(
课件网) Reading and Thinking B2U5 The Virtual Choir Reading and Thinking Learning Objectives Predict the content of the passage by reading the title and pictures. Find some detailed information, summarize the main idea of each paragraph and draw the timeline of Eric Whitacre’s story by using the strategy of skimming, scanning and careful reading. key point Inspire students to think about the significance of the virtual choir. difficult point Step 1: Lead in choir: a group of people who sing together. reality choir 真人合唱团 What is a virtual choir Virtual Choir is a global phenomenon, creating an online choir that brings together singers from all over the world. In a virtual choir, people can sing together with hundreds of others while they are at home alone. Activity 2: Read for general idea 01 02 Match the main idea with each paragraph. Para.1 A. The person who created the virtual choir Para. 2 B.The influence of the virtual choir Para. 3 C. The development of the virtual choir Para. 4 D. A brief introduction of the virtual choir 03 04 What’s the type of the text The passage is a/an____. A. Narration(记叙文) B. Argumentation(议论文) C. Exposition(说明文) Activity 3. Read for the detailed information. Skim& match P2 P1 P3 P4 What is a Virtual Choir Who created it How was it created How did it affect us This passage is a/an _____ A. Narration(记叙文) B. Argumentation(议论文) C. Exposition(说明文) Exposition is a piece of writing that is used to explain, describe, or give information. It answers the questions about what, how, and why. Para. 2-3 : find information of the creator of the virtual choir. Eric Whitacre An award-winning composer & conductor Who came up with the idea for a virtual choir Who he is. What he has achieved. How he grow up. What education he received. Circle the times in Para. 2 and try to find out what happened to Eric Whitacre. Jan. 2, 1970 Born in the USA 1988 Studied music at the University of Nevada 1995 Graduated from university 1997 Received a master’s degree Over the next 10 years His compositions became popular love knowledge popularity This led to the creation of the virtual choir The virtual choir was the idea of award-winning composer and conductor Eric Whitacre. Born in the USA on 2 January 1970, Whitacre began studying music at the University of Nevada in 1988. He fell in love with Mozart’s classical music when he sang for the university choir. Moved by this music, he said, “It was like seeing color for the first time.” He graduated from university in 1995, and then received a master’s degree in musical composition from the Juilliard School in New York in 1997. Over the next 10 years, Whitacre’s original compositions began to become quite popular among choirs and singers. This led to the creation of the virtual choir. Para 2 过去分词做状语，可以表示时间、原因、条件、让步、方式或者伴随等，其逻辑主语通常为 句子的主语，且与句子的主语之间构成逻辑上的被 ... ...
