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Teaching Plan for NSEFC Book 4 Unit 3

A taste of English humour (说课) 湖北黄石二中

胡彪

★The Analyses of Teaching Material ★The Analyses of Teaching Methods ★The Analyses of Teaching Procedures ★The Analyses of Teaching Assessment ★Summary Ⅰ.The Analyses of Teaching Material

◆Teaching Content: Warming up(P.17); Reading and speaking(P.22); Speaking (P.23) ◆Teaching Aims:

1 Let students understand the western humour and learn to find the punchlines. 2 Try to explore different types of English humour and make students realize the differences between western humour and Chinese humour. 3 Develop the ability to explain the puns in the western humour. 4 Encourage students to make up humourous stories and act them out. ◆Focal Points of Teaching:

1 language focus: humour ,verbal ,nonverbal, mime,comedy,punchline, amuse,pancake,mountainous,whisper,vast,detective, play on words,break into, try a third time.

How wonderful! What fun!

It surprises me that…

It is very amusing /funny that… I felt happy because…

I laugh at that kind of thing because…

2 Understanding and mastering different tastes of English humour as well as cultural common sense. ◆Teaching Difficulties: 1 How to help students comprehend and analyse the English humour and try to grasp the punchlines. 2 How to improve and strengthen students’ ability of reading,speaking, comprehending and summing up. 3 How to assist students overcome the cultural differences. ◆Teaching Tasks 1 Knowledge task 2 Ability task 3 Emotional task

Ⅱ.The Analyses of Teaching Methods ◆Teaching methods

①Task-based teaching approach

②Situational teaching approach ③Communicative teaching approach ◆Learning methods

①Pair work

②Group work

③Self-researching

◆Teaching aids Tape recorder

overhead projector

pictures

flash cards

◆Design intention

Ⅲ.The Analyses of Teaching Procedures

Step 1 Lead-in

Show students some photos about the typical actors or actresses of Chinese and English humour. Ask students “Do you know these men or women? What are they? What are they good at?”…

Step 2 Warming up

①

Present Charlie Chaplin and Mr. Bean’s pictures,and then tell students they were masters of nonverbal humour(mime). ②

By brainstorming, motivate students to think about different types of verbal humour (jokes,funny stories, funny poems, comedy, crosstalk,puns,riddles,sketches,shuanghuang…) Step 3 Finding the punchlines ①

Give students two Chinese jokes first and help them find punchlines. ②

Allow students to work in pairs or groups to practise finding the punchlines of the other four jokes. Step 4 Reading and explanation

①

Read English jokes on Page 22 and do Exercise 1. ②

Use more jokes to practise students’ comprension about them.

Step 5 Reading the funny story ①

Learn the background information about Sherlock Holmes ②

Require students to read the funny story on Page 22. After

finishing reading, ask students to fill in the chart. ③

Work in groups to analyse the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson. ④

Choose three groups to act out the play which has been changed by themselves. Step 6 Speaking and discussion ①

Study the words and expressions on Page23 ②

Discuss in pairs. Do you think jokes /story/the play funny? Give your reasons. ③

Find three or four students speak their opinions in public. Step 7 Review of the words and expressions

humour,verbal,nonverbal,mime,comedy,punchline, amuse,pancake,mountainous,whisper,vast,detective, play on words, break into, try a third time.

How wonderful!

What fun!

It surprises me that…

It is very amusing /funny that… I felt happy because…

I laugh at that kind of thing because…

Step 8 Homework Choose one topic and do your writing. ①

The play Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson ②

The jokes/story/comedy you like best

Ⅳ.The Analyses of Teaching Assessment ①

Have you understood the English humour? ②

Have you learnt how to explain the English humour? ③

Have you improved your speaking ability?

④

Have you mastered the new words, phrases and expressions? Ⅴ. Summary

The Rome writer Seneca once commented: “All things are caused either for laughter or weeping.”It is understood that laughing and crying are closely related emotional responses to some kind of outside stimulation. However, something humourous does not necessarily amuse everyone. Sometimes the reason is cultural. Each society has its own notion of what is comedy.

Teaching Plan for NSEFC Book 4 Unit 3

A taste of English humour 湖北黄石二中

张晓红

★Teaching Content: Warming up(P.17); Reading and speaking(P.22); Speaking (P.23) ★Teaching Aims:

1 Let students understand the western humour and learn to find the punchlines. 2 Try to explore different types of English humour and make students realize the differences between western humour and Chinese humour. 3 Develop the ability to explain the puns in the western humour. 4 Encourage students to make up humourous stories and act them out. ★Focal Points of Teaching:

1 language focus: humour ,verbal ,nonverbal, mime,comedy,punchline, amuse,pancake,mountainous,whisper,vast,detective, play on words,break into, try a third time.

How wonderful! What fun!

It surprises me that…

It is very amusing /funny that… I felt happy because…

I laugh at that kind of thing because…

2 Understanding and mastering different tastes of English humour as well as cultural common sense. ★Teaching Difficulties: 1 How to help students comprehend and analyse the English humour and try to grasp the punchlines.

2 How to improve and strengthen students’ ability of reading,speaking, comprehending and summing up. 3 How to assist students overcome the cultural differences. ★Teaching Aids:

a recorder

overhead projector

pictures

flash cards

★Teaching Procedures: Step 1 Lead-in

Show students some photos about the typical actors or actresses of Chinese and English humour. Ask students “Do you know these men or women? What are they? What are they good at?”…

Step 2 Warming up

①

Present Charlie Chaplin and Mr. Bean’s pictures,and then tell students they were masters of nonverbal humour(mime). ②

By brainstorming, motivate students to think about different types of verbal humour (jokes,funny stories, funny poems, comedy, crosstalk,puns,riddles,sketches,shuanghuang…) Step 3 Finding the punchlines ①

Give students two Chinese jokes first and help them find punchlines. ②

Allow students to work in pairs or groups to practise finding the punchlines of the other four jokes. Step 4 Reading and explanation ①

Read English jokes on Page 22 and do Exercise 1. ②

Use more jokes to practise students’ comprension about them.

Step 5 Reading the funny story

①

Learn the background information about Sherlock Holmes ②

Require students to read the funny story on Page 22. After finishing reading, ask students to fill in the chart. ③

Work in groups to analyse the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson. ④

Choose three groups to act out the play which has been changed by themselves. Step 6 Speaking and discussion ①

Study the words and expressions on Page23 ②

Discuss in pairs. Do you think jokes /story/the play funny? Give your reasons. ③

Find three or four students speak their opinions in public. Step 7 Review of the words and expressions

①

humour,verbal,nonverbal,mime,comedy,punchline, amuse,pancake,mountainous,whisper,vast,detective, ②

play on words, break into, try a third time.

③

How wonderful! What fun!

It surprises me that…

It is very amusing /funny that… I felt happy because…

I laugh at that kind of thing because…

Step 8 Homework Choose one topic and do your writing. ①

The play Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson ②

The jokes/story/comedy you like best 湖北黄石二中

张晓红