Unit 5 The silver screen
Period 1 Warming-up and speaking
Teaching Aims:
Goal: 1.In this lesson, students will enhance their speaking abilities through talking about films.
2. In this lesson, students will practice their skills of interviewing.
Objectives:
1. In this lesson, students will be able to describe the movie pictures.
2. In this lesson, students will be able to act out an interview.
Teaching Important Points:
How to improve the students’ speaking ability.
Teaching Aids:
1.a computer
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1: Warming-up
Activity1: Greetings
T: Class begins. Good morning, class!
Ss: Good morning, Miss Yang!
Activity 2: Talk about the types of film
T: Ok, class, do you like seeing films?
Ss: Yes.
T: Great minds think alike (英雄所見略同). I also like seeing films. What kind of film do you like? Let’s enjoy some film posters first.
(Show the posters on the screen)
T: Do you like these posters? Maybe except the last one. It is a bit terrible, right? Ok, the first poster tells a story of a lovely pig, and his name is “麥兜”. So, this kind of film is called cartoon film. Can you give any other examples? Such as “Finding Nemo” and Shrek. The second one is “E.T.”, so it’s science fiction film”. I think you’re very familiar with the third one, it’s “我的野蠻女友”, so it is a love story. The fourth one is “古墓麗影”, so it is adventure film. The fifth one is the latest Jackie Chan’s film, it’s “New Police Story”. We call it action film. Ok, now let’s come to the last one. It looks very terrible, right? So, it’s horrible film.
T: Which kind do you like best? Maybe most of girls like love stories, such as “Titanic”, while boys like action films, such as “New Police Story”.
T: Ok, ××, which film impressed you most? Why? Who is your favorite actor/actress? What do you think of him/her?
(Ask 2-3 students to answer)
Activity 3:Talk about the film posters
T: Ok, class. Just now we’ve talked something about “The silver screen”, it means “銀屏” in Chinese. You know I’m also a movie fan. I like collecting film posters. I want to share them with you. Do you want to have a look?
(Show the film poster “Stuart Little”, and stick it on the blackboard)
T: Who is he? In Chinese we call him “精靈鼠小弟”. Yes, he is Stuart Little. Do you like him? I think he is so lovely! What is he different from other mice? He can speak, think and do everything a person can do. He has fingers, legs and he wears clothes and a hat. What clothes does he wear?
Ss: He wears a yellow T-shirt, a red sweater and blue trousers.
T: Yes, and he wears a pair of sport shoes. Maybe they are made in Wenzhou. He is so cool, right? What’s under his feet?
Ss: It’s a beautiful skateboard.
T: Ok, can you guess what is he going to do?
Ss: ……
T: Maybe he is going to rescue his friend, the little bird Margalo, from the mouth of Falco. Then what kind of film do you think this is?
Ss: It’s a cartoon film.
T: Very good. Now, I want to show you some other posters. Please open your books and turn to page 29. There are four film posters on the book. Please discuss them with your partner, asking as many questions as you can. You also can ask these questions on the screen.
Q1: What can you see in the poster?
Q2: What does he/she wear?
Q3: What’s the color of his/her clothes?
Q4: What is happening in this scene?
Q5: What do you think happens before this scene?
Q6: What do you think happens after this scene?
Q7: What kind of film do you think this is?
(Explain the first one to the students, then give students 3 minutes to prepare and ask 3 pairs to act them out)
Step 2: Speaking
Activity 1: Enjoy the video of “The Matrix”
T: Boys and girls, because all of you have done a good job, so I want to give you a reward. Now I will show you something interesting, please enjoy it.
(Show the video of “The Matrix”, about 2 minutes)
Activity 2: Introduce the two famous film stars to the students
T: What’s the name of this film?
Ss:……
T: Yes, it’s “The Matrix”. Do you like “Neo”? (Show his photos on the screen) I think he is pretty handsome. Do you know the actor’s name? He is “Keanu Reeves”. Before this class, I’ve heard a wonderful news: Keanu Reeves will come to China today with another famous American actress Meryl Streep. They will take part in CCTV’s interview program---Life of Art. To your surprise, Zhujun will choose our classroom to interview them and he will give the chance to you. You’re so lucky, right? I think we must make full preparation of it. Ok, please turn to page 30, read the two biographies first, and find out the difficult points. I will explain to you later.
(Give students 2 minutes to read, and then explain some language points)
Language points:
1.While still a student, ……= while she was still a student, ……
2.Play roles in : act roles in …
3.Meryl Streep made her first film, called Julia in 1977.
Called = which was called Julia
Activity 3: Interview the two famous film stars
T: Ok, now please read the two biographies again, and think out as many questions as you can. What you want to ask these two superstars? You can discuss with your partner and write the questions on the paper. If you like, you also can use the questions on the screen.
Questions:
Can you tell us something about the place where you grew up?
Can you tell us something about the time where you were young? What were your dreams? What made you decide to become an actor/actress?
What did you do next? Were there any special reasons why you started working in film?
What roles did you act?
How long have you been working as an actor/actress?
What do you like to do in your spare time?
What will you do if you are not an actor/actress?
When will you get married?
(Give students enough time to prepare)
T: Are you ready? Now I will act as Meryl Streep. You can ask any questions if you like. Hands up please!
(Give students 3 minutes to ask questions)
T: You have done a very good job. Let’s stop here. Now I’d like to choose a boy to act as Keanu Reeves. Who’d like to try?
(Choose a boy to act as Keanu Reeves, and ask him to come to the blackboard)
Step 3: Summary
T: Ok, Let’s stop here. In this class, we’ve talked about some famous films, actors and actresses. I’m very glad to see that all of you have done a good job. Ok, today’s homework:
1. Talk about your favorite film with your partner in English by using the sentences we have learned today.
2.Preview the reading part “Getting to know Steven Spielberg”.
Period 2 Reading
Getting to know Steven Spielberg
Teaching Aims:
1. Train the students’ reading ability.
2. Learn the following words and phrases: scene, script, academy, studio, take off, blockbuster, cut…into pieces, dinosaur, go wrong, follow-up, cruelty, in the end
Teaching Important Points:
1. How to make the students understand the reading text better.
2. Learn and master the following phrases: work on, take off, cut…into pieces, hit, go wrong, in the end, owe…to…
Teaching Different Points:
1. The differences between the following pairs of words or phrases: be afraid of doing sth. /be afraid to do sth. , high/highly
2. Learn the following sentence pattern: …love and friendship are the most important things in life.
Teaching Methods:
1. Fast reading to get a general idea of the text.
2. Question-and-answer activity to get the detailed information in the text.
3. Explanation for students to master some language points.
Teaching Aids:
1. A computer
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1: Greetings
Greet the whole class as usual.
Step 2: Pre-reading
T: In the last period, we learned something about the silver screen (write on the Bb). Now, let’s play a game. Please tell me something about the silver screen. I’ll divide you into 2 groups. These two are group A; these two are group B. Let’s have a competition. See, which group will win? Are you clear? Now I will give you an example first. For example: director. Let’s begin.
Bb: G.B. G.A.
director
(make) film/movie actor
scene actress
script Silver screen studio
(win) award (play, take, act) role
Oscar/Academy Award Hollywood
producer music
(Play the game and decide which group is the winner)
T: Ok, just now we listed many things that are related to the Silver screen. Can you tell me which is the most important one?
Ss: …
T: In my opinion, I think director is the most important one. We can say director is the soul of a film. Do you know any Chinese director? Who are they?
Ss: Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Tian Zhangzhang, and Feng Xiaogang…
T: Very good. Now I want to introduce an American director to you. Listen to me carefully and guess who he is? He is one of the top directors in the world. He is also a producer. He won 2 Oscar Awards for Best Director. Some of his films are very familiar to us, such as: Jurassic Park, E.T., Saving Private Ryan. And he found the Dream Work SKG. Who is he?
Ss: He is “Steven Spielberg”.
T: Very good. Do you like him? Now let’s learn something more about him. Please open your books and turn to page 31: “Getting to know Steven Spielberg”.
Step 3: Reading
Activity 1: Fast-reading
T: Please mark the paragraphs first. Now, please read the whole text as quickly as you can and answer the questions on the screen.
Questions:
1. What was Spielberg’s dream?
2. How many films are mentioned in the passage? What are they?
(Teacher gives students 5 minutes to read the passage and then asks some students to answer the questions.)
Suggested answers:
1. His dream was to go the Film Academy.
2. Five. They are “Jaws”, “E.T.”, “Jurassic Park”, “Schindler’s List” and “Saving Private Ryan”.
Activity 2: Careful-reading
T: Now we have a general idea of Steven Spielberg. Next, let’s learn more details about him. Please read the first 2 paragraphs slowly and carefully and fill in the table on the screen.
Name Sex
1946
1958(twelve)
1959(thirteen)
1962(sixteen)
Grades
Jobs
(Ask a group of students to answer)
T: You’ve done a very good job. Now please think over this question: “Why did Spielberg study English instead of film?”
(Ask one student to answer)
Suggested answer:
3. Because his grades were too low.
T: In these two paragraphs, we should pay attention to the phrase “take off”, it has many meanings, such as “脫掉，（飛機）起飛”, here it means “success”, “成功”.
e.g.: I hear the business is really taking off.
T: Now please read the following 4 paragraphs carefully and finish the table on page 32, the second exercise. What are these films about? You can discuss with your partner.
Jaws (1975)
E.T. (1982)
Jurassic Park (1993)
Schindler’s List (1993)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
(Teacher gives students 2 minutes to prepare, and then ask someone to answer)
T: You have done a good job. Next, let’s think about this question: “Why were people who saw the film Jaws afraid to swim in the sea?”
(Answer this question together)
Suggested answer:
4. Because they remembered the scenes in which people were eaten by the shark.
(Teacher explains the language points of these 4 paragraphs to the students: be afraid to do sth/of doing sth, be afraid of doing sth/be afraid +that clause, cut…into pieces, do research, go wrong)
T: Ok, class, by now we’ve already known something about Spielberg’s life and his films. There is a Chinese saying: “There is always a woman behind a successful man.” Right? Let’s see who is the woman behind Spielberg? Please read the last paragraph carefully and answer the question: “How important is Spielberg’s family to his career?”
(Teacher gives students 1 minute to prepare)
T: Ok, what’s the name of Spielberg’s wife?
Ss: She is Cate Capshaw.
T: Then how important is his family to Spielberg’s career?
(Ask one student to answer this question)
Suggested answer:
5.He owes much of his success and happiness to his wife and children. That’s the secret of his success.
T: Here “owe…to…” means “把…歸功于某人”.
Step 4: Post-reading
T: Ok, by now we’ve learned the whole passage. We know Spielberg’s family, childhood, grades, jobs, dream and most important: his films. Now please think over the question: What have you learned from reading about Spielberg? Or what should you do if you want to be success? You can discuss it with your partner.
(Teacher gives students enough time to prepare and ask some students to give their opinions.)
Suggested answers:
What we learn about Steven Spielberg is that his passion for film, hard work and perseverance have made him who he is.
Remember: Working hard and believing in your dream will make your dream come true.
Step 5: Summary
T: That’s all for today. At last, let’s enjoy a film, which was directed by Steven Spielberg.
(Enjoy the video of “Minority Report”, about 2 minutes.)
Step 6: Homework
1.Finish the Word study on page 32.
2.Finish Vocabulary 1 on page 110.
3.Find out the Attributive Clauses in the text.
Period 3 Grammar
Teaching Aims:
1. Review the text learned in the last period.
2. Learn the Attributive Clause with prepositions.
3. Learn the Attributive Clause introduced by relative adverbs “where, when and why”.
Teaching Important Points:
1. The usages of “prep. + the relative pronoun”.
2. The usages and functions of the relative adverbs.
Teaching Difficult Points:
1. The choice of the prepositions in the Attributive Clause.
2. The choice of the relative adverbs.
Teaching Methods:
1. Consolidate the words learnt using the review method.
2. Learn some usages of Attributive Clause using explanation and inductive methods.
3. Individual or pair works to make every student work in class.
Teaching Aids:
1. A computer
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1: Greetings
Greet the whole class as usual.
Step 2: Retell
T: In the last period, we’ve learned something about Steven Spielberg. Do you still remember him? Now, I’d like someone retell the text. You can use the information on the screen if you like.
Name Steven Spielberg Sex Male
Year of Birth 1946 Place of Birth Cincinnati, Ohio
Occupation Director, producer and screenwriter
1958(twelve) Made his first real film
1959(thirteen) Won a prize for a short film
1962(sixteen) Made a film called Firelight
Dream Go to the Film Academy
Jobs Got a small job at a film studio
Films Jaws (1975), ET (1982), Jurassic Park (1993), Schindler’s List (1993), Saving Private Ryan (1998)
(Teacher asks a student to retell the text)
Step 3: Revision
T: In the last unit, we have learned the usages of the relative pronouns. Can you tell me how many relative pronouns are there? What are they?
Ss: Five. They are “who, whom, whose, that and which”.
