Module-12.doc

Module 12 Western music
一、教学背景：
1. 中学学生，一班50人左右
2. 学科：中学英语
3. 课时： 5课时
二、（布置）学生课前准备：
1. 预习词汇：noisy, rock, sound, violin, through, both, voice, drum, lively, modern, pop (=popular), Western, hmm, by, opera, believe, musician, centre (=center), century, European, composer, elder, waltz, poor, perfect, piece, classical, another, dance music和sad。
2. Class report
教学课题: Module 12 Western music
三、学习目标
1. 语言知识目标：掌握下列单词: noisy, rock, sound, violin, through, both, voice, drum, lively, modern, pop (=popular), Western, hmm, by, opera, believe, musician, centre (=center), century, European, composer, elder, waltz, poor, perfect, piece, classical, another, dance music和sad。
2. 语言技能目标：
1）能听懂谈论音乐的简单对话，能判断描述的事实。
2）能用感叹句表达自己的感受。
3）能够读懂简单的描写音乐的短文，掌握短文通篇大意，并学习使用上下文猜测词义的学习方法。
4）能用感叹句表达自己感受。
3. 情感目标：通过对西方音乐的了解，培养热爱生活、热爱音乐、积极乐观的精神。
四、教材分析
外研版7年级英语下册Module 12 Western music units 1~3，本模块以西方音乐为题材，要求学生通过对西方音乐的了解，学习和掌握感叹句。
本模块的主要语法是what句式的感叹句，教学重点是通过对西方音乐的描述，重点学习本模块中出现的重点词汇、短语、固定搭配和句型。
课前准备一些西方音乐的图片和资料，让学生在warming-up时讨论和观看。围绕西方音乐这一话题展开听说读写的全面训练，使学生熟悉what句式的感叹句并会使用。
五、教学方法
以说为主要教学方式，以讨论为主要方法，通过同桌讨论和小组以及全班讨论，让每个学生充分练习口语和说的能力，并将听说读写有机地贯穿一体。设立一些语言环境，结合自己或他人的旅游经历以及旅游景点，最后一起学习重难点，为突破重难点做一些课堂和课后的练习。
六、教学过程
Unit 1 It’s so beautiful!
Step1：Warming-up and Lead in
To give some pictures about Western singer to students. Such as Michael Jackson and the Musikverein in Vienna. Let them watch and talk about them.
Step2：Work in pairs. Listen and number the words as you hear them.
( ) lively ( ) modern ( ) music
( ) noisy ( ) pop ( ) rock
( ) sound ( ) violin ( ) Western
Keys: lively – 7 modern – 5 music – 1 noisy - 9 pop – 8 rock – 6 sound – 3 violin – 4 Western - 2
Step3：Work in pairs. Answer the questions about the conversation in Activity 1. And then listen again and check.
1. Which modern music does Tony like?
2. What does Tony’s mum think about rock music?
3. Why doesn’t Tony like traditional Western music?
4. Which music does Tony’s dad think is too noisy?
Keys:
1. He likes pop and rock music.
2. It’s lively.
3. It’s too slow.
4. He thinks pop music is too noisy.
Step4：Listen and read the Activity 3. And then check (√) the true sentences.
( ) 1. They’re listening to Western music.
( ) 2. Tony knows little about Strauss.
( ) 3. Strauss was born in the capital of Australia.
( ) 4. The Blue Danube is pop music.
( ) 5. Lingling enjoys Beijing opera very much.
Keys: 1. √ 2. √ 3. × 4. × 5. √
Step5：To study Everyday English.
¤ What a beautiful city!
¤ I’m a fan of rock music.
¤ Give us a break!
¤ I don’t believe it!

