Project(1): Putting on a play教案1

Teaching Plan: Putting on a play Learning objectives: By the end of lesson, the students are expected to:

1. understand what the two plays are about 2. know the moral meanings of the two plays 3. learn to work with others to act a play out

Teaching steps: Step1

Lead-in

How can a play make us laugh? _____________________________ Reading a play, what should we know about a play? ________________________

Step2 Reading

Read and find:

The invisible bench Theme: _________________ Characters: ______________ Setting:_________________ Plot: ___________________ What does the word “invisible” mean?________________________ After reading: Why do they sit on the invisible bench one by one? ___________________________

Step3 Reading

Fast reading:

The important papers Theme: ______________________ Characters :___________________ Setting: ______________________ Careful Reading: 1.What does the King actually want? ________________________ 2.Why is the Servant unable to understand what the King wants? __________________ 3. What’s the King’s characteristics?

feel s_________ to anyone, he is p________ of himself,

he wants to preserve his d_________, afraid of losing his _________. Read the King’s lines with emotions: The Servant fails to bring the King what he really wants, the King feels a______ and a_______, but he has to preserve his d_______. “I need, no, I must have, my important papers.”

“What are these? No, no, no, bring my important papers!”

“No, you fool!! I must have my important papers RIGHT NOW!!!”

“Ahhhh! Bring…my…important…papers…NOW! It’s an emergency! Tell him, dear!”

“NO NO NO NO! That’s not right! Someone must be able to bring my important papers!”

Listen for Actions: 1. Servant comes back in with a pile of official looking papers King _______ them at the Servant in anger and shouts “What are these? No, no, no, bring my important paper!”

2. Servant bows, dashes out, comes back in with a newspaper King

shouts “No, you fool! I must have my important papers RIGHT NOW” and ________them in two

3. Servant exits, comes back again with a magazine King shouts loudly “Ahhhh!”, takes the magazine and _________the servant . Servant runs away

4. King ______ around in chair, looking uncomfortable. He just needs his important papers.

Then Servant ________, next to Queen, _________ and looking worried.

Queen _________ a dictionary, or poster on the wall,

Servant _____ to get it and presents it to King. That’s not what king wants.

Queen tears a page from her book and offers it to King But King ___________ her.

5. Servant dashes out and ________ a roll of toilet paper King is very happy, runs off the stage as fast as possible, ______________ people and things on the way out.

Step4

Preparing a play

How can we act a play? What should we pay attention to?________________________

Step5

Show time

Step6 Judgment Which group’s performance is the best? Who is the best actor?

Step7 Homework Read the two plays with emotions

Remember some important phrases