Unit 5 The silver screen

Period 1 Warming up & Listening

Teaching aims:

1. To get students to know some information about movie.

2. To train students’ listening ability.

Key & difficult points:

How to grasp the main idea of a relatively longer conversation

Teaching procedures:

Step 1 ------ Leading in (warming up)

1. Ask students to say some words about a movie.

scenario, role/character, director, actor, actress, studio, film-maker, theater/cinema, office box, Oscar/Academy Award

2. Ask students to say what kinds of movies on page 29 are.

Bicentennial Man ------ science fiction

Jurassic Park ------ science fiction

Mulan ------ animation/carton film

Hero ------ historical film

action movie --- violence movie --- disaster movie

3. To introduce films grades of the Motion Picture of American.

P General Audience - All age admitted

PG Parental Guidance - Some material may not be suitable for children

PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned - Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13

R Restricted - Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian

NC-17 No Children Under 17 Admitted

Step 2 ------ Listening comprehension

Teacher’s presentation ------ Many film stars are often interviewed by media. So today let’s listen to a radio interview between a program maker and an actor, Mr. Malcolm Langland. In the radio program, they are talking about Mr. Langland’s life and career.

1. The first time ask students only to listen and not to take any notes.

2. Ask students to read the questions, listen to the tape once again, and write the answers.

3. Listen the tape third time, and check the answers.

Homework ------

Self-evaluation ------