Rock music

Rock Music Black music noisy, crazy the most popular type of music...

A.make something that is exactly like another thing B.make something by oneself A. kind B. piece Review the new words 2. “You mustn’t copy others’ homework.” the teacher said to his students. 1. Rock music is the most popular type of music around the world.

A.aged above 20 B.aged between 13 and 19 A. Review the new words 3. Which kind of telephone is old-fashioned? B. 4. Teenage girls are crazy about that singer.

Fill in the blanks copy teenage old-fashioned be popular with type have a good influence on start as combine…with 1.Some students don’t like folk songs. They think they are _____________. 2.All big trees ____________ tiny seeds ( 微小的种子）. 3.This thriller movie is not suitable for ____________audience. 4.Excellent teachers will __________________ their students. 5.We must __________theory( 理论 )_________ practice. 6.The Flowers, a famous band _________ the rhythms of other songs. 7.What ________ of house would you prefer to live in? 8.Rock music _______________ young people. old-fashioned start as teenage have a good influence on combine with copied is popular with type

Match each paragraph with its main idea: Rock music of today The development of rock music The birth of rock music Paragraph1 Paragraph2&3 Paragraph4 _________

Questions for paragraph 1: 1.When and where did R&B music begin? 2.Who was R&B music popular with? 3.What kind of music did R&B start as? 4.What kind of music was called rock’n’roll? Black music or White R&B music? 5.When did rock’n’roll become popular? In the USA in the early 1950s. Black Americans. A kind of Black music. White R&B music. In the mid-1950s.

Read paragraph 1 and fill in the blanks: in the early 1950s in the mid-1950s R&B began in the ______, it was very __________ with black Americans. It ________ _____ a kind of Black music. White musicians ______ the style. A new kind of White R&B music, called _________, became very popular. Its singers ________ millions of _______ fans. The music was fast and ________. USA popular started as copied rock’n’roll attracted teenage loud

Read paragraph 2&3 and decide whether the following statements are true or false: 1.In the late 1960s, rock’n’roll became old-fashioned. 2.The Beatles, a new group from America, became popular. 3.The Beatles started by singing England style songs. 4.They didn’t develop their own style. 5.The Beatles only used one kind of instruments. In the early 1960s, rock’n’roll became old-fashioned. The Beatles, a new group from England, became popular. The Beatles started by singing American style songs. They developed their own style. The Beatles introduced different instruments.

Change the words in the sentences with the key words and expressions in paragraph 2&3: In the early 1960s, rock’n’roll became out of date. The Beatles, a new group from England became fashionable. The Beatles started by singing American style songs, but they soon developed their own form. They also presented different instruments. Bands like the Beatles played a very important role in popular music. old-fashioned. popular. introducedGroups had a very important influence on style

Listen to the paragraph 4,then fill in the blanks: Rock music has continued to ___________and develop. It has __________ ___________ music from different _________ of the world. Today, there are ________ _________ different types of rock music, and almost every country has its _______ ________ of rock music. change combined with parts hundreds of own form

Summary: Task 1 Complete the chart below. A Brief History of Rock Music TimeEventFeature early 1950sbirth of _________Black music _______ developed into______White music ______and_____ early 1960sR&B became _______; ______became popular till the present has continued to change and ___________ has combined with music from______ _______________ R&B mid-1950s rock’n’roll fast loud old-fashioned The Beatles develop different parts of the world

Task 2 Complete the following passage with the italicized words and expressions in the reading passage. The Beatles have been the most successful pop group in the world. _________of people, especially ______________, are crazy about them and their music. A lot of the Beatles’ songs became ___________. Those songs always had strong rhythms so that people could dance to them. Though their songs became popular during the 1960s,they still have great _____________on the music of today. The Beatles’ success story suggests that good music is never _______________. Millionsteenage fans popular influence old-fashioned

Retell the brief history of rock music in a group of four:

In the early 1950s It began... R ＆ B was popular with... …started as a kind of Black music In the mid-1950s The White musicians copied......rock’n’roll became......attracted... It was...and... In the early 1960s R ＆ B became…; The Beatles …became popular Till the present Rock music has continued to change and….. has combined with music from…

Assignment: Group A:1. Listen and practise reading with the help of tape-recording. 2. Write 7to8 sentences about Rock Music Group B: Listen and practise reading with the help of tape-recording.