新人教版高中英语必修2Unit 5 Music-Reading and Thinking教案一

Unit 5 Music-Reading and Thinking教案

The virtual choir教学设计

This sectionfocuses on "learning about experiencing music Online". This virtualchoir is a new form of music performance. Members from all over the world dontneed to love to come to a place. Instead, they use the new technology to modelthe various parts and wonderful virtual harmony group of music in the family.

Students need tounderstand the main meaning of each paragraph. Finding topic sentences is animportant way to understand the general idea of a paragraph. After the topicsentence, it is usually the detail sentence that supports and explains thetopic sentence. Some paragraphs have obvious subject sentences, for example,the first sentence of the second paragraph is the subject sentence of theparagraph, and the following sentence

Students need topay attention to the topic sentences and key sentences, and then pay attentionto how the sentences after the meaning explain, explain and support the topicsentences or key sentences before.

1.Guide students to learn about experiencing music online

2.Guide students to scan and circle the information in the text.

3.Guide students to find the numbers and dates to fill in the timeline.

4.Guide students to learn more about music by completing the sentenceswith the correct forms of the words and phrases. And then make a mind map aboutthe outline of the passage.

1. Guide students to pay attention to reading strategies, such asprediction, self-questioning and scanning.

2. Help students sort out themain meaning of each paragraph and understand the narrative characteristics of "timeline” inillustrative style.

3. Lead students to understand the changes that have been caused by theInternet.

Lead in:

1.What are the ways for people to experience music?

By listen to radios or watch TV or attend concerts.

2. How can the Internet help us experience music differently?

We can listen to music on the Internet or download music from theInternet and share what we like Listening to with our close friends.

Step 1: Predict the main idea of the passage

Look at the title and the pictures, and then predict what the passagewill be about.

Q: What will be talked about?

About the introduction of the Virtual Choir

Step2: Fast reading tasks

Read quickly and figure out the key words of each paragraph.

• Paragraph 1: What is a virtual choir

• Paragraph 2: Eric Whitacre—the creator ofthe virtual choir

• Paragraph 3: Eric’s first virtual choir

• Paragraph 4: the importance of the virtualchoir

Step 3: Read the passage quickly to solve thefollowing questions.

1. Who is the man coming up with the idea for a virtual choir and wheredid he study musical composition?

He is called Eric who studies at Juilliard School.

2. What is the name of his song?

What if

3．If you want to take part in a virtual choir，What things mayyou need?

Video camera

An Internet connection

A studio

4．At what age did Eric receive his master’s degree in musical composition?

27

5．What caused Eric Whitacre to fall in love with classical music?

Mozart’s music

6．It is proved that a virtual choir has a ____________influence on thelives of many people.

A．pessimistic B．Positive C．negative D．neutral

B

Step 4: Read the text quickly and fill in the form.

2 January 19 ____ Eric Whitacrewas born.

19 ____ Whitacre attended theUniversity of Nevada，

1995Las Vegas.

19 ____ Whitacre got a master’sdegree from the Juilliard School in New York.

2009 Whitacre first got theidea for the virtual choir.

His first virtual choir used ________ singers from ________ different countries；received more than________________ views on the Internet.

____ July 2014 Whitacreformed the Virtual Youth Choir for UNICEF， ________ young people from ________countries sang “what If”.

70；88；97；185；12；millions of；23；2,292；80