Reading(1)：Stand up for your health!板书设计及意图

Reading Teaching aims:

1.

To master this basic knowledge in this lesson and use them freely. 2.

To develop your reading comprehension’s abilities by active discussion and cooperation. 3.

To guide students to understand 4.

Develop the students’ reading ability---how to guess the meanings of new words. Important points & difficult points: 1. Understanding the text. 2. Find the types of stand-up comedy 3. Distinguish the difference of the four types Procedure: Step 1 Lead-in Play a game--whisper

Just one laugh makes the person ten years younger-----Joe Huang

Watch a video and answer the following question 1、Who is Joe Huang?

He is a Chinese comedian who deserves credit for importing stand-up 2、What’s the difference and similarities between crosstalk and stand-up comedy (1)

They make people laugh and enjoy their lives

(2) Two people onstage and they go back and forth

Step 2 Reading comprehension A: Answer the following questions. 1.What is stand-up comedy? Stand-up comedy is a comedic art form. Usually, a comedian performs in front of a live audience, speaking directly to them.

2. How many types of stand-up are there?

There are four main types of stand-up 3. What are the four main types of stand-up? They are observational, prop, physical, and impressionist. B. Find out which type it belongs to. 1. Use a hammer to break watermelons a. prop 2. Speak like a well-known person b.impressionist 3. Talking about how people act when they queue up. c.observational 4. Trip over chairs to make people laugh d. physical

Step 3 Listening exercise let's listen to the tape and decide whether the following sentences are true or false.

1 A stand-up comedian is not allowed to make fun of an audience member.

2 If the comedians act or speak like a well-known person, this is called observational comedy.

3 What the physical comedians usually do is tripping over chairs, walking into doors and falling down on stage. Answers

1 F

2 F

3 T

Step 4 group work----Show time

Each group chose one type of stand-up to perform or you can tell your own jokes 1. A comedian stands on stage and hold something to his ear. He says, ‘Hello? Hello? I’m sorry I can’t hear you. Something must be wrong with my phone.’

2. A comedian puts on glasses, changes his or her voice and pretends to be someone else. 3. A comedian walks on stage. As she introduces herself, she falls down. 4. A comedian says, ‘My Grandmother started walking 1 km a day when she turned 60. She’s 89 now, and don’t know where she is!’

Step5 Consolidation exercises:

Fill in the blanks according to the text. Stand-up is one of the most well-known and well-loved types of comedy. In observational comedy, the comedian makes jokes about 1_______ things he or she 2________ in everyday life. Prop 3_________ use props to tell their jokes. Physical comedians use their 4_________ to make jokes. Impressionist comedians act or speak like a well-known person, which is called doing an 5_________ of the person

Answer

1 humorous

2 observes

3 comedians

4 bodies

5 impression

Homework 1、Write a funny joke 2、Preview the

next part of the reading.