1.Get the students to learn about different types of music.

2.Enable the students to learn to learn about different kinds of music.

3.Develop the students'reading skills in finding out the topic sentences summarizing the main idea of each paragraph.

1.Let the  students learn more different kinds of music.

2.Improve the students' reading ability by reading the passage.

Develop the student's reading ability by summarizing the main idea of each paragraph.

Step 1  Greeting

Step 2  Free Talk

T: Good morning,boys and girls. It is so nice to see all of you again. Firstly, I 've got a question for you. Do you like music? How does music make you feel?

Ss: Happy, calm, satisfied, content,ralaxed...

T: Good. Most of you like music very much. Can you tell about different kinds of music?

Ss: ......

Step 3 Listen and guess

T: You are going to hear some music, do you know what styles they belong to ?

Ss: Country music,  Jazz, Rock 'n' roll, Classical, Folk music, Orchestra, Choral, Rap

Step 4 Pre-reading

T: You all did a good job. Now we'll talk something about band. Do you know any famous bands on the world? Look at the picture.  Can you tell us the names of those bands at home and broad?

Ss: ......

T: List some famous bands both at home and abroad and introduce the Monkees at the same time.

Ss: .......

T: Actually, it was the most popular band in the USA  from 1966 to 1968. Do you want to know more about this band?

Ss: .......

T: Good, Today we are going to learn more about this band. Now  let's look at the title. What's the title? What does it means?

Ss: ......

T: Do you think you are right ? Let's read the passage and find out the answer.

Step 5 While-reading

Para. 1:

T: Go through Para 1 quickly and find out:

(1) Three dream are mentioned in this paragraph. What are they?

(2) Why do people want to be part of a band?

(3) What's main idea of Para. 1?

(4) Can  you guess what Para. 2 is about? (Pay attention to last sentence)

Suggested answers: ,

Being part of a band as a famous singer or musician; playing in front of thousands of people at concert and singing karaoke and pretending you are a famous singer.

(1)To be honest, a lot of people attach great importance to becoming rich and famous.

(2)Many people want to be famous as singers or musicians.

(3)But just how d people form a band?

Para. 2

T: Go through Para. 2 quickly and find out:

(1) Why do many musicians meet and form a band?

Many musicians meet and form a band because they like to write and play their own music.(2) How do most people form a band? Put the following steps in right order.

5 Make records.

4___ Give performances in pubs or clubs

2 _ Musicians get together and play music at home

3Play music in the street or subway.

Start as a group of high-school students .

Para. 3

T: So from Para. 2 we know how most bands start. Do all the bands start in this way? Go through Para. 3 quickly and find out:

(1) Find out the topic sentence of Para.3.

However, there was one band that started in a different way.

(2) In what ways is the Monkees different from other bands?

A. The Monkees began as a TV show.

B. The musicians were to play jokes on each other as well as play music.

C. The band was made up of a rock musician and three actors.

Para. 4

T: From Para.3 we know that the Monkees started in quite a different way. So can you guess what Para. 4 is about? Please go through Para. 4 quickly and fill in the blanks. Please pay attention to the timeline.

At the beginning1. They had to rely on other musicians and pretend to sing during the broadcast.

2. They became popular because of their humorous performance.

After a year or so They became more serious about their work and started to play and sing their own songs like a real band.

In 1970 The band broke up.

In the mid-1980s| They reunited.

In 1996

They produced a new record in 1996 to celebrate their former time.

Step 6 Homework

1.Read the passage loudly after class.

2 Underline the difficult and important new words & expressionism in the passage

3. Preview P49-51 of Victory English.