Using LanguageⅡ优质课教案

Unit3 A Taste of English Humor（Using language）

1教学目标

1. Ability goals (1) Improve students’ skills of speaking, reading, listening and writing.

(2) Develop students’ ability of acting and expressing.

2. Emotional Goals (1) Enable students to learn to appreciate different types of humour in daily life. (2) Encourage students to keep an optimistic attitude toward life, especially when they meet troubles. 2重点难点

Teaching key points (1) Cultivate students’ sense of humour.

(2) Lead students to understand and feel English humour in everyday life. Teaching difficult points (1) Enable students to sense humor in English, which is different from that in Chinese due to cultural difference. (2) Encourage students to think creatively. 4教学过程

活动1 (1) Nonverbal form of humor Show pictures of Charlie Chaplin, Baymax, and Mr. bean to students. Ask them why they make people laugh. (mainly through facial expressions and body language) (2) Verbal form of humor Watch a video clip and ask students their feelings about it. 活动2

Three

jokes (1) A word preview

1. amusing → vt. amuse 2. explain → n. explanation 3. mountain → adj. mountainous 4. drink --- drank →past participle / adj. drunk 5. 粥;麦片粥

porridge 6. n. 脏或乱的状态

mess 7. vi. 做出反应;回应

react 8. n. 侦探

detective 9. n. & v. 耳语;小声说

whisper 10. adj. 巨大的;辽阔的

vast (2) Read the three jokes on page 22. These jokes bring people happiness by playing on words. Match each joke with the

活动3 Role

Play (1) Read the story on page 22 and then change it into a short dialogue. Act it out in groups of three—Holmes, Watson and a narrator. (2) Show time Invite some groups to present the story in front of the class. You can use your body language and tone of voice to make it more interesting and attractive. 活动4 Writing Writing: There are many interesting dialogues in our daily lives. Think of one between you and your friends, teachers or family members. Write a dialogue with your partners. a. Find the most interesting words to describe how you felt or what was happening. b. Make sure that there is at least one point that can make people laugh. c. Read the dialogue to your classmates with your partners. 活动5

homework Homework: Turn the dialogue into a funny story. While writing, be sure to write in a logical order. (First, then, next, at last/finally)