Unit 1 Lights, camera, action! Welcome to the unit & Reading 教学设计-2024-2025学年高中英语牛津译林版（2020）必修第二册

必修二 U1 Lights, camera, action! Welcome and Reading（教学设计） I. Teaching objectives By the end of the lesson, students 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 lead Ss to talk about films by answering the following three questions: 1　 Could you list some film types? (action, horror, cartoon, musical, comedy, romance, documentary, science fiction, fantasy, war ...) 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? 2　 Find out the main idea of each paragraph and the structure of this text The main idea of each paragraph Para 1. Actually, the film seen on the screen is the product of a huge amount of hard work. Para 2. An important factor of a film is sound effects. Para 3. Another important aspects is visual special effects. Para 4. Props also contribute to a film’s success. Para 5. What is seen on the screen is just the tip of the huge iceberg of film-making. The structure of this passage Part 1. (Para 1) Introduction: some aspects of film-making behind the scenes require a lot of work. Part 2. (Paras 2-4) Main body: 3 aspects of film-making behind the scenes. Part 3. (Para 5) Conclusion: What we see is just a small part. 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? To draw audience’s attention and introduce the topic of the text. Para 2：Read paras 2-4 and complete the table below. Aspects Main points Examples Sound effects Many sound effects not be made in the way you would expect. The sounds of different animals in Jurassic Park were mixed by a computer. The sound of the door opening in the Star Terk films was made by pulling a sheet of paper out of an envelope. Visual special effects Scenes requiring CGI are filmed in front of a green screen in the studio. 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. Peter Jackson took a creative approach--using a clever camera angles to make characters seem bigger or smaller than they really were. Props Props contribute to a film’s success To build a full-sized model for his 1997 film--Titanic, director James Cameron talked to historians to ensure that the details were correct and even went down to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean to see what was left of the ship for himself. 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” ? Making a film is far more complicated than what we see on the cinema screen. It requires a lot of hard work behind the scenes. Further reading 1　 How does the film critic show his main points and support them? Why? In each paragraph, there is a topic sentence, which clearly states the main point of the paragraph. The film critic uses some examples of well-known films to help explain and prove his main points, thus convincing the readers. 2　 What is a good lecture like according to the text? A good lecture transcript should have an attractive introduction, a clear and convincing body, and an impressive conclusion. 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 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$