Production (7 minutes) 1. Group work. 2. The whole class work. 3. The whole class work. 4. Individual work. 1. Students act out the conversation of 1a in groups of four. 2. Think about and say out linking verbs and adjectives as many as possible. 3. Students sum up the main points. 4. Students finish their homework after class. (1) Make up sentences. (2) Memorize the summary after class. (3) Search the information about the movie, The Sound of Music. (4)Preview Section C 1. The teacher asks the students to prepare the conversation of 1a in groups of four. Give suitable points after acting. Encourage them to have good hobbies in their free time and care for others. 2. The teacher organizes the game: Brain Storms. Let the students say out more linking verbs and adjectives in one minute. Give suitable points after that. 3. The teacher asks the students to sum up the main points of today’s lesson. Then the teacher gives summary. 4. The teacher assigns homework: (1) Make up sentences with the linking verbs and adjectives the students have mentioned. (2) Review the summary after class. (3) Search the Internet for some information about the movie, The Sound of Music. (4)Preview Section C 16
Teaching Reflection Students understand the structure of ―linking verb + adjective‖ well and they can make up right sentences with it. But they need more exercises about the usages of adjectives ended with –ed and –ing. They are very interested in the movie The Sound of Music after learning Section A and B. It’s helpful for them to learn Section C.
Ⅶ. Blackboard design
Unit 5 Feeling Excited Topic 1 You look excited. Section B 1. seem unhappy G1 G2 G3 G4 feel disappointed 2 4 1 2 be interesting/ fun 3 2 2 2 be boring 1 2 2 3 be exciting 2. Great! He must be excited to get it. OK. I will tell him the exciting news right now!
Unit 5 Feeling Excited Topic 1 You look excited.
Section C
Ⅰ. Material analysis
本节课建议用一课时完成，主要活动为1a和2a。
1a呈现了在前两课中多次提到的音乐剧The Sound of Music的故事梗概，让学生了解了这部经典的影片的大致故事情节，学习年轻活泼的女主人公Maria积极乐观的生活态度，和通过音乐表达出来的对孩子的爱心，对生活的热爱和面对困难时对理想的锲而不舍的精神。学生在阅读引人入胜的电影故事的同时自然地丰富他们的语言积累，在运用中继续学习linking verb+adjective这一结构的表达。 课后要求学生写一篇有关采访Mr. Brown关于The Sound of Music的对话，旨在培养学生乐于接受优秀的异域文化，学会对优秀影视作品的欣赏，拥有积极乐观的生活态度。 Ⅱ. Teaching
Knowledge aims：
1. 学生能根据音标，正确朗读出单词表中单词及短语。 2. 能正确拼读并运用黑体单词。
3. 学生能正确运用“linking verb+ adjective‖结构造句。
4. 学生能正确使用以下短语，复述本课课文，简单地介绍影片大意。
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one of …, care for, become angry, because of , teach sb. to do sth, cheer sb. up, Skill aims：
1. 能听懂本课文本材料以及与电影内容相关的课堂用语。
2. 能熟练地口头谈论有关The Sound of Music的故事大意及经典音乐的话题。 3. 能准确朗读课本的文本材料，并能正确地朗读相关的文本材料。 4. 能规范地写出有关采访Mr. Brown关于The Sound of Music的对话。 Emotional aims：
教育学生要热爱音乐，学会欣赏优秀的影视作品，拥有积极乐观的生活态度。 Ⅲ. The key points and difficult points Key points：
1. 正确运用单词表中单词及短语。
2. 正确运用“linking verb+ adjective‖结构造句。 Difficult points：
1. lonely 和alone 的区别运用。 2. 采访对话的写作。 Ⅳ. Learning strategies:
1. 观看英文电影对练习英语发音，语调和听力训练都有很大的帮助。
2. 分工明确的小组学习可以让学生对英语对话及短文的写作步骤有更深刻的理解。 Ⅴ. Teaching aids
Computer multimedia projector, the flashes of the songs, The Lonely Goatherd and Edelweiss. Ⅵ. Teaching procedures
Step Interaction pattern Student activity Teacher activity 18
Introduction (8 minutes) 1. The whole class work. 2. The whole class work. 3. Group work. 4. The whole class work. 5. The whole class work. 6. The whole class work. 1. Focus their attention on the teacher. 2. Make up sentences. 3. Four students from different groups report some information about The Sound of Music. 4. Students enjoy the song, Edelweiss. Then look at the picture and guess what the text is about. 5. Students read the words in the box and guess the main idea of the text. 6. The students skim 1a and check the guessing. 1. Greet the students and get them ready for learning. Enjoy the song, The Lonely Goatherd. 2. The teacher asks the students to make up sentences with the linking verbs and adjectives they have mentioned to report their homework. 3. The teacher asks the students to go on reporting their homework: Report some information they searched about The Sound of Music. 4. The teacher plays the flash of the classic song The Sound of Music, Edelweiss to lead to the passage of 1a. The teacher lets the students finish pre-reading task: Ask the students to look at the picture and guess what the text is about. 5. The teacher lets the students read the words in the box of 1a and guess the main idea of the text. 6. The teacher asks the students to skim 1a and check the pre-reading task. 19
Presentation (10minutes) 1. The whole class work. 2. The whole class work. 3. The whole class work. 4. The whole class work. 5. The whole class work. 6. The whole class work. 7. The whole class work. 8. The whole class work. 9. The whole class work. 1. Students make sure they understand what the statements mean. 2. Students read the first paragraph and complete the first table. 3. Students read the second paragraph and complete the second table. 4. Students read Paragraph 3 and finish the third table. 5. The students read the whole passage silently, checking their answers. 6. Students scan Paragraph 1 and answer the first question. 7. Students scan Paragraph 2 and answer the second question. 8. Students scan Paragraph 3 and answer the third question. 9. Students scan the whole passage and answer the last question. Then check all the answers. 1. Finish1b. The teacher asks the students to read the statements in 1b. 2. The teacher asks the students to read the first paragraph and complete the first table. 3. The teacher asks the students to read the second paragraph and complete the second table. 4. The teacher asks the students to read Paragraph 3 and finish the third table. 5. The teacher asks the students to read the whole passage carefully, check the answer, finish 1b. 6. The teacher asks the students to scan Paragraph 1 and answer the first question in 1c: Why did Maria go to the Von Trapp family? 7. The teacher asks the students to scan Paragraph 2 and answer the second question in 1c: Why were the Von Trapp family sad? 8. The teacher asks the students to scan Paragraph 3 and answer the third question in 1c: How did Maria cheer up the children? 9. The teacher asks the students to scan the whole passage and answer the last question in 1c: What do you think of Maria? Then check all the answers. 20