ATasteofEnglishHumor教学设计.docx

1、ATasteofEnglishHumor教学设计Unit 3 A Taste of English Humor教 学 设 计单元教学目标Talk about different types of humor；a taste of English humorLearn how to express ones emotionsLearn the ing form as the Predicative, Attributive and Object ComplementLearn to write humorous stories 目标语言话题 Different types of humor; a

2、 taste of English humor词汇1. 四会词汇： slide, skin, cruel, content, astonish, particular, entertain, entertaining, throughout,homeless, worn-out, failure, overcome, difficulty, boil, fortunate, snowstorm, chew, bottom, mouthful, direct, star, outstanding, Switzerland, fortune, swing, pancake, mountainous

3、, whisper, vast, sense2. 词组：be content with, badly off, pick out, cut off, star in, knock into功能情感 ( Emotion )I enjoy this very much because It surprises me thatI laugh at that kind of thing because I felt happy becauseThis is fun because Im pleased we were both amused atHow wonderful / surprising I

4、ts amusing that语法动词的-ing 形式作表语，定语和宾语补足语的用法Their job is “panning for gold”. That was the problem facing Charlie Chaplin.Do you find it funny to see someone sliding on a banana skin?课时分配1st Period Warming up and speaking2nd Period Reading3rd Period learning about language4th Period Listening5th Period

5、 Writing6th Period Summary分课时教案Warming up and speakingTeaching aims: Enable students to talk about some types of English humor and Chinese humor.Key points: Help students learn how to understand and enjoy English humors.Difficult points: Help students know the differences between English and Chinese

6、 in humor.Teaching aids: picturesTeaching procedure:Step 1: Lead-inShow some pictures to students, let them talk about the pictures and then ask them what they think of the pictures, whether they are funny or not.Questions: 1) Do you know who these comedians are? What makes them funny? 2) Do you kno

7、w other comedians who are funny in the same way? 3) Have you seen any of these comedians or programmers? What do you think of them? Step 2: Warming upTask 1. Brain-storming Ask students to name some types of humors they know. Write those they are not familiar with on the blackboard, then show some p

8、ictures and summarize. Types of humorExample of English humorChinese humorNonverbalCharlie ChaplinPantomimes（哑剧）刘全和，刘全利Mime and farceMr. BeanFunny plays 陈佩斯，赵本山Verbal jokesPlay on words, usuallyCross talk 马季， 姜昆Funny storiesTwo linesJokesFunny poemsEdward LearDoggerel（打油诗）Task 2. Talking Ask student

9、s to talk about some funny stories, any English or Chinese humors they know.Task 3. Reading on P 17 The purpose of the reading is to introduce the kind of verbal jokes. They use a “play on words” to be funny. Let students read the three jokes and then match the joke with the explanation. Then check

10、the answer. After that, teacher can show some other jokes on the screen.Joke 1:Patient: Doctor, Ive lost my memory.Doctor: When did this happen?Patient: When did what happen?Joke 2:Garcia: Thank you doctor. My fever is gone.Doctor: Dont thank me. Thank God.Garcia: Then I will pay the fees to God.Ste

11、p 3 Homework Ask each student to give a joke and present it in class next period. ReadingTeaching aims: Enable students to learn what humor means and what is nonverbal humor.Key points: Help students divide the text into several parts according to the meaning.Difficult points: Divide the paragraphs

12、and give the main ideas.Teaching aids: A recorder and a projectorTeaching procedure: Step 1. Revision Check homework: ask students to present their jokes in class. Step 2. Pre-reading Questions: (1) What do you like to laugh at? (2 ) What does humor mean? Is humor always kind? Give students some tim

13、e to discuss. The purpose is to help students know that different people have different taste about humor. It is difficult to say which one is better or which one is worse. Step 3. Reading The purpose of this reading is to introduce nonverbal humor. This reading material takes Charlie Chaplin for ex

14、ample. It tells us what nonverbal humor means; what is Charlie Chaplins style of acting; how he made a sad situation entertaining and so on. Task 1. Divide the text into several parts according to the meaning.Part One: the first and the second paragraphPart Two: the third and the fourth paragraphPar

15、t Three: the last paragraph Task 2. Give the main idea of each part The main idea of part one: It tells us that there are two kinds of humor. One is bad, while the other can inspire people. The main idea of part two: It tells us something about Charlie Chaplins acting style and how Charlie Chaplin m

