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Unit 3 A Taste of English Humour Period 2 A Master of Nonverbal Humour

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Teaching aims and demands: Learn and master the new words and expressions in this period. Train the students’ reading and speaking ability: how to use short words or phrases to make a summary. Train the students’ ability to cooperate with others.

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Teaching important points Train the students’ reading ability –scanning and careful reading

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Teaching procedures Step 1 Lead - in 1)

Play a video to show the hero Chaplin 2)

Short introduction about Chaplin and his masterpieces.

Step 2 While –reading Part 1 scanning 1)

Q: which of the following information about Charlie Chaplin is mentioned in the passage? 2)

Information card about Chaplin

Part 2 careful reading Task 1 : find out the main idea Task 2 : Group discussion : Why do you think he was so successful?

Task 3 True or False •

1. Charlie Chaplin influenced the lives of Americans and British through two world wars and the hard years in between. •

2. Charlie Chaplin wasn’t badly off when he was a child.

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3. The character Charlie acted was a social failure but was loved.

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4. The Gold Rush is set in California in the middle of the nineteenth century. •

5. Chaplin’s movies were produced, directed and written by other people. •

6. Chaplin won a special Oscar for his lifetime outstanding work in films in 1972.

Step 3 read aloud and summarize 

Charlie Chaplin was born in a ________ family in ________ and at that time films were silent. He was a famous _________, especially in ________ and farce. His silent films are still popular today. His charming character was _________________ who was very poor, very kind even when people were unkind to him. Charlie Chaplin produce the film he __________ in, then he was given a special Oscar for his _____________ work. 

Five things account for his success, that is, _________, his early ___________, classic character _____________

, _______ acting skills and __________.

Step 5 homework: read the whole passage again and try to memorize the key words and phrases.

Unit 3 A Taste of English Humour

Task 2 Group discussion

Q: Why do you think he was so successful? Tips:

1. Find out main idea of the paragraph 2. Find out key sentences/ words in the paragraph 3. Think of a key word or phrase to make a summary

Para 1 : chance Para 2 : ________________ Para 3 : ____________________

= success Para 4 : ____________________ Para 5 : ______________________

Paragraph 2

Main idea : ______________________________ Key sentences: (find out two sentences to describe his childhood.) 1.

_________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ 2.

_________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ Summarize (phrases or words): ___________________

Paragraph 3

Main idea : ______________________________ Key sentences: (what made Chaplin famous throughout this world?) _________________________________________________

_________________________________________________ Summarize (phrases or words): ___________________

Paragraph 4

Main idea : ______________________________ Key sentences: (find out two adjectives(形容词) to describe his acting) ____________________ Summarize (phrases or words): ___________________

Paragraph 5

Main idea : ______________________________ Key sentences: (what has Chaplin achieved?) 1.

_________________________________________________ 2.

_________________________________________________ 3.

_________________________________________________ Summarize (phrases or words): ___________________