T: Right. Now let’s do an exercise to review them. Look at the screen please.
Choose the proper relative pronouns to fill in the blanks.
1. October 1, 1949 is the day______ we’ll never forget.
A. when B. whose C. that D. it
2. Is this the shop_______ sells children’s clothing?
A. which B. where C. in which D. what
3. His parents wouldn’t let him marry anyone______ family was poor.
A. of whom B. whom C. of whose D. whose
4. Do you know the boy_______ is standing at the gate of our school?
A. who B. which C. whom D. whose
5. All_______ glitters is not gold.
A. that B. which C. / D. what
6. The woman_______ you saw just now is my aunt.
A. who B. whom C. which D. whose
(Teacher asks the students to give the answers. If they make mistakes, teacher points them out and corrects them.)
Suggested answers:
1.C 2.A 3.D 4.A 5.A 6.B
Step 4: Grammar Study
Activity 1: Learn “preposition + whom/which”
T: The relative pronouns are used as objects either after verbs or after prepositions. When they are used as the objects of prepositions, the position of the prepositions must be paid attention to. The preposition usually follows the verb in spoken English. “Who” “whom” “that” or “which” can be used and they are usually omitted in spoke English. If the preposition is used before the relative pronoun, “which” or “whom” can only be used and they cannot be omitted. That is “preposition + whom/which”. Please look at the examples on the screen.
e.g. 1. A. The woman who/whom Spielberg is married to is an actress.
B. The woman to whom Spielberg is married is an actress.
2.A. The person (who/that/whom) you should write to is Mr. Ball.]
B. The person to whom you should write is Mr. Ball.
T: Then, how can we choose the proper preposition? First, we can find out which verb the preposition is used with in the clause. Second, we can find out which noun or pronoun the clause modifies. Third, we can find out the meaning of the clause. Ok, I’ll show you some examples to make you clear. Please open your books and turn to page 33. Look at the examples of exercise 3.
e.g.: The painting at which I looked was painted by Vincent van Gogh.
The girl with whom you talked at the meeting is a college student.
(Explain the two examples to the students.)
T: Are you clear? Now please finish exercise 3 within 2 minutes.
(Ask a group of students to answer)
Activity 2: Check the Attributive Clauses in the reading passage.
T: Next, let’s check the Attributive Clauses in the text. See, who will do the best job? Have you finished?
(Finds out the Attributive Clauses with the students and points out their mistakes.)
Activity 3: Learn the relative adverbs
T: We’ve mastered the usages of relative pronouns. Next, we’ll learn the usages of the relative adverbs: “where, when and why”. “When” is used for time, “where” for place and “why” for reason.
e.g.: Jurassic Park is about a park where a very rich man keeps different kinds of dinosaurs.
1958 was the year when Spielberg made his first real film.
The reason why Spielberg could not go to the Film Academy was that his grades were too low.
(Explain these sentences to the students)
T: Are you clear? Ok, now let’s do the first exercise on page 33.
(Check the answers with the students)
T: But we also should pay attention to some special cases. Look at the examples on the screen.
e.g. 1. Hangzhou is the place _______ I visited last summer.
2.Hangzhou is the place _______I went last summer.
3.The reason_______ she gave for not coming to the party is that her mother wouldn’t let her.
A. what B. why C. that D. as
(Explain these sentences to the students)
Suggested answers:
1. which/that 2 where 3. C
Activity 4: Learn “relative adverbs = preposition+ which”
T: The relative adverbs “when” “where” and “why” can be replaced by “preposition + which”.
When = in /on/at/during which
Where = in /at/on/ which
Why = for which
T: Then, how can we choose the right preposition? It depends on the noun or pronoun that the Attributive Clause modifies. Are you clear? Let’s look at some examples on the screen.
e.g. The reason ____________ Peter is so happy is that he passed the exam.
I remember the day ___________ my father died. I was only ten years old at that time.
I will go back to the place _____________ I grew up and live there forever.
Suggested answers:
1. why/for which 2. when/on which 3.where/in(at)which
T: Now let’s finish the second exercise on page33. Please do it carefully.
(Check the answers one by one)
Step 5: Homework
T: That’s all for today. Your homework:
1.Finish the Grammar parts of your workbook.
2.Preview the Integrating Skills “Not One Less”.
Period 4 Listening and Integrating Skills
Teaching Aims:
1.Train the students’ listening ability.
2.Train the students’ writing ability.
