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.