【正文】 a private life away from crowds。 then add extra information to show Freddy why you need help. 6. Finish the letter politely and thank Freddy for his help. Freddy’s reply Let?s read Freddy?s reply and answer the questions: How was Freddy?s band formed? What advice does Freddy give? a note and a paragraph Please turn to page 74. Now in pairs you are going to decide on the best way to tell a foreign friend about one kind of Chinese folk music. What do you think they need to know before they can enjoy it? Why do you like it? Who are your favorite singers? Discuss it with your partner and write notes to remind you of your most important ideas. Then write a paragraph telling your foreign friend about the type of Chinese folk music you have chosen. Use a dictionary and other reference books to help you. IV. Further applying Finding information Go to the library to read or get online to search in order to find more information on music and musicians. Take notes of your findings and report them to your group mates next Monday morning. V. Closing down by filling a form Make use of the text and others to fill in the form below. How do people form a band Members Reasons Places Forms Results Closing down by describing a band To end this period, I am going to have two of you to describe to the class a band whom you appreciates. Who?d like to speak first? Part Two: Teaching Resources (第二部分：教學(xué)資源 ) Section 1: A text structure analysis of THE BAND THAT WASN’T I. Type of writing and summary of the idea Type of writing This is a piece of narrative writing. Main idea of the passage The band The Monkees was formed in quite a different way. It started as a TV show, with musicians played jokes on each other as well as played music, based loosely on the band called The Beatles. As time went on, their attractive performances gained fiercely support from their fans. With their own particular style of performing their band at last became very popular in the USA. Topic sentence of 1st paragraph Have you ever wanted to be a famous singer or musician? Topic sentence of 2nd paragraph Most musicians meet and form a band because they like to play music. Topic sentence of 3rd paragraph However, there was one band that started in a different way. Top sentence of 4th paragraph Their attractive performances were copied by other groups and their fans supported them fiercely. II. A tree diagram III. A retold passage of the text 1. A possible version: Being a famous singer or musician may be the dream of many people. Being a member of a band may help you realize the dream. But just how can people form a band? Most musicians often meet and form a band for they are congenial with each other. High school students may also form a band to practice music together or sometimes play in the street to passersby to earn some extra money, which is also a chance to realize their dreams of being famous. Dreaming of being a famous musician or singer. How musicians form bands. How The Monkees got their start. How The Monkees became serious about the music business. However, There was a band which was started in quite a different way. The musicians of whom the band was formed played jokes on each other and played music, loosely based on the Beatles. Their exciting performances were copied by other groups and were fiercely supported by their fans. That band was The Monkees. After a year or so, The Monkees became more serious of their work, playing their own instruments and writing their own music. Though it broke up in 1970, it reunited in the mid1980s and is still popular today. Section 2: Background information on music, musicians and the band The Monkees I. Different types of music: Folk music It has been passed down from one generation to another. At first it was never written down. People learned the songs from their families, relatives, neighbors and friends in the same village. These songs were about the country life, the seasons, animals and plants, and about love and sadness in people?s lives. Pop music It is a kind of modern music with a strong beat and not of lasting interest, especially just favored for a short time by younger people ?Rock ’n’ Roll It is also called rock and roll, a kind of modern music with strong beat, played loudly on electrical instruments, in which the singer repeats the same few simple words. Jazz Jazz was born in the USA around 1890. It came from work songs sung by black people and had its roots in Africa. Jazz started developing in the 1920s in the southern states. Soon it was played by white musicians, too, and reached other parts of the USA. African music It plays an important part in people?s lives, especially for work, and at festivals and weddings, when people dance all night long. Indian music It?s not written down. There is a basic pattern of notes which the musician follows. But a lot of modern music is also written. India also produces films with music, and millions of records are sold every year. Music in the Caribbean The slaves who were brought from Africa developed their own kind of music. West Indians make musical instruments out of large oil cans. They hit different parts of the drum with hammers to produce different notes. This type of music has bee very famous in Britain and is very good music to dance to. II. Famous musicians: Joseph Haydn（ 17321809） was an Austrian poser and is known as “the father of the symphony”. Other posers had written symphonies before Haydn, but he changed the symphony into a long piece for a large orchestra. He was born in a village in Austria, the son of a peasant. He had a beautiful singing voice. After studying music in Vienna, Haydn went to work at the court of a prince in east