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Teaching aims	1. Knowledge: To learn to talk about kinds of music and to know sth. about “The Monkees”
	2. Ability: To train students’ reading skill.
	3. Emotion: To inspire the students’ great passion for life.
Important points	The understanding and comprehension of the passage.
Difficult points	How to improve students’ ability to read an article.
Teaching aid	courseware
Teaching methods	Students-centered and task-based method

Teaching procedures

Listen to a song and ask the Ss questions:

1.Do you like listening to music? How does music make you feel?

2.What kind of music do you like better, Chinese or Western, classical or modern?

3.Now let’s listen to some music and see if you can find out what kind of music it is.

 

1. Can you name some of the famous bands in the world?

2. Do you know “the Monkees”?

 

1.Which two musical bands are mentioned in the passage?

2.Was “The Monkees” very popular in the USA? How do you know this?

3.When did “The Monkees”break up ?

 

Read the passage and tell whether the sentences are true or false.

1. If we are honest with ourselves, none of us have dreamed of being famous.

2. Most musicians meet and form a band because they like to write and play music.

3. Many times in America, bands are formed by college students.

4. The TV organizers had looked for five musicians who were lively and who could make good music.

5. Each week the group that was called “The Beatles” would play a song or two written by other musicians.

6.“The Monkees” broke up in about 1960,but reunited in 1980.

 

Read the passage silently and answer following questions:

1. What are the advantages if the students form a band to play in the street?

2. How was “the Monkees” formed?

3. Why was “The Monkees” successful in their work?

 

Paragraph 1:dreaming of being a famous musician or singer.

Paragraph 2  how musicians form bands.

Paragraph 3:  how the band got their start

Paragraph 4:  how the Monkees became a real band.

 

Step 4. Consolidation ( Go through the passage quickly and fill in the blanks )

If we are ______ with ourselves, most of us have _______ of being famous sometimes in our lives. Most musicians often meet and _____ a band. Sometimes they play to _________ in the street or subway so that they can earn some ______ money and this also gives them a _______ to realize their dreams.

There was once a band that started in a different way. The musicians of whom the band was formed ______ _______ ______each other as well as played music. Their attractive performances were _______ by other groups. “The Monkees” played their own instruments and wrote their own music. Though it ______ ______ in 1970, it reunited in the mid-1980s and it is still popular today.

 

Step 5. Summary: What have you learned I this period? (Get the students to give a summary.)

Today we’ve learnt the passage about the band “The Monkees” and learnt something about music. Besides, we know their success lies in their hard work and their unique style of performance.

 

1. Read the text fluently and prepare to retell the text.

2. If you could start a band, what type of music would you play? why?

 

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