人教版高中英语教案-Unit 3 A taste of English humour Period 3 Extensive Reading 优秀教案（人教版必修4）5页

Period3　ExtensiveReadingTheGeneralIdeaofThisPeriodThisperiodincludesthereadingofEnglishjokesonPage22andthereadingtaskANAPRILFOOL’SJOKE:THENOODLEHARVESTonPage59.ThereadinginUsingLanguageintroducesthekindofhumourwecanlaughat—verbaljokes.Theyusea“playonwords”tobefunny.ThereadingtasktellsusagoodjoketoldonBBConAprilFool’sday.Thetworeadingpassagescanbegiventothestudentsasextensivereadingtasks.TheyareexpectedtoappreciateandenjoythefunbystudyingtheEnglishjokes.Andnextthestudentsareencouragedtoinvolveinagroupactivity—changethejokeintoashortplayandthenactitout.Asforthereadingtask,thestudentsareexpectedtogothroughthequestionsfollowingthepassagefirsttopredicatewhatthestoryisaboutandthenskimthepassageforthekeystothequestions.TeachingImportant&DifficultPointsHowtoimprovethestudents’readingability.TeachingorLearningApproachesTask-basedlearning;cooperativelearningTeachingAidsAtaperecorderAmulti-mediacomputerandablackboardThreeDimensionalTeachingAimsKnowledgeandSkillsTrainthestudents’readingability.Extendthestudents’informationaboutthevarietyofthemeparks.ProcessandStrategiesHelpthestudentstoappreciatethejokes.FeelingsandValueLearnthedifferentcustoms,thestyleofdress,andaboveall,thedifferentskillsofthePolynesianpeopleinaculturalthemeparkinHawaii.TeachingProceduresStep1RevisionT:Gladtoseeyou,everyone!Thisisthefirstperiodoftoday.Youdon’tfeelhungry,doyou?Ss:No,wedon’t,butwefeelhungryformorehumour.T:OK,bequick!Let’sfirstcheckyourhomework.Lookatthescreenandfillinthemissingwordsandtrytoretellthereadingpassage.Notallthe_________iskind.Somearebad,otherscaninspirepeople.Someactorscan_________uswiththecharacterstheyareplaying.Chaplinwassuchanactor.Hebecamefamousforusinga_________formofactinginsilentfilms.Thelittletrampgivespeoplecouragetoovercome_________withhisfirm_________andheisalwayskindevenwhenpeopleare_________tohim.Chaplindevelopedhisownactingstyle,theoneinoneofhismostfamousfilms_____________________________,heuses__________humourtoeata__________shoe.Chaplinproduced,__________andwrotethemovieshe__________in.HewasgivenaspecialOscarforhis__________work.Heandhismoviesare__________bypeople__________theworld.T:Notallthehumouriskind.Somearebad,otherscaninspirepeople.Someactorscanastonishuswiththecharacterstheyareplaying.Chaplinwassuchanactor.Hebecamefamousforusingaparticularformofactinginsilentfilms.Thelittletrampgivespeoplecouragetoovercomedifficultieswithhisfirmdeterminationandheisalwayskindevenwhenpeopleareunkindtohim.5 S:Nowletmegoonwiththesecondparagraph.Chaplindevelopedhisownactingstyle,theoneinoneofhismostfamousfilmsTheGoldRush,heusesnonverbalhumourtoeataboiledshoe.Chaplinproduced,directedandwrotethemovieshestarredin.HewasgivenaspecialOscarforhisoutstandingwork.Heandhismoviesarerememberedbypeoplethroughouttheworld.Welldone!Nowpleaselookatthescreenandchecktheinformationinthechartyourself.NoteonCharlieChaplin’scareerBorn1889Died1977JobActorTypeofactingMimeandfarceCharacter“thetramp”,apoorandhomelesspersonCostumeLargetrousers,worn-outshoesandsmallroundblackhatReasonforsuccessCharming,socialfailurewithadeterminationtoovercomedifficultiesT:Yousee,it’sagoodwaytomakesomenoteswhilereading.Itcanhelpyoutograspthegeneralideasofwhatyouarereading,andifyoulike,youcanalsosayorwritesomethingaboutwhatyouarereadingwiththehelpofthenotesafterclass,andyouwillseeitisnotsodifficulttodoso.Step2ReadinginUsingLanguage　