A Master of English Humour阅读课教案

1、Teaching planA Master of Nonverbal HumourClass: 211Teacher: Shen junzhuo Duration: 40minutesPeriod: readingAnalysis of the teaching materialThe reading passage is from Book 4 Unit 3. This unit concentrates on the English humor. The purpose of this reading is to introduce the life and work of Charlie

2、 Chaplin and the kind of humor we can all laugh at-nonverbal humor.Analysis of the studentsThe students are from Grade 2 Class 11. As Grade two students, they have reached certain level of comprehensive English language ability which will promote their understanding towards the context. However, the

3、ir vocabulary is limited. In this case, they will find some parts of the reading passage difficult and thus miss the funny points.Teaching objectives(1) Knowledge aims(a) Help Students to understand and master the words and expression.(b) Let students know some basic information about humor and Char

4、lie Chaplin.(2) Ability aims(a) Encourage students to describe the life and achievements of Charlie Chaplin and the plot of his movie.(b) Enhance students reading ability and develop students ability and skills of guessing words and reading comprehension.(3) Emotion aimsHelp students understand the

5、importance of humor and help them develop a positive attitude towards life.Important and difficult points(1) Important point: enhance students reading ability.(2) Difficult point: let students describe the plot of his movie.Teaching aids and methodsTeaching aids: Multi-media Classroom, TextbookTeach

6、ing methods: Task-based teaching approach, communicative teaching approach, learner-centered teaching approachTeaching proceduresStep 1 Pre-readingActivity 1 RevisionTeacher asks students to revise the content of the last class, especially about Mr. BeanActivity 2 Guessing and talkingTeacher present

7、s a portrait of young Charlie Chapin and lists some description of him in order to let students guess who he is.Teacher guides students to analyze two sentences in the para.11. Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.2. He brightened the lives of Americans and British through 2 wo

8、rld wars and hard years in between.Step 2 While-readingActivity 1 SkimmingTeaching lets students to skim the passage quickly and match the main idea of each paragraph.Activity 2 Close-readingTeacher asks students to read the text carefully and choose one star to answer one question.Each question is

9、listed as follows.1. Why could people feel more content with their lives when they felt depressed during the world war?Because Charlie made people laugh and brightened their lives.2. When was Charlie taught to sing and dance?He was taught to sing as soon as he could speak and dance as soon as he cou

10、ld walk.3. What was Charlies childhood like?A. He was taught to sing and dance as soon as he could walk and speak.B. His father died, leaving the family even worse off.C. He spent his childhood looking after his sick mother and brother.5. Why was the character of the little tramp loved by people?The

11、 character was loved for his optimism and determination to overcome all difficulties.6. Please describe his most famous character.7. Describe the actions. Read para. 4, and find out the verbs. Watch the pictures the use “First, then, finally” to describe his actions. Act them out.8. True or FalseCha

12、rlie usually made a sad situation entertaining. THow? He could mine and act the fool doing ordinary everyday tasks.9. What is the style of writing? Narration What is the way of writing? In the order of time.Step 3 post-readingActivity 1 DiscussionWhat makes Chaplin a master and the sun at that time?

13、A. Subtle acting skills; convincing acting(talent +hard work)B. Good personalities (humor, confidence, love and passion, optimism, determination.)Activity 2 Enjoy a poemStep 4 homeworkAfter class, please write an 80-word article to introduce Charlie Chaplin to your friends, dont forget mention his famous character the little tramp.AssessmentThis class focuses on enhancing students reading skills especially for finding detailed information. In the close-reading part, I desi