A taste of English humor

1、Teaching Plan for Lesson2, Unit 3(SEFC Book 4)The Second Period, Warming up and Pre-reading: “A taste of English humor”I. Teaching Objectives 1. Language Objectives (1) Important words and phrases verbal, nonverbal, mime, farce, content with, worse off, pick out, social failure, undergo.(2) Importan

2、t sentence patternsa. So they could feel more content with their lives. P18b. Not that Charlies own life was easy.P18c. You may find it astonishing that Charlie was taught to sing as soon as he could speak and dance as soon as he could walk. P18d. This character was social failure, but was loved for

3、 his optimism and determination to overcome all difficulties. P 18e. The acting is so convincing that it makes you believe that it is one of the best meals he has ever tasted! P18 2. Ability Objectives(1) Enable the students to talk about some types of English humor and Chinese humor.(2) Learn what

4、humor means and what nonverbal humor is.(3) Develop the students reading ability: skimming and scanning.(4) Learn to analyze the reading material and summarize its main idea. 3. Moral Objectives (1) Enlighten the students about the importance of humor. (2) Lead the students to learn from Charlies ex

5、perience.II. Important Points1. Help the students learn how to understand and enjoy English humor. 2. Train the students reading ability.III. Difficult Points1. Promote the students reading ability: How to analyze the text and grasp the main idea of the text.2. Help the students know the differences

6、 between the English and Chinese humors.IV. Teaching Methods1. Task-based language teaching method, situational communicative teaching method and heuristic method. 2. Teaching Aids: a projector, a computer, blackboard, and some pictures, etc.V. Teaching ProceduresStep I Lead-in (3 mins)1. Greet the

7、whole class as usual.2. Begin with a question to arouse the students attention.3. Introduce two English humors to help them get a general understanding of English humor.T: Hello! At the very beginning of our todays class, I would like to ask you a question. Why would a thief break into a shop three

8、times? Can you guess the answer?S1: S2: T: Both of you did excellent jobs! Well, the story isT: What are you laughing at? Is it the thief who makes you laugh?S: T: The thief is humorous, right? As is known to all, humor is a word which means making others laugh. If someone often makes others laugh,

9、just as the thief does, we say he is humorous. We call him a humorist. Today, we are going to have a wonderful taste of English humor.Step II Warming up（10mins）1. Talk about verbal and nonverbal humors and find their differences. 2. Show some pictures to the students. Ask them to guess who the typic

10、al actors in the pictures are and introduce them.3. Explain different types of humors in English and Chinese.4. Deal with the chart part on page 17.T: The English humors we just came across are called verbal jokes. Actually, there are two kinds of humors: verbal and nonverbal humor. Verbal means spo

11、ken, that is to say we use spoken words only. However, nonverbal humor mainly relies on our facial expressions or gestures, instead of using words. Next, I will show you some pictures. Guess who they are.S: The first one is T: Yes, I dare say that everybody knows him. How about the second picture?(D

12、eal the rest in the same way)T: These are some typical actors or writers in foreign countries. There are also many masters of verbal or nonverbal humor in china. Can you name some? Ill show you some pictures again. See, who are they and what are they good at? Nonverbal, mime, farce, funny tales or f

13、unny poems?S: The first picture is T: You get it! Do you know what they are good at?S: T: Good. I think Zhao Benshan is famous for his mime, too. The third one is Hou Baolin, who was a famous cross talk actor. But what a pity, he died. The last one is Liu Quanhe & Liu Quanli, they are good at pa

14、ntomime. Can you finish the chart now?T: Sometimes English humors sound no funny at all to us. Because the sense of humor between English and Chinese is different, it is particular to each culture. So we should learn to enjoy different types of humor.The suggested answers:English humorChinese humorn

15、onverbalMime 劉全和、劉全利farceSketch 陳佩斯、趙本山Verbal jokesCross talk 侯寶林Step III Pre-reading (4 mins)1. Work in pairs to share what they know about Charlie Chaplin.2. Introduce some basic information of Charlie Chaplin to the students.3. Based on the title and the pictures in the text, ask the students to

16、predict its content. T: Just now we shared some information of the humor masters. But we left one person behind. Do you still remember who he is?S: T: Well done! What do you think of Charlie Chaplin?T: Can you name some of his masterpieces?S:T: Excellent! His masterpieces are: The Gold Rush, Modern

17、Times, The Little Tramp, City Night and the like. T: Today we are going to learn something about him. Welcome to our text part A Master of Nonverbal Humor. Please look at the title and the pictures of the passage and predict its content. This passage is about:A. The story of English humor B. The fil

18、ms that Chaplin madeC. The humor Chaplin made in his filmD. The Gold Rush in CaliforniaStep IV Reading (15 mins)1. Skimming: ask the students to skim the whole text within 6 minutes. In this procedure, students should complete the following two tasks：(1) Answer the following questions.a. Why did peo

19、ple need cheering up?b. What was Charlie Chaplins childhood like? c. What was his most famous characteristic like? d. Can you give an example of a sad situation that he made it funny? e. What were his achievements?(2) Sum up the main ideas by themselves first, then discuss with group members.2. Deal

20、 with the reading part. Analyze the text paragraph after paragraph. Find out the topic in each paragraph.(Cooperative learning) Paragraph 1: The world situation.Paragraph 2: Charlie Chaplins childhoodParagraph 3: His famous worksParagraph 4: An example of his workParagraph 5: His achievements3. Divi

21、de the text into 3 parts and explain why so.4. Summarize the main idea of the whole text then confirm the prediction in pre-reading part.T: Please skim the whole text within 6 minutes, and then sum up the main idea of each paragraph based on the questions bellow. Then we will analyze the text. (Afte

22、r listening to the tape, students will have a discussion.)T: OK. Im glad you have thought actively and had a heated discussion. Now look at Paragraph One. What does the first paragraph mainly talk about?S1: (Deal with the rest of the text in the same way)Step V Scanning and speaking (8 mins)1. Ask t

23、he students to scan the text for specific information about Charlie Chaplins life and career. 2. Ask them to make an interview according to the reading passage. 3. Ask two pairs of students to role-play their interview.4. Help them to fill the blanks in the text book then check the answers.T: Imagin

24、e that you are Charlie Chaplin, and your partner is a journalist. Make an interview according to the reading passage. You can begin like this:J: Excuse me, Im a reporter from 21st Century, may I ask you some questions, Mr. Chaplin? C:.(Show on PPT) T: Good! Thanks for your amazing performance. Now t

25、ry to fill the blanks in the text in one minute.Step VI Summary(4mins)1. Make a summary of the whole text.2. Discuss some questions to lead them learn from Charlie Chaplins perseverance, optimistic and humor. Meanwhile, help them to realize that humor is to make people become optimistic about everyt

26、hing around.T: Our text takes Charlie Chaplin as an example. It tells us what nonverbal humor means Then, we will have a discussion about the text. There are two questions. Discuss them with your partner. (1). Do you think his childhood helped him in his work? Why? (2). Why do you think he is so successful? T: Who would like to share your opinions? S: