1、新教材高一教案UNIT11（第3課時）Period Three(Pre-reading ReadingPost-reading)Step 1 Pre-reading1。Checking homework1) T asks the question: Do you play any musical instrument?What is your favourite instrument? In this way，Ss review namesof kinds of musical instrument。1) T asks another question: Has anybody got any

2、 informationabout musical styles? Ss tell different kinds of music，such asblueship-hoprapLatin music etc。Here is some information about music:Music is a language that is spoken toeveryonefrom the day we are born we hear music of somekind of our lives。But there are as many different kinds of musicas

3、different languages，and it is impossible to describe them all。Here are just a few well-known types。Classical music is serious Western Europeanmusic from the Middle Ages(1500) to the present andit was often written for a large orchestra，or for a small group ofplayers。Many instruments can beused。A lot

4、 of music was also written to be sung as opera。Classical music is very popular and schools often teach this typeof music。Jazz developed in the Southern States of NorthAmerica at the beginning of last century。The black people ofthese states，who were originally slaves from Africa，had theirown rhythms。

5、Jazz brought classical music and African rhythmstogether。Blues was originally Black Country music，which also came from the Southern States of last century。It isslow，usually sad music，which is often sung by one personwith a guitar。Rhythm and blues developed from the Blues inAmerica in the 1940s。It be

6、came faster and more complex andused more instruments，e。g。saxophone，guitar，piano，drums。The music was oftenabout city life and white musicians started playing it as well。Musicians in the 1950s developed Rock fromRhythm and Blues and it became popular with young people。Itspread to Europe in the 1960s

7、and is now known in mostcountries。A lot of pop music comes from Rock and Roll。Pop music developed from Rock and Roll in America，Britainand Europe in the 1960s and is now in every country。Thenameis used for most commercial music，i。e。music wecan buy on records and hear on “ popradio”。It is usually pla

8、yed by groups who often use electricinstruments and make videos to go with their records。2。Pair-workHave Ss discuss these questions in pairs。1) What kind of music do you like?2) When you listen to a song，do you listen towords or the music?2) Do you like to listen to music form other countries?3。A ga

9、mePlay some music played by different musical instruments，askthe Ss to guess what makes the song。(piano/guitar/trumpet/drum)Write“F”if it is falseand then correct theTeach the English names of different musical instruments onthe slide: violin，trumpet，guitar，jazz drum，mouth-organ，huqin(Chinese violin

10、) etc。Step 2 Reading1。Fasting readingHave Ss read the passage as quickly as possible to find theanswer to the question: How many kinds of music are mentionedin the passage and what are they?2。Careful readingHave Ss read the passage carefully and fill inthe form below according to the passage。musical

11、stylecharacteristicsStep 3。Post-reading1。Answer the following questions:1) Where does blues music come from?2) What does the word“rap”mean?2。The sentences below summarise the article。Read themand decide if they are true or false。Write the letter“T”if the sentence is true。error and give the right inf

12、ormation。1)There are only a few styles of music in the world。2) Blues is a new style of music。3)Hip-hop and rap are completely different from blues androck。4)Santana is a well-known Latin music artist。5)Rapperssing the words to their music。6)There are manySpanish-speaking people in both Northand Sou

13、th America。3。DiscussionDiscuss the following in groups of 4。1) Why is Latin music so popular in the US? Is it popular inChina?(Give some background of Latin musicThe cup of lifeby Ricky Martin)2) Is music a universal language? Can you enjoy music fromother parts of t he world even if you dont understand the words?Are there any other universal languages? What about dancing，paintings and p