Project(1): Putting on a play优秀教案设计

Lesson Design for B6U1 Project: Putting on a play

Ⅰ.

Teaching Objectives

Knowledge Words invisible, bench, setting, textbook, cosy, invitation, alongside, crowded, castle, armchair, yell, pile, official-looking, anger, bow, dash, tear, burst, empty-handed, glare, toilet paper Phrases put on, make room for, wander over, burst in, glare at, hold out, a pile of official-looking papers, tear the paper in two, dash out, hold out, run into, a roll of Sentence Structures King moves around in chair, looking uncomfortable.

Servant bursts in, next to Queen, empty-handed, and looking worried.

Servant runs to get it and presents it to King.

Skills

Reading

To get both general ideas and detailed information. Speaking

To learn the two plays by retelling and acting out them.

Learning Strategies To participate in the activities and think deeply about the topic.

Culture Awareness To understand the basic elements of a play Emotion & Attitude

To let Ss love plays and most of all, love laughter.

Ⅱ. Teaching Important and Difficult Points

1. Get students to review the infinitive, verb-ing and verb-ed. 2. Help students to act out one of the plays Ⅲ. Teaching Approach and Learning Ways Individual, pair and group work Ⅳ. Teaching Aids

Multi-media, the blackboard and textbook V. Teaching procedures：

Step 1 Lead-in

1. Questions:

Have you ever seen dramas either on TV or in a theatre? Do you enjoy seeing dramas?

Have you imagined acting in dramas?

T tells Ss her experience of seeing a drama.

2. We have talked a lot about laughter, performing and dramas. Now you have a chance to experience dramas for yourselves. Now welcome to our drama class!

Step 2 Fast Reading

1. The invisible bench

(1) Ask the students to read the script and then ask them some questions.

①

Is there a bench in the courtyard?

--No.

②

What does the word “invisible”

mean? --It means “cannot

be seen”.

③

Is this a comedy? Why or why not?

--Yes, it is a comedy because it is very funny.

(2) After the Ss understand the play well, ask them: “If

we want to put on this short play, what should we prepare?”

Script, drector, actors and actresses, setting, prop(textbooks).

2. The important papers

(1) Ask the students to read the script and then ask them some questions.

①How many characters are there in the play?

--Three. The king, the queen and the servant.

②Who do you think is the main character/ hero in the play?

--The king.

③What does the King actually want?

--Toilet paper.

④Why are the others unable to understand him?

--Because he is the king, important paper may mean very important official documents for him.

(2) After the students understand the play well, ask them: “If

we want to put on this short play, what should we prepare?”

Script, Director, Actors and actresses, Setting,

Prop(Toilet paper & other paper, dictionary, poster, magazine, armchair)

Step 3 Detailed Reading 1. The invisible bench

- 3 -One day, when Tony met Mike in the park, Mike said he was sitting on an (1) ______ bench, then, Tony joined in him. They both sat for a (2) ____, reading a book. Then, Cathy and Paula wanted to (3)

in them. All make (4)

.But Mike looked (5) _____ and stood up and (6) ______ over to the middle of the stage and sat down. Later, Ann came to them and asked if they were (7) _____ on an invisible bench.

They said yes. But Mike said they didn’t,

because he (8) _____ to tell them that the bench was too (9)______, so he had moved the bench. In the end, Tony, Paula and Cathy all (10) ____ down.

Keys: invisible, while, join, room, annoyed, wandered, sitting, forgot, crowded, fell

2. The important paper

Once u___ a time, there w___ a very funny story among three people, the King, the Queen and a s_____. One day, as soon as the King entered the p____, he called in a servant and told him he had to have some i________ papers immediately. Soon came back the servant with a p____ of o_____-looking papers, but s_____ this, the King threw them a__ the servant and shouted: “No,

no, no, bring my important papers!”

The servant d_____ out and in a minute re-entered with a newspaper in his hand. This time, to his s______, the King t____ it into halves and cried: “No,

y___ fool! I must have my important papers RIGHT NOW!!!”

However, like the first and second time, the servant f____ to bring the King what he wanted several times. Even the Queen didn’t

know what her husband wanted and just tore a page from her book and o_____ it to the King.

At last, the servant h___ out a roll of toilet paper. He was puzzled whether the King needed it or not. On the contrary, upon getting it, the King ran o__ as fast as possible. So can you guess what happened to the King?

Keys: upon, was, servant, palace, important, pile, official, seeing, at, dashed, surprise, tore, you, failed, offered, held, off

Step 4 Performing

After learning the two plays, we know a play should contain script, director, actors/ actresses and setting.

Then if we are going to act out one of the plays above, we have four steps to follow: