Unit 5 silver screen

Unit 5 silver screenBackground information:Students: 40 Senior high school students，Grade 1Lesson duration: 40minsTeaching objectives:1. Improve the students’ reading ability2. Make the students understand the reading text better.3. Enable the students to make comments and give opinions on films,actors and directors.Teaching contents:Talk about film Teaching aids:tapes，blackboard，chalk，PPT，pictures，white papersTeaching procedures:Step 1 Warm up（5mins）1.Broadcast the romance film episode of Pride and PrejudiceLet the students talk about the filmLet the students talk about the actors and directors they like best.T：let us watch a movie,the film name is Pride and Prejudice.(2mins)Have you ever seen the film Pride and Prejudice? It is a wonderful film, isn't it? Do you know who is the actor? (Matthew MacFadyen马修·麦克菲迪恩) And who is actress?(Keira Knightley凯拉·奈特莉) .And who is the director of this film?(Joe Wright 乔·怀特）2.BrainstormingT:when you read the phrase,tell me what will across you r mind.Now we are going to talk about film . All of us are fond of films, especially the students I think. Here are a some questions:What do we call the man who plays the film? (an actor)What do we call the woman who plays the film? (an actress)What do we call the person who directs the film? (a film director)Step 2 Pre-reading（4mins）Ask the students to read the title and look at the pictures, and then guess Q:What is the text about?(This text will be about Steven Spielberg and his films. When we are reading about films, we will probably find information about people who play in films, people who make films, and read what films are about.)T:Today we will get to know a famous film director, whose name is Steven Speilberg. He is an American. And he is one of the top film directors in theworld. Before reading the text, mark each paragraph with a number, please. And I will ask someone to read the first para1Step 3 Fast Reading (6mins）1.Give the students about six minutes to read the text and try to find the answers to the questions:What is the main idea of the text? CA. Steven Spielberg's family lifeB. Steven Spielberg's as an actorC. Steven Spielberg's as a film directorD. Steven Spielberg's successful filmsHow many of Steven Spielberg's movies are mentioned in the passage? And what are they? BA. 5B. 6C. 7D. 8Firelight（1962），Jaws(1975) ,ET(1982) ,Jurassic Park（1993）,Schindler's List ,Saving Private Ryan（1998）Language pointGo through the whole passage and help students deal with any difficult language points in it(show the following on the screen and explain)1.Steven Spielberg,whose mother was a music teacher, was born in 1946 in a small town in American.2.This was a film in which Spielberg used real actors instead of toys.。

3.In 1959 Spielberg won a prize for a short film which he made when he was thirteen years old.This was the moment when Spieldberg’s career really took offStep4.Pair-work.A task(10mins)T:Answer the following question in pairs.1.Why did Spielberg study English instead of film?2.Why were people who saw the film Jaws afraid to swim in the sea?3.How important is his family to Spielberg's career?4.What was Spielberg's dream ?Suggested Answers:1.Because his grades were too poor(low) to go the Film Academy.2. They remembered the scene in which people were eaten by the shark.3.He owes much of his success and happiness to his wife and children.4.Going to the Film Academy.T:What are some of Steven Spielberg’s most famous film about？Write complet sentences to fill in the chart below with information from the text. And tell me which paragraph you can find the answer.Step 5 .Group-Discussion.An interview.(8mins)T：Four students can make up a group for the discussion. Y ou must decide whether this idea is right or wrong, and then give us your reasons.It is easy for Steven Spielberg to be a successful director.Right or Wrong? and why?Suggested answer:Wrong. From the first paragraph, we know that Spielberg was interested in film fro m a very early age, but he could not go to the Film Academy to realize his dream. He had to study a different subject , but he didn't give up. After graduation he came back to his favorite film. Hard work and perseverance bought him t o t h e p o s i t i o n t h a t h e h o l d s n o w.Spielberg has made some famous films. From watching and understanding Speilberg's films, we can know that he wishes the world not to be at war but in peace. Even when he was famous and successful, he said that he owned much of his success to his wife and children. So we know there isn't a smooth and easy way to any success or achievement.Step6 .Word study(3mins)T：The first letter has benn given.Can you guess what they are ?I will give you 3mins1.To most actors and actress, the Oscar is the most important a____.2.In Speed, Keanu Reeves played the r____ of the brave policeman who saved the lives of the people on the bus.3.Who do you think is the best d____ in China, Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige or Feng Xiaogang?4.The s____was so well-written that the famous actress accepted the r____ at once.5.A film s____ is the place where films are made.6.While watching Titanic, most people couldn’t help crying when it came to the s____ in which Jack saves the life of the girl but dies in icy water himself.7.Film companies often make f____ to films that have been very successful, such as SpeedⅡ，Jurassic parkⅢStep7 A summary (4mins）T:Today we have learnt about a famous film director Steven Spielberg, hi s life experience, his films, his way to success, and so on. Optional activities and homework:板书设计Unit5 silver screenactor: the man who plays a filmactress: the woman who plays a filmdirector: the person who direct a film。