Unit 8 Have you read Treasure Island yet?

Section B (2a-2e)

Teaching Aims

1. Knowledge aims

Students can master the following vacabulories and sentences:

(1)country music, forever, abroad, actually, ever since, fan, southern, modern, success, belong, one another, laughter, beauty, million, record, introduce.

(2) ①Sarah hasn't been to Nashville yet, but it is her dream to go there one day.

② She has already read a lot about the place and done some research on it.

2. Ability Aims

(1) To learn how a country music song changed Sarah's life.

(2) Can summarize the main ideas of the text by making notes or underlining the topic sentences.

3. Moral Aims

Stimulate students to know more about music and love music.

Teaching Key Points

1. Learn and master the new words and sentences.

2. To learn how a country music song changed Sarah's life.

3. Can summarize the main ideas of the text by making notes or underlining the topic sentences.

Teaching Difficult Points

Can summarize the main ideas of the text by making notes or underlining the topic sentences.

Teaching Methods

Multimedia-assisted teaching and learning method, and task-based language method.

Teaching Steps

Step 1 Warming-up

1. Listen to a song The Dance-by Garth Brooks.

2. Have a dictation of the words.

Step 2 Discussion

Discuss the questions with a partner.

1. Do you have a favorite singer or band?

2. Do you have a favorite song?

3. What facts do you know about your favorite singer, band or song?

Step 3 Reading

1. Fast reading

(1) What can you know from the title and the picture?

(2) Read the passage quickly and finish the sheet:

Country Music Fact Sheet

Where it is from: ___________________

What kind of music it is: _____________

A famous country music place in Nashville: _______________

A famous country music singer: ____________