Teaching aims:
1. To develop the reading skills of skimming and scanning to understand the reading material.
2. To read about the successful development of a famous band “The Monkees” s hard life from being common to get a big hit.
3. To improve the Ss’ reading skills such as skimming and scanning.
Teaching important points:
1. Help Ss to understand the passage better.
2. Learn and master some important words and phrases.
Teaching difficult points:
1. How to help Ss understand the passage better.
2. How to improve the Ss’ reading skills through some activities.
Teaching approaches: task- based approach
Teaching aids: the computer , the multi-media projector
Teaching procedures:
Step 1 Lead-in
1. Introduce the topic of music.
(Before class, play the Monkees’ song “I’m a believer”)
T: Do you like the music I played before class? Today our topic is music. Are you fond of music? Do you know who they are? (The teacher shows the pictures of some famous singer S.H.E,Coco li , Liu Huan, Andy Lau刘德华，Jay 周杰伦，Michael Jackson , Rich Martin)
Then what kind of music do they sing?
Do you know some other kinds of music?
How does music make you feel?( I feel inspired when listening to music , when I’m listening to music . when I’m mot having a good mood music can calm me down . when I listen to the music. I feel happy and recall some good memories and beautiful things in life ).
( I feel relaxed when listening music, music tells us the real life.)
2. Introduce “The Monkees”.
T: Excellent, I really enjoy your opinions and I also have learnt a lot from your ideas so you are really music fans. Now I have a problem. I would like you to give me some advice. I want to listen to some famous bands music. Can you recommend some famous bands for me? Or have you ever heard about any of the famous bands in the world? List some if you have.
T: Good. Thank you for your recommendation . I have many choice to consider. But here I have a photo of an band, Can you tell me who they are? ( The Monkees)
T: Well, it seems you know little about them it doesn’t matter. Now let’s read the passage on the paper and find more information about them “The Band That Wasn’t”
Step 2 ( Task 1 ) Fast reading
Please read the passage quickly and tell us what the passage is about.
( The passage is about the successful development of a famous band “ the Monkees”.)
Step 3 (Task 2 ) Skimming
Skim the passage and find out the main idea of each paragraph.
Para 1 : Dreaming of being famous musician or singer
Para 2 : How musicians form bands.
Para 3 : How the band got their start.
Para 4 : How “The Monkees became serious about their business.
Step 4 (Task 3 ) Scanning
Scan the passage and find out jwhether the following statements are True or False.
T 1.Most musicians meet and form a band because they like to write and play music.
F 2.The TV organizers had looked for five musicians who were lovely and who could make good music.
F 3.Each week the group that was called “The Beatles” would play a song or two written by other musician.
T 4.“The Monkees” broke up in about 1960，but reunited in 1980.
Step 5 (Task 4 ) Intensive Reading
Ask the students to look through the questions on the screen and read the text silently.Students are expected to find out all the answers by themselves.
T：OK，boys and girls.Now let”s read the text in detail and answer the following questions.
Questions：
1. Why do most musicians like to be in a band with others?
( Because they want to write and play music together.)
2. Which two musical bands are mentioned in the passage?
(Beatles & Monkees )
3. How do bands that are formed by high school students earn some extra money?
(They may play to passers-by in the street or subway so that they can earn some extra money.)
4. When did “The Monkees” break up and when did it reunite?
( They broke up in about 1970 and it reunited in the mid-1980.)
5. Why was “The Monkees” successful in their work?
( Because they were serious about their work and they also worked very hard.)
Step 6 (Task 5 ) Word study
Listen to the recording and then match the words or phrases with the meanings
musical instrument someone whose job is to play or write music
karaoke something used to make music
fan excited supporter of somebody
Advertisement person or thing that is very popular and successful
hit imagine something would come true
passers-by go away in different directions
dream of tell exactly what one thinks
break up public message to tell about sth. or service
be honest with person going past by chance
musician sing a song with a video
Step 7 ( Task 6 ) Retell the story
I guess you have totally understood the text.Now let”s check whether you have comprehended the text.On the blackboard，it”s the summary of our reading text.But it”s not complete.You have to think out a proper word to fill in each blank without reading your textbook.After filling the missing words，you will have a complete summary of the text.Now，I will give you 5 minutes to do this task.
If we are ______ ______ ourselves，most of us have ______ ______ being famous sometimes in our lives.Most musicians often meet and ______ a band.Sometimes they play in the street to ______ so that they can earn some ______ money and this also gives them a ______ to realize their dreams.There was once a band started ______ ______ ______ ______.The musicians of whom the band was formed ______ ______ ______ each other as well as played music，whose music and jokes were loosely ______ ______ “The Beatles”.Their exciting performances were copied by other groups.“The Monkees” played their own ______ and wrote their own music.Though it ______ ______ in 1970，it ______ in the mid-1980s and it is still popular today.
Suggested answer：
honest with；dreamed of；form；passers-by；extra；chance；in a different way；played jokes on；based on；instruments；broke up；reunited
Step 8 Summary
Today we”ve learned a passage about the band “The Monkees” and we know their success lies in their hard work and unique style of performance.The Monkees worked hard to be a famous band and their special performance styles were loved by people all over the world.
Homework:
1. Read the passage over and over again and find out all the sentences with attributive clauses.
2. Read another passage “Biography of ‘The Monkees’” to get more information about the Band.