1、Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpectedSection B(2a-2e)教案教案 Teaching Aims and Demands : 1Knowledge Objects 1) Help Ss know some basic information about April Fools Day; 2) Talk about different kinds of jokes played on April Fools Day; 3) Review the tense of pluperfect; 2Ability Objects Improve Ss rea
2、ding skills. (Try to get some information by carefully reading the first sentence in each paragraph; guess the words meaning by reading the contexts) 3Moral Objects Talk about what kind of jokes shouldnt be played on April Fools Day? Teaching Key Points: 1. How to get some useful information by care
3、fully reading the first sentence in each paragraph. 2. Try to guess the words meaning by reading the contexts. 3. Review the usage of pluperfect. Teaching Difficult Points: 1. Ask Ss to discuss about what they can learn from the April Fool s jokes. 2. How to get some useful information by finding th
4、e outlines of the passage. Teaching method: 1. Task-based teaching method ; 2. Cooperative learning ; 3. Discussion ; Teaching Aids 1A tape recorder 2Some pictures about April Fools Day Teaching Procedures: Step:Lead-in Have a discussion in class about the following questions: What day is April 1st？
5、 What can people do on April Fools Day? What kind of jokes can we play on April Fools Day? Step: :Fast reading: 1. Give four sentences and ask Ss to find the key words. 2. Ask Ss to read the first sentence of each paragraph, then match each paragraph with the main idea. Step : :Careful reading: 1. G
6、o through paragraph 1 quickly, then fill in the blanks. whatwhenwherehow 2. Listen to paragraph 2 , then answer the following questions: How many examples are given in this paragraph? Why did the supermarkets run out of spaghetti ? Why we say the water is special? What can you learn from the two exa
7、mples?( ) A. Each coin has two sides. B. Think carefully before you act. C. Where there is a will , there is a way. (有志者事竟成) (first, give an explanation to the phrase “run out of ”; next, do these exercises by giving the outlines; then , ask Ss to fill in the blanks ) 3. Paragraph 3: 1) Show Ss some
8、 pictures, then ask them to retell the sad story. 2) Ask Ss the following questions: Did the story have a happy ending? Why? Do you think it is very funny? What can you learn from the sad story? 4. Paragraph 4: 1) Read paragraph 4 aloud .Then fill in the blanks. whenwho what was announced on the rad
9、ioresult 2) Read the following sentence aloud, then tell what “it” refers to? Welles made it sound so real that hundreds of people believed the story , and fear spread across the whole country. 3) Ask the following question : Can we play jokes about things related to (与.有关)safety or crime (犯罪)？ 5. D
10、o exercise 2d and review the tense of pluperfect. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. Step : :Post reading : Give some key words, and ask Ss to talk about things happened to Mary and Dave on April Fools Day. Mary : went off ; got up ; got dressed; went to school; empt
11、y; after an hour ; showed up ; her brother; changed her clock to an hour earlier Dave: his friend ; gave him a biscuit ; felt strange ;put toothpaste ( /tu:pest/ 牙膏) into ; brushed his teeth Step :Practice Ask Ss to talk about their own stories about April Fools Day , then vote for : a. the funniest
12、 jokeb. the most embarrassing(尴尬的) joke c. the most creative joke Step :Summary Tips about having a happy April Fools Day : OnApril Fools Day , we can play different kinds of jokes , but wed better not play jokes about love 、marriage(婚姻) or things related to (与.有关) safety or crime (犯罪). The reporters also should be responsible for what they said. Jokes help us relax ourselves and we may not use them to hurt others. Step :Homework Write a short passage about what happened to you onApril Fools Day.
