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Unit 3 A taste of English humor Part 1 Teaching Design Period 3 A lesson plan for Using Language (English jokes) Introduction Language is learned to be used in and for communication. So in this period we shall have the students read, listen, write and speak in English, making use of the focused words, expressions, structures and topic ideas covered in this unit. Warming up by reading school jokes comes first to be followed by reading and underlining and doing the exercises. Guided speaking and writing will lead to the end of the period: closing down by acting. Objectives

To enjoy reading the paragraph of Jokes about Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson To learn to use the language by reading, listening, speaking and writing Procedures 1. Warming up

Warming up by reading school jokes There are lots of jokes in English about school life. Read one to see whether you will laugh or not.

1. Patient: Doctor, I’ve lost my memory.

Doctor: When did this happen? Patient: When did what happen?

2. Garcia: Thank you doctor. My fever is gone. Doctor: Don’t thank me. Thank God.

Garcia: Then I will pay the fees to God.

Why must we learn this? One day our professor was discussing a particularly complicated concept. A pre-med student rudely interrupted to ask, “Why do we have to learn this pointless information”

“To save lives.” the professor responded quickly and continued the lecture.

A few minutes later, the same student spoke up again. “So how does physics save lives?” he persisted.

“It keeps the ignoramuses like you out of medical school,” replied the professor.

2. Reading and underlining Read the paragraph and underline all the useful expressions or collocations in it. Copy them into your notebook after class as homework. Collocations from the paragraph on page 22 go camping去野营, in a mountainous area山区, lie in the open air露营, under the stars在星空下, look up at the stars抬头看星星, think of…考虑；思考, try a third time试第三次, in one’s beds在床上

3. Doing the exercise Now you are going to do the exercise 1 on page 22.

4. Guided Speaking Think of funny stories in English and tell them to your group mates. The Student and the Pharmacist 学生和药剂师

A somewhat advanced society has figured how to package basic knowledge in pill form. A student, needing some learning, goes to the pharmacy and asks what kind of knowledge pills are available. The pharmacist says, “Here’s a pill for English literature.” The student

takes the pill and swallows it and has new knowledge about English literature!

“What else do you have?” asks the student. “Well, I have pills for art history, biology, and world history,” replies the pharmacist.

The student asks for these, and swallows them and has new knowledge about those subjects. Then the student asks, “Do you have a pill for math?”

The pharmacist says, “Wait just a moment,” and goes back into the storeroom and brings

back a whopper of a pill and plunks it on the counter.

“I have to take that huge pill for math?” inquires the student. The pharmacist replied, “Well, you know... math always was a little hard to swallow.”

5. Guided Writing—Learn to write jokes There are two main parts to the structure of a joke. The first part prepares you for the laugh by telling a story which creates a sense of expectation. The second part of the joke, the punch line, provokes laughter by telling an unexpected and different story, yet one which is still compatible with the first, as in this example: “My wife just ran off with my best friend. Boy, do I miss him.” and “I had a mud pack facial done, and for three days my face looked much better. Then the mud fell off.” Notice the assumption that is made in both these examples. In the first, you assume the person telling the story is angry with his wife, so the punch line surprises you because he's feeling something different and unexpected. Again, in the second example, you'd most likely assume the mud had been removed, leaving the face looking better, so the punch line takes you by surprise.

So, to write jokes you need to practice reading statements and writing down the assumptions you make about them. You must be able to interpret the statement (first story line) in at least two different ways in order to provide the second, different story i.e. the punch line. And what to write about? Anything that interests you. Anything you have strong opinions about.

Now write down your own jokes, in English.