Teaching goals 教学目标
1. Target language目标语言
a. 重点词汇和短语
music mad, biography, musical, play the violin
b. 重点句式
My favorite kind of music is ... P25
I’m music mad. P84
I especially like listening to Beethoven when ... P84
2. Ability goals 能力目标
Enable the Ss to present a biography of a famous Chinese musician.
Enable the Ss to express personal feelings and attitude to music.
3. Learning ability goals 学能目标
Help the Ss learn how to present a biography of a famous Chinese musician.
Guide the Ss to write a short passage to introduce his / her feelings about music.
Teaching important & difficult points教学重点与难点
Teach the Ss learn how to present a biography of a musician.
Teaching methods教学方法
Task-based learning, guided writing and discussion.
Teaching aids教具准备
A projector and a computer.
Teaching procedures & ways教学过程与方式
Step I Revision
Check the homework.
Step II Writing
The purpose of this writing is to let the Ss describe their favorite music by answering an e-mail. First, let them read the passage, and then they should write another passage by answering the questions.
T: Please turn to Page 25. Read the e-mail and then write down your replies according to the questions followed. I will give you five minutes.
Five minutes later.
T: All right, stop here. Have you finished it? I’ll ask some of you to read your short passages.
S1: I like music very much, almost every kind of music — classical, rock, jazz and so on. I like the popular music best. I usually listen to music at home on my CD Discman. I think I am not musical, because I cannot sing or play a musical instrument. I just take listening to music as a way to relax myself.
S2: In my opinion, music is very important, so I like it very much. My favorite kind of music is traditional Chinese music. I like the instruments very much. And I don’t like the rock and jazz music, because they are too noisy. At school, I listen to my Walkman after class, and when I am at home, I listen to MP3. So I like my MP3 very much. To be frank, I am musical, I like singing and I can play the piano. If time permits, I hope I can give a performance.
T: Excellent! All of you have done a good job.
Step III Task
The purpose of this writing task is to let the Ss present a biography of a famous Chinese musician and encourage the Ss to love traditional Chinese music.
T: In this module, we have learned about several musicians, so we are going to write a biography of a Chinese musician. First you should read the notes about the composers in this module.
S: Can I make notes about the composer I want to talk about?
T: Of course! When you do this, you can use the time expressions in Grammar 1. Now you can work together with those who choose the same composer with you. Then you should find photographs and news items about the composer. Each person in the group should talk about something different about the composer. You should find the information about his works, his biographical details, his family and home life.
Ten minutes later.
T: Have you finished? Now who would like to read your composition? Each group can choose one representative.
S1: Let me try. Here is our composition. We talked about Nie Er.
Nie Er, the famous musician in the history of China, was born in 1912 in Yunnan Province. He went to Japan in 1934, because he planned to visit Russia and Europe to study. Unfortunately, he drowned in Japan. By the time he died, he had written many songs, including <毕业歌>,<大路歌>,<码头工人歌> and <义勇军进行曲>. The last one was set as the national song and now is sung every day. So from this point, we think he is one of the most famous musicians in China.
S2: Here we talked about another famous musician — Wang Luobin.
Wang Luobin was also very famous and great. His original name was Rongting， and he was born on 28th of December in 1913 in Beijing. In 1934, he graduated from the Music Department of Beijing Normal University. After graduation, he devoted himself to the war against Japanese. He wrote many good and famous songs, including <在那遥远的地方>,<半个月亮爬上来>,<达坂城的姑娘> and <阿拉木罕>. Most of his songs are about the western parts, so he was called “Father of Western Folk Songs”. In all, he had three children, and after his death, his family became poorer. In conclusion, we think he is great, and should be remembered forever.
S3: We think the popular singer Liu Huan is also great, so we want to talk about him.
Liu Huan, the prince of pop singers in China, is famous for his beautiful songs such as “The Sun in My Heart” and “A Crescent Moon”. He is able to sing songs of different styles, ranging from pop to rock, and from Chinese folk songs to songs in foreign languages. He is a writer, composer, singer, and producer in one song. He achieved great success for the songs he wrote for the TV series“Beijingers in New York”. He was also invited to write and sing songs for international sports meetings, including the 11th Asian Games. Liu Huan is a man of many abilities who is also interested in many other things such as tourism, literature and fine arts. Here we have got a picture of his home, very grand, isn’t it?
T: Superb! You have done very well.
Step IV Speaking and Writing
Ask the Ss to read a reader’s letter on an Internet music website and find out the detailed information. Then let them write a letter to the Internet music website to show their feelings about music.
T: Please turn to Page 84. Now read the letter and then answer the 6 questions in Exercise 15.
After the Ss read the letter.
T: Ok, have you read the letter?
Ss: Yes.
T: Have you found the answers? Three minutes for you to discuss. Now work in groups.
Three minutes later.
T: Now which groups would like to answer the questions?
