Project(1): Putting on a play教案3

Unit 1

Module 6 Laughter is good for you Period

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Project

Teacher :Wu Jun

Class: class 3, senior 2

Date:

2016/12/07 Three Dimensional Teaching aims: Knowledge and skills: Reading skills. Words and expressions. The students should use what they have learnt to finish a project by working together. Process and strategies: Learn how to make a play. Feeling and Values: The students are expected to learn how to cooperate as a team and how to fulfill each part of the work. Teaching important points: 1.

Help the students to read through the two plays in part A to get important information. 2.

Encourage the students to perform one of the two plays. Teaching difficult points: 1.

Help the students to understand what the two plays are about. 2.

Help the students to learn how to make a play. Teaching Methods: 1.

Reading 2.

Discussion 3.

Acting out 4.

Competition Teaching Aids: The

multimedia. The

blackboard. Teaching procedure Step 1

Free talk:

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Asking the following questions: Q1: Have you ever seen plays either on TV or

in a theater? Q2: Do you enjoy seeing plays? Q3: Have you imagined acting in plays?

Ask the students to answer the questions freely.

Step 2: Listening(1):

Ask the students to listen to the first play and discuss the following questions:

Q1:

Is there a bench in the courtyard?

Q2:

What dose the word

“ invisible” mean?

Q3:

Is this a comedy? Why or why not? Step 3:

Discussion(1):

Give the students more minutes to discuss the following question :

Q : In which style of stand-up is this play? Why?

Check the students answers in class.

Step 4:

Listening(2):

Ask the students to listen to the second play and discuss the following questions: Q1:How many characters are there in the play? Who are they? Q2:Who do you think is the main character in the play? Q3:What does the king actually want? Step 5:

Discussion(2):

Give the students more minutes to discuss the following question :

Q : In which style of stand-up is this play? Why?

Check the students answers in class.

Step 6:Learn how to make a play:

There are four steps while making a plan: planning, preparing, producing and presenting.

Planning:

Get into groups (5-6Ss per group) Decide which play to act out Clear assignments:

Who will be the actors / actresses?

Who will be the director? Who will find props? Who will make costumes?

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Preparing : Actors and actresses should recite all their lines. All props needed should be found. All costumes needed should be made. Director should be in charge of all things related to the play. Producing:

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Practice your play before performing to your classmates

Presenting: Each group should present your play to the others. •

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You decide which group’s performance is the best.

You decide who is the best actor and actress. You decide who is the best director. You decide which group’s props and costumes are the best.

Step7 :Act out and make a competition: Divide the students into two groups, ask each group to prepare for playing “The important papers”.

A few minutes later ask the represents of each group to act the play out in class, and ask the other students to decide which group’s performance is the best, who is the best actor and actress, etc.

Step 8 : Discussion(3)

Ask the students to discuss the following question: Why are the others unable to understand the king ? Sample

answers: 1. A person can fall into embarrassment if he expresses his opinions in a roundabout way. 2. People tend to think power or authority means importance or significance.

3. Small things can be considered important ones in special occasions and thus they couldn’t be neglected.

Ask the students to express themselves freely.

Step 9: Homework:

Finish the exercises in the given papers.

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