SEFC
1A Unit 11 Country Music
Lesson 42 American
Country Music
I. Teaching
Aims and Demands
1. Reading
comprehension: American Country Music
1) Help
the Ss to learn information about American Country Music.
2) Develop
the Ss’ reading ability, like scanning, skimming
3) Focus
on the main idea of the passage.
2. Oral
practice :
1)
Enable the Ss to express
what they learn about American Country Music.
2)
Improve the Ss’ ability
of exchanging ideas on Music.
3. Language
points: 1) no longer 2)
once more
3) be thought to be
4) make fun of
5) bring in
6) think well of
4. Sentence
patterns: 1) The first country singers sang while playing the guitar.
II. Teaching Aids
1.
A Computer
2.
Multi-media
III.
Teaching procedure
Step 1 Revision
1. Retell the dialogue and begin with.
Jackie is an Australian student….
Jackie is
an Australian student. He is going to hear John Denver at the New
Theatre on Saturday evening. He tells Yang Pei that John Denver is a successful
American country music singer. He also writes songs for himself and has made lots
of records. A programme of his music was broadcast on the radio last month. Yang
Pei would like to go to the concert with Jackie, but he fails to buy the ticket,
for it is very popular.
2. Act out a similar dialogue according the situation in Part 2.
3.An interview the partner on his/her favourite music and singers.
My partner, Li Ping, likes music very much. He is so
interested in music that he listens to music every day either when he’s free or
when he does his homework. He prefers foreign music to
Chinese Music. His Favourite singer is Michael
Jackson, for he finds his songs exciting and passionate.
Step 2 Presentation
1. Broadcast the song “ Take Me Home Country
Roads”.
And ask the Ss :
1) Who’s the singer?
2) What other songs of his
do you know?
(“ Leaving on a Jet Plane” “ Annie’s Song”…..)
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3)Had he ever been to China? ( In 1992 he came to China and
was warmly received,
and he even sang a Chinese folk song named
“ In The Place Far Far Away”.
4)Have you ever heard the
sad news about him?
He was killed at 5 p.m. on Oct. 12th, 1997 when his single engine
aircraft he was
piloting
crashed into the Pacific Ocean near California.
2. Tell something about John
Denver.
( showing pictures of John Denver and
broadcasting some of his songs.)
John Denver was a famous American Country Music singer. He was best known
for his songs “ Rocky Mountain High.” “ Take Me Home country Roads” “ Annie’s
Song” , “ Thank God I’m a Country Boy.”
As we know, American Country Music is a kind of pop music. It was
born in Nashville, Tennessee and later it spread all over America, even in the
world. Jimmie Rodgers, Elvis Presley. Michael Jackson and John Denver are the
most famous singers of American Country Music.
Step 3 Reading
1. Read the passage quickly and keep the following
2 questions in the mind.
Guided questions:
1) Do the subjects of American Country Music
always remain the same?
2)What is the one subject
that is always the same?
2. Read the passage again, divide the whole
text into several parts and find main ideas for each part.
1) Part 1 (paragraph 1—3 ): The changes in subjects
of American Country Music.
2) Part 2 (paragraph 4---5 ): The differences
between American Country Music
today and in the past.
3) Part 3 ( paragraph 6 ):
The one subject that remains ----- “ the good old days”
3. Find information according to the diagram.
1) The
Changes in Subjects of American Country Music.
| Times
|
Subjects
|
| In the 1950s
|
Love
---- getting or losing a boyfriend or girlfriend
Money
|
| In the 1960s
|
Anger towards
the society
Made fun of political leaders
|
| In the 1990s
|
Common things ----
feeling alone
The value of having good friends
|
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2) American
Country Music today and in the past
|
In the past
|
Today
|
| Nashville, Tennessee
|
All parts
of the States
|
| From the U. S. A
|
From
all over the world
|
| guitar
|
a lot
of electric equipment
|
3) The one subject that
remains ---- “ the good old days”.
(1) Thought well of each other.
(2) Loved life in the open air
(3) The best things in life were free: sunshine,
laughing, walks in the beauty of the country , friends and music.
Step 4 Practice
1.Paraphrase the following
sentences:
1) Song
writers are not writing about the modern values of the USA.
Song writers are _____ ______ writing about
the modern values of the USA.
2) Instead they are writing once more about
things that are common for everyone.
______, they are writing about things that
are common for everyone ______ ______ the modern values of the USA.
3) Money was also considered to be important.
______ was also _______ to be important.
4) People
didn’t think well of political leaders and those songs often played tricks
on them.
Political leaders _____ not well _____ ______
and those songs often _____ _____ ____ them.
5) The first country singers sang while playing
the guitar.
The first country singers sang while ______ _______ the guitar.
6) The big business can earn between 200 and
400 million dollars a year.
The big business can _____ _____between 200
and 400 million dollars a year.
2. Suppose you are the teacher of music , Miss
Yang Xiaobo, and you are going to talk
about American Country Music
to the Ss. Begin with:
American Country Music was
born in Nashville, Tennessee…….
3. Listen to several pieces of music and test the Ss
on their knowledge of music.
Show the screen with the choices:
|
Kinds of Music
|
Clips
|
| A.
Pop music
|
1.都有一颗红亮的心
|
| B.
Rock’ n’ Roll
|
2. Swan Lake
|
| C.
Folk music
|
3. Can you feel the love tonight?
|
| D.
Classical music
|
4. 二泉印月
|
| E.
Opera
|
5．Let It Be!
|
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2．Talk about the favourite music and singers.
Music is all in our of human life. I think all of you like music.
Some like singing. Others like enjoying music or songs, especially warship some
singers, such as Zhang Xueyou, Xie Tingfeng, Michael Jackson, Carpenters, the
famous American pop stars.
Now Listen to the clips again and try to
find out the names of the singers or players.
1) What is the name of the song?
2) Is he your favourite singer?
3) Can you tell us something about him?
Step 5 Consolidation
1. Check Ex 2 & 3 on P108.
2. Sing along “ Take Me Home Country Roads.”
Homework
1. Retell the whole passage.
2. Preview Lesson 43.
----- By Shu
Jiandong
Zhenhai Middle School
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