ReadingandThinkingB2U5TheVirtualChoirReadingandThinkingReadingandThinkingActivity1:LeadinWhatcanyouseeinthevideo？ReadingandThinking

Canwesingtogetherwithhundredsofpeoplewhilewearealoneathome?

The

VirtualChoirReadingandThinkingEricWhitacre'sWaterNight(水之夜)ReadingandThinkingLearningobjectives:Bytheendofthisperiod,youwillbeableto:

Knowthestructureandlearnwhatisavirtualchoirandhowitiscreated.1

Learnhowtoscanforthespecificinformation.

Understandthepositiveinfluenceofthevirtualchoirandintroduceitinyourownwords.23Activity2:Readforgeneralidea0102Matchthemainideawitheachparagraph.Para.1

A.Thepersonwhocreatedthevirtualchoir

Para.2B.TheinfluenceofthevirtualchoirPara.3C.ThedevelopmentofthevirtualchoirPara.4D.Abriefintroductionofthevirtualchoir

0304What’sthetypeofthetext?

Thepassageisa/an____.A.Narration(記敘文)B.Argumentation(議論文)C.Exposition(說(shuō)明文)Activity3.Readforthedetailedinformation.0910Readandfinishthemindmap.Abriefintroductionofthevirtualchoir

Who&Where

Howtomakeone·Itconnects______________withthesameinterestinmusic;·Itenablesthemtobecomepartofthe______________

BenefitsWhatweneed

People_________themselvesaloneonvideo.Thesevideosare____________theInternet,andthentheyareput__________intoone.avideocamera;an___________________Para.1Internetconnectionrecorduploadedontotogethterordinarypeopleglobalcommnity

Anyonefromanywhere

03041.Scanandcircle(圈出)theinformation

Themanwhocameupwiththeideaforavirtualchoir.EricWhitacre.Theplacewherehestudiedmusicalcomposition.UniversityofNevada.Tips:Lookthroughquicklytofindimportantinformationsuchasdates,numbersandnamesPara.20506

2Jan.1970

1988

1995

1997

______________

Hisoriginalcompositionsbecamepopular_________attheUniversityofNevadaGraduatedfromuniversity

____________inmusicalcompositionBornintheUSLoveKnowledgePopularityStudiedmusic

amaster'sdegree3.Whatfactors(因素)madethecreationofthevirtualchoirpossible?moderntechnology2.Findtheinformationtofinishthetimeline.Overthenext10years05061.WhogaveWhitacretheideatocreatethefirstvirtualchoir?TimelineEventsIn2009Inspired,LuxAurumquehad_185_singersfrom12

differentcountries.IthasreceivedmillionsofviewsontheInternet.Sincethen

Thevirtualchoirhasbecomeaworldwidephenomenon.23July2014TheVirtualYouthChoirforUNICEFwasseenonstage.Altogether,2,292youngpeoplefrom80countriesjoinedintosingWhitacre'ssong"WhatIf"Para.32.Whatcanyougetfromthenumbersbelow?popularworld-famous0506What'stheauthor'sattitudetowardsthevirtualchoir?Para.4AnegativeB.positiveC.neutral(中立的)wonderfulbetter0506Activity4：Sharereaders'reflections

SupposeoneofyouisTaylor,theotherthreeareherfriends.Taylorneverhearsofthevirtualchoir.Pleasetrytoencouragehertojoininavirtualchoirandmakeadialogue.0506Dialogue:

Taylor:Youknow,Ilikemusicverymuch.ButIcan'tfindachoirtojoinin.Canyouhelpme?Together:Ofcourse,whynotavirtualchoir?Taylor:_____________________________________?S1:________________________________________.S2:________________________________________.S3:________________________________________........Taylor:Thevirtualchoirissuchawonderfulnewform.Ican'twaittohaveatry.Thankyousomuch.Together:Youarewelcome.2526Presentation13141.WatchtheTEDtalkmadebyEricWhitacretolearnmoreaboutthevirtualchoir.2.CreateyourownminiEnglishvirtualchoir(2-4persons)duringtheweekendusingtheapp.AssignmentReadingandThinkingAssessmentchart1.Ihavefullyunderstoodthestructureofthetext.

2.Ihavelearnedaboutthecreationanddevelopmentofthevirtualchoir.

3.Icanapply(運(yùn)用)scanningwhilereading.

4.Ihaveunderstoodthepositiveinfluence.ofthevirtualchoirandcanintroduceitinmyowewords.

5.Ihavebeengreatlyinspiredbymoderntechnology.

1.Ihavefullyunderstoodthestructureofthetext.

2.Ihavelearnedaboutthecreationanddevelopmentofthevirtualchoir.

3.Icanapply(運(yùn)用)scanningwhilereading.