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必修二 U1 Lights, camera, action!
Welcome and Reading(学案)
I. Learning objectives
By the end of the lesson,you will be able to:
1. grasp the way of understanding a lecture transcript;
2. know about some unfamiliar aspects of film-making;
3. think critically and express their opinions on some special effects technology in film-making;
4. think of and appreciate the talented people and their hard work behind the scenes.
II. Key competence focus
1. Analyse and summarize the structure of the text.
2. Think critically and express opinions freely.
III. Predicted area of difficulty
Understand the structure of the lecture transcript.
IV. Teaching procedures
Step 1 Lead-in
Listen to theme music of Harry Potter films and talk about films by answering the following three questions:
1 Could you list some film types?
2 Look at the film posters on page 1. What type of film is shown on each poster?
3 What elements of a film can you think of?
Step 2 Reading
Fast reading
Read this text and answer the following questions.
1 What’s the genre of this passage? How do you know that?
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2 Find out the main idea of each paragraph and the structure of this text
The main idea of each paragraph
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The structure of this passage (draw a mind map)
Careful reading
Read again carefully and finish the exercises below.
Para 1: Why does the author ask a series of questions at the beginning of the text?
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Aspects
Main points
Examples
Sound effects
Many sound effects not be made in the way you would expect.
Visual special effects
The Quidditch scenes in the Harry Potter films were made with the actors jumping in front of a green screen
The aid of computers isn’t always preferred.
Props
Props contribute to a film’s success
Para 5. What does the author mean by saying “what we see on the cinema screen is just the tip of the huge iceberg of film-making” ?
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Further reading
1 How does the film critic show his main points and support them? Why?
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2 What is a good lecture like according to the text?
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Step 3 Discussing: preparing for production
1 After reading this text, have you have a better understanding of the process of film-making? Please draw a mind map and show us.
2 What other work is needed in making a successful film? Why?
3 Do you support the use of CGI in films? Why or why not?
Step 4 Homework
1. Read the lecture transcript again and underline the difficult points that you cannot understand.
2. Finish B1
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