, like Garth Brooks. Sarah has already listened to his songs. “Garth is one of the most successful musicians in American history. He’s 4._______ more than 120 million records. I hope to see him sing 5._______ one day!”
1. A. that B. it C. this D. what
2. A. done B. made C. taken D. had
3. A. dancers B. comedians C. actors D. musicians
4. A. sold B. bought C. borrowed D. lent
5. A. alive B. live C. living D. life

Part III: Post -reading
Task 1 Summarize the passage
1. Group Work: Based on the hints (提示) below, make an oral summary (概括) of the passage.
Para.1
Para. 3
Para. 2

1.dream
2.hope

1.a traditional
kind of music
2. belong to
3. best things

1. used to
2. heard a song
3. since then

2. Based on the hints (提示), write a summary(概括).
Sara used to ___________________________. But _____ years ago, she head a song about___________________. Since then, she _____________________________________________. Country music is a ___________________________________ from ______________________________. It is about__________________________. and reminds us that ______________________________. Sarah dreams of _________________________________ and she hopes to ________________________.

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