《Unit5Rhythm》CultureCornerExercise■Askstudentswhattheyknowaboutmusic—-encouragethemtosayasmuchaspossible.■Studentsreadthroughthequestionsandskimthetitleandthewordsinblack.Encouragethemtoguesstheanswerstothequestions.■Studentsscanthetexttochecktheirguessesforthequestions.ReferthemtotheNotesforhelp.■Studentsreadthetextagainforfurtherunderstanding.Thenwritedowntheanswerstothequestions.Answers1Blues2Rock’n’Roll3Classicalmusic4Jazz5Becauseradio,televisionandtheInternethavemadeiteasierforsoundstotravelacrossculturesandstyleshavebecomemoreandmoremixed.OptionsExtensionIngroups,studentschoosethemusictheylikemostandthinkofthenamesoftheirfavouriteworld-famoussingersormusicians.Givereasonsfortheirpreferences.EachgroupdescribestheirfavouritesingersormusiciansinEnglishtotheclassandlettheothersguesswhotheyare.Thentheygivereasonswhytheylikehim/hermost.BulletinBoardObjectives■Togivestudentsopportunitiestotellandshowtheirspecialtalentstotheothers.■Toencouragestudentstowritedescriptionsoftheirspecialtalents.■Toexchangeideasandhuntothers’talents.■Tofurtherexplorethethemeoftheunit.Options■Askstudentsaboutwhatspecialtalentstheyhaveandwhattheyknowaboutthoseoftheotherstudents.■AskthestudentstoreadthedescriptionsontheBulletinBoardindividually.■Askstudentswhatinformationisincludedineachdescriptionandwhatelsetheyknowabouttheirclassmates.■Encouragestudentstowritedescriptionsoftheirownspecialtalentsorthoseofotherstheyknowabout.■Displaytheirwritingsontheclassbulletinboard.Encouragestudentstoreadotherstudents’writingsafterclass.UnitDiaryObjectives■Toencouragestudentstoreflectonwhattheyhavelearnedinthisunit用心爱心专心■Toencouragestudentstothinkabouttheirownlearningstyle■Toidentifyeffectivelearningmethods■Todevelopstudents’confidence■Toencouragestudentstotakeactivecontroloftheirstudies■Tohelpteachersgetaclearerinsightintothestudents’learningstrengthsandweaknessesPart1(1)Thisasksstudentstothinkofthetopicsoftheunitanddecidewhichlessonwastheirfavourite.Part2(2-5)Thispartrefersbacktotheunitobjectivesfromthestartoftheunit,thinkaboutwhattheyhavelearnedinthisunit.Part3(6)Thispartasksstudentstoexpresstheirpersonalopinions,comprehensivelyusingtheideasinthereadingandlisteningmaterialsinthisunitorfromotherresources.Part4(7-8)Thispartfocusesontheevaluationoftheusefulnessoftheactivitiesforeachofthetasks.Part5(9)Thispartgetsstudentstoreflectonthelisteningandreadingtexts,toidentifythevocabularythatstudentsstillhavedifficultieswithintheunit.Part6(10)Thispartisthereflectionofthestudent’slearningstylesandstrategies.Infact,thesevenchoicesarethesuggestionsforEnglishlearning,whicharehelpfulforstudents.用心爱心专心