Project(1): Putting on a play教学设计及教案分析

牛津高中英语M6 unit1 Laughter is good for you ——project：Putting on a play Teaching plan

I. Teaching aims: 1. Knowledge objects：

1) Enable students to learn some basic elements of a play by analyzing the two plays. 2) Help students master what steps are needed to prepare a play. 2. Ability objects: 1) Practice students’ speaking and acting abilities. 2) Improve the students’ integrating abilities by working together and producing a play. 3. Moral objects: Encourage students to love plays and most of them love laughter. II. Teaching important and difficult points 1. Help students to act out the plays 2. Let students grasp the keys of putting on a play well. III. Teaching approach and learning ways Individual, pair and group work IV.Teaching aids Multi-media, the blackboard and textbook

V. Teaching procedures: Step 1 Lead-in 1. What are the four types of stand-up comedy? (Revision) ①. Telling jokes ②. Visual humor ---props ③. Imitation ④. Physical style---body language 2. Watch four short plays and choose a type for each short play.

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Step 2 Reading two plays 1: The basic elements of the two plays Theme Characters Setting A park The King's castle Plot ?

? The invisible bench Five students The important paper The King, the Queen, Servant

2: The plot of “The invisible bench”

One day, Mike was ①________

on an invisible bench in the park when Tony and Cathy ②_______ him. They all ③_______ nice and comfortable. Just then Paula ④_______ and wanted to join them, but it got too crowded, which made Mike annoyed, so he ⑤_______ up, ⑥_______ over to another place, and sat down. Then Ann entered. In the end, Mike said he had ⑦_______ the bench, so the other three all ⑧_______. Keys: ①.sitting ②.joined ③.felt ④.entered ⑤.stood ⑥.wandered ⑦. moved ⑧.fell down 3. Put the following props in the correct order according to the play “The invisible bench”. a newspaper toilet paper official - looking papers a dictionary a magazine

①. official - looking papers ②.a newspaper ③.a magazine

④. a dictionary ⑤. toilet paper

4: What type of comedy does the two plays use ? The invisible bench D The important paper B A. Telling jokes B. Visual humor ---props C. Imitation D. Physical style —body language Step3 Acting out the plays

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After learning the play, we know some basic information of a play. Then if we are going to act out the play above, we have four steps to follow. Task 1

Planning: 1. Get into groups (choose several judges) 2. Decide which play to act out. 3. Clear task for each student: Who will be the director? Who will be the actors / actresses? Who will find or make props and costumes …? Task 2 Preparing: Tips: 1. Director should be in charge of all things related to the play. 2. Actors / actresses should try to remember all their lines. 3. Props /costumes should be found or made.

Task 3 Producing:

Practice your play before performing to your classmates. Task 4 Presenting: While some Ss are performing, T tells the other students to watch the performance carefully. And in the end, they have to decide the following things: Which group’s performance is the best? Who is the best actor / actress? Who is the best director?

Step 4 Conclusion What is your greatest harvest in this class？

(T: Laugh, and the world laughs with you. Laughter can make you ten years younger.)

Step 5 Homework 1. Review what you have learnt. 2. Finish the exercises on Page100.

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