Unit 3 A taste of English humor The analysis of teaching materi This lesson is the second period of Unit 3, and it's a reading lesson the purpose of this reading is to introduce the life and work of Charlie Chaplin and his excellent perfor mance in his silent films It plays a very important part in teaching of this unit So if the students can learn this le sson well, it will be helpful to make the students learn the rest of this unit. they can learn more about different kinds of humor especially Eng lish humor. Such topic is related to our daily life so it is helpful to raise learning interests of students and it will be easier to get knowledge in their laughter The analysis of students Although High school student s have the basic abilities of listening, speaking reading and writing they still need many opportunities to explore and convey meanings to classify and reflect on their thoughts, feelings and ex periences through practice. The students in my class are of different levels so I should adapt the lesson to each of them and try to solve different kinds of problem which may appear in the lesson Teaching objectives Knowledge objectives: Students will know new words like humor, cross talk, content, astonishing, unfortunately, homeless, and outstanding and phrase like up to now, badly off, pick ability objectives: Students will be able to know more about reading strategies, such skimming and so And students will be a ble to realize that humor is to make people be optimistic about everything around. Students will be able to learn how to introduce a person Emotional and cultural objectives: Students will know more about English humor and learn from Charlie Chaplin to hold an optimistic attitude towards life and improve their sense of humor Key points and difficult points Key points: Students grasp reading skills and learn to get information, analyze the information and understand the information from the text students learn some ti to introduce a perso Difficult points: How to fire the students'enthusiasm to express their ideas and how to make the students know the acting style of Charlie Chaplin and understand the connotation of humor. Teaching methods and teaching aid Teaching methods: Task-based teaching method
Unit 3 A taste of English humor The analysis of teaching material This lesson is the second period of Unit 3, and it’s a reading lesson. The purpose of this reading is to introduce the life and work of Charlie Chaplin and his excellent performance in his silent films. It plays a very important part in teaching of this unit. So if the students can learn this lesson well, it will be helpful to make the students learn the rest of this unit. They can learn more about different kinds of humor especially English humor. Such topic is related to our daily life, so it is helpful to raise learning interests of students and it will be easier to get knowledge in their laughter. The analysis of students Although High school students have the basic abilities of listening, speaking, reading and writing, they still need many opportunities to explore and convey meanings, to classify and reflect on their thoughts, feelings and experiences through practice. The students in my class are of different levels so I should adapt the lesson to each of them and try to solve different kinds of problem which may appear in the lesson. Teaching objectives Knowledge objectives: Students will know new words like humor, cross talk, content, astonishing, unfortunately, homeless, and outstanding and phrase like up to now, badly off, pick out, cut off, and star in. Ability objectives: Students will be able to know more about reading strategies, such as skimming and scanning. And students will be able to realize that humor is to make people be optimistic about everything around. Students will be able to learn how to introduce a person. Emotional and cultural objectives: Students will know more about English humor and learn from Charlie Chaplin to hold an optimistic attitude towards life and improve their sense of humor. Key points and difficult points Key points: Students grasp reading skills and learn to get information, analyze the information and understand the information from the text. Students learn some tips to introduce a person. Difficult points: How to fire the students’ enthusiasm to express their ideas and how to make the students know the acting style of Charlie Chaplin and understand the connotation of humor. Teaching methods and teaching aids Teaching methods: Task-based teaching method
Teaching aids: Text book, multimedia, and blackboard Teaching procedure Step1 Warming up(10 minutes) First the teacher will greet the whole class as usual. Then shows some pictures of Chinese, French and English actors and ask students whether they know them or not Then the teacher will introduce different kinds of humor to students The purpose of design 1. To arouse the students' interests 2. To introduce the topic and different kinds of humor to students Step2 Pre- reading(5 minutes) Task1: Introduce the two English humors on the text book Task2: Talk about verbal and nonverbal humors and find their differences Task3: Ask students to guess what the passage is about. The purpose of design 1. To help students get a general understanding of english humor. 2. To help students know about verbal and nonverbal humors and find their differences 3. To help students predict the content of the passage Step3 While-reading(15 minutes Task 4: Students are asked to read the passage quickly to check their prediction about the passage.(2minutes Task5: Read the passage and find out the main idea of each paragraph. (2minutes The purpose of design: To skim and get the main idea Task6: Read the passage and find out the information about Charlie Chaplin. (3minutes) Born Famous characte Costume Type of acting The purpose of design: To scan the passage and get the details Task7: Read paragraph 3 and find out the appearance of the little trump Step4 Post-reading(5minutes 1. Lead students to learn three tips can be used to introduce a person Time order Example Conjunctions 2. Have students work in groups(three person in a group) to discuss the following question and then each group select one leader to present their ideas What should we learn from Charlie Chaplin?
