Reading(1)：Stand up for your health!教学实录及点评

Module 6

Unit 1

Laughter is good for you Reading

Stand up for your health! [案例背景]

从高中英语课程的总目标来看，新课程的实施、新教材的使用、新教法的提倡，进—步提高了学生的综合语言运用能力，更加侧重培养学生收集信息、处理信息以及理解与表达的能力以及学生自主学习能力等，已成为广大高中教师普遍关注的教学热点。学生在教师的指导下，通过感知、体验、实践、参与和合作等方式，逐步达到教学目标规定的要求。教学对象是高二学生，英语基础知识较扎实，听说读写技能水平比高一时有所提高，但部分学生对英语学习兴趣不浓。因此，通过让学生表演来调动他们学习英语的兴趣，是英语学习的主要目标。

[教材分析] 本课是牛津高中英语模块六Unit1 Laughter is good for you 中的阅读课Stand up for your health!这一主题。本部分内容的学习，主要是通过图片和视频导入，让学生了解喜剧，从而介绍单口喜剧及形式，并比较它们之间的区别。通过分析和讨论，让学生在理解单口喜剧的基础上，明白笑对健康的重要性，并能从自身做起，保持乐观，积极向上的心态，面对学习，解决困难。

[教学目标] 本课为阅读课，主要是通过介绍戏剧及戏剧演员，介绍单口喜剧。通过阅读课文使学生了解单口喜剧及形式，学会表演不同类型的单口戏剧。教师通过戏剧特有的阅读策略，让学生在听的基础上，拓展归纳每一部分的关键信息,并进行归纳比较，提高阅读技能，增加词汇量。本部分内容涉及到中西文化的交流，能使学生产生共鸣。

1.语言技能目标：

通过Skimming and Scanning能抓住文章的中心含义，尤其是段落含义，以提高阅读速度，掌握文章大意

，了解戏剧知识，提高学生分析问题并解决问题的能力。

2.语言知识目标：

词汇目标：学习结合文章理解与通过联想猜测词汇含义与记忆词汇的方法，掌握重点词汇和短语。

3.情感态度目标：

通过与话题相关的音乐、图片的欣赏，激发学生保持对英语的学习兴趣和树立热爱、关心中国文化，热爱生活的人生态度。

[案例描述] Step 1 Enjoy a short part of video Teacher plays a short part of video about Mr. Bean. Introduce some information about comedy. （教师播放一段视频，这段视频是关于憨豆先生的一段喜剧，在观看视频之后，让学生讨论喜剧形式和喜剧演员。）

Step 2

Lead-in The teacher begins the lesson by showing somes picture of famous comedians. （教师通过有关喜剧演员的卡通图片，调动学生的学习热情和兴趣，寓教于乐，水到渠成，导入本课主题。）

Step 3:Fast-reading This reading material is about stand up comedy. Ask students to read through the article and master the structure of it.. Answer the following questions. 1.

What is the article about? 2. After starting as a stand-up comedian, what did Billy Crystal go on to do later in life? 3. What is laughter good for? Choose the best answer: (

)1. A stand-up comedian

while performing.

A. enjoys laughing

B. enjoys making fun of himself

C. usually makes full use of the audience

D. has prepared a lot of jokes in advance (

)2. At the 2004 Academy Awards, a very old actor ______ at first.

A. was asked to make a silent speech

B. didn’t turn on the microphone on purpose

C. made the audience laugh

D. couldn’t make himself heard

(

)3. Billy Crystal started his career ____.

A. as a television actor

B. as a film actor

C. as a stand-up comedian

D. as a host (

)4. What does the word ‘routine’ in Para. 3 probably mean?

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A. road

B. performance

C. lines

D. style (

)5. What does the word ‘appropriate’ in Line 41 probably mean?

A. proper B. clear

C. silly

D. enjoyable (

)6. We can infer from the 5th paragraph comedians are expected to ______.