Sample answers:
1. Music is one of the most important things in his life.
2. He likes rock music best of all and his favorite band is Rolling Stones.
3. He also listens to classical music; he especially likes listening to Beethoven when he’s doing his homework.
4. He listens to music in the streets and on the bus to school with his minidisk player. At home, he has a CD player in his room and the music is on all the time.
5. He listens to music whenever he can except in the class.
6. He listens to music almost every day.
T: Excellent! Now, we’ll come to Exercise 18. It’s your turn to write a letter to the Internet music website. Use the letter in Exercise 17 as a model.
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A sample version:
Hello,
My name is Nancy; I am a middle school student. I am in grade one, class 14. I like music very much. In my life, music is so important that I cannot live without it, even one day. Every morning, as soon as I open my eyes, I turn on the recorder, and then go to wash face while listening. Then I go to school and listen to my Walkman on my way. Of course, in classes I cannot listen to music. But during the breaks, listening to music is my way to relax, and all my classmates like it very much, so we share the music. I am proud of myself a bit.
At night, when I go to bed, I like listening to music for a little while because this helps me fall asleep easily.
Among all kinds of music, I like pop music and traditional Chinese music best. My favorite singer is Cai Yilin, just because she is beautiful. I like her songs. What’s more, I like listening to the songs of Deng Lijun, they can make me relaxed.
So much, bye!
Nancy
Step V Homework
Sum up the whole module by referring to the MODULE FILE.
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The Beatles
The Beatles was undoubtedly the most influential band of the century. In a course of 8 years, they changed not only rock and roll, but also the face of all music forever.
John Lennon (John Winston Lennon) — born October 9, 1940, Liverpool, England — died December 8, 1980, New York, USA
Paul McCartney (James Paul McCartney) — born June 18, 1942, Liverpool, England
George Harrison — born February 25, 1943, Liverpool, England — died November 30, 2001, Los Angeles, USA
Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey) — born July 7,1940, Dingle, Liverpool, England
Towards the end of 1962, the Beatles broke through to the UK charts with their debut single, Love Me Do. On February 13, 1963 the Beatles appeared on UK television’s Thank Your Lucky Stars to promote their new single, Please Me, and were seen by six million viewers. It was a pivotal moment in their career, at the start of a year in which they would spearhead a working-class assault on music, fashion and the peripheral arts. After seven weeks at the top with From Me To You, they released the strident, wailing She Loves You, a rocker with the catchphrase Yeah, Yeah, Yeah that was echoed in ever more frequent newspaper headlines. It was at this point that the Beatles became a household name. She Loves You was replaced by I Want to Hold Your Hand, which had UK advance sales of over one million and entered the charts at Number 1. In November of 1963 I Want to Hold Your Hand became a number-one hit in America. To the American teens their long hair, collarless suits, and Beatle boots were irresistible. The press loved the way they could always come up with something witty and charming for them to quote. All in all the Beatles took America by storm.
Paperback Writer was another step forward, with its gloriously elaborate harmonies and charmingly prosaic theme. It was soon followed by a double-sided chart-topper, Yellow Submarine / Eleanor Rigby, the former a self-created nursery rhyme sung by Starr, complete with mechanical sounds, and the latter a brilliantly orchestrated narrative of loneliness, untainted by mawkishness. Their first recording to be released was Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields Forever, which broke their long run of consecutive UK number-one hits. The Beatles continued on, with McCartney stepping up and trying to take over the management role. But during this time their lives began to go in different directions. Lennon met artist Yoko Ono, George was seeking enlightenment from Ravi Shankar, and Paul fell into the arms of photographer Linda Eastman.
In 1968 the Beatles became increasingly involved with the business of running their company, Apple Corps. The first Apple single, Hey Jude, was a warm-hearted ballad that progressed over its seven-minute duration into a rousing singalong finale. Amid the uncertainty of 1969, the Beatles enjoyed their final UK Number 1 with Ballad of John and Yoko, on which only Lennon and McCartney performed.
With various solo projects on the horizon, the Beatles stumbled through 1970, their disunity betrayed to the world in the depressing film Let It Be, which shows Harrison and Lennon clearly unhappy about McCartney’s attitude towards the band. Releasing album after album and motion pictures, the Beatles were indeed on top of the world. But in August, 1969 Lennon announced that he wanted a divorce from the group, the band was finished. He insisted, however, that the break up remain quiet. It was kept hidden until April 10, 1970 when McCartney decided to formally dissolve the group. Many blamed the break up of the Beatles on Yoko Ono and Linda McCartney. Others felt that the Beatles had run their course, and it was just their time. Whatever was the cause of their break up, it ended an era but left behind a legacy that will never be forgotten.
Joseph Haydn
Nothing in Haydn’s early years or in his family history indicated that he might attain such heights of fame. He was born in 1732 in the Austrian village of Rohrau, in a corner of the country far nearer to Hungary than to the Alps. The composer’s father, Mathias, worked in that profession, yet he also harbored a love of music, and developed a small talent for singing and playing the harp. Joseph was given extensive training as a singer, and served as one of the Cathedral’s principal soloists, yet voice was not his only area of study. He also learned harpsichord, organ, violin, a little music theory, and a great deal of Latin. Nicola Porpora, the great librettist and court poet Metastasio, and the dowager Princess Esterházy who, it is presumed, eventually brought the talented young musician to the attention of her sons.