Teaching aids: Text book, multimedia, and blackboard. Teaching procedure Step1 Warming up (10 minutes) First the teacher will greet the whole class as usual. Then shows some pictures of Chinese, French and English actors and ask students whether they know them or not. Then, the teacher will introduce different kinds of humor to students. The purpose of design: 1. To arouse the students’ interests. 2. To introduce the topic and different kinds of humor to students. Step2 Pre-reading (5 minutes) Task1: Introduce the two English humors on the text book. Task2: Talk about verbal and nonverbal humors and find their differences. Task3: Ask students to guess what the passage is about. The purpose of design: 1. To help students get a general understanding of English humor. 2. To help students know about verbal and nonverbal humors and find their differences. 3. To help students predict the content of the passage. Step3 While-reading (15 minutes) Task4: Students are asked to read the passage quickly to check their prediction about the passage. (2minutes) Task5: Read the passage and find out the main idea of each paragraph. (2minutes) The purpose of design: To skim and get the main idea. Task6: Read the passage and find out the information about Charlie Chaplin. (3minutes) Born Job Famous character Costume Type of acting Died The purpose of design: To scan the passage and get the details. Task7：Read paragraph 3 and find out the appearance of the little trump. Step4 Post-reading (5minutes) 1. Lead students to learn three tips can be used to introduce a person. Time order Example Conjunctions 2. Have students work in groups (three person in a group) to discuss the following question and then each group select one leader to present their ideas. What should we learn from Charlie Chaplin?
The purpose of design: To understand the passage deeply, learn some tips on introducing a person and encourage students to express their own ideas, and to develop mental process And learn some good qualities from Charlie Chaplin Step5 Summary In our daily life, we may meet with some happiness and joys but we will also meet with some sadness and sorrow. When we meet with sadness what we should do? We should be optimistic and staunch Dont forget to smile! As Victor Hugo said, "Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face. The purpose of design: To make a conclusion and sublimate the theme Step6 Homework 1. Read the passage again, and try to retell it. 2. Try to write a passage to introduce your favorite film star(Don' t forget three tips and try to use as many new words as possible) Blackboard design Important words and Unit 3 A taste of English Homework: phrases: humor humor humorist Paragraph1: the wor Paragraph2:… Teaching reflection Advantages: Disadvantages:
The purpose of design: To understand the passage deeply, learn some tips on introducing a person and encourage students to express their own ideas, and to develop mental process. And learn some good qualitiesfrom Charlie Chaplin. Step5 Summary In our daily life, we may meet with some happiness and joys, but we will also meet with some sadness and sorrow. When we meet with sadness, what we should do? We should be optimistic and staunch. Don’t forget to smile! As Victor Hugo said, “Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.” The purpose of design: To make a conclusion and sublimate the theme. Step6 Homework 1. Read the passage again, and try to retell it. 2. Try to write a passage to introduce your favorite film star. (Don’t forget three tips and try to use as many new words as possible) Blackboard design Important words and phrases: humor humorist … Unit 3 A taste of English humor Paragraph1: The world situation Paragraph2: …. Homework: Teaching reflection Advantages: Disadvantages: