Unit3Book4AtasteofEnglishHumor
Partone:Understandingofthelesson
本课选自人民教育出版社出版的普通高中课程标准实验教材,高一年级必修四的第三单元AtasteofEnglishhumour。
A.Theanalysisoftheteachingmaterial
ThepurposeofthisreadingistointroducethelifeandworkofCharlieChaplinandthekindofhumourwecanalllaughat---nonverbalhumour.
Thislessonisdesignedasareadinglesson.AccordingtothenewcurriculumstandardsofseniorhighschoolEnglish,studentsareexpectedtoachievetheskillsofa.understandingthemainidea;b.scanningfortheneededinformation;c.graspingthedetails;d.guessingthemeaningofnewwords;e.understandingtheintensionandattitudeoftheauthorandf.understandingthebackgroundandcultureinformation.
B.TeachingAims:
1.Knowledgeandskillaims:
a.Enablestudentstolearnwhathumormeansandwhatisnonverbalhumor.
b.Studentsareexpectedtoimprovethereadingskills,ie,skimmingandscanningskillsaswellastranslating,interpretingandwordguessingabilities,whichareexaminedinrecentyearsinNMET.
2.Moralcultureaims:
Bylearningthepassage,studentswillknowthathumourisparticulartoeachculture.SotheEnlishhumouriscertainlydifferentfromChinesehumour.However,thereisakindofhumourthatmaybeenjoyedbyallcultures---thatisnonverbalhumour.Itisgoodthatwecanalllaughatsomethingtogether.
3.Learningmethodsaims:
a.self-learningandcooperativelearningmethods;andusesuchkindofabilitytogainanddealwithlanguageinformation.
b.developthestudents’questioningspirittoimprovetheirabilityoffinding,analyzingandsolvingproblems
Question:DoyouknowwhotheChinesecomedianis?(ChenPeisi)
Whatmakeshisperformancefunny?(hisbodygestures)
ThenshowsomepicturesofCharlieChaplintostudents.
Questions:Doyouknowwhoheis?
WhatdoyouknowaboutCharleChaplin?
Whatdoyouexpecttolearnaboutfromthisreading?(students’answersmayvary)
(简评:这一环节的设计将会激发学生对文章中这一话题的兴趣并能引起让学生在短时间内集中精力,这对于学生完成下面的阅读任务很有帮助。)
StepTwo:Reading(22mins)
FastReading(Skimming)(7mins)
Task1:FastRea
Scanning:Readingfordetails(15mins)
Task1:Readthepassageagainandthenfillinthechart..
Task2:Workinpairstoreadfordifficulties.
1.Explaininyourownwordsthesentence“CharliebrightenedthelivesofAmericanandBritishthroughtwoworldwars”.
2.Whywas“TheLittleTramp”lovedbymanypeoplearoundtheworld?
A.Becausetheappearanceofthecharacterissofunny.
B.Becausethetrampisasocialfailure.
C.Becauseheisalwaysmadefunofbyothers.
D.Becauseofhisoptimismanddeterminationfoovercomealldifficulties.
3.Findasentenceinthepassagesimilarinmeaningtothefollowingone:
Charlie’sreallifewasnotsocomfortableasitwasshowedinhisfilms.
4.TranslatethesentenceintoChinese“YoumayfinditastonishingthatCharliewastaughttosingassoonashecouldspeakanddanceassoonashecouldwalk”.
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5.Guessthemeaningoftheword“convincing”inline30Page18.
(简评:这一环节沿用了英语阅读教学中最重要的两种阅读技能,即略读和查读。这也是本课设计的重点。同时,在查读这一环节的任务2中,我设计了高考新题型的相关练习,如翻译,替换句子等等,这样就有效地把高考和日常教学联系了起来,也促进了学生应答这种练习的能力。)
StepThree:Retelling(5mins)
Peoplemaylaughatothers_______onabananaskin,orfallingdownahole,foritmakesthem_______withthemselvesseeingothers______________thanthemselves.
Asanoutstandinghumourousactor,Chaplincouldalways_______inthepeopledeepfeelingsbyusing_________formsofactinginthetimeofsilentfilms.Hischarming_________“thelittletramp”iswell-knownallovertheworld,apoorand_________personwearinglargetrousers,________shoes,andcarryingawalking_______.
Asocial_______ashewas,hewaslovedbyallthepeopleforhis____________inovercomingdifficultiesandbeingkindtopeople_______tohim.WhenplayingthefamousfilmTheGoldRush,Chaplin
Wifetalkingtoherhusband(whoreadsnewspaperallday):IwishIwereanewspapersoI'llbeinyourhandsallday.
Husband:Iwishthattoo,soIcouldchangeyoudaily
JOKE2
TOM'SEXCUSE
Teacher:Tom,whyareyoulateforschooleveryday?
Tom:EverytimeIcometothecorner,asignsays,"School-GoSlow".
Part2:
Showthestudentssomepicturesofnonverbalhomourtoletthemappreciate.(omitted)
StepFive:Interview(Groupactivity8mins)
Thestudentsaredividedintogroupsof4.ThenineachgroupstudentswilltaketheirturnstobeCharlieandtheother3actasreporterstointerviewhim/herusingtheinformationfromthereading.
(简评:这两个环节是为了知识转化/过渡,即让学生切实体会到nonverbalhumourisreallyuniversal,又给了学生练习口语的机会,同时也体现了本课时的情感目的。)
StepSix:Homework
FindmoreinformationaboutChaplinthroughTheInternetorfrombooksandyouareexpectedtopresentittoyourclassmatesinthenextclass.
(简评:这是这节课的综合落实环节)