Using LanguageⅡ教学评价实录

Unit 3 A taste of English humour Reading II General Idea This section includes the reading of English jokes on Page 22 of Students’ Book 5 and the reading task AN APRIL FOOL’S JOKE:THE NOODLE HARVEST

on Page 59.The reading in Using Language introduces the kind of humour we can laugh at—verbal jokes.They use a “play on

The two reading passages can be given to the students as extensive reading tasks.They are expected to appreciate and enjoy the fun by studying the English jokes.And next the students are encouraged to involve in a group activity—change the joke into a short play and then act it out.As for the reading task,the students are expected to go through the questions following the passage

Teaching Important & Difficult Points

Teaching or Learning Approaches Task-based learning;cooperative learning Teaching Aids A tape recorder A multi-media computer and a blackboard Three Dimensional Teaching Aims Knowledge and Skills

Extend the students’ information about the variety of theme parks.

Process and Strategies

Feelings and Value Learn the different customs,the style of dress,and above all,the different skills of the

Teaching Procedures Step 1 Revision T:

Ss: No, we don’t,

T: OK, be quick! Let’s first check your homework.

Look at the screen and fill in the missing wor

Not all the _________ is kind. Some are bad, others can inspire people. Some actors can _________ us with the characters they are playing.Chaplin was such an actor.He became famous for using a _________ form of acting in silent films.The little tramp gives people courage to overcome _________ with his firm _________ and he is always kind even when people are _________ to him.Chaplin developed his own acting style,the one in one of his most famous films _________ __________ __________,he uses __________ humour to eat a __________ shoe. Chaplin produced,__________ and wrote the movies he __________ in.He was given a special Oscar for his __________ work. He and his movies are __________ by people __________ the world. T:Not all the humour is kind. Some are bad, others can inspire people. Some actors can astonish

us with the characters they are playing. Chaplin was such an actor. He became famous for using a particular form of acting in silent films. The little tramp gives people courage to overcome difficulties with his firm determination and he is always kind even when people are unkind to

S:Now let me go on with the second paragraph.Chaplin developed his own acting style,the one in one of his most famous films The Gold Rush,he uses nonverbal humour to eat a boiled shoe.Chaplin produced,directed and wrote the movies he starred in.He was given a special Oscar

Well done!Now p

Born

Died

Job

Type of acting

Character

Costume

Reason for success

Note on Charlie Chaplin’s career

1889

1977

Actor

Mime and farce

“the tramp”,a poor and homeless person

Large trousers,worn-out shoes and small round black hat

Charming,social failure with a determination to overcome difficulties T:You see,it’s a good way to make some notes while reading.It can help you to grasp the general ideas of what you are reading,and if you like,you can also say or write something about what you

T:So much for your homework.Just now you said you felt hung

Ss:

T:OK,please turn to Page 22 and look at the reading. The reading will satisfy you by introducing the kind of humour we can laugh at—verbal jokes. They use a “play on words” to be funny.

I’d like you to read the three jokes and then match the joke with the explanation. If you like,you may have a discussion. And then we’ll check the answer.

T:Have you finished the reading?

Ss:Yes,they are very funny. We’ve never found that English j

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T:Good. Now, another joke is waiting for you. Please read the next joke on Page 22. And then

T:Now decide which of these two kinds of jokes you like better. Give your reasons

S:I find the first kind of

S:We must understand the background of the funny story at first,and then we can know what a humour Sherlock Holmes was telling. I think to understand this kind of jokes needs wisdom to some extent. We must know that he was a detective, so he was always thinking of things like

T:What you said is reasonable. Now let’s listen to the listening material, and pay attention to the intonation and try to bring out the meaning of humour

T: Now I’d like you to change the joke about Sherlock Holmes into a short play and first act it out in groups of three--Holmes, Watson and a narrator. Try to imitate the intonation so that you can bring out the meaning of humour, and then we will ask some groups to come to the front and act their plays out,

T: Excellent performances! Thank you. Now we’ll come to the reading task, it is a very famous story. It once made fun of many people. Now let’s turn to Page 59.

T: The reading task gives us another joke. The title is An April Fool’s Joke: The Noodle Harvest. I believe that all of us know April Fool’s Day, right?

Ss:

T: Now, we are going to read the text.

At first, please read the questions below the text; maybe they can give us some details of the

T: OK,

S: From the first question,

S: From the second question,

S: I think that BBC was making a joke with people. We know noodle very much. It’s impossible to

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T: OK, I think all of your guesses are reasonable. Now let’s read the text and make sure whether your guesses are right. While you are reading, try to find out the answers to the four questions,

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Ss:

T: What’s the answer to the f

S: On April Fool’s Day,

T: Right.

