Using LanguageⅡ课堂实录【2】

人教新课标必修四

Unit 3 A taste of English humor Warming up and reading Teaching goals 教学目标

Students will know about different forms of humor; 知识与技能

Students will be able to get general and specific information about Charlie Chaplin by skimming and scanning; Students will learn the target language. Through enjoying a mime of Mr. Bean and some punchlines, students will get close to English humor; 过程与方法

Through reading, students will learn more about the life and work of Charlie Chaplin and his nonverbal humor; Through acting out, students will try to experience nonverbal humor. Students will try to appreciate English humor and realize that differences also exist in humor because of differences in cultures; Students will learn from Chaplin his optimism and determination to overcome all difficulties; Students will find that a person with a sense of humor is so charming. Target language 目标语言

a. 重点词汇

mime, verbal, nonverbal, particular, entertaining, throughout, homeless, worn-out, failure, overcome, difficulty, fortunate, snowstorm, chew…

b. 重点词组:

content with, badly off, pick out, cut off, star in, c. 重点句型

….Up to now nobody has been able to do this better than Charlie Chaplin.（P18）

He made people laugh at a time when they felt depressed, so they could feel more content with their lives.（P18）

You may find it astonishing that Charlie was taught to sing as soon as he …（P 18）

Unfortunately his father died, leaving his family even worse off.

(P18)

Charlie first picks out the laces and eats them as if they were spaghetti. (P18) 情感态度

与价值观

Teaching important points 教学重点

a. Guide students to apply different reading skills to dealing with different reading tasks; b. Encourage students to get involved in the class activities. Teaching difficult points 教学难点

a. Help the students know the differences between the English and Chinese humors; b. Guide students to gain specific information while finishing reading tasks. Teaching methods 教学方法

Interactive teaching; Enjoying videos and punchlines; Reading; Acting; Co-operative learning. Teaching aids 教具准备

blackboard

and

the multimedia;

Teaching procedures & ways 教学过程与方式

Step1 Lead-in Show a mime of Mr. Bean. What Mr. Bean shows to us is humour. Step2 Warming up 1. How many forms of humor do you know? 2. Enjoy punchlines in English and try to appreciate English humour. Step3 Pre-reading Show a picture of Charlie Chaplin. Do you know who he is? Step4 While-reading I. Skimming 1. Read the passage and match the main idea with each paragraph. A. An example of a sad situation that he made funny. B. What Charlie Chaplin’s childhood was like. C. His achievements.

D. Why people needed Chaplin. E. What his most famous character was like. 2. Try to sum up the main idea of the passage. It is about the life and work of Charlie Chaplin and the kind of humour we can all laugh at – nonverbal humour. II. Scanning 1. Why did people need Chaplin? Because in Britain and America people were living at a time when they felt depressed about the bad economic situation. 2.What was Charlie Chaplin’s childhood like?

Name Childhood Charlie Chaplin ①He was born in 1889 and his parents were poor music hall __________. ②He learned to ____ and _____ at an early age. ③He spent his ________ looking after his sick mother and his brother. ④By his teens he became one of the most popular child _____ in England. 3. What was his most famous character like.

4. Why was the little tramp loved by many people around the world? Because he has the optimism and determination to overcome all difficulties although he was a social failure. 5.

Complete the information about The Gold Rush.

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Time : 

Place :

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Job in the film : 

What troubles did they meet in California?

They ____________ on the edge of a mountain in a ________ in a small wooden house. Put the sentences in order (Listen to para.4) ①

Cut off the leather top of the shoe. ②

Pick out the laces and eat them ③

Try cutting and eating the bottom of the shoe. ④

Treat it as if it were the finest meat. ⑤

Sit down at the table with plate and drinking up. The acting is so __________ that it makes you believe that _________________________________. 6.

About his achievements and later life. ①He _______, _______ and __________ the films he starred in. ②In 1972 he was given ____________ for his __________ work in films. ③He lived in _________ and ________ but spent the last years in __________. III. Summary

Use the information in the passage to complete the notes about Charlie Chaplin. Born

Job

Famous

character Costume

Type of acting

Died

Step5 Post-reading

In pairs discuss: Do you think his poor childhood helped him in his work? Why? Reflection: