Unit20HumorIntegratingskills

1 Unit 20 Humor Integrating skills English Department Huang Zhaorong The analysis of the teaching material i The status and the function 1 All of the materials are arranged around humors 2 Pictures and situations are about different humors which we meet in daily life 3 The period will arouse the students learning interests ii Teaching goals A Knowledge goals Learn and master the following words and expressions cyclist direction brake fortunately drive off silence look on as rude etc B Ability goals 1 Learn how to express different humor situations 2 Improve the students speaking ability by describing talking and discussing 3 Improve the students reading ability and writing ability 4 Develop the students abilities of creative thinking and cooperative study C Emotion goals 1 Let Ss experience humor which is an important part and a 2 distinct sign of the culture of English speaking country in comfortable and amused learning atmosphere 2 Let Ss know the importance of tolerance towards each other in daily life II Teaching Important Points According to the national curriculum of English and language learning theory to make the students master the sentence patterns and describe the pictures freely Purpose Let the students understand the text better III Teaching Difficult Points i Make the Ss know some reading skills ii Oral practice by using the given words IV The ways of teaching and learning Teaching methods 1 Fast reading to train the students ability to find out the general information 2 Question and answer to make students understand the detailed information 3 Pair work or group work to make every student work V Teaching Procedure Step Greetings and lead in Show a funny movie to lead in the story of the text 3 Get the tips In funny stories the end is often an unexpected turn in the development of the story This effect causes surprise which can be very funny Step Pre reading Show some pictures on the screen to introduce some new words cyclist n direction n brake n 2 Listen to the tape carefully and get the main idea of the text 3 Do the true or false exercises Purpose This step is to improve Ss listening ability and know the reading skills scanning which can get some useful information as 4 fast as possible 2 Reading Comprehension 1 Let students read out the exercises problems 2 Do the choice exercises Purpose This step is designed to make sure the students get a better understanding of the text 3 Details reading 1 Understand the reading passage further 2 Fill in the chart according to the text 4 Consolidation According to some pictures and key words to retell the text Step IV Post Reading Brainstorm using the given words to make up a short funny story 5 Purpose This step is designed to practice Ss spoken English meanwhile feel the humor of class Step Writing 1 Let Ss know the writing skills of University Entrance Examination 2 According to some pictures to write a short passage Purpose to improve Ss writing skill Step VI Homework i Surf the internet to get more jokes and funny stories and understand them ii Write a short funny story or a joke in English The Blackboard Design Vocabulary Reading cyclist n 1 Fast reading direction n 2 Reading c