Responsibilities included composing, performing, and conducting music entertain the court. It was a good position for a young man, but the term of employment would be brief. The court was fiscally impractical, and soon could no longer afford to maintain an orchestra. Haydn would write his First Symphony in the fall of 1759. In this same year, Prince Nikolaus built his palace of Esterháza in the countryside near Lake Neusiedler about thirty miles south of Vienna. There he installed Haydn and all the musicians.
Haydn’s growing reputation was acknowledged in a new contract that he signed with the Esterházys on January 1, 1779, when at last, after fifteen years of exclusive employment, he was given the right to compose for other potential patrons, not merely for Prince Nikolaus. This alteration in the arrangement allowed Haydn to earn a tidy extra income, and it permitted his works to gain a wider audience. Thus, it was that in 1782, he composed three symphonies (No. 76-78) for a planned English excursion that was eventually cancelled. In 1784, the new highly regarded composer received another commission from a concert promoter in Paris requesting a set of six symphonies. Haydn put some of his best effort into the project. The resulting symphonies, No. 82 through 87 (including the so-called “Bear”, “Hen” and “Queen of France” symphonies), premiered the following year.
Haydn remained productive nearly to the end of his life. Yet the principal role that he played in these last years was neither that of composer nor that of Kapellmeister. He had become, most important, Vienna’s grand old man of music: an inspiration to younger generations, a man internationally revered even by unmusical souls. In May 1809, when Napoleon’s armies captured the city of Vienna after an intense bombardment, Napoleon himself ordered that an honor guard be placed outside the home where the master composer lay on his deathbed. Haydn passed away on May 31, 1809, at the age of seventy-seven. At his memorial service two weeks later, Mozart’s Requiem was sung in Vienna’s Schottenkirche. Haydn’s remains now lie in the Bergkirche in Eisenstadt, a short distance from the Esterházy palace where he had spent his last working years.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
He showed musical gifts at a very early age, composing when he was five and when he was six playing before the Bavarian elector and the Austrian empress. Mozart astonished his audiences with his precocious skills; he played to the French and English royal families, had his first music published and wrote his earliest symphonies.
They spent 1769 in Salzburg; 1770-1773 paid three visits to Italy, where Mozart wrote two operas (Mitridate, Lucio Silla). Summer 1773 paid a further visit to Vienna, there Mozart wrote a set of string quartets and, on his return, wrote a group of symphonies including his two earliest, No. 25 in G Minor and 29 in A, in the regular repertory. The period from 1774 to mid-1777 was spent in Salzburg; his works of these years include masses, symphonies, all his violin concertos, six piano sonatas, several serenades and divertimentos and his first great piano concerto, K271.
Paris: there he had minor successes, notably with his Paris Symphony, No. 31, deftly designed for the local taste. But opera remained at the center of his ambitions, and an opportunity came with a commission for a serious opera for Munich. The work, Idomeneo, was a success. In it Mozart depicted serious, heroic emotion with a richness unparalleled elsewhere in his works, with vivid orchestral writing and an abundance of profoundly expressive orchestral recitative.
In his early years in Vienna, Mozart built up his reputation by publishing (sonatas for piano, some with violin), by playing the piano and, in 1782, by having an opera performed: Die Entführung aus dem Serail. The work was successful and was taken into the repertories of many provincial companies. In these years, he wrote six string quartets, which he dedicated to the master of the form, Haydn. Haydn told Mozart’s father that Mozart was the greatest composer known to him in person or by name; he had taste and, what was more, the greatest knowledge of composition.
He wrote 15 before the end of 1786, with early 1784 as the peak of activity. In 1786 he wrote the first of his three comic operas with Lorenzo da Ponte as librettist, Le nozze di Figaro, here and in Don Giovanni (given in Prague, 1787) Mozart treated the interplay of social and sexual tensions with keen insight into human character that — as again in the more artificial sexual comedy of Cosi fan tutte (1790) — transcends the comic framework, just as Die Zauberflite (1791) transcends, with its elements of ritual and allegory about human harmony and enlightenment, the world of the Viennese popular theatre from which it springs.
Mozart lived in Vienna for the rest of his life. He undertook a number of journeys. The last Prague journey was for the premiere of La clemenza di Tito (1791), a traditional serious opera written for coronation celebrations, but composed with a finesse and economy characteristic of Mozart’s late music. He left unfinished the Requiem, his first large-scale work for the church since the C Minor Mass of 1783, also unfinished; a completion by his pupil Süssmayr was long accepted as the standard one but there have been recent attempts to improve on it. Mozart was buried in a Vienna suburb, with little ceremony and in an unmarked grave, in accordance with prevailing custom.
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