Using LanguageⅡ教学设计(教案)

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教学目标

1. Learn and master the useful words and phrases. 2. Let the student learn from nonverbal humour. 3. Train the students’

predicting, skimming and summarizing ability during reading the text. 4. Encourage the students to keep optimistic attitude to life, foster sense of humour and cultivate their taste. 教学重点

1. Master the following words and phrases: feel content with, performer, astonishing, unfortunately, badly off, ordinary, bored, entertaining, throughout, homeless, moustache, failure, overcome, leather, pick out, cut off, chew, convincing, direct, star in, outstanding 2. Enable the students to understand the text better. 3. Improve the students’ predicting, skimming and summarizing ability. 教学难点

1. How to make the students understand the text better. 2. How to make the students understand the following sentence. Not that Charlie’s own life was easy! 教学方法

1. Read the passage of The Gold Rush and ask the students some questions. 2. Scan the text to get some information about Charlie Chaplin. 3. Careful reading to summarize the main ideas of each paragraph. 4. Individual, pair or group work to make every student work in class. 教学过程

Step I

Greetings Greet the whole class as usual. Step II

Lead-in and Pre-reading 1. Review the words. 2. Introduce the different styles of humour.

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3. Let the students think about and discuss the questions in the part of Pre-reading. If the students cannot answer the questions perfectly, the teacher should consummate the answer. Suggested answers: verbal: funny stories; jokes; limerick; sketch; cross-talk nonverbal: mime; farce; funny poses; clown Step III

Reading Task One

Let the students skim the text quickly and find the right answers to the questions. (1)What’s the passage mainly about? A. The history of English humour. B. The films Chaplin made. C. The humour Chaplin made in his films. D. The Gold Rush in California. (2)In the middle of 19th century, people went to California to look for A. films B. gold C. entertainment D. water Suggested answers: (1)C

(2)B Task Two

Let the students scan the text to get some information about Charlie Chaplin and accomplish Comprehending One. Born: ____________________________________________________________ Job: _____________________________________________________________ Famous character: __________________________________________________ Costume: _________________________________________________________ Type of acting: _____________________________________________________ Died: ____________________________________________________________ Suggested answers:

Born: in 1889 Job: actor, writer, director, producer Famous character: the little tramp Costume: moustache, large trousers, worn-out shoes, small round black hat,

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walking stick Type of acting: nonverbal humour Died: Switzerland, 1977 Task Three

Let the students read the text carefully and match the main idea of each paragraph. Paragraph 1

an example of a sad situation that he made funny Paragraph 2

his achievements Paragraph 3

what Charlie’s childhood was like Paragraph 4

what his most famous character was like Paragraph 5

introduction to the topic Suggested answers: Paragraph 1: introduction to the topic Paragraph 2: what Charlie’s childhood was like Paragraph 3: what his most famous character was like Paragraph 4: an example of a sad situation that he made funny Paragraph 5: his achievements Step IV

Discussion Accomplish Comprehending Three. Task Four

In pairs discuss these questions about Charlie Chaplin. (1)Do you think his poor childhood helped him in his work? Why? (2)Why do you think he was so successful? Suggested answers: (1) Yes, I think so. Because his poor childhood offered the experience of poor life and toughened him. (2) Because he brightened the lives of Americans and British through two world wars and the hard years in between, and up to now nobody has been able to do this better than him. Step V

Summary and Homework Summary Charlie Chaplin was born in a _____ family in _____ and at that time films were

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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 _____ even when people were _____ to him. He was a social _____, and he was homeless, but he had _____ to overcome difficulties. What he wore were _____ shoes, large trousers and a small round black hat, and he was always carrying a walking stick. Charlie Chaplin _____ in the film The Gold Rush. He played a man with bad luck, eating shoes with great _____ when he _____ a snowstorm in a small wooden house. Suggested answers: poor; 1889; actor; mime; the little tramp; kind; unkind; failure; determination; worn-out; starred; enjoyment; was caught in Step VI

The Design of Writing on the Blackboard Unit 3

A taste of English humour The Second Period A Master of Nonverbal Humour Main Body Paragraph 1: A talented comedy actor Paragraph 2: Life Paragraph 3 : Little tramp Paragraph 4: Example Paragraph 5: Achievements Step VII

Homework 1. Surf the Internet to find more information about Chaplin and his films. 2. Read the passage again and find out the useful words and expressions. Try to learn them by heart.

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