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Unit 5 The Virtual Choir
Learning aims
1. Figure out the main structure of the passage by analyzing the main idea of each part;
2. Introduce the virtual choir to others.
3. Tell the differences between the reality choir and the virtual choir.
Lead-in Listen and answer. (3 mins)
What kind of feeling does the song reflect?
Do you know this girl? What is she?
Task 1 Observe and predict. (1 min)
1. This passage will the virtual choir to us.
2. It may be a/an _______ .
A. Narration(记叙文) B. Argumentation(议论文) C. Exposition(说明文)
Task 2 Read and match the main idea of each paragraph. (3 mins)
Para. 1 How did it affect us?
Para. 2 What is a Virtual Choir?
Para. 3 Who created it?
Para. 4 How was it created?
Task 3 Group work. Read paragraph 1 and complete the mind map (6 mins)
A virtual choir is a group of people singing but connected together through the .
Definition
.
Member
What is the virtual choir
.
Place
a video camera; an .
Equipment(工具)
themselves; the videos onto the Internet; many videos together into one.
Process
1. It helps connect _________________ together.
2. It helps people meet friends with the _____________ in music.
3. It gives people a ________ to join a local choir.
4. It enables people to become part of the____________________.
5. It has a _________________ on the lives of many people.
Significance
Task 4 Read paragraph 2-3 and finish the timeline. (1min)
The creator- experience
③
23 July 2014
4
2009
1997
1988-1995
2 January 1970
①Whitacre got a master’s degree.
②Whitacre formed the Virtual Youth Choir for UNICEF. “What If” was sung.
③Eric Whitacre was