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Unit 3 A Taste of English Humor

Period 5 Using language Teaching goals Knowledge goals

Key words and expressions

Pancake, detective, vast, porridge, drunk ,explanation, detective, mountains, whisper, mess , react Ability goals Enable students to enjoy reading the jokes about Shelock Holmes and Doctor Watson. To learn to use the language by reading, listening, speaking and writing. To raise the interest of enjoying English humor. Teaching important points

Develop students’ ability in reading, listening &speaking. Help the students learn how to understand and enjoy English humor.

Teaching difficult points

How to develop students’ ability in reading, listening &speaking. How to help the students learn to understand and enjoy English humor.

Teaching methods Task-based method, listening, reading, oral practice. Teaching aids A computer and a projector.

Teaching steps Step I

Warming up Warming up by reading jokes.

1). What day of the week is the best for having fried foods? 2.) What month do soldiers hate? 3). What is the smallest room in the world? Enjoy some verbal jokes:

1. Policeman: You can’t park here.

Driver: Why can’t I?

Policeman: Read the sign there.

Driver: It says, “Fine for Parking,” so I parked. 2.

Girl: If we marry, will you give me a ring?

Boy: Of course I will. What’s your telephone number? Daughter: Auntie kissed me this morning, Mum! Mum: How nice! Did you kiss her back, dear?

Daughter: Of course not. I kissed her face.

This activity is designed to arouse students interest in this lesson and lead into the topic-A taste of English humor. Read some of these customer and waiter jokes and ask match the joke with the explanation.

1.C: What’s that fly doing in my soup? W: Swimming. I think! students to

explanation The first person is angry about something and wants to say “Why is this here?”

2. C: What’s that? W: It’s bean soup. C: I don’t want to know what it’s been. I want to know what it is now. explanation

The answer to the question contains a word which, when spoken, can have two meanings. 3. C: Waiter. Will the pancakes be long? W: No, sir. Round.

explanation The first person is asking for information about time. The second person treats it as a question about shape. The second person treats it as a request for information, and gives an answer to the question. More jokes:

Patient: Doctor. I’ve lost my memory. Doctor: When did this happen? Patient: When did what happen?

Anisha: Thank you doctor. My fever is gone. Doctor: Don’t thank me. Thank god.

Anisha: Then I’ll pay the fees to god. A tongue twister competition

1.Mike likes to write in the bright light at night. 2.A big black bug bit a big black bear.Where's the big black bear the big black bug bit?

3.How many cookies could a good cook cook if a good cook could cook cookies? These activities are designed for students to have a real taste of

English humour . Step 2 Reading Ask students to read the passage quickly and get the main idea and some detailed information about the passage.

1. How did Watson answer Holmes’ question? --I think of how short life is and how long the universe lasted.

--I think of how small I am and how vast the sky is.

--I think of how cold the universe is and how warm people can be in their beds. 3.

What happened actually? Someone has stolen their tent.

After reading the funny story, what kind of persons do you think they are?Sherlock Holmes: careful

Doctor Watson :careless Carelessness may cause many funny stories in our daily life. The three tasks are designed to train students to get the main idea and specific information from the reading material and develop students taste of humour. Step III Listening Pre-listening Ask students to look at the exercises before listen to the tape. This task is to help students learn to predict the material before listening. Listening Task 1 Listen for the first time and write down the missing words about the main idea. This activity is to train students to listen to main idea of the material. As it is a little difficult for the students to summarize the main idea, so I ask them to write some missing words about the main idea. Task 2

Listen to Part 1 again and answer some questions about the material . This task is designed to practice listening for specific information. Task 3 Listen to part 2 and fill in the blanks This task is designed to practice listening for detailed information.

Step III Speaking Sharing

1.

Tell students a funny experience to arouse their interest in sharing their funny stories or experiences. 2.

Ask students to tell a funny story or experience in pairs. This activity is designed to get students to practice using the target language and check students learning about this lesson-enjoying English humour. Step IV Summary Give a summary of this lesson. This step is designed to train students to be optimistic in life,and encourage students to develop a sense of humor in life. Step V Homework Ask students to write down a funny story or experience after class. The homework is designed to get students to use the target language in the lesson and prepare for writing.