Reading(1)：Stand up for your health!教案公开课一等奖

Module 6 Unit 1 Reading Stand up for your health 【教学目标】

1. To learn to understand the article thoroughly. 2. To learn the benefits of laughter. 3. To improve their reading ability about guessing meanings. 【重点难点】

1. Try to answer the questions based on the article. 2. Try to express their ideas by paying more attention to the expressions and linking words. 【教学步骤】

一、复习导学

基础词汇默一默

二、双主探究

Step 1 问题导入

Some pictures about comedians. Step 2 合作探究

阅读策略想一想

Task 1 Reading Strategy What’s the meaning of “Stand-up”?

______________________________________________ What would you do if you come across a new word? ______________________________________________ 1. Read the _______before and after the one containing the new word. 2. Look at the _______around the unknown word. 练习反馈：

Guessing the meaning of a new word from the context 1. Each time, he performs his stand-up routine in front of millions of people when the show is broadcast live on TV. (Line 28) A．road

B. performance

C. lines

D. style 2. It seems appropriate that he got his start in silent films. (Line 41) A. proper

B. clear

C. silly

D. enjoyable Task 2 Skimming and scanning 1.

How many types of stand-up are there?

2.

Which famous comedian does the passage introduce?

3.

What is laughter good for?

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Task 3

Structure of the article

篇章结构理一理

What strategy should we use? Theme

Stand-up comedy is________ for your health. _______ of stand-up A famous _______ Laughter is good for your ______ Task 4 Careful reading

1.Scan the “types of stand-up” and fill in the form Characteristic of this type of stand-up

Examples

2.

Look through the “A famous comedian” and answer the following questions

△ What does he keep in his pocket? And why?

△ Who that were mentioned in the passage lived to be 100 years old and kept working until the end of their lives?

3. Read the last paragraph and answer: Why do people love laughing?

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练习反馈：Task-based reading (练习册P2) Definition

Stand-up is a kind of comedy (1)______ a comedian talks straight to audience members either by (2)_______ au audience member or telling different jokes depending on how the audience reacted to his or her previous jokes Types of

Stand-up Generally, there are (3) ________ of stand-up comedies. 

In one kind of such comedy, comedians make fun of the way people behave or do

in their daily lives. 

Another type finds comedians making (4)______ of visual humour, which requires audience to not only listen but also watch closely. 

Comedians who imitate well-known persons are called impressionists. Their impressions can be fully (5)________ only when both comedians and audience like or admire the persons being made fun of. A famous stand-up

(6)______ 

Billy Crystal, who enjoys (7)_________ with all age groups, intends to keep working until the end of his life Bob Hope and George Burns. 

Crystal is also known for (8)_______ the Academy Awards ceremony. 

One reason why Crystal becomes so successful is that he is quick-minded, so he can (9)_______ out new jokes about the people and things around him.

It is believed by many that (10)_______ is the best medicine. Conclusion

Check answers in groups and correct them. Then the teacher give the right answers Task 5 Summary

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What reading strategy have we learned in this class? 三、练习反馈

Further practice 1.(报纸第5期B1版阅读B篇)To achieve your personal best, to reach heights and to make the impossible possible, you can’t dread failure, you must think big, and have to push yourself. What does the underlined word “dread” in the last paragraph mean?

A. Fear

B. Defeat

C. Demand

D. Remove 2. (午练2阅读) My sister was old enough to help take care of me, so she was more a mother than a playmate, and I was more a pest than a friend. What does the underlined word “dread” in paragraph 2 mean?

A. A bad person

B. A annoying person

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C. A good companion

D.

A lovely brother 3.(报纸第5期A3版阅读B篇) With more cultures in the city, you can easily see the disparity in people’s accents, clothing, cuisine, entertainment, religious beliefs and much more. What does the underlined word “disparity” in paragraph 4 mean? A.

taste

B. difference

C. importance

D. convenience 4. (报纸第1期B1版阅读B篇) People with high IQ were thought to be sure to live a successful life. However, people began to suspect that. What does the underlined word “suspect” mean?

A. Admit

B. Doubt

C. Consider

D. Examine 5.(报纸第2期A4版阅读D篇) But the sharks keep coming, and by nightfall the sharks have almost devoured the marlin’s entire carcass, leaving a skeleton consisting mostly of its backbone, its tail and its head. What does the underlined word “a” mean?

A. Eaten up

B. Torn apart

C. Searched about

D. Referred to

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Discussion

交流展示

探究生成秀一秀

1.

What qualities does a comedian need to have? (What can we learn from Billy Crystal?) (Discuss in groups and one student in each group is required to present.)

2.

Make a kind of stand-up, discuss in groups and ask some volunteers to act it out in front of the whole class.

四、反思提升

Do you have any questions? What have you learned in this class? Besides laughter, what else can you do to keep healthy?

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