1、Unit 7 FilmsReading (I)I. Teaching aims and learning objectivesBy the end of the lesson, students should be able to:1. Learn about Audrey Hepburns acting career and achievements beyond the film industry during her life.2. Learn how to describe a persons life in the order of time.3. Develop their abi
2、lities of reading, like guessing the word meanings from the context.4. Be engaged in class activities and realize that beauty is based not only on ones face but also in the heart.II. Teaching contentsGetting information about Hepburns life and improving the reading abilitiesIII. Focus of the lesson
3、and predicted area of difficulty1. Understand Hepburns acting career and achievements beyond the film industry during her life.2. How to guess the word meanings from the context.IV. Teaching proceduresStep 1 Pre-reading1. Free talkT: Do you like watching films? Whats your favourite film? Whos your f
4、avourite actor/ actress?S: T: My favourite film is called “Roman Holiday”. Look at the poster. Its a romantic film about a young princess and a reporter. Look at this beautiful lady. Do you know who played the role of the princess? ( 赫本的图片飘然而至) Audrey Hepburn is one of my favourite actresses. T: Wha
5、t do you think of her when you first see her?S: Shes very beautiful/ sweet/ lovelyT: Yes, shes a great beauty. (板书 a great beauty)Do you know anything about Audrey Hepburn?Does she only have beauty on her face?【设计意图：激活学生的背景知识，为导入奥黛丽赫本的介绍做好铺垫。 】2. Predicting T: This class were going to learn an artic
6、le about her. Lets look at the title“Hollywoodsall-time bestAudrey Hepburn”. What does it want to tell us?T: What do you want to know about her?S1: Where was she born?S2: When was she born?S3: When did she die?S4: What films did she act in?S5: What achievements did she get?S6: How did she succeed?S7
7、: Who helped her succeed?S8: Why did so many people love her? Audrey HepburnLets look at the first paragragh of the text. (屏幕呈现下列句子)“Audrey Hepburn is one of Hollywoods all-time greatest actresses. When she died in 1993, the world felt very sad about the loss of a great beauty, a great actress and a
8、 great humanitarian.”T: From this, you may know why people loved Hepburn so much. Hepburn was a great beauty. You can feel her beauty and charm from these pictures, right? Then why do people think she is a great actress and one of Hollywoods all-time greatest actresses? Why is she called “a great hu
9、manitarian” ? You may get what you want to know by reading.【设计意图：紧扣课题及课文第一段的内容，引导学生对文本内容进行预测和思考，读前有效的预测能使学生成为积极的阅读者。 】Step 2 While-reading 1. Task One: Skim the text and circle the words or phrases about time.T: Lets follow the order of time and try to know about Hepburns life. Please circle the wor
10、ds about time in the text first.S: 4 May, 1929as a child after World War in 1951 two years laterin the 1950s in 1989 in 1991in 1993【设计意图：引导学生快速浏览课文，圈画出时间短语，把握文本的时间线索，从而为理解赫本的一生做好铺垫。 】2. Task Two: Read the text quickly and try to divide the text into parts.T: Can you help me to divide the text into p
11、arts according to the main ideas here?Part 1(_Paragraph 1-Paragraph 2_): Before Hepburn entered the film industryPart 2(_Paragraph 3-Paragraph 5): Hepburns acting careerPart 3(_Paragraph 6-Paragraph 7 ): Hepburns achievements beyond the film industry and her death【设计意图：事先给出段落大意，再让学生划分段落，从而降低了难度。 】3.