S: I think the most important reason is that there were always many serious program on the television. And the Panorama explored problems and progress all over the world. So nobody was surprised when it reported the excellent noodle harvest. If the news was not from such a famous and serious program,

T: I think so. People would like to believe those who are authority.

S: I think there is another important reason. It is that the reporter showed many noodle trees with

T: I agree with you. We often say that seeing is believing.

S: I think that their cheating was true. It also mentioned two reasons for the good crop: an unusually warm winter and the disappearance of the insect that attacked the noodle crop every year. What’s worse, they still gave some other details to prove the news. If I was hungry then, I

T: Maybe. Well, do you think the advice that the BBC gave people who asked how to grow noodle

trees was serious?

S: No,it could not be serious as no trees could be grown

T: I agree with you.

S: I think at first you must think whether it is possible to have noodle trees. Noodle doesn’t have any life,

T: You mean that when we hear a story,

S:

T: Well,

S: The reason that there were so many people caught in is that they forgot that day was April Fool’s Day. If they knew this, I believe that

T: That’s right. If I was not sure whether a story was true or not, I would go the library to check

T: OK,this class is full of joy and thinking. I really should be proud of you, for your good performances and logical thinking. Step 4 Homework

T: So far, we have learned much about humour and appreciated many English jokes, and funny stories. So I’d like each of you to prepare one English joke or funny story and next class we will share them in class to make our class more interesting and lovely. Another task as your homework, read the text once again and try to find the sentences in the reading passage where the -ing form is used and tell the function of each -ing form word or phrase. In the next period, we will learn the usage of -ing form. Well, that’s all for today.

Ss:

The Design of the Writing on the Blackboard Unit 3

A taste of English humour Reading II

1)retelling of the text

2.English verbal jokes—3.English funny story—4.An April Fool’s Joke:

Activities and Research

The teacher may first offer the students a situation and then encourage them to make up a story using the -ing form. It is a two-birds-with-one-stone task, which cannot only make the students consolidate their knowledge about the -ing form, but can train their creative

English jokes and funny stories To Go to Heaven

Record after Teaching

Sunday School teacher:Hands up all those who want to go to Heaven?Hands up...what about you,Terry?You haven’t got your hand up,don’t you want to go t

When was Rome built

Two Birds

Teacher:Here are two birds,one is a swallow,the other is a sparrow.Now who can tell us which is

A kiss At a dinner party,the speaker,who was the guest of honor,was about to deliver a speech when his wife sitting at the other end of the table,sent him a piece of paper with the word “KISS”

The guest seated next to the speaker said,“Your wife must love you very much,I see her send

The speaker smiled and explained,“You don’t know my wife.The ‘KISS’ she gives me stands

One day a father was teaching his son and said,“The keys to your success are keeping your word and cleverness.Once you promise somebody a promise,you must carry it out on matter what

“Cleverness is that you’ll never make such

An Illinois lady left the snow-filled streets of Chicago for a vacation in Florida.Her husband

When she reached her hotel,she decided to send her husband a quick e-mail.Unable to find the scrap of paper on which she had written his email address,she did her best to type it in from

Unfortunately,she missed one letter and her note was directed instead to an elderly widow,whose hus

When the grieving widow checked her e-mail,she took one look at the monitor,let out a piercing scream and fell to the floor in a dead faint.At the sound,her family rushed into the room and saw this note on the scr

DEAREST HONEY:JUST GOT CHECKED IN.EVERYTHING PREPARED FOR YOUR

John and Jessica were on their way home from the bar one night and John got pulled over by

the police.The officer told John that he was stopped because his tail light was burned out.John

Just then Jessica said,“I knew this would happen when I told you two days ago to get that light f

So the officer asked for John’s license and after looking at it said,“Sir your license has

And again John apologized and mentioned that he didn’t realize that it had expired and would

Jessica said,“I told you a week ago that the state sent you a letter telling you that your license

Well by this time,John is a bit upset with his wife contradicting him in front of the officer,and he said in a rather loud voice,“Jessica,will you

The officer then leaned over toward Jessica and asked.“Does your husband always talk to

Two drunks are walking along.One drunk says to the other,“What a beautiful,night,look at the moon.” The other drunk stops and looks at his drunk friend.“You are wrong,that’s not the

Both started arguing for a while when they came upon another drunk walking,so they stopped him.“Sir,could you please help settle our argument?Tell us what that thing is up in the sky that’s

The third drunk looked at the sky and then looked at them and said,“Sorry,I don’t live around