1、新教材高一教案UNIT11（第5课时）Period Five(Grammar)Step 1 Warming-upFirst show a episode by Elvis Presley and let the Students guess who sang the song. T: Who is the man? S: (Ss probably answer) Elvis Presley.Then ask the Ss to report some information about Elvis Presley. Detailed information about Elvis Presle
2、y:Elvis Presley is the undisputed King of Rock and Roll. He rose from humble circumstances to launch the rock and roll revolution with his commanding voice and charismatic stage presence. In the words of the historical marker that stands outside the house where he was born: Presleys career as a sing
3、er and entertainer redefined popular music. Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, on January 8, 1935, and grew up surrounded by gospel music of the Pentecostal church. In 1948 the family moved to Memphis, where he was exposed to blues and jazz on Beale Street. After graduating from high school in
4、 1953, an 18-year-old Presley visited the Memphis Recording Service - also the home of Sun Records - to record his voice. Owner/producerSam Phillipswas struck by the plaintive emotion in Presleys vocals and subsequently teamed him with guitaristScotty Mooreand bassist Bill Black. In July 1954 the tr
5、io worked up Thats All Right and Blue Moon of Kentucky - blues and country songs, respectively - in a crackling, uptempo style that stands as the blueprint for rock and roll. After five groundbreaking singles, Presleys contract was sold to RCA Records and his career quickly took off. I Forgot to Rem
6、ember to Forget - his last single for Sun and first for RCA - went to #1 on the country charts. Heartbreak Hotel, a haunting ballad, became his first across-the-board hit, holding down the top spot for eight weeks. Presleys hip-shaking performances on a series of TV variety shows, including Ed Sulli
7、vans, generated hysteria and controversy. From blistering rockers to aching balladry, Presley captivated and liberated the teenage audience. His historic string of hits in 1956 and ?7 included Dont Be Cruel, Hound Dog, Love Me Tender, All Shook Up and Jailhouse Rock. Presleys career momentum was int
8、errupted by a two-year Army stint in Germany, where he met his future wife, Priscilla. For much of the Sixties, he occupied himself with movie-making and soundtrack-recording. His albums of sacred songs, such as How Great Thou Art, stand out from this otherwise fallow period. Presleys standing as a
9、rock and roller was rekindled with an electrifying TV special, simply titled Elvis and broadcast on December 3, 1968. He followed this mid-career renaissance with some of the most mature and satisfying work of his career. Recording in Memphis, he cut such classic tracks as In the Ghetto, Suspicious
10、Minds and Kentucky Rain with the soulful, down-home musicians at American Studio. If the Fifties were devoted to rock and roll and the Sixties to movies, the Seventies represent the performing chapter in Presleys career. He toured constantly, performing to capacity crowds around the country until hi
11、s death. Presley died of a heart attack at Graceland, his Memphis mansion, on August 16, 1977. He was 42 years old. How big was Elvis? Statistically, he holds records for the most Top Forty hits (107), the most Top Ten hits (38), the most consecutive #1 hits (10) and the most weeks at #1 (80). As fa
12、r as his stature as a cultural icon, which continues to grow even in death, writer Lester Bangs said it best: I can guarantee you one thing - we will never again agree on anything as we agreed on Elvis. Inductee timelineJanuary 8, 1935Elvis Aron Presley is born to Gladys and Vernon Presley in a two-
13、room cabin on North Saltillo Road in East Tupelo, Mississippi. SUMMER 1953Elvis Presley stops at Memphis Recording Service to record two songs, My Happiness and Thats When Your Heartaches Begin, as a birthday present for his mother. Phillips notes that Presley has a good feel for ballads and should
14、be invited back. July 18, 1953Elvis Presley, then earning his keep as a truck driver, drops by the Memphis Recording Service, home of Sun Records. He privately records two songs (My Happiness/Thats When Your Heartaches Begin) for the sum of $4, leaving with a ten-inch acetate. Office manager Marion
15、Keisker jots a note for ownerSam Phillips: Good ballad singer. January 4, 1954A young Elvis Presley visits the Memphis Recording Service to record Casual Love Affair and Ill Never Stand in Your Way and meets Sun Records ownerSam Phillips. June 27, 1954After several fruitless recording sessions,Sam P
