英语人教版九年级全册April Fools Day.docx

Reading一、 教学目标知识与能力1. 学生通过学习再次巩固Section A 和Section B前面部分学习的生活充满着让人出乎意料的事件。2. 学生通过阅读技巧训练：通过中心句了解段落和文章大意，从而提高阅读能力。3. 学生通过对文章中的玩笑的分析，学会分工复述、分工讲述和独立讲述玩笑。过程与方法自主学习、发现式学习、交往式学习、小组式学习情感态度和价值观学生通过学习明白，玩笑既可以让人开心，也能让人伤心，所以，当我们在别人身上开玩笑时，一定要提前慎重考虑后果，以免发生不愉快的事情。二、教学重点1. 训练学生的读中心句了解段落文章大意的阅读策略；2. 学会讲述玩笑；三、 教学难点1. 小组分共讲述发生过的愚人节玩笑；2. 学生独立讲述发生过的愚人节玩笑（拔高活动）；四、教学设备多媒体、电脑五、教学过程April Fools Day is a celebration that takes place in dierent countries around the world. It happens on April 1st every year and is a day when many people play all kinds of tricks and jokes on each other. One April Fools Day, a reporter in England announced that there would be no more spaghetti because the spaghetti farmers in Italy had stopped growing spaghetti. Many people ran to their local supermarkets to buy as much spaghetti as they could. By the time people realized that the story was a hoax, all of the spaghetti across the country had been sold out. In another famous trick a TV show in England reported the discovery of special water. They said this water would help people lose weight and that one customer had already lost a lot of weight in just four months. By the end of the day, more than 10,000 people had phoned the TV station to find out how to get this water.Many April Fools jokes may end up being not very funny. A famous TV star once invited his girlfriend onto his show on April Fools Day. He asked her to marry him. The lady was so happy because she really wanted to get married. However, when she said “yes”, he replied, “April Fool!” That little joke didnt have a very happy ending. The TV star lost his girlfriend and his show was canceled. One of the worlds most famous tricks, however, happened in October rather than April. In that month in 1938, actor Orson Welles announced on his radio program that aliens from Mars had landed on the earth. He described where they had landed and told how they were moving across the United States. Welles made it sound so real that hundreds of people believed the story, and fear spread across the whole country. By the time police ocers announced that the story was a hoax, thousands of people had left their homes. Learning steps: Step 1: Watch a short video.Step 2: Free Talk: Step 3: 1. Read the passage quickly. Match each paragraph with the main idea.The most famous trick playedExamples of funny stories that happened on April Fools Day.An introduction to April Fools Day A sad story that happened on April Fools Day Paragraph 1Paragraph 2Paragraph 3Paragraph 42. How many jokes are mentioned in this passage? joke(s) in paragraph 1 joke(s) in paragraph 2 joke(s) in paragraph 3 joke(s) in paragraph 4 Step 4: Read the passage carefully, and underline the answers to the questions in the chart.joke 1joke 2joke 3joke 4What was the date?Where did it happen?What happened first?What happened next?How did it end?Was it funny or not funny?Step 5:Each group chooses one joke to retell. (每个小组选择上面的一个玩笑来复述)joke 1joke 2joke 3joke 4What was the date?Student AWhere did it happen?Student BWhat happened first?Student CWhat happened next?How did it end?Student DWas it funny or not funny?Step 6: Teamwork(小组合作)Now, tell your own jokes which happened among your group members on April Fools Day or other days. And share them with us.your own jokes which happened among your group members on Fools Day or other daysWhat was the date?Student AWhere did it happen?Student BWhat happened first?Student CWhat happened next?How did it end?Stude