Using LanguageⅡ教学设计及教案分析

Unit 3 A Taste of English Humour Reading:A Master of Nonverbal Humour Teaching goals

Enable the students to talk about some types of English humor and Chinese humor, then learn what humor means and what is nonverbal humor Help the students learn how to describe what nonverbal humor is by Charlie Chaplin’s career. Learn how to express one’s emotions Teaching important points

Help the students learn how to understand and enjoy English humor. While as to the reading, learn how to divide the text into several parts according to the meaning of the passage Teaching difficulty points

a. Help the students know the differences between the English and Chinese humors b. Decide the divide of the paragraphs of the text Teaching methods

Using pictures, discussion, reading, scanning and careful reading

Teaching aids

A recorder and a projector Teaching procedures & ways

Step1

Warming up Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

---- Victor Hugo Look at the screen,what do you think of the pictures?

Ep: Picture one is a man, he is driving a cow with wheels at a high speed, on a freeway I guess. Then show pictures of some Chineses humourists. Ask:Do you know Charlie Chaplin?What do you know about him? Answer:He was a great silent movie star. Modern Times, The Little Tramp, The Gold Rush, City Light are his masterpieces(代表作). He was very popular in his time.

Step2

Skimming What’s the passage mainly about?

A. The history of English humor?

B. The films Chaplin made.

C. The humour Chaplin made in his films.

D. The Gold Rush in California. Match the main idea of each paragraph. Para1 Why did people need cheering up? Para2What was Charlie Chaplin’s childhood like?

Para3What was

his most famous character? Para4An example of a sad situation that he made funny. Para5His achievements.

Step3

Scanning Para1 True or False •

1.Charlie Chaplin did best in making people laugh.

T •

2.Charlie Chaplin brightened the lives of the Americans and British .

T Para2 1. What did he do after his father died during his childhood?

B A. He made films to support his family. B. He looked after his mother and brother. C. He went to school to learn acting. D. He went to California in search of gold. 2. How do you know that he had a gift for acting when he was a child?

D A. Chaplin was taught to sing as soon as he could speak and dance as soon as he could walk

B. By his teens, Chaplin had become one of the most popular child actors in London. C. His sutle acting made everything entertaining. D. All of the above. Para3 Discribe about Charlie Chaplin’s customes.

He wore a small black hat, very wide trousers, a moustache and carried a stick that he swung in the air as he walked. He was loved for optimism and determination to overcome all difficulties and he

was kind even when others were unkind to him. Para4 1.When did the story happen? In the mid-nineteenth century

2.Why did they rush to California?

In search of gold 3.Were they lucky

enough to find

the gold?

No. 4.What troubles did they meet in California?

They _____

________in a small hut on the edge of a mountain during a __________ with ________to eat.

How does Charlie Chaplin make eating a boiled shoe funny? First

he ______ the laces and eats them ___ they were spaghetti. Then he ______ the leather top of the shoe, treating it as if it were the finest steak Finally he tries cutting and chewing the _____ of the shoe.

He seems to eat every _______ with great enjoyment. Para5 Chaplin wrote ，directed and _________many movies he _______. In

1972，

He was given a ____________ for

his lifetime outstanding work.He lived the last years of his life in __________, and was buried there in 1977.

Step 4

Careful reading

Born

Died

Job

Type of acting

Character

Reason for success Costume

1889 1977 actor Mime and farce (笑剧)

“the tramp”, a poor and homeless person

Because he has optimism and determination to overcome difficulties and he is always kind Large trousers, worn-out shoes, small round black hat and a walking stick

Step5

Summary

Charlie Chaplin was born in a _____ family in _____. When he was a boy,

he had become one of the most popular _____in England. As time went by, he grew more and more _______ for his charming __________ “the little _______” . The homeless man with a

________ , wore

large

trousers, ________

shoes and

a small round black

_____. Type of his acting is _____ .In ____ , he was given a special Oscar for his outstanding work . He _____ in 1977. He is loved and ___________

as a great actor who could inspire people with great _______.

Step6

Discussion 1. Do you think his poor childhood helped him in his work? Why?

Yes, because he understood the problems of people who were very poor. 2. Why do you think he was so successful? Because he was a wonderful actor, understood and sympathized with people’s problems and tried to cheer them up.

Step7

Conclusion Humour is everywhere in our daily life. I hope you can be optimistic (乐观) no matter what difficulties you meet, just as Charlie Chaplin was.

Step8

Homework 1. Preview grammar by finishing

Exercises on Page 21.

2. Try to write a happy ending or the film The Gold Rush.