Unit 5 Silver Screen
Teaching Goals:
1. Talk about films, famous actors and directors.
2. Practise making comments and giving opinions
3. Use the Attributive Clause with prepositions such as in which, with whom
4. Use the Attributive Clause with relative adverbs where, when, why
5. Use new words and expressions
6. Write a film review
Teaching Time: 5 periods
Period 1. Warming – up and Listening
Teaching Aims:
1. Train students’ listening and speaking abilities
2. Get students know something about films
Teaching Import Points:
Talk about films, famous actors, film directors and film types
Teaching Difficult Points:
How to improve students’ listening ability
Teaching Aids:
A tape , a computer
Teaching Procedures:
Step1. Daily greetings
Step2. Lead in
T: In the Unit4, we have experienced some exciting moments by reading articles. This week, we can also enjoy some exciting and interesting scenes. However, this time, we’ll experience them by watching films. Do you like it?
Ss: yes
Step3. Warming – up
(Teaching Ss a new word about film, before asking each question. )
T: First, I want to have a survey to see whether you are true film fans. Have you see the movie “Hero”?
① Who is the director? Here “director” means “导演” （Zhang Yimou）
② What role does the actor, Cheng Daoming, play in the movie? Here “actor” means “演员” (the Emperor Qing Shihuang)
③ Which actress plays the leading role in the movie? Here “role” means “角色” (Maggie Cheung Zhang Mangyu)
④When was this scene of story set? Here “scene” means “场景” (in the Qing Dynasty)
⑤ Do you know where was the studio of the film “Hero” set? Here “studio” means “摄影棚” (Heng Dian Town)
⑥ Who is the writer of the script of “Hero”? Here “script” means “剧本” (Wang Bing)
⑦ Does this film have any follow-ups? Here “follow-up” means “续集” (No)
⑧ Does it win any Oscar Award? Here “Oscar Award”means “奥斯卡奖” (No)
Step4. Word study
T: From this survey, I can see most of you have a good knowledge of film. Actually, watching films is a good way to learn English. Just now, we learned some new words about movies. Please read after me. Now, please turn to p32. Use these new words to complete sentences.
(Then check the answers, and ask Ss to translate 4th, 6th sentence)
Step5. Pre-listening
(Show a poster of film on the Powerpoint, before asking each question)
T: As a true film fans, one must have seen many classical movies. Do you know the name of these films?
①(Titanic) I think you must be familiar with this film. Then do you know, which type of film does it belong to? (It’s an affectional film. I think it’s the favorite of most girls, isn’t it? )
② (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon卧虎藏龙)I believe boys are most fond of action films. What’s this film?
③(Jurassic Park) then, when you want to seek stimulation, which kind of film do you want to watch?
T: For me, I think I’ll choose the horror film. Do you know its name?
④(The Passion of The Christ ) Many adult like to see ethical movies, because it can make them think about their lives or other serious issues. What’s the title of this film?
⑤Which type of film do children like to watch?
T: Yes, cartoon. Sometimes, we also call it animation film. Here are some cartoons. Mulan, Shrek2, Naluto
T: of cause, there’re some other types of film. Can you guess among these, which kind of film do I like most?
T: Actually, I like cartoon most, because there’re no difficulty for me to understand the story. And I’ll feel relaxed after seeing it. My favorite film is “Finding Nemo”. The film was directed by Pimax Studio. It’s about two separate fishes, the father fish and the son, who try their best to reunion. I appreciate the movie a lot, because it’s funny. And the images of roles are quite lovely.
T:…Which type of film do you like best?
What’s it about?
How do you think about it?
Step6. Listening
T: Now, let’s listen to the tape to see what film do Jennifer, Alex, James like, and their comments of the films. First, please listen to the tape, and get the general idea of this passage, and take notes if necessary.
T: For the second time, please complete these dialogues. First, please read these dialogues carefully.
T: now, can you complete this table according to these dialogues? (If they cannot, listen to the tape once again.)
Step7. Conclusion
T: In this class, we’ve done some listen. And we also talked about some films and famous directors. After class, you can talk about other film with your classmates.
