Unit 5 Music Period 2 Reading and Thinking The virtual choir导学案
1. To learn about experiencing music online
2. To scan and circle the information in the text.
3. To find the numbers and dates to fill in the timeline.
4. To learn more about music by completing the sentences with the correct forms of the words and phrases. And then make a mind map about the outline of the passage.
1. To guide students to pay attention to reading strategies, such as prediction, self-questioning and scanning.
2. To help students sort out the main meaning of each paragraph and understand the narrative characteristics of "timeline” in illustrative style.
3. To lead students to understand the changes that have been caused by the Internet.
Lead in:
What are the ways for people to experience music?
How can the Internet help us experience music differently?
Step1 Predicting the main idea of the passage
Look at the title and the pictures, and then predict what the passage will be about.
Q: What will be talked about? Step2: Read quickly and figure out the key words of each paragraph.
Step 3: Read the passage quickly to solve the following questions.
1. What is a virtual choir?
2.Who is the man coming up with the idea for a virtual choir and where did he study musical composition?
3.What is the name of his song?
5．If you want to take part in a virtual choir，What things may you ?
5．At what age did Eric receive his master’s degree in musical composition?
6．What caused Eric Whitacre to fall in love with classical music?
7．It is proved that a virtual choir has a ____________influence on the lives of many people.
A．pessimistic B．Positive C．negative D．neutral Step 4:Read the text quickly and fill in the form.
2 January 19 ____ Eric Whitacre was born.
19 ____ Whitacre attended the University of Nevada，
1995Las Vegas.
19 ____ Whitacre got a master’s degree from the Juilliard School in New York.
2009 Whitacre first got the idea for the virtual choir.
His first virtual choir used ________ singers from ________ different countries；received more than ________________ views on the Internet.
____ July 2014 Whitacre formed the Virtual Youth Choir for UNICEF， ________ young people from ________ countries sang “what If”. Step 5 Consolidate:
Eric Whitacre was born in the USA 1.___________ on January 2,1970.when he studied music at the University of Nevada in 1988，he fell in love 2.__________ with Mozart’s classical music.3.__________ Moved (move)by his music，he said that it was like seeing color for the first time.After 4. __________graduating/graduation (graduate)from university in 1995，he received his master’s degree in 1997.Over the next 10 years，Whitacre’s 5__________ original (origin)compositions began to become quite popular among choirs and singers,6. __________which led to the creation of the virtual choir.
When he received a video of a girl who was singing one of his 7.__________works (work)in 2009，he asked his fans 8.__________ to make (make)videos，which he then joined together into one performance. Since then，the virtual choir 9.__________ has become (become)a worldwide phenomenon. It has proved to be 10.__________a positive influence on the lives of many people. 【答案】
Lead in:
What are the ways for people to experience music?
By listen to radios or watch IV or attend concerts.
2.How can the Internet help us experience music differently?
We can listen to music on the Internet or download music from the Internet and share what we like Listening to with our close friends. Step1:Predict
About the introduction of the Virtual Choir Step2: Fast reading tasks
Paragraph 1: What is a virtual choir
Paragraph 2: Eric Whitacre—the creator of the virtual choir
Paragraph 3: Eric’s first virtual choir
Paragraph 4: the importance of the virtual choir
Step 3: Read the passage quickly to solve the following questions.
1.What is a virtual choir?
A virtual choir is not a real choir and in a virtual choir, anyone can play a part with a video camera and an internet connection. They can record themselves and update videos on the internet.
2.Who is the man coming up with the idea for a virtual choir and where did he study musical composition?
He is called Eric who studies at Juilliard School.
3.What is the name of his song?
What if
4．If you want to take part in a virtual choir，What things may you ?
video camera
An Internet connection
A studio
5．At what age did Eric receive his master’s degree in musical composition?
27
6．What caused Eric Whitacre to fall in love with classical music?
Mozart’s music
7．It is proved that a virtual choir has a ____________influence on the lives of many people.
A．pessimistic B．Positive C．negative D．neutral
B Step 4:Read the text quickly and fill in the form.
2 January 19 ____ Eric Whitacre was born.
19 ____ Whitacre attended the University of Nevada，
1995 Las Vegas.
19 ____ Whitacre got a master’s degree from the Juilliard School in New York.
2009 Whitacre first got the idea for the virtual choir.
His first virtual choir used ________ singers from ________ different countries；received more than ________________ views on the Internet. ____ July 2014 Whitacre formed the Virtual Youth Choir for UNICEF， ________ young people from ________ countries sang “what If”.
70；88；97；185；12；millions of；23；2,292；80 Step 5: Consolidate
Eric Whitacre was born in the USA 1.___________ on January 2,1970.when he studied music at the University of Nevada in 1988，he fell in love 2.__________ with Mozart’s classical music.3.__________ Moved (move)by his music，he said that it was like seeing color for the first time. After 4. __________graduating/graduation (graduate)from university in 1995，he received his master’s degree in 1997.Over the next 10 years，Whitacre’s 5__________ original (origin)compositions began to become quite popular among choirs and singers,6. __________which led to the creation of the virtual choir.
When he received a video of a girl who was singing one of his 7.__________works (work)in 2009，he asked his fans 8.__________ to make (make)videos，which he then joined together into one performance. Since then，the virtual choir 9.__________ has become (become)a worldwide phenomenon. It has proved to be 10.__________a positive influence on the lives of many people.
1.on 2.with 3.Moved 4.graduating/graduation 5.original
6.which 7.works 8.to make 9.has become 10.a
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