高一英語Festivals around the world教案
3) have you seen any of these comedians or programmers? what do you think of them?
step 2: warming up
task 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 pictures and summarize.
types of humor example of english humor chinese humor
nonverbal charlie chaplin pantomimes（啞劇）劉全和，劉全利
mime and farce mr. bean funny plays 陳佩斯，趙本山
verbal jokes play on words, usually cross talk 馬季， 姜昆
funny stories two lines jokes
funny poems edward lear doggerel（打油詩）
task 2. talking
ask students to talk about some funny stories, any english or chinese humors they know.
task 3. reading on p22
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 the answer. after that, teacher can show some other jokes on the screen.
joke 1:
patient: doctor, i’ve lost my memory.
doctor: when did this happen?
patient: when did what happen?
joke 2:
garcia: thank you doctor. my fever is gone.
doctor: don’t thank me. thank god.
garcia: then i will pay the fees to god.
step 3 homework
ask each student to give a joke and present it in class next period.
period 2 reading.
step1 reading. the purpose of this reading is to introduce nonverbal humor. this reading material takes charlie chaplin for example. it tells us what nonverbal humor means; what is charlie chaplin’s style of acting; how he made a sad situation entertaining and so on.
task 1.fast reading.and do the true or false questions.
1).humor is always kind. f
2).charlie chaplin was born in a rich family. f
3). his silent movies are not popular any more. f
4). he solved a sad situation by using nonverbal humor. t
5).he ate the shoes because he thought that it was very funny.f
6).charlie chaplin devoted his whole life to making films. t
task 2. divide the text into several parts and give the main idea of each part
part one(1-2 ) it tells us that there are two kinds of humor. one is bad, while the other can inspire people.
part two (3-4): it tells us something about charlie chaplin’s acting style and how charlie chaplin made a sad situation entertaining.
part three (5): it gives us a short biography about charlie chaplin.