内容正文:
Unit3 Arts enrich our life
课题
Lesson 3 Moving Pictures
课型
Reading and grammar
一. Teaching Objectives
1. Language Competence
(1) Students can fully master the pronunciation, spelling, part of speech and practical meanings of the 11 core vocabularies. They can accurately distinguish and apply nouns and adjectives related to film industry.
(2) Students can grasp key phrases and sentence patterns used to introduce film types, film-making work and film features.
(3) Students can understand the main idea and detailed information of the passage about moving pictures. They are able to use target language to describe films, film workers and film characteristics in oral and written English.
2. Cultural Awareness
(1) Students can understand the basic knowledge of film art, know the main roles in film production including directors, actors and actresses.
(2) Students can appreciate the artistic value of movies, understand that comedy and humor bring joy and positive energy to people’s life.
(3) Recognize that film is an important form of modern art, feel how art enriches people’s spiritual life, and establish a positive aesthetic attitude towards film art.
3. Thinking Quality
(1) Develop logical thinking ability by sorting out the development and composition of film art and classifying film-related roles and elements.
(2) Cultivate analytical thinking by comparing different film styles such as comedy and complex themed movies.
(3) Develop critical thinking and aesthetic judgment by evaluating the charm and value of different movies, and form personal views on film art.
4. Learning Ability
(1) Master the strategy of memorizing vocabulary in textual and situational context, and improve independent vocabulary learning ability.
(2) Improve English reading skills including skimming for main ideas and scanning for specific details.
(3) Take the initiative to participate in group discussion, situational communication and class sharing, and enhance cooperative learning and autonomous inquiry abilities.
二. Teaching Key Points
1. Master the spelling, pronunciation and flexible application of all core vocabularies related to film art.
2. Understand the general content and paragraph structure of the passage, and grasp the basic knowledge of film composition, film creators and film types.
3. Accurately understand key sentences in the text and use target language to talk about movies and film art.
三. Teaching Difficult Points
1. Distinguish the usage of confusing words correctly, especially complex, involve, humor and comedy, and use them properly in different sentences and contexts.
2. Deeply understand the relationship among film elements, film creators and artistic value, and comprehend why moving pictures are a charming form of art.
3. Organize logical and complete expressions to introduce favorite movies, analyze film styles and express personal artistic feelings independently.
四. Teaching Procedures
Step 1: Warm-up and Lead-in (5 minutes)
1. Greeting and Daily Talk
The teacher greets students and carries out simple interactive questions:
“Do you like watching movies? What kind of movies do you usually watch? Can you name some famous actors or directors?”
2. Situational Lead-in
The teacher shows short clips of popular comedy movies and different film scenes. Let students feel the charm of moving pictures intuitively.
3. Topic Introduction
T: Movies are one of the most popular arts in modern life. Different movies have different stories, humor and styles. Many people take movies as a way to relax. Today we will learn Moving Pictures, and explore the art behind movies.
Design Purpose: Activate students’ daily experience, arouse learning interest, create a vivid artistic learning atmosphere, and naturally introduce the new lesson theme.
Step 2: Pre-reading: Vocabulary Breakthrough (12 minutes)
The teacher explains all core vocabularies with pictures, simple English definitions and situational sentences to help students understand and memorize:
1. audience (n.) all the people who watch a film, play or show
2. dialogue (n.) conversation between people in a film or play
3. couple (n.) two people paired together; a pair
4. complex (adj.) difficult to understand; not simple
5. actor (n.) a person who acts in films or plays (male)
6. actress (n.) a woman who acts in films or plays (female)
7. director (n.) the person who directs and manages a film
8. involve (v.) to include someone or something as part of an activity
9. budget (n.) the money planned for making a film or project
10. comedy (n.) a funny film or play with a happy ending
11. humor (n.) the quality of being funny and amusing
After explanation, carry out quick practice: word reading, meaning matching and simple sentence making to eliminate vocabulary barriers for reading.
Design Purpose: Focus on breaking key vocabulary difficulties, help students master new words in vivid situations, and lay a solid foundation for text reading and understanding.
Step 3: While-reading (18 minutes)
1. Skimming for Main Idea (Global Reading)
Ask students to read the whole passage quickly within 3 minutes and answer the question:
· What is the main topic of this passage?
Answer: The passage introduces moving pictures as a popular art form, including film makers, film elements, film types and film-making conditions.
Students are required to divide the passage into logical parts and summarize the general idea of each paragraph.
2. Scanning for Details (Detailed Reading)
Let students read the text carefully and finish detailed tasks:
(1) What people are involved in making a movie?
(2) What kind of movies bring humor to the audience?
(3) Why are some movie stories complex?
(4) What do film makers need besides actors, dialogue and stories?
The teacher guides students to underline key sentences containing new vocabularies, analyze sentence structures and help students fully understand every key detail of the text.
3. Imitation Reading
Play the standard text audio. Students follow the tape to read the passage, correct pronunciation and intonation, and feel the formal and objective tone of introducing art knowledge.
Design Purpose: Train students’ global reading and detailed information searching abilities, deepen their understanding of text content, and consolidate vocabulary and sentence patterns in reading context.
Step 4: Post-reading Practice (8 minutes)
1. Group Discussion
Divide students into groups of 4 and discuss the topic:
“What makes a good movie? How do directors, actors and humor make a movie impressive for the audience?”
Students must try to use the newly learned core words in their discussion.
2. Class Sharing
Each group chooses one representative to share their opinions. The teacher gives timely comments, corrects language mistakes and affirms excellent performances.
3. Knowledge Sorting
The teacher sorts out the text structure: art form introduction → film staff → film elements → film types → artistic influence.
Design Purpose: Realize effective language output, exercise students’ cooperative inquiry and oral expression abilities, and deepen their understanding of film art.
Step 5: Classroom Summary (2 minutes)
1. Students review the core vocabularies, key sentence patterns and text knowledge of this lesson independently.
2. The teacher makes a final summary and theme sublimation: Moving pictures are a wonderful modern art. They mix stories, humor and performance together, enrich our spare life and bring us different spiritual experiences.
五. Homework
1. Basic Homework (Compulsory)
(1) Copy, read and recite all 11 core vocabularies, and write one original sentence for each word.
(2) Read the text fluently and master all key information of the passage.
2. Intermediate Homework (Optional)
Translate key sentences in the text into correct Chinese, and summarize three kinds of key elements of making a movie in English.
3. Extended Homework (Improved)
Write a short passage (60–80 words) about your favorite movie type. Use at least 6 new words learned in this lesson to describe its features and why you like it.
Design Purpose: Layered homework meets the learning needs of students at different levels, consolidates basic knowledge, strengthens language application ability, and expands students’ artistic cognition after class.
Blackboard Design
Lesson 3 Moving Pictures
Core Vocabulary
★ Film Staff: actor, actress, director
★ Film Elements: dialogue, audience, couple, budget
★ Film Features: complex, involve, comedy, humor
Key Sentences
1. A good movie involves many people’s hard work.
1. Comedy brings humor and happiness to the audience.
1. Some movie stories are complex but meaningful.
Text Structure
Introduction → Film Makers → Film Elements → Art Value
Theme
Moving Pictures Enrich Our Life
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