Step6：Check the types of music the students like (√) and don’t like (ｘ).
name
music
Tony
Lingling
Betty
Daming
traditional Western music

√
√
Beijing opera

√

pop

√
√

rock
√

Step7：Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words from the box.
believe both drum German noisy voice
1. Strauss wasn’t ______. He came from Austria.
2. Daming thinks the ______ in rock music are too ______.
3. Tony can’t ______ that Daming doesn’t like rock music.
4. Betty likes ______ traditional Western music and pop music.
5. Tony thinks the sound of the ______ in Beijing opera is very different.
Keys: 1. German 2. drums; noisy 3. believe 4. both 5. voice
Step8：Complete the sentences about yourself.
1. My favourite music is …
2. I like it because ...
3. My parents like ...
Step9：Listen and read.
1. What a beautiful city!
2. It’s so beautiful!
3. I love his music!
4. Listen to this!
Step10：Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions about the music you like or don’t like.
— What music do you like?
— I like pop. It’s lively and good to dance to, but I don’t like rock. It’s too noisy. What about you?
Step11：Study the following new words.
noisy, rock, sound, violin, through, both, voice, drum, lively, modern, pop (=popular), Western, hmm, by, opera, believe
Step12：Explain and study the important and difficult points of Unit 1 Module 12.
1. noisy — quiet
e.g. This city is not quiet, it’s noisy.
2. Difference between “sound” and “voice”.
e.g. At night she heard a strange sound．
The girl has a sweet voice．
3. The usage of word “by”.
e.g. You can get there by bus．
The piece is written by Mozart.
4. Give us a break!
Step13：Homework
Review and recite the important points of Unit 1.

Unit 2 Vienna is the centre of European classical music.
Step1：Warming-up and Lead in
To give some pictures and videos about Strauss Waltz to students. Let them watch and then talk about Western music.
Step2：Work in pairs. Look at the pictures of Activity 1 and describe it. Use the words from the box to help my students.
concert musician piano violin
Step3：Read the passage of Activity 2 and check (√) the true sentences.
1. Many musicians came to study and work in Vienna.
2. Strauss the younger played the piano, the violin and the drums at the age of six.
3. Mozart’s family took him around Europe.
4. The father, Johann Strauss, died in 1791.
5. Mozart wrote The Blue Danube.
Keys: 1. √ 2. × 3. √ 4. × 5. ×
Step4：Answer the following questions.
1. Where is Vienna?
2. What music did Johann Strauss the elder write?
3. How many waltzes did Johann Strauss the younger write?
4. When was Mozart born?
5. How old was Mozart when he died?
Keys:
1. It is in the centre of Europe.
2. He wrote music for traditional dances, called the waltz.
3. He wrote over 150 waltzes.
4. He was born in 1756.
5. He was 35.
Step5：Complete the passage of Activity 4 with the correct form of the words from the box.
another elder European perfect poor popular
Both Strauss the (1) ______ and Strauss the younger wrote some very (2) _______ music. (3) _______ successful composer from Vienna was Mozart, but he became very (4) ______ and died at the age of thirty-five. Many people think Mozart’s music is (5) _______. All three were great (6) _________ musicians.
Keys: 1. elder 2. popular 3. Another 4. poor 5. perfect 6. European
Step6：Use the note to write a passage about the Chinese composer Xian Xinghai.
¤ Xian Xinghai
¤ famous for the song The Yellow River
¤ wrote it in 1939 in only six days
¤ one of the great composers of classical
and traditional music
¤ born in Macao, China, 1905
¤ died young, 1945
¤ called the “People’s Musician”
¤ used traditional Chinese music
¤ studied in Paris
¤ songs are still popular today
They can write like this,
Xian Xinghai is one of the great composers of classical and traditional music. He was born in ...
Step7： Study the new words and expressions of Unit 2 Module 12.
musician, centre (=center), European, composer, century, elder, waltz, poor, perfect, piece, classical, another, dance music
Step8：Explain and study the important and difficult points of Unit 2.
1. musician~ music
2. European~ Europe
3. poor ~ rich
e.g.: This girl is poor, she’s not rich at all.
4. the usage of word “piece “.
5. the usage of expression “on the river... “.
e.g.: His hometown is a small city on the Changjiang River.
6. the usage of word “century “.
7. the usage of expression “not only...but also... “.
8. the usage of word “like “.
e.g.: He moves and talks just like his father.
I’d love to be able to sing like Sarah Brightman.
Step9：Homework
Review and recite the important points of Unit 2.

