Project(2): Putting on a playppt配套的板书设计及意图

Module 6 Unit 1 Laughter is good for you Project

Putting on a play Teaching aims:

Improve the students’ ability of practice. Important points & difficult points: Read the two passages about drama. Teaching patterns: Teacher-class, groups, individuals Teaching Procedures: Step 1 Lead- in Ask Ss to answer the following question for getting a good reflection of dramas? 1. Have you ever seen dramas either on TV or in a theatre? 2. Have you ever acted in a drama? 3. In your opinion, in order to put on a drama, what should you prepare? 4. In your opinion, in order to put on a drama, what preparations should be made? What steps are needed to prepare a play? (1) Listen to the director (2) Learn lines by heart (3) Find out when the character (he or she is playing) is on stage. (4) Make a list of which acts and scenes you are in. (5) Dressed in your costume and waiting in the wings at least one scene before you go on stage. (6) Follow the stage directions. Well done! You all know how to prepare a play. Step 2 Enjoy the drama Present Ss the Aspects of enjoying a drama/character 1. the impression & physical behavior 2. the words & spoken language 3. the body language 4. the psychological states

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Today, you will have a chance to experience dramas. Ok. Let’s move to the project section. In this section, you’ll read two short plays and choose one to perform. In order to finish the project, you are expected to learn how to cooperate as a team and how to fulfil each part of the work. T: Ok. Let’s come to the first play:

The invisible bench

Read it please, and then answer the questions: 1) Is there a bench in the play?

No. There isn’t any.

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What kind of comedy does this play use?

It is in the physical style of comedy. Actors use body language to perform the play. The important papers Read it quickly and answer the following questions? 1) Who do you think is the main character in the play? 2) Why are the others unable to understand him? Because he was a king and he says that he wants important papers. The others would mistake them for some official documents. 3. What does the King actually want? Toilet paper. 4. How does the author make the play funny? The author uses a play upon words —

important paper and toilet paper —

to make people laugh. Step 3 Discussion Divide the students in two. Discuss the questions: What do you think the authors of the plays want to tell us? The Students’ answers

Teacher: The plays tell us a phenomenon in our society. A group of people around us are untruthful and proud of themselves. They save their faces at all costs, but actually they will suffer from their own actions.

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The authors write the play in an ironic[讽刺的] way. This kind of play always leads us to thinking, because they always reflect some social problems around us. Step 4 Show time Act out the two plays. After the performance, we’ll decide which one is the GREAT,

and who is the GREAT actor / actress.

Step 5 Homework 1. Read the article in Part A on Page 101 in the Workbook, and then write a comment on the play they performed. 2. Preview the next unit.

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