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Period One (Warming up and Listening) Step 1 Warming-up Before class, T plays a song Ss are familiar with till the bell for class rings. Then T asks Ss some questions: (1) Do you know the name of the song? (You’ll be in my heart from the film named Tarzan,《人猿泰山》)(2) Where do you think the song comes from? (3) Do you like the song? Why or why not? etc. Ss answer all these questions. Step 2 Brainstorming Do you know any other songs? In this way, Ss think about as many songs as possible. Step 3 Discussion Ss work in groups of 4. They talk about the songs they are interested in. Step 4 Demonstration After discussion, choose one of the students in their group to report the result of their discussion. Step 5 Finding a place (Show a map of picture) T shows the map of the world. While the student is reporting the result, others should listen carefully. Ask a student to find the place in the map where the song comes from. Step 6 Listening Ask Ss to listen to the music on the tape to find where the music comes from. Song 1 二泉映月 (folk music) Song 2 Beat it by Michael Jackson from America (rock music) Song 2 Take me home, Country roads by John Denver from Europe (American country music) Step 7 Listening and discussion Listen to the music several times and then discuss the following questions with group members. (1) Which piece of music do you like best? Why? (2) What makes you think this music comes from… (3) What are the differences between the songs you have heard? (4) Can you guess what the songs are about? Step 8 Demonstration After discussion, Ss choose one of the students in their group to report the result of their discussion. (责任编辑：admin) |