Unit 3 Language in use.
Step1：Warming-up and Lead in
To give some pictures and videos about Western music to students. Such as Michael Jackson. Let them watch and talk about it and Western music.
Step2：Language practice
What a beautiful city!
Do you like traditional Western music or pop music?
Step3：Write questions.
you / like / pop / traditional music? →
Do you like pop or traditional music?
1. (be) / Strauss / German / Austrian?
______________________________?
2. (be) / this / pop / rock?
______
3. (they) / they / traditional music / modern music?
____________________________________?
4. she / play / piano / violin?
____________________________?
5. where / (can) we / hear / rock music
/ in / New York / London?
___________________________________?
Keys:
1. Is Strauss German or Austrian？
2. Is this pop or rock?
3. Do they play tradtional music or modern music?
4. Does he play the piano or the violin?
5. Where can we hear rock music, in New York or in London?
Step4：Write exclamations with “What (a) … !”
This is beautiful music. →
What beautiful music this is!
1. Vienna is a beautiful old city.
_________________________!
2.It is a successful concert.
______________________!
3. They are playing noisy drums.
___________________________!
4. It was a wonderful party.
______________________!
5. Mozart is a famous composer.
__________________________!
Keys:
1. What a beautiful old city Vienna is !
2. What a successful concert it is!
3. What noisy drums they are playing!
4. What a wonderful party it was!
5. What a famous composer Mozart is!
Step5：Put the words into the correct column.
drum fan musician piano pop rock traditional violin
Types of music
Instruments
People
pop
rock
traditional music
drum
piano
violin
fan
musician

Step6：Complete the conversation of Activity 4 with the correct from of the words from the box.
come give hear learn love write

Lingling: This is beautiful music. Who wrote it, Betty?
Betty: Beethoven wrote it. He was a great musician. I (1) ______ his music.
Lingling: Me too. Did he live at the same time as Mozart?　
Betty: Yes, he was born in 1770 and began to (2) ______ music at an early
age. He (3) ______ his first piano concert when he was only seven.
Lingling: When did he start to (4) _____ music?
Betty: Very early. His first work (5) ______ out before the age of thirteen.
Lingling: Was Beethoven famous at that time?
Betty: Yes. But he began to lose his hearing. In the last ten years of
Beethoven’s life, he (6) ______ nothing.Lingling: That’s sad!
Betty: Yes, but he still played the piano. He died when he was fifty-six.
Keys: 1. love 2. learn 3. gave 4. write 5. came 6. heard
Step7：Around the world.
This passage talks about Vienna New Year’s Concert
Step8：Module task——Talking about Chinese music
Think about life in the future. Write down your ideas.
These words can help you: beautiful fast lively modern sad slow
◎ Choose one or two types of Chinese music and describe them. Use the words from the box.
◎ Say which types of music you like. Give your reasons.
Now, let’s talk about Chinese music in front of the class.
Step9：Study Grammar ——Exclamatory sentence / Alternative questions
I. Exclamatory sentence:
It’s so beautiful! 真美啊！
I love his music! 我喜欢他的音乐！
What + ( a/an) +感叹部分(+主语和谓语) !
What a beautiful city! 多漂亮的城市啊!
What a lovely day! 多好的天气啊!

What a horrible thing to do! 这事多让人害怕啊!
What a beautiful flower (it is)! 多么美的花啊!
What nice people (they are)! 他们是多么好的人啊!
What nice weather (we’re having)!多好的天气啊!
II. Alternative questions
—Is this by Strauss or Mozart? —It’s by Strauss.
—Do you like traditional Western music or pop music? —Well, I like both.
Is it by the father or the son?
Would you like coffee, tea or soda?
Did you come here by bus or by car?
Which does Lingling like, traditional music or pop music?
Who wrote The Blue Danube, Mozart or Strauss?
Step12：Homework
Review and recite the important points of Module 12.

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