12、 Task Three: Please read the text quickly and try to answer these questions.a great beautya great actressa great humanitarian1) When and where was Audrey Hepburn born?2) What did Hepburn dream of when she was a child?3) What event marked the beginning of her successful career?4) What film won her th
13、e Oscar for Best Actress?5) What charity did Hepburn work closely with in the last few years of her life?6) When did Hepburn pass away?【设计意图：让学生遵循赫本的人生轨迹，快速阅读并获取信息。 】4. Task Four: Read Paragraph 3-5 and try to put these magazine titles in the correct order.1 a. Hepburn met Colette in France5 b. Hepb
14、urn had four more Oscar nominations3 c. Roman Holiday was a big success4 d. Hepburn won the Oscar for Best Actress6 e. AlwaysAudrey Hepburns last appearance in a film 2 f. Hepburn played the lead role in the play GigiT: Well done! Now lets read them in the correct order.Hepburn met Colette in France
15、Hepburn played the lead role in the play GigiRoman Holiday was a big successHepburn won the Oscar for Best ActressHepburn had four more Oscar nominationsAlwaysAudrey Hepburns last appearance in a film T: The events above are very important in Hepburns acting career. 【设计意图：此部分是课本 B2 部分的排序练习，它旨在训练学生迅速
16、把握文本信息并进行简单处理的能力。这些句子是赫本演艺生涯的核心内容，是理解 3-5 段的线索，所以教者决定充分利用它, 使之作为学生开展深入阅读的过渡环节。 】5. Task Five: Read the text more carefully and try to answer more questions.Q1: What made Colette notice Hepburn?S: T: Yes, Hepburns beauty and charm caught the writers attention.Lets try to guess the meanings of the new
17、 words from the context. Keep trying and youll be good at it.“Someone of great charm_.a. has lots of money b. has an attractive quality c. wears beautiful clothes“catch ones attention” means “make someone notice sb.”Q2: What did Colette insist?S: T: Lets look at these sentences. “Colette insisted th
18、at Hepburn was the perfect girl for the lead role in Gigi, a play based upon her novel, although Hepburn had never played any major roles before. That event marked the beginning of her successful career.” Can you guess the meanings of the underlined words?(1)If someone insists on something, he or sh
19、e _.a. speaks loudly b. cannot make a decision c. is sure to say that something is true(2)If someone plays the lead role in a film or a play, he or she is _.a. the director b. the main character c. the leader of a group(3) “major” means “main or important”(4) “mark” means “to be a sign of; to show”Q
20、3: What awards did Hepburn get in her acting career?T: Hepburn had great achievements in her acting career. For what film did she win an Oscar for Best Actress?S: T: What other awards did she get?S: T: Right. She also had four more Oscar nominations during her lifetime. What does “nomination” mean?I
21、f someone gets an Oscar nomination, he or she _.a. will have the chance to win an Oscar b. will travel around the world c. should be a singer呈现 4 部奥斯卡提名影片的图片Q4: In what film did Hepburn make her final appearance?S: T: Yes, Hepburn made her final appearance in the film Always.It means she finally app
22、eared in T: What role did she play in the film? S: T: Many people think Hepburn was playing herself because to them, she herself was an angel.(出现影片Always 的海报及赫本扮演天使的剧照 )【设计意图：本部分是本节课的重要环节，教者设置了超链接，这四个问题的答案正好包含了 Reading 中较多的生词和词组，教者希望能由问题导出文本，并引导学生结合上下文去理解生词和词组的含义，努力培养学生在真正的阅读中猜词悟义的能力。 】6. Task Six:
23、Help Kitty fill in the missing words. (Page 97)7. Task Seven: Read about Hepburns achievements in charity and answer some questions.T: Boys and girls, did Hepburn only have achievements in the film industry?S: T: She also had great achievements in charity work, so we can say that Hepburns achievemen
24、ts went beyond the film industry. What does “beyond” mean? Yes, it means “more or greater than ” She is called “a great humanitarian” by people. What does “humanitarian” mean? If someone is a humanitarian, he or she _.A. loves animals B. protects the environment C. cares a lot about peopleT: Why is
25、she called a great humanitarian? Can you find any supporting details to show this?S: Supporting details: “She began to work for UNICEF in the 1950s. She spent her last few years working closely with UNICEF so that she could help poor children in different parts of the world.”T: Did she get any award
26、s for her role as a great humanitarian?S: T: Yes, she won many awards for her efforts in this area. (图片 )What does “her efforts” refer to in this paragraph?S: 【设计意图：该部分内容介绍了赫本在慈善事业做出的卓越贡献，笔者结合上下文语境处理了生词。为了培养学生的思维能力，教者设计了深层次思考的问题，引导学生立足文本、深入阅读，从而理解句子之间的逻辑关系,让学生成为阅读的积极思考者。 】Step 3 Post-reading1. T: Tr
27、y to retell Hepburns life with the help of the key words and pictures.【设计意图：回到最初学生找出的时间短语，给出赫本各个时期的照片，直观呈现她一生的轨迹，让学生们在内心绘制赫本的人生足迹，并能够根据关键词复述赫本的一生，从而进一步帮助学生抓住课文的核心内容。赫本的人生给孩子们留下的是美好的回忆和深深的感动。 】2. DiscussionT: After reading the text, what do you think of Audrey Hepburn?（进一步理解课文的主题词：“a great beauty, a
28、great actress and a great humanitarian”） What can we learn from Hepburn? （学生们可以畅所欲言，自由表达。 ）3. Conclusion: The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mode, but the true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she shows.【设计意图：赫本的一生很好地诠释了美的内涵，她是美丽和善良的天使，她的美貌和才华、她的仁慈和博爱必将永留在后人心中。通过讨论，学生既能内化所学的内容，又能升华追求真、善、美的情感。 】V. Homework1. Read the text fluently and try to retell the text according to the key phrases.2. Finish the exercises in the workbooks.