高一英语下学期Unit 20a

新人教版高一下Unit 20 HumourReading教案Teaching Aim:1. Get the Ss to learn something about comedy, clown and comedian, especially about crosstalk show and sketch.2. To improve the Ss' reading ability.3. To understand the meaning of humor.Teaching Important Points:1. Improve the Ss' reading ability, especially the skills of summarizing and scanning.2. How to help the Ss understand the passage exactly.Teaching Difficult Points:1. How to get the Ss to grasp the main idea of the passage.2. How to develop the Ss' reading ability.Teaching Methods:1. Question-and-answer method before reading to make the Ss interested in what they will learn.2. Listening activity to help the Ss go through with the passage.3. Fast reading and careful reading to improve the Ss' reading ability.4. Pair work or group work to get every student active in class.5. Inductive method to make the Ss understand the passage better. Teaching Aids:1. A recorder2. A computerTeaching ProceduresStepⅠ Greetings1. Greet the whole class as usual.2. Get the Ss to read a tongue twister as quickly as possible.Betty bought some butter, but the butter was bitter, so she bought some better butter to make the bitter butter better.Step Ⅱ Lead-in1. Tell the Ss: Today we'll learn a new unit, Unit 20 Humor. From the title, we can guess this unit will be much more interesting, for everyone likes fun, and every fun can make us happy and cheerful. Before learning it, let's enjoy a sketch. Later, answer two questions about it.1). Do you know who the comedians are?2). Do you know what makes them funny?2. Teacher shows the Ss some pictures on the screen and asks them some questions according to the pictures.1). How do we call these persons in these pictures?2). What are they performing?3). What do these actors usually perform?Step Ⅲ Pre-reading1. T: So much for this. Now let's look at some pictures of famous actors on the screen. Do you know who they are, and what makes them funny?1). Picture 1: The thin one is called Stan Laurel, while the fat one is called Oliver Hardy. They are funny because they are opposites. One is fat and one is thin. One is clever and one is silly.2). Picture 2: Mr. Bean is funny because he makes funny faces, he acts silly, he seems to be quite stupid, and the things he does are strange. 3). Picture 3: Dustin Hoffman is funny because he likes cross-dressing. He acts the role of a woman in the film Tootsie. In this film his performance is so good that you can't tell the difference and there are all kinds of funny moments.4). Picture 4: Ma Ji is a well-known artist of crosstalk shows in China. He is funny because his crosstalk shows always make people roar with laughter.2. Get the Ss to know some more famous artists in China. (Show the screen.)Step Ⅳ Reading1. Get the Ss to study Reading. First listen to the tape, then work in groups to divide the passage into four parts and find out the topic sentence of each part. (Show the screen.)Part 1(Para 1): Comedies are theatre plays that make people laugh. Part 2(Para 2): Clowns also make people laugh.Part 3(Para3): Another type of people whose job is to make peoplelaugh are comedians.Part 4(Para 4-5): Typical for China is the crosstalk show.2. Let the Ss learn some detailed information about the four topics. 1). Part 1: ComedyFill in the blanks according to Part 1.Comedies are those t______ plays that make people l______.Comedies make people laugh by c______ men and women appearing on the stage and by f______ plays with stereotypes of nationalities or people doing certain jobs. The actors also make us laugh by making fun of others' way of d______ or telling an a______ story. It sounds funny to hear foreigners speak with an a______. Comedies also play on words to c______ fun.2). Part 2: Clown(1). What is a clown?They often act alone or as a pair and make a different kind of fun.(2). How do they make people fun?a). By not using any words at all.b). By using their clothes, make-up and the way they walk.c). By helping people forget their problems, at least for a shortmoment.3). Part 3: Comedian(1). How do comedians make people laugh?a). By body language and their face.b). By acting out a situation--- a sketch.c). By using word play.(2).What's the most important thing in a comedian's job?The most important thing is not only to make people laugh, but also to get them to think about life.4). Part 4: Chinese crosstalk show(1). Which techniques are used by the artists in a crosstalk show?a). Making many jokes and funny conversations.b). Dressing up a little or acting out small sketches.c). Using rhythm and rhyming words.d). Using tongue twisters.(2). Get the Ss to enjoy a crosstalk show, then ask them some questions on the screen.a). Can you tell us who the famous comedian is in the crosstalk show? Do you like him? Why?b). Which techniques are used by the artists in the crosstalk show? Step Ⅴ Post-readingAsk some Ss to answer the questions about the passage. (Show the screen.)1). How long has the tradition of crosstalk existed in China?The tradition of crosstalk has existed in China for more than 2,000 years.2). Give three examples of techniques that writers of comedies often use to make people laugh.(1). cross-dressing (2). stereotypes (3). word play3). Why are some of Shakespeare's comedies not so funny for us?Some of Shakespeare's plays are not so funny for us because the meaning of words in English has changed and we don't understand the language and word play that Shakespeare used.Step Ⅵ ConsolidationGet the Ss to do the exercise of “True” or “False”. (Show the screen.) ( ) 1. Cross-dressing means men dressed up as women and women as men.( ) 2. Word play creates fun by using a word or phrase that has two meanings or words having the same sound but different meanings. ( ) 3. Shakespeare's plays are no longer funny because English has greatly changed.( ) 4. Clowns usually make people laugh by what they look and whatthey do, not by what they say.( ) 5. Clothes, body language, facial expressions and word play are all very important in comedians' shows.( ) 6.As far as we know crosstalk has never been shown by only one comedian or more than two comedians.( ) 7. Crosstalk can only be found in China and few foreigners know about this Chinese art form.( ) 8. Fluent spoken Chinese is a must for one who intends to be a crosstalk comedian.Ss: 1.T 2.T 3.T 4.T 5.F 6.F 7.F 8.TStep Ⅶ ActingInvite some Ss to act out a sketch in English.Step Ⅷ Summary and HomeworkT: Today we've learned a passage about Laughing Matter. It includes four topics. They are comedy, clown, comedian, Chinese crosstalk show. I think you must be very familiar with them. Look at today's homework.Homework1. Revise what we've learned today and try to retell the passage.2. Make a summary of the passage.3. Do Post-reading Ex. 1 (3,4,5).4. Work in groups to act out a crosstalk show and a sketch.课后反思：本节课我较好地完成了所设定的教学目标和教学内容,通过看录像和运用多媒体图片，由图到文，逐步讲解，使学生由感性认识上升到理性认识，加深理解，突破教学的重点难点。