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潮阳南侨中学

高一英语

Book 4 Unit 3 A taste of English humour教案

执教者：刘晓霞

I. Teaching content “A taste of English humour”

II. Lesson type Reading and speaking III. Teaching aims

Knowledge aims: 1. Get students to understand the concept and the types of “humour”

2. Guide students to read and get information about Charlie Chaplin.

Ability aims: 1. Promote students’ abilities of reading, such as skimming and detailed reading. 2. Improve students’ abilities of communication (verbal and nonverbal). Emotional aims: 1. Let students know something about English humour. 2. Make students aware that Humour is particular to each culture. IV. Teaching focus 1. Develop students’ reading ability. 2. Make students know some information about Charlie Chaplin. V. Teaching methods Communicative Approach and Task-based Language Teaching

VI. Teaching procedures Step 1: Warming-up 1. Communicate with your partner: talk with your partner in English 2. Homework for yesterday: What can you express without saying anything?

3. verbal vs nonverbal ＊Talk with your partner

You are communicating in a verbal way. ＊Express without saying anything

You are communicating in a nonverbal way. 4. Look at some pictures and answer: What are they acting? (Cross talk, sketch and Shuanghuang) 5. How many types of humour do you know? (Verbal and nonverbal humour) 6. Humour is particular to each culture. Step 2: Reading 1. Who is the master of nonverbal humour? (Charlie Chaplin.) 1

2. Skim the passage, match the main ideas and the paragraphs. Para 1

Charlie's achievements Para 2

Why people needed cheering up Para 3

What Charlie's childhood was like Para 4

What Charlie's most famous character was like Para 5

An example of a sad situation that Charlie made funny 3. Read the passage carefully, find out information about Charlie Chaplin Born Job Famous character Costume Type of acting Died Achievements in a poor family in 1889 actor, film maker the little tramp a moustache, large trousers, worn-out shoes, a small round black hat, a walking stick mime

in Switzerland in 1977 in 1972 was given a special Oscar; loved and remembered as a great actor 4. An example of making a sad situation funny (from The gold rush). Enjoy a video clip. Listen to the description. Complete the description. They are so hungry that the little tramp tries boiling one of his leather shoes for dinner.

◆Cuts off the leather top of the shoe ◆Tries cutting and chewing the bottom of the shoe as if it were the finest steak ◆Picks out the lace of the shoe and eats it as if it were spaghetti ◆Eats each mouthful with great enjoyment Retell the situation, trying to use first, then, next and so on. Step 3. Summary What did you learn about Charlie Chaplin?

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