1、单位：湖北省荆门 姓名：李国 E_mail： Period 4 Extensive ReadingFocus: ReadingTeaching Goals1. To develop the Ss ability of reading.2. To learn more about music and musician.Important points1. To help the Ss understand the passages exactly.2. To finish the relevant tasks correctly.Teaching ProceduresStep 1 Warming
2、 up1) Checking homework(group work) Ask the Ss to share their information about the famous musicians and tell how they have found the information needed.2) Pre-readingDo you like reading poems for young children?Do you find poems easy or difficult to understand?Who is your favorite poet? Step 2 Read
3、ing1) PredictionLook at the four pictures on the book, and guess what will be the theme of the poem?Then use the imaginations to guess what may be included in the poem.2) Listening and ReadingGet the Ss to read the poem Cats in the cradle. While reading, listen to the tape carefully and pay attentio
4、n to the rhythm of the poem.3) Getting the main ideasThis song is a ballad and tells a story. Each part tells some of the story. Write down the main idea for each part.4) DiscussionWhat do you feel about this poem /song ?What is the theme of this poem?What makes the poem so musical?What are the diff
5、erence between English poem and Chinese poem?Step 3 Further Reading(Provide the Ss more reading materials suitable for them to read). Here is one of the examples.Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809) was an Austrian composer and is known as “the father of the symphony“. Other composers had written symphonies b
6、efore Haydn, but he changed the symphony into a long piece for a large orchestra.He was born in a village in Austria, the son of a peasant. He had a beautiful staging voice. After studying music in Vienna, Haydn went to work at the court of a prince in eastern Austria, where he became director of mu
7、sic. Having worked there for 30 years, Haydn moved to London, where he was very successful.Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ( 1756 - 1791) was a composer, possibly the greatest musical genius of all time. He only lived 35 years and he composed more than 600 pieces of music.Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austri
8、a. His father Leopold was a musician 单位：湖北省荆门 姓名：李国 E_mail： and orchestra conductor. Wolfgang had musical talent from a very early age. He learned to play the harpsichord when he was four, he started composing music when he was five, and when he was six, he played the harpsichord in a concert for th
9、e Empress of Austria.By the time he was 14, Mozart had composed many pieces for the harpsichord, piano and violin, as well as for orchestras. While he was still a teenager, Mozart was already a big star and toured Europe giving concerts. Haydn met Mozart in 1781 and was very impressed with him. “He
10、is the greatest composer the world has known,“ he said. The two were friends until Mozarts death in 1791.Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) was born in Bonn, Germany. He showed musical talent when he was very young, and learned to play the violin and piano from his father, who was a singer. Mozart m
11、et Beethoven and was impressed by him. “He will give something wonderful to the world,“ he said. Beethoven met Haydn in 1791, but was not impressed by the older man. After they had known each other for many years, Beethoven said, “He is a good composer, but he has taught me nothing.“ However, it was
12、 Haydn who encouraged Beethoven to move to Vienna.Beethoven became very popular in the Austrian capital and stayed there for the rest of his life. As he grew older, he began to go deaf. He became completely deaf during the last years of his life, but he continued composing.1) Pre-readingCan you tell
13、 me some musicians?What do you know something about Beethoven, Mozart and Haydn?2)SkimmingRead the passage quickly and decide what the best title is.3) ScanningRead the passage again and answer the questions.Which of the composers .1. were born in Austria? 2. became deaf?.3.was born in Germany? 4. m
14、et each other?5. had a good singing voice? 6. had fathers who were musicians?7.died before his fortieth birthday? 8 .had a father who wasnt a musician?Step 4 Reflective thinking Is the Chinese classical music different from the foreign classical music? Describe the differences, if there are some.Do
15、you think it is a good idea to mix Chinese and western music?Is music a universal language? Can you enjoy music from other parts of the world even if you don t understand the words?Are there any other universal languages?Suppose there is no music in this world, what will the world be like?Step 5 Homework1. Try to write a song/ poem to show your love to your parents or your love to life or friendship is priceless2. Try to find music in our life.
