Using LanguageⅡ名师教学设计2

Unit 3 An April Fool’s Joke :

Three Dimensional Teaching Aims：

Knowledge and Skills:

Train the students’ reading ability.

Extend the students’ information about the variety of humor.

The Noodle Harvest教学设计

Process and Strategies:

Help the students to appreciate the jokes.

Feelings and Value:

Help the students to develop a sense of humor and have a positive attitude

towards life.

Teaching Important Points:

How to improve the students’ reading ability.

Teaching Difficult Points:

How to help the students to develop a sense of humor

Teaching or Learning Approaches:

Task-based learning and cooperative learning.

Teaching Aids:

A multi-media computer and a blackboard .

Teaching Procedures:

Task 1 Skimming(略读)

Learning card about the famous joke

where

When

On _______ television in England

A _______ night in 1957

What happened?

A report on excellent ________ harvest in south Switzerland

Who harvesting?

Did believe?

people Many people _________this story.

are The ______ in south Switzerland

Task 2 Intensive Reading(精读)

The beginning of the story（paragraph 2）

1.What was the programme Panorama(全景) about?

2.Two reasons for the good crop:

The development of the story（paragraph 3）

Doubts

1)Have not heard of noodles from this part of the world 2)Noodles were always the same size. Explanations 1)grown as part of small family business

2)the result of many years’ patient research with the trees The life of a noodle farmer was not easy.

There is always a chance of very cold weather spoiling their crop. It is difficult to get top prices。

The climax(高潮) of the story（paragraph 4）

1.How to grow noodle trees? Place a piece of noodle in a tin of tomato sauce(调料) and hope for the best 抱最好的希望, 做最坏的打算.

Hope for the best and prepare for the worst. 2.

Why did many people believe the story?

1)Few people travelled abroad for holidays. 2)Fewer people ate noodles 3)People trusted the Panorama programme for its careful research and serious information. The ending of the story（paragraph 4）

People were shocked to find the truth the next day.

The joke is remembered as one of the best April Fool’s jokes ever in history. Task 3

Revision

Play a game using the content of the text. 1.Can you give another phrase to take place of ” make fun of” ?

2.(T or F)Because of the warm winter and the disappearance of the insects, the farmers have good noodle harvest. T

3.Why did people believe the story?

Just give one reason. 4.(Translation)It was the result of many years’ patient research with the tree to produce noodles of exactly the same length. 5.Is the life of a noodle farmer easy? 6.You are a lucky dog ! There is no question here! Task 4

cooperation

Suppose one student is the host of the Panorama programme; the other student is a friend of him. The host tries his best to persuade his friend of noodle harvest .And remember you too were all living in 1957. The following questions may help you. Where were you going these days? What were you doing there? What are noodles? But I haven’t heard of noodles from Switzerland. But why are they always the same size? Does the weather influence noodles? Are they delicious? I want to grow my own noodle tree. But how to? ……

Conclusion of the story

In a word, you should develop a sense of humor, have a positive attitude towards life, and learn to enjoy life.

If everyone could just give a little smile, the world could become a beautiful place……

Task 5

Assignment

Find as many funny jokes in English as possible, tell them to your friends, and live a happy life everyday.