Step8. Homework
Blackboard Design
Silver ScreenAffectional filmAction filmHorror filmEthical filmCartoon film
Period 2. Reading
Teaching Aims:
1. Train the students reading ability
2. Get students know Steven Spielberg as a film director
3. Learn some new words and phrases.
Teaching Important Points:
1. How to make the students understand the reading text better.
2. Learn and master the following phrases:
Work on, take off, cut…into pieces, win over, owe…to…
Teaching Difficult Points:
1. How to analyze and summarize the whole passage
Teaching Aids: a computer
Teaching Procedures:
Step1. Daily Greeting
Step2. Lead In
T: Last time, we talked about some knowledge of films. Do you still remember the name of some types of films?
Ss: Affectional film, action film…
T :( Show a poster of ET) it’s a poster of the film ET. According to this picture, can you guess which kind of film does it belong to?
Ss: science fiction film
T: (show a poster of Jaws) then, what’s the name of this film?
Ss: Jaws
T: (show a poster of Jurassic Park) what abut this film?
Ss: Jurassic Park, horror film
T: Then can any one tell me,① what is happening in this scene? (A dinosaur is lying on the ground, and some people are staying with it.)
②What do you think happens before this scene? (These people were very to see this dinosaur.)
③What do you think happens after this scene? (A woman found the dinosaur was ill, and she wanted to take care of it.)
T: Let’s watch the film to see whether the director thought the same with you. (Play video)
Step3. Skimming
T: These three films are all made by the same director. Do you know who is he?
Ss: Spielberg
T: Yes. Spielberg is a famous director in America. He made several films before he was 16. In the beginning, he created scenes with toys. But later, he wrote scripts and worked with actress. Do you want to know something more about Steven Spielberg? Now, please look at the reading text on p31. Please read the passage quickly to get the general idea and try to answer the questions on the screen.
Questions:
① how many films are mentioned in the passage? What are the manes of the films?
② what was Spielberg’s dream?
③ why were people who saw the film Jaws afraid to swim in the sea?
Suggested answers:
1. Five. They are “Jaws ET Jurassic Park Schindler’s List and Saving Private Ryan”.
2. His dream was to go to Film Academy.
3. Because they remembered the scenes in which people were eaten by the shark. )
Step4. Careful Reading
T: now, please read the first and second paragraphs carefully, and try to find out the basic information, such as his family, childhood, and so on. After that, please fill in this table
Name Steven Spielberg Gender Male
Year of Birth 1946 Place of Birth America
Occupation Director, Producer and screenwriter
Education California State University at Long Beach Degree Undergraduate
Father Electrical engineer Mother Music teacher
Wife Cate Capshaw Occupation actress
T: you have done a good job. How do you get these information.
T: yes. From the first sentence. Let’s pay attention to this sentence. This is an attributive clause. “Whose” is the relative pronoun. When we translate this sentence, we can translate the main clause first. eg.斯皮尔伯格出生在1946年的一个美国的一个小村镇，他的母亲是个音乐教师。
T: who can tell me what does this paragraph talk about?
Ss: It’s about Spielberg’s childhood.
T: ok, please look at this sentence: “This was a film in which Spielberg used real actors instead of toys” (tell Ss the meaning of “instead of” and the difference between “instead of” and “instead”)
T: Look at the second paragraph. What’s the general idea of this paragraph?
Ss: This was the moment when Spielberg’s career really took off.
T: yes, the last sentence of the second paragraph. Please pay attention to this paragraph: “take off” (explain this phrase)
T: Now, please read the 3-6 paragraphs carefully. Then fill in the table on P32. You can use the sentence pattern “Jaws is about…”
(while checking the answers, I’ll explain these phrases: be afraid to, cut..into pieces, go wrong, win over, highly)
T: This table is about Spielberg’s achievement. If we combine these two tables together, it’ll turn out to be Spielberg’s biographical table. When you leave school, or go to seek jobs, you’ll need to fill in this kind of table.
