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高一英语人教新课标必修4 Module4

Unit 3 A taste of English humor Reading教案设计

By zhou hai tao Teaching goals

1. Target language Help the students grasp some words, phrases and sentence pattern

Such as :Content ,character ,in search of, as if, inspire content with, badly off, pick out, cut off, star in, Do you find it funny to ……etc. 2. Ability goals To help students develop their reading ability, especially their skimming and scanning ability. To help them learn about English humor. 3. Learning ability goals Help the students learn how to describe what nonverbal humor is by Charlie Chaplin’s career. 4. Emotional goals Let the students listen and read the jokes, so that they can realize that humor is to let people

be optimistic about everything around. 5. Teaching Important & Difficult Point Help the students develop their reading ability Master the useful words and phrases

6. Teaching methods

1.Fast reading ,careful reading

2.Task –based learning, communicative learning 7. Teaching Aids: Multi-media and other normal teaching tools. Teaching Procedures Step 1

Warming Up

Show pictures of Charlie Chaplin, and talk about “who is he?” DO you know him? Do you want to know more about him? Step 2

Pre-reading

1. Show students the picture. And ask what they know about Charlie Chaplin. For example his films, his character and so on. 2.Let the students discuss on Charlie Chaplin by the groups. (the teacher introduce the Charlie Chaplin generally)

Step 3

Reading (The purpose of this reading is to introduce nonverbal humor. This reading material takes Charlie Chaplin for example. It tells us what nonverbal humor means; what is Charlie Chaplin’s

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style of acting; how he made a sad situation entertaining and so on.)

Task 1.

Fast reading:

Find answers to three questions (give 8 minutes to read the text with three questions)

1) Who is the main character of the text ,what was Charlie Chaplin famous for?

2) How many famous films or characters are mentioned in the text? What are the names? ( let the students discuss and ask the students to report the results )

3) What’s the main idea of the text ?

A. The history of English humour.

B. The films that Chaplin made.

C. The humour Chaplin made in his films.

D. The Gold Rush in California.

Task 2

Match the main idea of each paragraph Exercise 2. Match the main idea of each para.Para 1Para 2 Para 3 Para 4.Charlie’s childhood His achievements Why people needed cheering upAn example of his work: the Gold RushHis famous film character: the little tramp

Para 5 Task 3 Careful reading

Read again and finish the exercise. write down Chaplin’s career.

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Exercise 1 Born:1889Job:an actorType of acting ismimeFamous character:The Little TrampDied in1977Charlie ChaplininSwitzerland.In 1972, he was givena special Oscar for his outstandingwork.Costume:large trousers,worn-out shoes and small roundblack hat and a walking stick.

(Give 5mintues to read the third paragraph and grasp the detailed infortation.) Let the groups compete for the reports and win the marks The teacher show the answers.

Task 4 Describe the following picture The Gold RushDescription:Charlie first picks upthe laces And eats them as ifthey werespaghettiThen he cuts offthe leather top of the shoes as ifit werethe finest steak.

Put the sentence in the right order according to the film the Gold Rush (6)Chaplin tried cutting and eating the bottom of the shoe. (1)Chaplin and his friend washed sand and expect to pick up gold,but they failed. (3)They were so hungry that they boiled a pair of leather shoes. (2)They were caught in a small wooden house. (5)Chaplin cut off the leather top of the shoe. (4)Chaplin picked out the laces and ate.

Task 5

Consilation

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Give a description on Chaplin Give a description on Chaplin?a small round black hata moustachea walking sticklarge trousersThetramp, a poor, homelessman with a moustache, wore large trousers, worn-outshoes and a small round blackhat. He walked stifflycarrying a walking stiff.worn-out shoes

(groups compete for the reports) Questions for understanding: 1.

People enjoy seeing other people’s ba luck because__________ A.

they enjoy doing so. B.

It makes people more worried about their life. C.

It makes people more content with their life. D.

There’s much fun in doing so. 2.

The Little Tramp is well known because_______ A.Chaplin played a door and homeless person. B.The character was social failure. C.Chaplin wore large trousers, worn –out shoes and a small round black hat and carried a walking Stick. D.Chaplin play a role as a man who determined to overcome diffculties and was kind even when people were unkind to him. 3.

In the middle of 19th century people went to California to look for______ A.

films B.gold C.entertainment D.water 4.

Chaplin was given a special Oscar for _________ A.

the characters he played in his films. B.

The films he directed. C.

The joy he gave us in his films. D.

The contributions he made in films. Step4

Summary Today ,we have learned nonverbal humor ,and we form a standard about how to enjoy humor. I think this is the most impotant thing .With this standard ,in our daily life we can tell what is good ,what is bad. Step 5 Homework Read the passage again in detail after class and grasp the useful expressions and phrases.

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