Learning about Language教学设计(第二课时)

Unit 3 A Taste of English Humour A Master of Nonverbal Humour Design Intent This is the second teaching period of this unit,aiming to help students get a thorough understanding of the reading material in this unit.The emphasis of this period is mainly placed on the introduction to Charlie Chaplin and his films and the reading skills such as scanning and skimming.Meanwhile,the teacher should also focus on some difficult sentences and expressions to make sure that students can understand the passage thoroughly.

Teaching Aims

1.Learn what nonverbal humour is by Charlie Chaplin’s career. 2.Understand and enjoy English humour. 3.Master the reading skills such as skimming and scanning. Teaching Key Points Enable students to understand the text better. Teaching Difficult Points Get the students to analyze the personality of Charlie Chaplin and learn from him. Teaching Methods

Individual,pair or group work to make every student work in class.

Teaching Procedures

➡Step Ⅰ

Greetings (2 mins)

Greet the whole class as usual. ➡Step Ⅱ

Lead-in and Pre-reading (4 mins) （设计意图:通过播放卓别林吃鞋的片段，让学生欣赏卓别林的精湛演技，并观察卓别林在剧中的穿着和搞笑动作。目的是引起学生对卓别林的兴趣，并在阅读中将看到的情景与文章内容相联系。）

1.Play a video for students. 2.Present information of Chaplin. ➡Step Ⅲ

Reading (18 mins) 1.Fast-reading (设计意图：引导学生快速浏览课文，在初步掌握文章整体后，归纳段落大意。然后再进行寻读，捕捉具体信息细节，加深对文章的理解。）

Task 1

Skim the text quickly and answer the questions .

1. Who does “a master of nonverbal humour” refer to?

2. When did Chaplin get a special Oscar? Task 2

Scan the text to match the main idea of each paragraph.

Para 1

Charlie Chaplin’s childhood.

Para 2

His most famous character. Para 3

Why people needed cheering up. Para 4

His achievements. Para 5

An example of his works.

( The Gold Rush )

2.Detailed Reading (设计意图：引导学生仔细阅读课文，通过分段阅读，帮助学生真正理解课文。）

Read the text carefully and answer the following questions.

1.

What effect does Charlie Chaplin's acting have? 2.

When was he taught to sing and dance? 3.

Describe the little tramp. 4.

Chaplin produced, _______, and wrote many movies he ________.He was given a special Oscar for his lifetime outstanding work.

➡Step IV

Post-reading (13 mins) (设计意图：学生通过阅读了解课文内容，引导学生回归课文，以课文内容为依托，设计与高考形式相同的语法填空题，让学生进行简单的语言输出，以此促进学生对课文内容的进一步理解，同时也对课文的词汇和句式进行进一步巩固。) 1.Summary Charlie Chaplin, born in a poor family, showed an 1.____________(astonish) talent as a performer as soon as he could walk.2.___________(fortunate), his father died,leaving his family even 3._________(bad) off. In his teens,he could act the fool doing ordinary 4.______(task),whom no one was 5._______(bore) watching.Later on,Chaplin directed,produced and 6.________(star) in a series of funny movies,which made people laugh at a time when they felt 7.__________ (depress),so they could feel more content with their lives.The little tramp,who was a 8.__________(home) man with a moustache, large trousers,worn-out shoes and a small round black hat, was one of 9._____most outstanding parts he had ever 10.________(play).

2. Performances

（设计意图：在全面深入理解课文的基础上，让学生进行语言输出，以此促进学生对文本的进一步理解和对课文信息的整合。通过讨论和表演，

对喜剧有更深层次的了解，并从中受到启发。）

Question：Which type of humour do you like better? In pairs perform the following jokes. ➡nonverbal joke

The clip of eating shoe. ➡verbal joke Early one morning, a mother went in to wake up her son. “Wake up,Son.It’s time to go to school!”

“But why, Mom?I don’t want to go.”

“Give me two reasons why you don’t want to go.”

“Well, the kids hate me for one, and the teachers hate me, too!”

“Oh, that’s no reason not to go to school.Come on now and get ready.”

“Give me two reasons why I should go to school.”

“Well, for one, you’re 52 years old. And for another, you’re the Principal!”

➡Teacher’s words (2 mins) To live the life to the fullest, we’d better develop a sense of humor and have a positive attitude towards life. ➡Step V Homework (1 mins)

（设计意图：通过再次朗读，引导学生再次回到课文；学生通过把Post-reading部分进行的讨论用书面语写下来，来提高自己更高层次的语言输出能力。）

Read the text again.Write a short passage about Charlie Chaplin’s life and what you have learned from him.(About 60 words) ➡Step VI Design on the Blackboard Unit 3 A Taste of English Humor A master of Nonverbal Humor Main Body

Para 1.------Para 5.