BIOGRAPHICAL TABLE
Name Gender ( ) Male ( ) Female
Year of Birth Place of Birth
Occupation Producer and screenwriter
Education California State University at Long Beach Degree
Father Electrical engineer Mother
Wife Occupation
Achievement
Firelight (1962) His first film
Jaws (1975) Jaws is about…
ET (1982)
Jurassic Park (1993)
Schindler’s List (1993)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
T: Now come the last paragraph. What’s the general idea of this paragraph? Please pay attention to this phrase “owe…to…”
T: Just now, we talk about the great director Steven Spielberg. What have you learnt from Spielberg?
Step5. Homework
Blackboard Design
Steven SpielbergJ instead of win a prize for take off be afraid to cut…into…pieces highly win over owe…to…
Period3 Grammar
Teaching Aims:
1. Review what we have learn in the last lesson
2. Learn the Attributive Clause with prepositions.
3. Learn the Attributive Clause introduced by relative adverbs “where, when, and why”
Teaching Important Points:
1. The usages of “prep.+ the relative pronoun”.
2. The usages and functions of the relative adverbs.
Teaching Difficult Points:
1. The choice of the preposition in the Attributive Clause.
2. The choice of the relative adverbs.
Teaching Aids:
A computer
Teaching Procedures:
Step1. Daily Greeting
Step2. Revision
T: Last time, we learnt the text about Steven Spielberg. Do you still remember what did Spielberg use in his first real film? What’s his dream? What great films did he direct?
T: Yes, these films were all made by Steven Spielberg, who is famous in the western countries. Actually, there’re many great directors in china. Can you name some of them?
Ss:….
Step3. Review relative pronoun
T: Ok, please look at the screen. Let’s do a linking game.
On the left are some famous directors in China and the right are the films they made. Please link these directors with the films.(show it on the Powerpoint)
T: well done. I believe most of you have watched or heard of these films. Now, let’s combine the directors and the films they made in one sentence. Please look at the example “Zhang Yimou is a famous director who made the great film Hero.” You can put the director first by using the relative pronoun “who”. And you can also place the film in the first place by using the relative pronoun “which”. Such as “Hero is a great film which was made by Zhang Yimou”. (Ask Ss read their answers together.)
Step4. Relative adverbs
T: just now, we mentioned some information of director. Now, let’s talk about actors. Do you know, where was Jackie Cheng born? (HK) And what about his son? (USA)
Then, Lu Yi? (China).
Name Place of birth
Jackie Chan
Fang Zuming
Lu Yi
T: let’s make sentence like this: “HK is the city where Jackie Cheng was born.”
T: in the last unit, we learnt how to use the relative pronoun “which, that, who and whose”. In the example, we use the relative adverb “where” to modify some place. Then, which word do you use to modify the “time”?
T: yes, “when”. Look at this sentence: “1953 was the year when Spielberg made his first real film.” Here, when was used to modify “the year”. Sometimes, we also use “why”, when we want to tell the reason of something happen. Just as the example on your book “The reason why Spielberg could not go to Film Academy was that his grade were too low.”
T: now, please do the exercise1 on P33 (check the answer).
T: I’m glad that you have master the usage of relative adverb. Let’s look at the example again. “HK is the city where JC was born.” In this sentence, we can also use prep.+relative pronoun instead of “where”. So, we can also say: “ HK is the city in which JC was born.”
T: then, how do we know which prep. we should use?
Here are three steps.
1. 找出定语从句。
2. 找出从句所修饰的词，即先行词。
3. 找出定语从句的谓语，根据先行词和谓语关系确定所需的介词。 （use the HK as an example to let Ss know how to do these steps）
T: According to these steps, I hope you can use the prep.+relative pronoun to fill in exercise1.
T: In the fact, the place of prep. is free in a sentence. Look at the example again. We can place “in” before “which”, or after “born”.
T: we can say “The woman who/whom Spielberg is married to is an actress.” And we can also say “The woman to whom Spielberg is married is an actress.” Maybe someone has found that in the first sentence, we can use the relative pronoun “who/whom”. However, for the second, we can only use “whom”. So after the preposition, we can only use “which” or “whom”.
T: please do Ex3 on p33.
Step5. Conclusion
T: now let’s have a conclusion for this lesson.
Step6. Homework
Blackboard Design
HK is the city where JC was born in which when 时间 why 地点
指导教师：罗晓杰 胡国舜
实习生 ：项一倩