Using LanguageⅡ教案1

An April Fool’s Joke :

The Noodle Harvest

教案

An April Fool’s Joke : The Noodle Harvest 贺晓举

Warming up (The aim is to relax students and lead to the topic.) Sample: It’s ******today. The summer vacation is coming. Are you excited? Well, apart from the summer and winter holidays, which holiday or festival do you like most? Very good. What you said are our country’s holidays. But in other countries, what holiday do you like? Wonderful! Today we are going to learn a western festival, which is april fool’s day.

Listen to the radio

(The aim is to get a simple understanding of the passage and practise the skills of listening.)

Task 1

Skimming(略读) (It is easy for most of students.

Choose some students to answer. The aim is to practise the skills to get simple and

direct information.) Learning card about the famous joke

where When

On _______ television in England A _______ night in 1957 What happened? A report on excellent ________ harvest in south Switzerland Who are harvesting? Did people believe? Many people _________this story. The ______ in south Switzerland

Task 2

Intensive Reading(精读) (Volunteers to answer the questions. The aim is to practise the skills of getting the indirect information and summary.)

The beginning of the story（paragraph 2）

(It’s easy and leave it alone.) 1.What was the programme

Panorama(全景) about? 2.Two reasons for the good crop: The development of the story（paragraph 3）

(It’s a little difficult. Teacher can give students a hand to find

out and summarize the proper answers.) Doubts

1)Have not heard of noodles from this part of the world 2)Noodles were always the same size. Explanations 1)grown as part of small family business

2)the result of many years’ patient research with the trees The life of a noodle farmer was not easy. There is always a chance of very cold weather spoiling their crop. It is difficult to get top prices。

The climax(高潮) of the story（paragraph 4）

(Punchline of the joke. Here needs a further explanation to help students understand the English humor.) 1.How to grow noodle trees? Place a piece of noodle in a tin of tomato sauce(调料) and hope for the best 抱最好的希望, 做最坏的打算.

Hope for the best and prepare for the worst. 2.

Why did many people believe the story?

1)Few people travelled abroad for holidays. 2)Fewer people ate noodles 3)People trusted the Panorama programme for its careful research

and serious information. The ending of the story（paragraph 4）

People were shocked to find the truth the next day.

The joke is remembered as one of the best April Fool’s jokes ever in history. Task 3

Revision (The aim is to check the learning effects.) Play a game using the content of the text. 1.Can you give another phrase to take place of ” make fun of” ?

2.(T or F)Because of the warm winter and the disappearance of the insects, the farmers have good noodle harvest. T 3.Why did people believe the story?

Just give one reason. 4.(Translation)It was the result of many years’ patient research with the tree to produce noodles of exactly the same length. 5.Is the life of a noodle farmer easy? 6.You are a lucky dog ! There is no question here! Conclusion of the story (Point out the learning purpose and help to develop a correct outlook on life.) In a word, you should develop a sense of humor, have a positive attitude towards life, and learn to enjoy life.

If everyone could just give a little smile, the world could become a beautiful place……

Task 4

Assignment

Find as many funny jokes in English as possible, tell them to your friends, and live a happy life everyday.