Unit5MusicReadingandthinking

教學(xué)設(shè)計(2)【文本簡析】本單元閱讀文本的主題是美國音樂制作人埃里克·惠特克創(chuàng)作的合唱團形式——虛擬合唱團，旨在讓讀者不僅了解其組織形式、制作方法和出現(xiàn)原因，而且認(rèn)識到這種形式對人們的歌唱風(fēng)格和整個世界的積極影響。本文采用解釋性文體，共分為四段：第一段介紹了虛擬合唱團的組織形式、制作方法和積極影響；第二和第三段介紹了虛擬合唱團創(chuàng)始人埃里克·惠特克的音樂經(jīng)歷，重點介紹了他于2009年成立第一個虛擬合唱團“盧克·奧倫克”和2014年為聯(lián)合國兒童基金會成立“虛擬青年合唱團”的原因和后果；第四段是作者對虛擬合唱團的形式和影響的反思。在閱讀策略方面，學(xué)生可以快速瀏覽文本，利用標(biāo)題和圖像等信息理解文本框架，掌握文本的主要思想，判斷文本的體裁，了解作者的態(tài)度，整合自己的思維，培養(yǎng)學(xué)生的批判性思維。第1課時【教學(xué)目標(biāo)】1.Throughaprehensivereadingactivity,obtainbasicinformationaboutthevirtualchoiranditsfounders,andsortoutthedevelopmenthistoryofthevirtualchoiranditspositiveimpactonhumansociety.2.Throughreadingactivitiessuchassearchingandcarefulreading,summarizethecausesofthevirtualchoiranddeeplyunderstandthedeepmeaningthattheauthorwantstoconvey.3.Byorganizingthetextandintroducingthelayoutofthevirtualchoir,understandthewritingcharacteristicsandlaythefoundationfortheimitationwritinginthesecondlesson.【教學(xué)過程】Activity1:Activatethebackgroundknowledgeofthevirtualchoir1.Talkaboutwhatachoiris.Q1：Whatdidyouseeinthevideo？Q2：Whatisachoir?2.Discusswhetherpeoplecansingwithhundredsofpeoplewhentheyarealoneathome.Q：Canyouimaginesingingwithhundredsofpeoplewhenyouarealoneathome.Activity2:Readtheentirearticletoobtainthemainpoints.Q1：Whatisavirtualchoir?Q2：Howisavirtualchoircreated?Activity3:Readthefirstparagraph,definethevirtualchoirandunderstanditsadvantages.Q1：Canyoudefineavirtualchoirinyourownwordsbasedonthefirstparagraph?Q2：Whataretheadvantagesofvirtualchoir?Activity4:Readparagraphs2and3tolearnaboutthecreatorsandcreationsofthevirtualchoir.Q1：Whoisthefounderofthevirtualchoir?Q2：Whatdidhefallinlovewithincollege?Q3：Whathappenedinthenexttenyearsafterheobtainedhismaster'sdegree?Q4：Howwasheinspiredtocreatethefirstvirtualchoir?Activity5:Summarizethefactorsthatmakevirtualchoirpossible.Q：Whatfactorsmakevirtualchoirpossible?T：EricWhittaker'sprofessionalbackground,hispassionforclassicalmusic,thepopularityofhisoriginalworks,andthedevelopmentoftechnology.Activity6:Summarizethestructureofthearticlebyfocusingonthelastparagraph.Q1:Whyvirtualchoirscanmaketheworldabetterplace?Q2:Whatisthedifferencebetweentheinformationinthelastparagraphandthefirstparagraph.Q3：Howisthearticleorganized?Activity7:Reflectonwhatyouhavelearnedintheclassroom.Q：Whatdidwelearntoday?Assignment1.Readthisarticlealoud.2.S