Unit 1 Lights, camera, action! Reading 教学设计-2024-2025学年高中英语译林版（2020）必修第二册

Unit 1 Behind the scenes Teaching objectives: By the end of this class, students will be able to: 1. to know some film types about film-making 2. to understand the structure of Reading and some technology in film-making 3. to appreciate the hard work behind the scenes. Teaching difficult and important points: 1. Analyse and summarize the structure of a text 2. Train students’ reading ability to understand the details of the text. Teaching procedures: Step 1: Pre-reading 1.The teacher shows students ten film posters and asks students to figure out which type they belong to. 2.Then the teacher shows students a short video about a war film and asks them the following questions: Have you seen it before? What impressed you most when you watch the short video? Which element do you think is the most important in making a successful film like “The Battle at Lake Changjin”?( people, tools, setting) Many different elements go into making a film. The lecture was given by a film critic at the school Film Festival. Step 2: While-reading Read the article as soon as possible quickly and find the topic sentence of each paragraph. According to the main idea of each paragraph, the teacher asks students to draw the structure of the passage. Q: How many parts we can divide the passage into? Para 1: Introduction 1.The teacher asks students to read the para1 quickly and answer the following questions: Q: According to Para 1, what kind of passage is it? Q: Why do you think the film critic asks a question at the beginning of his lecture? Main Body (Para2-4): There are some aspects of film-making behind the scenes. Some aspects of film-making you might not be familiar with. Para 2: sound effects The teacher asks students to read the Para 2 and answer the following questions: 1. When will the film sound effects be added into the film? After shooting a scene. 2. What are the two ways to create various sound effects? 3. Are all the sounds real and natural? 4. How was the dinosaur’s roar made? A dinosaur’s roar was made by computer, which mixed different sounds of animals. Para 3: visual special effects The teacher asks students to read the Para 3 and guess the meaning of CGI. Q: Could you find the sentences about CGI? Q: Besides CGI, is there any other way to make visual special effects? Clever camera angles. Discussion: Do you support the use of CGI in films? Why? Para 4: props 1.The teacher asks students to read the Para 4 and answer the following question: What great effort was made by director James Cameron? 2.The function of numbers Para 5: conclusion Why is Titanic mentioned again in the last paragraph? Read Para.1 and Para.5 to find your answer. · understanding:“Just as the poor passengers on the real Taitanic saw the tip of the iceberg, what we see on the cinema screen is just the tip of the huge iceberg of the film-making.” · What skill is applied here? metaphor · What's your understanding of “the tip of the huge iceberg of film-making?” Step 3 Post-reading Critical thinking After learning this article, we know a lot of talented people behind the scenes have worked for months and even years to finish a film. Q:What conclusion can you draw from the lecture? 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$