16、hillipspairs Elvis Presley with guitaristScotty Mooreand bass player Bill Black. He hopes the singer might find his voice by rehearsing with other musicians cut from the same country, pop, gospel and R&B cloth. July 5, 1954Rock and roll history is made when Elvis Presley,Scotty Mooreand Bill Black s
17、pontaneously perform bluesman Arthur Big Boy Cruddups Thats All Right in romping, uptempo style. The next day, bluegrass pioneerBill Monroes Blue Moon of Kentucky is given a similarly playful treatment. On July 19th, the two songs are released as Elvis Presleys first single, which bears the legend S
18、un 209. July 19, 1954Sun releases Thats All Right and Blue Moon of Kentucky by Elvis Presley, backed by guitaristScotty Mooreand bassist Bill Black.July 20, 1954Elvis Presley makes his first public appearance, performing on a flatbed truck in Memphis. This inaugurates a period of wildly performed an
19、d riotously received concerts that will be interrupted only by Presleys induction into the U.S. Army. August 15, 1955Elvis Presley signs a management contract with Colonel Tom Parker, whose other clients included country-music stars Eddy Arnold and Hank Snow. The relationship with Parker will contin
20、ue till Presleys death. November 1, 1955Despite Presleys growing popularity, his five Sun singles fail to make a dent on the national charts. Phillips sells his contract to RCA Records for $35,000.November 20, 1955Elvis Presleys contract with Sun Records, including all previously released and record
21、ed material, is sold to the New York-based RCA label for $35,000.January 27, 1956Elvis Presleys debut single for RCA, Heartbreak Hotel, is released. The first of Presleys 17 Number One hits, it holds down the top spot for eight weeks. Heartbreak Hotel establishes Elvis Presley and rock and roll itse
22、lf as national phenomena. January 28, 1956Elvis Presley makes his first appearance on network TV as a guest on Stage Show, hosted by jazz bandleaders Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey. Throughout 1956, Presleys biggest year, he will also appear on The Milton Berle Show, The Steve Allen Show and The Ed Sullivan
23、 Show. April 15, 1956Heartbreak Hotel (Elvis Presley) was a hit.July 22, 1956I Want You, I Need You, I Love You (Elvis Presley) was a hit.August 4, 1956What many consider to be one of rocks greatest double-sided singles, Dont Be Cruel and Hound Dog, is released. Both sides will share the top spot fo
24、r 11 weeks. August 12, 1956Hound Dog/Dont Be Cruel (Elvis Presley) was a hit.October 28, 1956Love Me Tender (Elvis Presley) was a hit.November 15, 1956The film Love Me Tender, which features Elvis Presley in the first of 31 Hollywood movie roles, premieres at the New York Paramount. Two months earli
25、er, on September 9th, he performed the title song on the Ed Sullivan Show to a record viewing audience estimated at 54 million. December 4, 1956Four legendary past and present Sun Records recording artists Elvis Presley,Jerry Lee Lewis,Carl Perkinsand Johnny Cash rather at Sun for an informal jam se
26、ssion. Later dubbed the Million Dollar Quartet, the stars (sans Cash, who stays only briefly) perform gospel standards and recent hits in relaxed, impromptu fashion. December 4, 1956The Million Dollar Quartet Presley, Perkins, Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis records old gospel, country and pop songs at an
27、impromptu session. The recordings arent officially released until the mid-Eighties.1957Leiber & Stoller are summoned to New York by Elviss Brill Building music publisher to write songs for the movie Jailhouse Rock. The title song soon reaches #1. January 6, 1957Elvis Presley sings five songs in his
28、final performance on the Ed Sullivan Show. January 8, 1957Elvis Presley passes the pre-induction exam for the Army. February 3, 1957Too Much (Elvis Presley) was a hit.April 7, 1957All Shook Up (Elvis Presley) was a hit.July 2, 1957(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear (Elvis Presley) was a hit.September 1, 19
29、57Jimi Hendrixgoes to see Elvis Presley perform at Sicks Stadium.October 15, 1957Jailhouse Rock (Elvis Presley) was a hit.December 19, 1957Elvis Presley is served with his draft notice while home at Graceland for the Christmas holidays. He is sworn in as a private in the U.S. Army on March 24, 1958,
30、 and later sent to basic training in Fort Hood, Texas. Shipped to Germany, he will serve in Company D, 32nd Tank Battalion, 3rd Armor Corps, from October 1, 1958, to March 1, 1960. February 4, 1958Dont (Elvis Presley) was a hit.July 15, 1958Hard Headed Woman (Elvis Presley) was a hit.August 4, 1959A
