period 3. reading
goal: in this lesson, students will develop the knowledge and understanding steven spielberg as a director.
in this lesson, students will improve their speaking and reading abilities.
objectives:
1. in this lesson, students will be able to analyze and give reasons why dvd should be sold expensive or cheap.
2. in this lesson, students will be able to summarize the whole passage.
3. in this lesson, students will be able to identify new words and expressions appeared in the text.
material/resources: textbook, tape-recorder, tape, blackboard, film posters
procedures
step 1 role-play
a. t: yesterday we mainly dealt with those film actors and actresses, and we also act as two hollywood stars---merly streep and keanu reeves. we now have a better understanding of these people, but there is a problem with them. with fast internet connections and computers with dvd player, people download and watch films online. nobody wants to pay high price for a vcd or dvd; instead, they buy discs for five to ten yuan. so what do you think about this problem? do you think the dvd should be sold expensive or cheap?
b. ask students in groups of five to act out a tv talk show discussing this problem according to the requirement of talking exercise1 on p109.
step 2 pre-reading
ask students to act out the scene in their own film which was assigned two days ago and explain their scene.
t: through your personal experience, you see directing is a very interesting but hard job. today we will have a close look at one person who takes up this job. steven spielberg, a quite outstanding and world-renowned director.
step3 while-reading.
a. show five posters of steven spielberg’s films mentioned in the text.
(jaws, et, jurassic park, schindler’s list, saving private ryan) (see posters on next page)
ask students to discuss in groups and guess what the film is mainly talking about and what the theme of the film is.
b. skimming
ask students to read para3-6 quickly and find out the information about these films and compare it to their imagination of the films. then fill in the chart in post-reading. (better use attributive clause)
information of the film
jaws (1975)
jaw is about…(a big shark that attacks and eats swimmers).
et (1982)
(et is about a little creature that comes from outer space and wants to go home.)
jurassic park (1993)
(jurassic park is about an island where a very rich man keeps all kinds of dinosaurs.)
schindler’s list (1993)
(schindler’s list is about the cruelty of war/a german who saved thousands of jewish people from being killed in the war.)
saving private ryan (1998)
(saving private ryan is about the cruelty of war/an american captain who led his team to search for a soldier named ryan.)
c. play the tape and ask students to go through the whole passage, then divide it into several parts and summarize the main idea of each part.
para1: spielberg’s childhood
para2: spielberg’s beginning of his career as a film director
para3-6: his famous films
para7: his secret of success- his family
d. explain some important words and difficult language points.
script: n. text of a play, film, broadcast, talk, etc e.g. a script editor
v. write a script for (a film, play etc) e.g. a film scripted by a famous novelist
win a prize e.g. she won first prize in the 100 meters race.
the reason why… is that… e.g. the reason why many people want to buy it is that the price is low.
studio: place where cinema films are acted and photographed
pl studios
take off: 1)suddenly become successful or popular eg. the new dictionary has really taken off.
2)(of a plane) leave the ground and begin to fly
3)leave hurriedly or suddenly eg. when he saw the police coming he took off in the opposite direction
blockbuster: book or film strongly promoted by its producers to increase sales
afraid be afraid of sb/sth
be afraid to do sth / be afraid of doing sth
be afraid of ding sth / be afraid+ that clause
i’m afraid…
go wrong: experience trouble eg. the experience went disastrously wrong
make a mistakes eg. if you read the instructions, you’ll see where you went wrong.
(of a machine) stop working properly
when asked about the secret of his success, steven spielberg said that he owes much of his success and happiness to his wife and children.
when asked about…=when he was asked about…
owe…to…:1)recognize sb/sth as the cause or source of sth; be indebted to sb/sth for sth
eg. he owes his success more to luck than to ability.
2）be in debt to sb eg. i owe ten dollars to my father.
3 ) feel gratitude to sb eg. we owe our parents a lot.
after that it still took seven years before they finally got married.
before:
step 4 post-reading
ask students to answer questions1-4 in post-reading.
1. why did spielberg study english instead of film?
2. why were people who saw the film jaws afraid to swim in the sea?
3.how important is his family to spielberg’s career?
4.what have you learnt from reading about spielberg?
step 5 closure
in this lesson, we focus on the famous director steven spielberg, having some knowledge of his childhood, his films and his family. but what we should do is not to envy him, admiring him about his talent, his achievement, but to learn his spirit, his personality.
lead a class brainstorming of what we can learn from steven spielberg, using following sentence patterns.
i have learnt that…
i think …
i realize …
assignment: 1.do word-study on p12-13 and vocabulary on p110.
2.review the attributive clause we have learned in unit4 and preview the grammar in this unit.
step 6 homework
review the story and get more information for the computer on the director
try to write or digest some information from the internet.