1、Unit 3 A taste of English humor The Second PeriodA master of nonverbal humor积石山县积石中学龚恒花Teaching aims1. Process aim: (1) Students are able to imitate the movie to comprehend the text. (2)Students can learn to scan the text and find out the main idea of each paragraph.2. Knowledge aim: Students are ab
2、le to know the general meaning of the whole text.3. Emotional attitude aim: To encourage students to be optimistic no matter what difficulties you meet with, just as Charlie Chaplin was.Teaching important and difficult points1. Help the students summarize the main idea of this text. 2. Help Students
3、 learn about the life of Charlie Chaplin3. How to encourage students to be optimistic no matter what difficulties you meet withTeaching methods: Task -based teachingTeaching aids: Multimedia , BlackboardTeaching Procedures:Step1. RevisionPurpose: To arouse Ss interest in learning about kinds of humo
4、r and the definition of humor. (1) What is humor ？(2) How many kinds of humor do you know about?Step2. Lead-inPurpose: Arouse Ss interest in the text and encourage Ss to answer the questions and imagine the content of the text1. What do you know about Charlie Chaplin?2. What do you know about his fi
5、lms? What is so interesting about them?Step3 Reading Task1 Fast reading 1. To get Ss to find information about Charlie Chaplin1) Born:_2) Job:_3) Famous character:_4) Costume:_5) Type of acting:_6) Died:_2. Ask Ss to skim the passage and match paragraph with main idea.Para.1 What Charlies most famou
6、s character was likePara.2 Why people needed cheering upPara.3 His achievementsPara.4 What Charlies childhood looks likePara.5 An example of a sad situation that he made funnyTask2Careful reading .Ask Ss to read the text carefully and try to get more details from the text and then answer the questio
7、n or fill in the formsPara.1Q1: Why did people need cheering up?Para.2NameCharlie ChaplinEarly lifeHe was born in 1889 and his parents were poor music hall _.He learned to sing and dance at an early age.He spent his _ looking after his sick mother and his brother.By his teens he became one of the mo
8、st popular child _ in England.Para.3ModelHis charming character, _, became known throughout the world.The character was a poor _ man wearing a _, large trousers, _ shoes and a small round black hat.He walked about stiffly carrying a _.He was a social failure but was loved for his optimism and determ
9、ination to overcome all difficulties.Para.4ModelIn The Gold Rush, the little tramp and his friend havent discovered _ and live with cold and hunger.They try boiling a pair of _ shoes.The little tramp eats each mouthful with great _.The acting is so _ that it seems as if it is one of the best meals h
10、e has eaten.Para.5Chaplin wrote, _, and produced many movies he _.He was given a _ for his lifetime outstanding work in 1972.Task3Comprehending Read the passage again and do True or False.1. Charlie Chaplin was poor when he was a small boy. 2. People who dont know English can not enjoy Chaplins film
11、s.3. In “The Gold Rush” Chaplin and his friend are fortunate to find some gold.4. Chaplin not only acted in films but wrote and directed films as well.Task4 Post -reading1. People enjoy seeing other peoples bad luck because _.2. The Little Tramp is well known because _.3. Chaplin was given a special
12、 Oscar for _.4. Whats the main idea of the text?5 .Whats the authors attitude to Charlie Chaplin ?Step4. DiscussionPurpose: To develop Ss ability to encourage students to face everything that you meet withWhat should we learn from Charlie Chaplin?Laughing is better than medicine. Humor is everywhere
13、 in our daily life. I hope you can be optimistic(乐观) no matter what difficulties you meet , just as Charlie Chaplin was.Step5. Self assessment (show them on the screen)Step6. Homework 1. Ask Ss to read the passage again 2. If you dont feel content with your life, you will . Step7. Blackboard designe
14、rA Master of Nonverbal HumorParagraph1 Why people need cheer up Paragraph2 Charlies childhood Paragraph3 His most famous character little trampParagraph4 An example The Gold RushParagraph5 His achievementsStep7. Teaching reflection本节课主要训练阅读技能，在具体实施中采用了任务型教学法，体现了因材施教原则和以学生为主体的教学原则。通过师生的共同努力和配合，圆满完成了教学任务。提高了学生的阅读能力。同时通过小组讨论，增强了学生的合作意识。在此期间，由于课堂容量大，时间仓促，致使个别环节处理不太恰当，用时太少，而没有达到预期的效果。另外，在上课中有时按部就班地跟着老师的思路走，而忽视了他们的主体地位和主观能动性，从而限制了学生的思维。最后，学生的积极性还没有调动起来这一点也是以后教学中值得注意的。6 / 6
