武進高級中學
Unit 5 The sliver screen
Period 1 Warming-up& listening
Tasks: 1. To talk about some scenes from different films
2. To discuss what questions the reporters would ask when interviewing famous directors.
Step 1 warming-up
Present the topic of this unit to the Ss by asking questions as follows
1. Do you like seeing films? How often?
2. How many actors or actress do you know?
(Here students may list a lot of actors of mainland or HK. Finding some pictures of Hollywood stars may be helpful.)
Step 2 group work
Look at the pictures on P29 and divide Ss into four groups. Ask questions as follows:
1. What is happening in this scene?
2. What do you think happens after this scene?
3. What kind of films do you like to see? Why?
Step 3 speaking
1. Most of you have seen a lot of films and you also know quite a lot of actors or actresses. But do you know the detailed information of them? If so, share the information with classmates.
2. Fast-reading of Merly Streep and Keanu Reeves with the class
3. Tell the Ss that they will interview a famous person and ask them what questions are usually asked during a interview. List the questions together!
Eg. birth place/time,
schooling,
beginning of the acting career,
films
family
4. work in groups of 2 and act out the interview (any actor or actress will do)
Period 2 Reading Getting to know Steven Spielberg
Introduction: Steven Spielberg is one the most important film makers in US. Many of his films are known to people all over the world, like Jaws, ET and Jurassic park.
Pre-reading
1. How much do you know about Steven Spielberg?
2. What does a director have to invite if he/she wants to make a film?
While-reading
1. fast reading and find out basic information such as his family, childhood and so on.
films
Childhood
Music teacher, a small town in America
Start to make films, 12, use real actors, 1959, firelight
dream
Go to the Film Academy
young
Study English , director, career took off
Family
Cate Capshaw, 7 children
2. further reading and then talk about the films
Jaws:
ET:
Jurassic Park:
Schindler’s List:
Saving Private Ryan:
Post-reading
1. Why did Spielberg study English instead film?
2. How important is his family to his career?
3. What have you learnt from reading about Spielberg?
Debate about copyright : WBp109
Period 3 Integrating skills
Pre-reading
1. talk about the famous directors in China and some of the popular films
(teachers may provide a table of the four famous directors with their photos and their films in the CAI. Ask Ss to discuss and put them in right orders.)
Directors
Films
Zhang Yimou
I’ll be here for you.
Pekinger in New York
Chen Kaige
Purple Sunset
Red River Valley
Feng xiaoning
Not one less
Hero
Feng xiaogang
Together
Fare, My concubine
2. show Ss some information about Zhang Yimou
Name: zhang yimou
Sex: male
Birth Date: Nov,11,1951
Birthplace:Xi’an
Occupation:photographer/actor/director
Some of the films he directed/filmed/acted
Year Name of the films
1984
Yellow Earth
1987
Laojing
1987
Honggaoliang
1990
Judou
1991
And I hate you so
1998
Not one less
1999
My father and Mother
2000
Happy Time
2002
Hero
While-reading
1. reading the text and find out the information about following questions:
The story is about:__________________
The plot is :_________________
The ending is:___________________
In a word, I think it is a ____ film, because______
Post-reading
Play the part of the film(the part in TV)and ask one question
Does the film have a happy ending? Why?
Discussion
What kind of film do you like? Give one example.