31、 Big Hunk O Love (Elvis Presley) was a hit.April 19, 1960Stuck On You (Elvis Presley) was a hit.May 12, 1960Elvis guest-stars on a Frank Sinatra-hosted TV special, Welcome Home Elvis, and cuts his first post-Army recordings in Nashville. They yield the hit album Elvis Is Back and such million-sellin
32、g singles as Its Now or Never and Are You Lonesome Tonight. August 9, 1960Its Now Or Never (Elvis Presley) was a hit.November 22, 1960Are You Lonesome Tonight? (Elvis Presley) was a hit.March 14, 1961Surrender (Elvis Presley) was a hit.December 16, 1961The soundtrack to Blue Hawaii reaches #1 on the
33、 album charts, where it will remain for 20 weeks. With sales of 2 million, it is Elvis Presleys best-selling album to date. April 15, 1962Good Luck Charm (Elvis Presley) was a hit.July 26, 1965Elvis Presleys version ofthe Orioles Crying in the Chapel peaks at #3 on the pop chart.August 27, 1965The B
34、eatlesspend the evening talking and playing music with Elvis Presley at his Bel air home. May 1, 1967Elvis Presley marries Priscilla Beaulieu, who he met eight and a half years earlier during his tour of duty in Germany, at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas. Their daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, is born
35、exactly nine months later, on February 1, 1968. December 3, 1968NBC airs Elvis, a television special that revitalizes Elvis career as a rock and roll performer. December 8, 1968The hour-long special Elvis, sponsored by Singer Sewing Machines, airs on NBC-TV. Clad in black leather, Elvis successfully
36、 pulls off the greatest comeback in rock and roll history. After his decade-long stint as a movie star, he re-establishes himself as a musical performer and cultural totem on this electrifying, widely viewed special. January 13, 1969Presley enters American Sound Studio in Memphis, where he will cut
37、some of the finest recordings of his career, including the hits In the Ghetto and Suspicious Minds. It is the first time hes recorded in his hometown since 1956. July 31, 1969Elvis Presley performs his first live concert since March 25, 1961, opening a four-week engagement that christens the 1,500-c
38、apacity Showroom at the International Hotel in Las Vegas. The remaining eight years of Presleys life will largely be devoted to live performances, either on the road or at the International Hotel. October 26, 1969Suspicious Minds (Elvis Presley) was a hit.1969Elvis Presley returns to the road. His g
39、uitarist and bandleader is James Burton, who will remain with Presley until his death in 1977.January 9, 1971Elvis Presley is named one of 10 Outstanding Young Men of the Year by the U.S. Jaycees. October 9, 1973Elvis and Priscilla Presley divorce in Santa Monica, California. T: How did he sing the
40、song? S: (Ss probably answer) Elvis Presley sang the song wonderfully.T: Yes, can you say the sentence in another way beginning with the song as the subject. S: (Ss probably answer) The song was sung by Elvis Presley. Show the slide: Elvis Presley sang the song wonderfully. The song was sung by Elvi
41、s Presley wonderfully.Then the teacher gives more examples and let Ss themselves discover how the Active Voice and Passive Voice is formed. If necessary, T briefly explains the grammar item in this unit. Step 2 ReadingHave the Ss read the passage at Page 75 and then rewrite the phrases in bold, usin
42、g the Active Voice.Step 3 Practice1. Do grammar exercises at Page 75. 2. Do Checkpoint 11 grammar exercises at Page 77.The key to the classroom door _ (keep) by our monitor.The theme song of the 1998 World Cup _ (perform) by Ricky Martin.The performance _ (give) in the Capital Concert Hall.He knew t
43、hat he _ (invite) to perform in the New Years Concert.This song _ (play) all over the country now.He wrote this song while his watch _ (repair ).Although it _ (play) many times, he still love this tune. It was the first time he _ (award ) with a Grammy. 3. Do workbook exercises at Page 147 and 148.4
44、. Cover the workbook integrating skills reading: American Country Music. 1) First time: reading for information2) Second time: read to find sentences with the grammar patterns: the Active Voice and the Passive Voice, then do the changesHomework:1. Write an article about music trying to use as many sentences containing the grammar points as possible;2. Preview the integrating skills reading: Pop vs RockConsult the website www. to get more information about pop music and rock music