1. Learn to sum up the main idea of a paragraph by reading the topic sentences as well as key words or phrases.

2. Learn to scan for key information by spotting the verbal phrases and transitional words.

Affection objectives

1. To learn what music is from enjoying different styles of music and talking about different bands;

2. To Learn about the important factors to success such as the full love of music, the hard working，the passion to the career, the team sprit etc.

Important and difficult points：

1. To understand what a band is.

2. To sum up the differences and similarities between an ordinary band and the Monkees.

Teaching procedure

Step 1 Warming-up

1. T plays a short music video by a band a few minutes before the class.

2. T introduces the topic of "music" in the new unit by asking "Do you like music? What kind of music styles do you know?

3. Ss talk more about different music styles (e.g. classical, rock & roll, rap, jazz ...etc.) with T's introduction & explanations.

4. Ss listen to the different music video and name it out and talk about how they feel when listening to the different music.

Step 2 Lead-in

1. Ss look and say about some pictures of the band they are familiar with (e.g. Beyond, Beatles)

2. Read a passage about Beatles (甲壳虫乐队) with some Qs: "What's the music style of Beatles? " "What do they write about in their songs?" "When did they become famous? (70s)".

3. T indicates the students that today they are going to learn about a band（the Monkees门基乐队）that was of the same time with the Beatles in the 70s last century and even once