English Teaching Plan with the Musical Opera "Cats"

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English teaching plan with the musical opera "Cats" Teacher's Notes By HE Qiongfang (11536278G) Class size: 20 students (Senior high school students) Objectives: By the end of the lessons, students will be better able to: * talk and discuss different characters after watching the edited musical opera * read and comprehend the poetries written by T.S.Eliot * make up and write a story with a human character alike a cat * express their stories orally Learning/Teaching/Assessment Tasks/Activities * Students learn to talk and discuss the different characters after watching the edited musical opera * They learn to read and comprehend the narrative or ballad poetries written by T.S.Eliot * They get the creative idea to make a human character story alike a cat story from musical opera * They learn to present their story orally in an emotional way Material prepared * The musical opera "Cats" from the website of Youtube, Tudou * The edited musical opera "Cats" collecting the pieces of singing and dancing for "The Old Gumbie Cat", "The Rum Tum Tugger", "Macavity", "The Railway Cat" and "Memory". * The printed poetries written by T.S.Eliot for students (See the No. 1 attached) * Story writing paper for students (See the No.2 attached) Introduction: The activities in this unit are based on a selection of singing and dancing from the musical opera "Cats", including "The Old Gumbie Cat", "The Rum Tum Tugger", "Macavity", "The Railway Cat" and "Memory". Require students not only watch the musical opera "Cats" from the Internet, but also do a little research about the script coming from the poetries written by T.S. Eliot, the music composed by ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER, dancing and stage effect etc. Learning Activity 1 (25 minutes) Listening and speaking Play the edited video of "Cats" to students, which integrates the several pieces of the singing

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