A. enjoy a very long life

B. work till the end of life

C. have no plans to stop work

D. perform stand-up （由于这篇课文是关于单口喜剧的，因此，学生在阅读这篇文章时，留意文章每部分的信息，这些信息可以帮助学生更好地理解喜剧内容。在理解的基础上，让学生带着任务去读，增强他们的阅读能力。）

Step 4: Careful reading Types of stand-up Four main types of stand-up comedies

1. Jokes in everyday life 2. Visual humour 3. Body action

4. Imitation of a well-known person. Performing: Perform different kinds of the stand-up comedian. （给学生留几分钟的时间，要求学生详细认真地读这部分内容，然后分组讨论不同形式，选择其中一种进行模仿表演。这增加了趣味性和学生的参与度，活跃了课堂气氛。）

A famous comedian Listen and fill in the blanks: Billy Crystal has become famous as a TV and film 1.a_____. He has 2.h______ the Academy Awards broadcast 3.l_____ on TV 8 times. People are deeply impressed by his 4. o____________ ability to improvise. He is 5. p__________ with all age groups and his ability to 6. a_______ people all over the world proved that stand-up can be enjoyed by everyone. He has no plans to stop making films or telling jokes. He hopes to 7.f_______ in the footsteps of other famous comedians to keep working until the end of his life.

Free Discussion

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1.What special qualities should a comedian have? 2.Why did Bob Hope and George Burns live so long a life? （通过听有关Billy Crystal的一段文章，补全文章，提高学生的听力和阅读水平。）

Step 5: Consolidation Fill in each blank with one word. Theme

Stand-up comedy is 1.

for your health. The comedian makes 2.

of humorous things he or she observes in everyday life . Types of 3.

on visual humour ,comedians tell jokes 4.

stand-up objects. Comedians use their bodies to make jokes , such as 5.

over chairs and falling down on stage. Comedians act or speak like a famous person.

Well-know for his outstanding ability to think 6.

, Billy A famous Crystal has

comedian 7.

the Academy Awards eight times, always keeping a toothbrush in his pocket for good luck. He is 8.

with all age groups and able to amuse people all over the world ,which proves that stand-up can be enjoyed by everyone. 9.

People who laugh a lot are said to live 10.

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of laughing （通过任务型阅读，学生可以从课文主题展开讨论，综合运用所学知识，结合所学词汇，完成这项任务。）

Laughing helps your body stay healthy and can even help you fight pain. Step 6:

Writing

Stand up for your health (About 50 words) 1.单口喜剧在中西方都很盛行。

2.它一般具有四种类型。

3.人们喜欢它是因为：它能使人们在幽默中捧腹大笑，笑使人健康。

4.你认为还有哪些利于健康的娱乐形式。

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通过学习本篇文章，让学生运用所学信息学以致用写一篇短文，提高英语写作能力。）

Proverbs about laugh: 1. Laughter is the best medicine. 2. Laughter is the closest distance between two people.

3. A man isn't really poor if he can still laugh. 4. He laughs best who laughs last.

5. A smile makes you ten years younger.

6. A smile sweeps all your sorrows away.

（通过呈现有关笑的谚语，启发学生思考，从课文内容向人文层面的提升，同时也激励学生树立正确积极向上的人生观与价值观。）

[案例反思]

1.本课中，要求学生自行解决的问题比较多。问题的呈现有助于开拓学生的思维，师生互动环节较多，更好的引导并启发学生进行探究性学习。

2.利用多媒体课件，增加了课堂容量，也加快了课堂的节奏。多媒体课件的利用，能够使声音和图像展示在学生面前，提高了学生学习的兴趣，使课堂教学收到事半功倍的效果。而且利用多媒体课件能有效解决课堂教学中的重难点问题，充分发挥了学生的主体作用，培养了学生的创新思维。

3.利用网络图片及电影资源，充分调动学生学习的积极性，鼓励学生围绕这一主题积极开展讨论，发表自己的意见，这充分体现了以学生为主体的教学理念。

4.学生对声音与图片相结合的多媒体课件形式比较投入，不容易走神，课堂注意力集中，因此，在以后的课堂教学中，可以充分利用网络资源，提高学生的课堂参与度。

参考文献: [1] 牛津高中英语模块六

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一段关于憨豆先生的喜剧视频

[3]《全日制普通高中英语新课程标准》

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