Unit 5 Music

Agendas Warming up: Warming up: To learn about different kinds of music Pre – reading: Pre – reading: To get familiar with a band called The Monkees Reading: Reading: To get the main idea of The Band that Wasn’t and to obtain some detailed information Group discussion Group discussion Homework Homework

Warming Up What kinds of music can you list?

Warming Up Classical music Classical music Rock & Roll Rock & Roll Orchestra Orchestra Rap Rap Folk music Folk music Jazz Jazz Country music Country music Choral Choral

Warming Up Warming Up Canon, the theme song of My Sassy Girl Classical Music

Warming Up Usher, YEAH! Rap

Warming Up Beethoven, 《命运》 Orchestra

Warming Up 维也纳少儿合唱团, When a Child is Born Choral

Warming Up 藤田惠美 ， Moon River Jazz

Warming Up Carpenter, Top of the World Country music

Warming Up 黑鸭子合唱团，《半个月亮爬上来》 Folk Music

Pre – reading Who are they? What do they do? What kind of music do they produce?

Pre – reading

The Monkees: A Famous Band Rock & Roll Popular between the 1970s and the 1980s Daydream Believer

Pre – reading Listen to the tape and get the main idea of the passage.

Reading The Main Idea The passage is generally on The Monkees’ road towards success. At first they didn't know how to sing or how to write songs themselves. But at last they learned to write and sing songs very well and became a real success.

Reading Questions for Reflection Why is the title called “The Band that Wasn’t”? How could they become a real band at last?

Reading The First Paragraph: A General Introduction Do you want to become famous and successful in the future? Do you want to be a singer? Do you know how to form a band?

Reading The Second Paragraph: How bands are formed Questions: 1. Who are many American bands formed of? 2. Why do they play music to the passers-by in the street or subway? Answers: 1. They are formed of high school students. 2. Because they can earn some extra money.

Reading The Third Paragraph: The Monkees’ Starting Days Question: 1. What did the band usually do in the TV show? 2. Could they be called a band in the beginning? Why? Answers: 1. They played jokes on each as well as played music. 2. No. Because they could neither sing nor write songs themselves.

Reading The Fourth Paragraph: The Monkees’ Best years Questions: 1. When did they become serious about their music? 2. In 1996 they produced a new record. What was it for? Answers: 1. A year after they united. 2. To celebrate their time as a real band.

Consolidation Try to fill in the blank: American bands are usually formed by students who music. But there is one band called who started in a different way. They were chosen to perform in a show. high school like The Monkees TV

Consolidation At first they didn’t know how to or songs. But one year later they learned to play musical, sing and songs. They became a real playwrite instrumentswrite band.

Consolidation The band broke up in about and in the mid-1980s, they. In 1996, they produced a record as a for their time as a 1970 reunited celebration real band.

Reflection Why is the title called The Band that Wasn’t? Because The Monkees couldn't sing or write songs themselves. But finally they learned to so they deserved the title of “a band”. How could The Monkees become a real band? Because of their hard work.

Discussion Discussion How would you make yourself a successful person in the future? What is your dream university and what would you do? 1. Find your dream; 2. Realize your dream step by step; 3. Overcome ( 克服 ) whatever difficulties you meet with your confidence and will ( 意志 ).

Homework Write a composition entitled My Dream University. Talk about your dream university and what you would do to achieve your dream.

I Believe I Can Fly by R. Kelly I used to think that I could not go on And life was nothing but an awful song But now I know the meaning of true love I’m leaning on the everlasting arms If I can see it, then I can do it If I just believe it, there’s nothing to it I believe I can fly, I believe I can touch the sky I think about it every night and day Spread my wings and fly away I believe I can soar, I see me running through the open door I believe I can fly