江苏省常州市西夏墅中学高中英语教案选修八：BOOK 8_U2_READING 1.doc

1、 牛津高中英语教学设计Thoughts on the design:本课是阅读教学，阅读的主要目的是通过对文本的研读获取必要的信息，通过略读和跳读等技巧，培养学生快速捕捉信息的能力，帮助学生更好地欣赏歌剧剧评。通过设计相关的练习，检测和巩固学生对课文的理解，帮助学生宏观把握全文和复述课文。Teaching aims:After this lesson, students will be able to read a review of an opera.Teaching procedures:Step 1 Lead-in (PPT4-8)1. Show the students a pictu

2、re of Zhang Yimou. And ask them the following questions.Who is the person in the picture? What does he do? (Zhang Yimou. He is a famous director in China and also in the world.)What has he directed? (Bid for the 29th Olympic Games in Beijing, the opening ceremony and the closing ceremony of the 29th

3、 Olympic Games, for which he won the title of “The figures that move China in 2008”.)Can you name some of his movies? (Raise the red lantern; Curse of the golden flower)Who played in his movie Curse of the golden flower? (Gong Li, Jay Chou, Chou Runfa starred in the movie. Or we can also say that Zh

4、ang Yimou cast them in the movie. )2. Introduce the style of writing to the student.If you want to watch one of Zhangs movies and you dont know if it is a good one or not, where can you find the information you want? (Ask your friends for opinions or you can also read a film review.) What is a revie

5、w? (A review is a report in a newspaper or magazine in which sb. gives their opinion of a book, play, film, etc.)So what do you expect to read in an opera review? (Some background information, the plot of an opera, who stars in the opera and what people think of the opera )Step 2 Skimming (PPT 9)Rea

6、d the opera as quickly as possible and find out what it is about. What aspects of information can you find in the review? Were your guesses right?(It is an opera review about Turandot staged in the Forbidden City. We can find some background information, the plot of an opera, who stars in the opera

7、and what people think of the opera in the reading.)Step 3 Reading aloud (PPT 10)Divide the passage into 4 parts and find out the main idea of each part.Part 1 (Para 1): Background informationPart 2 (Para 2-7): The plotPart 3 (Para 8): Other information about the operaPart 4 (Para 9): EvaluationStep

8、4 Scanning (PPT 11-13)Read the passage again to find out some detailed information.Writer: Giacomo PucciniMain characters: Turandot a Chinese princess; Calaf prince; Liu Calafs fathers young slaveSetting: the Forbidden CityPlot: The story takes on the classic love triangle of the three main characte

9、rs Turandot, Calaf and Liu. Liu loves Calaf, but Calaf has fallen in love with Turandot. Because Turandot does not want to get married, she declares that anyone who wants to marry her must answer her three questions. If the one cannot answer these questions, he will be killed.Director: Zhang YimouCo

10、nductor: Zubin MehtaActors and actresses: Sharon Sweet; Barbara Hendricks; Kristjan Johannsson Step 5 Careful reading (PPT 14-15)Read Paragraphs 4-6 and put the events of the story in the correct order.( ) Prince Calaf manages to answer the riddles.( ) However, Liu, the slave girl, expresses her lov

11、e for Calaf. ( ) Princess Turandot has Liu beaten, and Liu kills herself.( ) Prince Calaf sees the prince and falls in love with her.( ) A prince is killed as he cannot answer the princesss riddles.( ) The prince wins the princesss heart with a kiss.( ) Calaf says he will solve the riddles and marry

12、 Turandot.( ) Princess Turandot is so upset that Prince Calaf says she does not have to marry him if she can guess his name.Key: 5 3 7 2 1 8 4 6Find out the words that reflect the writers opinion about the opera.splendid; greatest; beautifully-sung; excellent; wonderful; amazing Step 6 Homework (PPT

13、 16)Work in pairs. Suppose one of you have watched Turandot. Your partner is asking you about the basic information about the opera. Make up a dialogue between the two.第一步的设置起着warming-up的作用，给学生以内容与词汇上的准备，由此自然、快速地切入到阅读内容；通过第二步骤的快速阅读，能帮助学生迅速把握住文章主要内容；第三步帮助学生梳理文章结构；第四步的细读能更好地帮助学生把握内容细节；第五步骤更进一步地细读故事的情节，让学生了解剧评中一定要包含作者的评论。