1、Unit 5 Art worldGrammarI. Teaching aims and learning objectivesBy the end of the lesson, students should be able to:1. tell the difference between “because” and “since/as”;2. use “because” and “since/as” properly according to the linguistic context; 3. learn to be a good listener and respond to the
2、teachers instructions actively.II. Teaching contents1. New words and phrases: highly, breath, last, out of breath2. New structure: because-clauses and since/as-clausesIII. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty1. To tell the difference between “because” and “since/as”;2. To use “becaus
3、e” and “since/as” properly according to the linguistic context.IV. Teaching proceduresStep 1 Lead-in T: Boys and girls, do you like art? What words/phrases/sentences come to your mind when you think of the word “art”?Do you like art festivals? And why?What words/phrases/sentences come to your mind w
4、hen you think of “art festival”?【设计意图：通过提问激发学生原有的学习知识，表达自己对 art 的认识、理解、喜爱或者自己的经历，导入艺术节话题。 】Step 2 PresentationT: Each art festival has its own theme. Now Beijing Sunshine Middle School is going to hold an art festival. Look! Here is their invitation letter. Would you like to take part in it? T: Lets
5、 read the letter.1. Read the mini-dictionaryBut heres a small requesthelp us finish the following four tasks.We believe you will successfully finish the four tasks. Were looking forward to your coming and we hope you will think highly of our art festival.Best wishesBeijing Sunshine Middle SchoolHi,
6、boys and girls,We want to invite you to take part in our schools art festival.This art festival will last for three days, from November 6 to 8. All the things of the art festival are completed by our students themselves. They are really great.Our school is very beautiful, so you can also take a deep
7、 breath of fresh air and enjoy the beauty of our school by then.2 Read the letter paragraph by paragraph【设计意图：通过邀请函呈现本节课的生词和短语，以及接下来的四个任务，在语境中学习生词简单而又轻松。 】Task 1 Choose one piece of music for the opening ceremony.T: Sunshine Middle School wants to choose a piece of music for the opening ceremony. Wh
8、ich music is more suitable, Tan Duns or Michael Jacksons? Lets listen.T: Which is more suitable? Why?S: I think is more suitable because (询问 23 个同学)T: I think Michaels is more suitable because it can make the opening ceremony more lively. That is, because Michaels can make the opening ceremony more
9、lively, it is more suitable. We never use the conjunction so in sentences with because.【设计意图：对比两种音乐，选择一首作为艺术节开幕式的主题曲，引出 because 的用法。音乐欣赏能帮助学生感受艺术的美，激发他们的学习热情。 】Task 2 Interview Mr. Tan Dun, a famous composer.T: Sunshine Middle School has also invited Mr. Tan Dun. If you have a chance to interview hi
10、m, what questions will you ask?S: (询问 34 个同学)T: Daniel also has several questions about Tan Dun. Listen to a passage and help Daniel find out the answers.T: Here we find we use “why” to ask for reasons and we use “because” to give the reasons.【设计意图：通过采访名人的形式，让学生提问，引导他们活用 because 从句；利用 PPT圈画的功能，强调 wh
11、y/because 的问答形式。 】Work out the rules：(1) We use why to ask for reasons and we use because to give the reasons.(2) Its tone is strong. (strong/weak) (3) We never use the conjunction so in sentences with because.Task 3 Show our talents at the art festival. last (vi.) last for three daysbreath (n.) tak
12、e a deep breath of fresh air (呼吸新鲜空气) out of breath (气喘嘘嘘 ) highly (adv.) think/speak highly of (对高度评价) Tan has successfully brought Chinese and Western music together, so he can build a bridge between the East and the West. In his works, the past and the present, common objects and musical instrume
13、nts, traditional Chinese music and modern Western music all mix together. He has created a new type of musicmusic without boundaries, so people think highly of Tans music. 音频稿Tan Dun, a world-famous composer, was chosen to write music for the Beijing Olympics.When Tan was young, he was interested in
14、 music. He likes the sounds of nature because he thinks the best music comes from nature.T: What talent do you have? What are you good at? (Play the piano, play the violin, play the drum, play the flute, sing, dance, painting, talk show )S: T: Since/As you , you can (询问 23 个学生)T: Make up a dialogue
15、with your partner to discuss what talent you will show.Use the dialogue below as a model.S1: The art festival is coming. But I dont know what talent to show.S2: Me too. What art form do you like?S1: I like music and I am good at singing.S2: Since/As you are good at singing, why not sing a song at th
16、e art festival?S1: Good idea. What about you? S2: Ballet is my favourite.S1: Since/As you like ballet, you can dance at the art festival.S2: That sounds good. T: Im looking forward to your wonderful talent shows. From the dialogue, we can judge we use since/as to give a known reason.【设计意图：紧扣艺术节的情境，通
17、过讨论学生的才能，引出 since/as。在学生对话时，可鼓励他们适当进行表演，活跃课堂气氛。 】Task 4 Help Amy make sentences with since or as.T: The students of Sunshine Middle School are busy preparing for the festival. What are they doing? Lets help Amy make sentences with since or as to know about them.(Work in pairsCheck outRead these sent
18、ences aloud.)【设计意图：通过帮助 Amy 完成句子来操练语言知识；大声朗读句子体会 since/as 的用法，为接下来语言的输出做好准备。 】Work out the rules：(1) We use since/as to give a known reason.(2) In most cases, since and so are used in the same way and have no difference in meaning.(3) Their tone is weaker than because. (weaker/stronger)Step 3 Practi
19、ceTask 1 Fill in the blanks.T: Near the end of the art festival, Mr. Tan Dun played his amazing piece of music Water.Lets enjoy it.Tan Dun loves the sounds of the rushing water and the blowing wind _, to him, the best music comes from nature._ he likes the sounds of nature, Tan uses them a lot in hi
20、s music. His amazing piece of music Water does not use any musical instruments. 【设计意图：围绕视频完成练习，巩固已学知识。 】Task 2 Finish Part B2 on page 72.T: Sandy wrote a diary. Lets help her complete the diary with because or since/as.Work alone discuss with partnercorrect the answersraise questions.【设计意图：通过 Sandy
21、的日记，在语境中辨别 because 和 since/as 的不同。鼓励学生先独立思考，接着同伴互助，然后呈现答案，最后提出问题并解决。 】Step 4 PracticeT: Weve learnt a lot about Beijing Sunshine Middle Schools art festival. Now write a diary about this art festival. Try to use because, since or as when you give reasons. 【设计意图：通过写作练习，学生可再次在语境中运用 because 和 since/as。在随后的交流环节，又能与同学分享自己的经历。 】T: Life is short, but art is long. Lets light our life with art.Listen to the song Heal the World and sing it together.V. Homework1. Revise your diary about the art festival. Try to write more sentences with because or since/as.2. Finish the related exercises.