广东省惠州市惠东县惠东荣超中学高中英语 Unit 5 Reading学案 新人教版必修2
学习目标：
To learn and practice the vocabulary relating to music and forming a band.
To practice using the reading strategies to solve the problems.
To develop logical thinking by participating in the re retelling and role play.
Read the passage quickly and match each paragraph with its main idea：
Para 1 A. Many people want to be famous as singers or musicians.
Para 2 B. How the Monkees became popular and how they developed as a real band.
Para 3 C. How people form a band.
Para 4 D. The Monkees started in a different way.
Read the second paragraph and put the following sentences in the correct order:
1. They hope to make records in a studio.
2. They may start as a group of high-school students.
3. They sell millions of copies to become millionaires.
4. Sometimes they may play to passers-by in the street or subway to earn some extra money.
5. Later they may give performances in pubs or clubs.
6. They may first practise music in someone’s house.
Read the 3rd & 4th paragraphs and answer the questions by filling in the blanks.
There was one band that started in a different way. It was called the ______________.
What did it begin as?
It began as a TV ________.
Were all the members musicians?
Only one of the members was a __________ and the other three were _________.
What did they do in their shows?
They played _________ on each other as well as played ___________.
They _______ on other musicians and __________ to sing during broadcasts.
What style was their music?
Their music was based loosely on “The ___________”.
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Was the band popular?
Their performances were often _______ by other groups, and their fans formed clubs to get more __________ with them.
When did they start to play and sing their own songs?
______________, they became ______ and started to play and sing their own songs like a real band.
Then they produced their own _______ and sold even more than the Beatles.
Did the band break up later?
It ______ up in 1970.
Did it reunite? When?
It reunited in_______________.
Why did they produce a new record?
They produced a new record in 1996 to _________ their former time as a real band.
Retell how the Monkees started and developed into a real band based on the notes above:
Discussion: What do you think of “the Monkees”? Can you use some adjectives to describe them?
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Role play: Suppose the Monkees have come to Huidong and you have a chance to meet them and have an interview with them. Ask them questions! You may refer to the table above.
Homework:
1. Read the text carefully and review what we have learned today.
2. Write a short passage introducing the Monkees.
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Module 2 Unit 5 Music Reading: The Band That Wasn’t 阅读课学案
答案：
ACDB
Answer: 2-6-4-5-1-3
III.Monkees ; show; musician; actors; jokes; music; relied; pretended; Beatles; copied; familiar; After a year or so; serious; records; broke; the mid-1980s; celebrate
V. determined; popular; humorous; talented; funny; lively; successful; smart
VI. Role Play:
A: Good afternoon, the Monkees, welcome to our school. Can I ask you some questions? Dave, what did you begin as?
B: Well, we began as a TV show…..
A: Peter, were all four of you musicians at the beginning?
C: ……
A: Mick, what did you do in your shows at first?
D: ……
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