Unit 4 Films and film events

Project

Teaching aims:

目标陈述要具体，从学生学习的角度陈述。采用以下行文方式：

1. After learning the given film review, the students will be able to know what is a film review and how to prepare to write one;

2. After learning the language points in the passage, the students will be able to deal with exercises which focus on them;

3. After the teacher's instruction, the students will be able to know how to cooperate with their group members to write a film review well.

Teaching procedures:

Step 1 Lead-in (PPT4-5)

(Play the short TV program) How many Harry Potter films have been produced? And which is your favorite?

(Play part of the 7th film: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) What do you think of this film, compared with the others?

Step 2 First reading (PPT6)

How is this reading passage organized?

Part 1: Para.1~3 brief introduction of the film's plot.

Part 2: Para.4~5 the writer's commentary on the special effects and acting in the film.

Part 3: Para. 6~7 problems of the film.

Part 4: Para.8 recommendation by the writer.

Step 3 Second reading (PPT7)

* What does the writer think about the three young actors?

(Paragraph 5)

* What is the complaint many people have made about the film?

(Paragraph 6~7)

* What problem does the writer think the film has?

(The last sentence in Paragraph 7)

Step 4 Details: listen to the tape and complete the following table. (PPT 8-9)

Main character Information about the character Played by Harry Potter * (A sensitive boy whose parents were a wizard and a witch and were killed by an evil wizard when Harry was a baby.

* living with his relatives, the Dursleys, and abused, ignored and hated by them.

* having the magic powers of wizard and a reputation in the world of witches and wizards because of his parents.) (Daniel Radcliffe)