Teaching Important Points:
1.How to improve students’ listening ability.
2.How to make comments and give opinions.
3.How to train the students’ writing ability.
Teaching Difficult Points:
How to improve the students’ integrating skills.
Teaching Methods:
1.Listening and answer activity to help the students go through with the listening text.
2.Asking –and-answer activity to go through the reading material.
3.Individual or group work to train the students’ writing ability.
Teaching Aids:
1.a computer
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1: Greetings
Greet the whole class as usual.
Step 2: Listening
Activity 1: Pre-listening
T: In this unit, we’ve learned many things about the Silver screen, the films, the actors/actresses and the director-Steven Spielberg. What we have learned from him is that working hard and believing in your dream will make your dream come true. Today, I want to introduce Mr. Malcolm Langland, a famous actor to you. He is also such kind of person. Let’s listen to an interview of Mr. Langland. See, what had happened on him? And how he insisted on his dream?
Activity 2: While-listening
T: When you listen for the first time, please finish the exercises on the screen. Remember to take notes when you listen to the tape.
Choose the right answers:
1. What was Mr. Malcolm’s dream when he was young? ( )
A. He dreamt of being a teacher.
B. He dreamt of being a lawyer.
C. He dreamt of being a film star.
2. Why didn’t Mr.Langland study art? ( )
A. He had no chance.
B. His father did not want him to study art.
C. He liked law better than art.
3. When did Mr. Langland decide to become an actor? ( )
A. Before he joined the Student Club.
B. When he met his wife at the Student Club.
C. After he graduated from the school.
(Check the answers with the students)T: Now let’s listen again. This time please finish filling in the blanks on the screen. Before you do it, please read these questions carefully.
(Teacher gives students 1 minute to read)
T: Now, let’s begin. I’ll pause after important sentences.
Listen to the interview with Mr. Malcolm Langland and answer the following questions:
1.What do we know about the city where Malcolm grew up?
It was _______________ far from the _________.
2. What did he want to be when he was a student?
When Malcolm was young he wanted to be ___________.
3. What was the reason why Malcolm studied law?
The reason is ____________ wanted him to ___________.4. When did Malcolm really start his career in the theatre?
When he met __________, he started his career in the theatre.
5. Why was the film called The Dream Machine important to Malcolm?
It was important because he did not have any _____________.
(Check the answers with the students, and let them listen again if necessary.)
Step 3: Integrating Skills
T: Are you tired or not? Anyway, let’s relax for a while. Let’s enjoy some beautiful film posters.
(Show 4 film posters on the screen)
T: What’s the name of them?
Ss: They are “My father and Mother”, “Lover”, “Raise the Red Lanterns” and “Happy Time”.
T: Do you know who is the director of these 4 films? He is Zhang Yimou. Do you like him?
(Show some photos and biography of Zhang Yimou on the screen.)
Ss: …
T: Anyway, today I will introduce one of his films to you, that is “Not One Less”. Please open your books and turn to page 34. Read the whole passage by yourself. When you read, think out these 2 questions:
1.What kind of story is it?
2.Does it have a happy ending?
(Teacher gives students 4 minutes to read and then ask two students to answers the questions)
Suggested answers:
1.A moving but simple story.
2.Yes. The film has a happy ending.
T: Now please read the whole passage again and finish the table on page 35. You can discuss it with your partner.
Title: Director:
What’s the film about? Tell the story in your own words.
Does the film have a happy ending? Why?
What do you think about the story of the film? Why?
How do you feel about the ending of the film? Why?
(Ask some students to answer the questions first, and then give them the reference answer)
T: Did you see the film “Trueman’s Show” this Tuesday night? Have you written a review about it? How do you write a review in Chinese?
Ss: …
T: Ok, now let’s see how shall we write a review in English? Let’s look at the tips on page35 first.
(Explain the tips to the students)
T: Are you clear about it? Ok, now let’s look at the table above again. If we combine the answers together, you will find that is a review of “Not One Less”. Have you found it? Now I want to show you a review of the film “The Princess Diaries” to give you a deep impression.
(Show the film review on the screen)
Step 4: Homework
T: Ok, class over. Your homework: please write a review on the film you saw. You can use the structure on the screen.
1.The story is about___________.
2.I think the story is___________.
The actors/actresses are__________.
The ending of the film is__________.
The plot（情節） is________________.
The scenes（場景） are______________.
3.In a word, I think it is a ________ film. I (don’t) think that it is worth seeing.