16、ade a sad situation entertaining. The main idea of part three: it gives us a short biography about Charlie Chaplin. Task 3. Discussion Let students have a discussion about the text, then answer some questions. Questions: (1) What is behind fun? (2 ) Why did people like Little Tramp? (3 ) Do you thin

17、k Charlie Chaplins eating boiled shoes funny? Why? Step 4 Language points 1. content (adj.): satisfied, happy, not wanting any morephrases: content with sth; content to do sthe.g. (1) She is quite content to stay at home looking after her children. (2 ) Are you content with your present salary? Cont

18、ent (n.): that which is contained in sth e.g. I like the style of her writing but I dont like the content.2. inspire sb. ( with sth.) inspire sth. (in sb.): To fill sb. with thoughts, feelings or aims.e.g. His speech inspired us with hope.3. badly off: in a poor position, esp. financiallyThe opposit

19、e is “ well off”e.g. (1) They are too badly off to have a holiday. (2 ) In fact most people are better off than they were five years ago. Step 5 Practice Finish the exercises on page 18, 19, it is a good time to consolidate the whole content of the text and the useful words and expressions from the

20、text. It is easy for most students to finish. So leave students several minutes to finish and check the answers by showing them on the screen. Step 6 HomeworkPreview grammar by finishing Exercises 3, 4 on page 21.Learning about languageTeaching aims: Enable students to learn how to use the ing form

21、as the attribute, the object complement and the predicative.Key points: Let students know the structures of the sentences with the ing formDifficult points: Help students to tell the ing form as the predicative and the use of the present continuous tense.Teaching aids: A computerTeaching procedure:

22、Step 1. Revision Check homework: the exercises on page 20. Step 2. Word formationSuffixExample-ablevaluable lovable comfortable-ingamusing misleading neighboring-fulhopeful cheerful useful-lessendless homeless harmless-edexcited interested moved-ishIrish childish selfish-iveactive attractive expensi

23、ve-atefortunate affectionate passionate-antimportant pleasant ignorant-lyfriendly orderly costly There are ten suffixes in the chart. And there are some new words in it. But the purpose of showing this chart is to let students learn more about the adjective suffix. Step 3. Discovering useful structu

24、res Task 1. RevisionHave a revision about the ing form used as the subject and object. Give students some sentences to translate:(1) Talking to him is useless.(2) Smoking does harm to your health.(3) Walking is my sole exercise.(4) Collecting stamps is my hobby.(5) I suggested bringing the meeting t

25、o an end.(6) He admitted taking the money.(7) I couldnt help laughing.(8) Your coat needs washing. Task 2. New usage of the ing formAsk students to look at the Exercises 4 on page 20. And then wake in pairs to finish the exercises. Teacher checks the answers and give the explanations.(1) A cooking p

26、ot: A pot that is used for cooking.(2) A drinking horse: A horse that is drinking water.(3) The man sitting on the sofa is a friend of my brothers.Here the ing form are used as attribute.(4) I saw the man sliding on a banner skin yesterday.(5) Did you notice the man picking up that broken bottle and

27、 putting it in his bag?Hear the ing form are used as object complement The structure of the sentence with an object complement is:Subject + Predicate + Object + Object complement(6) Her job is looking after babies.(7) What he likes is playing chess after supper.Here the ing form are used as predicti

28、ve. Pay attention to the differences between ing form used as predicative and present continuous tense.(1) Her hobby is painting.(2) Her favorite sport is skiing.(3) This was very disappointing.(4) The test results are very discouraging.(5) She was very pleasing in her appearance.(6) His concern for

29、 his mother is very touching.(7) The photograph is missing.(8) The article was misleading, and the newspaper has apologized.In the first two sentences, the ing form is used to show the character of the subject. In the next four sentences the words of the ing form are all about the feelings. In the l

30、ast two sentences, the words of the ing form show some states and qualities.(9) It is snowing hard.(10) She is teaching in a night school. In these two sentences, the ing form are used as the predicate in the present continuous tense. Step 4. Using Structures Turn to page 57. Look at the Using Struc

31、ture. There are two exercises in this part. Exercise 1 is to let students correct some errors in the sentences. This is not an easy job for most students, because it needs other knowledge, besides what the students learned today. So better leave them more time to do this exercise. For exercise 2, let students finish it in a short time. With the help of the pictures, students can easily understand the meaning and correctly use the ing form to finish the blanks. Teacher can check the answers in class. Step 4. Homework Finish all ex