T:Somuchforyourhomework.Justnowyousaidyoufelthungryformorehumour,didn’tyou?Ss:Yes.T:OK,pleaseturntoPage22andlookatthereading.Thereadingwillsatisfyyoubyintroducingthekindofhumourwecanlaughat—verbaljokes.Theyusea“playonwords”tobefunny.I’dlikeyoutoreadthethreejokesandthenmatchthejokewiththeexplanation.Ifyoulike,youmayhaveadiscussion.Andthenwe’llchecktheanswer.OK,readthem.T:Haveyoufinishedthereading?Arethejokesfunny?Ss:Yes,theyareveryfunny.We’veneverfoundthatEnglishjokessofunny.T:What’stheanswer?S:Theansweris1toB,2toCand3toA.T:Good.Now,anotherjokeiswaitingforyou.PleasereadthenextjokeonPage22.Andthenfinishthequestionsfollowed.Threeminuteslater.T:Nowdecidewhichofthesetwokindsofjokesyoulikebetter.Giveyourreason.S:Ifindthefirstkindjokesareeasiertounderstand.S:Wemustunderstandthebackgroundofthefunnystoryatfirst,andthenwecanknowwhatahumourSherlockHolmeswas.Ithinktounderstandthiskindofjokesneedswisdomtounderstand.Wemustknowthathewasadetective,sohewasalwaysthinkingofthethingssuchasstealing.T:Whatyousaidisreasonable.Nowlet’slistentothetape,payattentiontotheintonation,andtrytobringoutthehumourousmeaning.Afterlistening.T:NowI’dlikeyoutochangethejokeaboutSherlockHolmesintoashortplayandfirstactitoutingroupsofthree-Holmes,Watsonandanarrator.Trytoimitatetheintonationsothatyoucanbringoutthehumourousmeaning,andthenwewillasksomegroupstocometothefrontandacttheirplaysout,andseewhichgroupwillbethebest.Severalminuteslater.T:Excellentperformances!Thankyou.Nowwe’llgotothereadingtask,itisaveryfamousstory.Itoncemadefun5 ofmanypeople.Nowlet’sturntoPage59.Step3ReadingtaskonPage59　T:Thereadingtaskgivesusanotherjoke.ThetitleisAnAprilFool’sJoke:TheNoodleHarvest.IbelievethatallofusknowAprilFool’sDay.Ss:Yeah.T:Now,wearegoingtoreadthetext.Whatwillittellus?Atfirst,pleasereadthequestionsbelowthetext;maybetheycangiveussomedetailsofthetext.Givethestudentsoneminutetogothroughthequestions.T:OK,whatcanyougetfromthequestions?S:Fromthefirstquestion,wecanguessthatthestoryhappenedonAprilFool’sDay.S:Fromthesecondquestion,wecanseethattheprogramPanoramaisstrange.S:IthinkthatBBCwasmakingajokewithpeople.Weknownoodleverymuch.It’simpossibletogrownoodletrees.S:FromthelastquestionsIcanseethatthisstorygivesusawaytotreatsomethingaroundus.T:OK,Ithinkallofyourguessesarereasonable.Nowlet’sreadthetextandmakesurewhetheryourguessesareright.Whileyouarereading,trytofindouttheanswerstothefourquestions,youmayhaveadiscussiontochecktheiranswers.Severalminuteslater.T:Well,haveyoufinishedthetext?Ss:Yes.T:What’stheanswertothefirstquestion?S:OnAprilFool’sDay,childrenmakefunofeachother.T:Right.WhydidpeoplebelievetheprogramPanorama?S:Ithinkthemostimportantreasonisthattherewerealwaysmanyseriousprogramonthetelevision.AndthePanoramaexploredproblemsandprogressallovertheworld.Sonobodywassurprisedwhenitreportedtheexcellentnoodleharvest.Ifthenewswasnotfromsuchafamousandseriousprogram,nobodywouldbelieveit.T:Ithinkso.Peoplewouldliketobelievethosewhoareauthority.Anyopinions?S:Ithinkthereisanotherimportantreason.Itisthatthereportershowedmanynoodletreeswiththefarmerspullingnoodlesoffthemandputtingthemintobaskets.T:Iagreewithyou.Weoftensaythatseeingisbelieving.Anyopinions?S:Ithinkthattheircheatingwastrue.Italsomentionedtworeasonsforthegoodcrop:anunusuallywarmwinterandthedisappearanceoftheinsectthatattackedthenoodlecropeveryyear.What’sworse,theystillgavesomeotherdetailstoprovethenews.IfIwashungrythen,Iwouldbecheatedtoo.T:Maybe.Well,doyouthinktheadvicethattheBBCgavepeoplewhoaskedhowtogrownoodletreeswasserious?Giveareason.S:No,itcouldnotbeseriousasnotreescouldbegrowninthisway.T:Iagreewithyou.Whatwouldyoudotofindoutwhetherastorylikethiswastrue?S:Ithinkatfirstyoumustthinkwhetheritispossibletohavenoodletrees.Noodledoesn’thaveanylife,howcouldtheybegrown?T:Youmeanthatwhenwehearastory,weshouldatfirstthinkaboutitsnature.S:Yeah.T:Well,doyouhaveanyotheropinions?S:ThereasonthatthereweresomanypeoplecaughtinisthattheyforgotthatdaywasAprilFool’sDay.Iftheyknewthis,Ibelievethattheywouldthinkwhetheritwastrueorfalse.T:That’sright.IfIwasnotsurewhetherastorywastrueornot,IwouldgothelibrarytocheckthefactsinanencyclopediaorgoontheInternet.5 T:OK,thisclassisfullofjoyandthinking.Ireallyshouldbeproudofyou,foryourgoodperformancesandlogicalthinking.Step4Homework　T:SofarwehavelearnedmuchabouthumourandappreciatedmanyEnglishjokes,andfunnystories.SoI’dlikeeachofyoutoprepareoneEnglishjokeorfunnystoryandtomorrowwewillsharetheminclasstomakeourclassmoreinterestingandlovely.Anothertaskasyourhomework,readthetextonceagainandtrytofindthesentencesinthereadingpassagewherethe-ingformisusedandtellthefunctionofeach-ingformwordorphrase.Inthenextperiod,wewilllearntheusageof-ingform.Well,that’sallfortoday.Seeyoutomorrow.Ss:Seeyou.TheDesignoftheWritingontheBlackboardUnit3　AtasteofEnglishhumourPeriod3　Extensivereading1.Revision:1)retellingofthetext2)abiographyofCharlieChaplin2.Englishverbaljokes—“playonwords”.3.Englishfunnystory—Sherlock&DoctorWatson.4.AnAprilFool’sJoke:TheNoodleHarvest.RecordafterTeachingActivitiesandResearchTheteachermayfirstofferthestudentsasituationandthenencouragethemtomakeupastoryusingthe-ingform.Itisatwo-birds-with-one-stonetask,whichcannotonlymakethestudentsconsolidatetheirknowledgeaboutthe-ingform,butcantraintheircreativethinking.ReferenceforTeachingAdditionalInformationEnglishjokesandfunnystoriesToGotoHeavenSundaySchoolteacher:HandsupallthosewhowanttogotoHeaven?Handsup...whataboutyou,Terry?Youhaven’tgotyourhandup,don’tyouwanttogotoHeaven?Terry:Ican’t.Mymumtoldmetogostraighthome.WhenwasRomebuiltTeacher:WhenwasRomebuilt?Tom:Atnight.Teacher:Whotoldyouthat?Tom:Youdid.YousaidRomewasn’tbuiltinaday.TwoBirdsTeacher:Herearetwobirds,oneisaswallow,theotherisasparrow.Nowwhocantelluswhichiswhich?Student:IcannotpointoutbutIknowtheanswer.Teacher:Pleasetellus.Student:Theswallowisbesidethesparrowandthesparrowisbesidetheswallow.AkissAtadinnerparty,thespeaker,whowastheguestofhonor,wasabouttodeliveraspeechwhenhiswifesitting5 attheotherendofthetable,senthimapieceofpaperwiththeword“KISS”scribbledonit.Theguestseatednexttothespeakersaid,“Yourwifemustloveyouverymuch,Iseehersendyoua‘KISS’beforeyoubeginyourspeech.”Thespeakersmiledandexplained,“Youdon’tknowmywife.The‘KISS’shegivesmestandsfor‘KeepItShort,Stupid.’”Keytoone’ssuccessOnedayafatherwasteachinghissonandsaid,“Thekeystoyoursuccessarekeepingyourwordandcleverness.Onceyoupromisesomebodyapromise,youmustcarryitoutonmatterwhatwillhappen.Thisiscalled‘keepingone’sword.’”“Whatiscleverness?”askedhisson.“Clevernessisthatyou’llnevermakesuchapromise,”thefatheranswered.DeadlyEmailAnIllinoisladyleftthesnow-filledstreetsofChicagoforavacationinFlorida.Herhusbandwasonabusinesstripandwasplanningtomeethertherethenextday.Whenshereachedherhotel,shedecidedtosendherhusbandaquicke-mail.Unabletofindthescrapofpaperonwhichshehadwrittenhisemailaddress,shedidherbesttotypeitinfrommemory.Unfortunately,shemissedoneletterandhernotewasdirectedinsteadtoanelderlywidow,whosehusbandhadpassedawayonlythedaybefore.Whenthegrievingwidowcheckedhere-mail,shetookonelookatthemonitor,letoutapiercingscreamandfelltothefloorinadeadfaint.Atthesound,herfamilyrushedintotheroomandsawthisnoteonthescreen:DEARESTHONEY:JUSTGOTCHECKEDIN.EVERYTHINGPREPAREDFORYOURARRIVALTOMORROW.P.S.SUREISHOTDOWNHERE.Onlywhenhe’sdrunkJohnandJessicawereontheirwayhomefromthebaronenightandJohngotpulledoverbythepolice.TheofficertoldJohnthathewasstoppedbecausehistaillightwasburnedout.Johnsaid,“I’mverysorryofficer,Ididn’trealizeitwasout,I’llgetitfixedrightaway.”JustthenJessicasaid,“IknewthiswouldhappenwhenItoldyoutwodaysagotogetthatlightfixed.”SotheofficeraskedforJohn’slicenseandafterlookingatitsaid,“Siryourlicensehasexpired.”AndagainJohnapologizedandmentionedthathedidn’trealizethatithadexpiredandwouldtakecareofitfirstthinginthemorning.Jessicasaid,“Itoldyouaweekagothatthestatesentyoualettertellingyouthatyourlicensehadexpired.”Wellbythistime,Johnisabitupsetwithhiswifecontradictinghiminfrontoftheofficer,andhesaidinaratherloudvoice,“Jessica,willyoushutup!”TheofficerthenleanedovertowardJessicaandasked.“Doesyourhusbandalwaystalktoyoulikethat?”Jessicareplied,“Onlywhenhe’sdrunk.”ThreedrunksTwodrunksarewalkingalong.Onedrunksaystotheother,“Whatabeautiful,night,lookatthemoon.”Theotherdrunkstopsandlooksathisdrunkfriend.“Youarewrong,that’snotthemoon,that’sthesun.”Bothstartedarguingforawhilewhentheycameuponanotherdrunkwalking,sotheystoppedhim.“Sir,couldyoupleasehelpsettleourargument?Telluswhatthatthingisupintheskythat’sshining.Isitthemoonorthesun?”Thethirddrunklookedattheskyandthenlookedatthemandsaid,“Sorry,Idon’tlivearoundhere.”5