1、Unit 12 Life is full of unexpected教學(xué)設(shè)計(jì).Teaching objectives:1.Knowledge and abilities: to let students master the new words and phrases about the topic shows: tricks,celebration, Spaghetti, announce, cancel, reply, response, result, special, April Fools Day, run out of, hoax, embarassing, flee, Italy

2、to let students learn the culture of April Fools Day and jokes, get the sense of the grammar “the past perfect tense”eg.: All of the spaghetti across the country had been sold out.2. Procedures and methods: to help students learn how to use the reading strategies in the reading comprehension, such a

3、s prediction, skimming, scanning, and guessing the meaning of the words from the contextto help students get the main idea of the text by the mind map.3. Emotional attitudes and moral values:to let students believe in themselves. “Jokes are common in our lives. Life is full of unexpected(意外). Accept

4、 it, enjoy it and challenge it”.Teaching key points and difficult points:Key points: 1.to let the students learn how to use the reading strategies in reading comprehension. 2.to learn the grammar words and structures “the past perfect tense” to talk about this topic: Life is full of unexpected.Diffi

5、cult points:1. to let the students learn how to use the reading strategies in different reading comprehension. 2. to learn the grammar words and structures to talk about the similar topics.Teaching methodsTask-based teaching method assisted with activity approach and audio-visual method.Teaching aid

6、s: the CAI.Teaching proceduresStep 1 Pre-reading and Lead in通過前幾天大雪的話題引出a joke及people play jokes on each other，導(dǎo)入過程滲透本節(jié)課出現(xiàn)的生詞與詞組。Purpose: the main purpose is to stimulate the students learning interest and lead in the topic: playing jokes and some new words.Step 2 While-readingTASK 1: (1)Read and ma

7、tch. (Reading strategy: The first sentence of each paragraph can be helpful for you to understand a text.)Para. 1 A. One of the most famous tricks played.Para. 2 B. Two funny stories that happened on April Fools Day. Para. 3C. An introduction to April Fools Day.Para. 4 D. A sad story that happened o

8、n April Fools DayTASK2 Careful reading1.Read Para 1 1. Does April Fools Day take place only in China?2. What do people usually do on April Fools Day ? (補(bǔ)充April Fools Day有關(guān)文化背景)Purpose: Learn something about April Fools Day and its culture.2.Read Para 2(1)Read and chooseStory1_Story2_ A. Spaghetti B.

9、 Special water (2) Read Story1 answer the questions. 1.What did the reporter in England announce?2.What did people do after they heard the news?3.Whats the result of the story? (第二個(gè)問題出答案之后，引發(fā)學(xué)生思考，解決學(xué)生疑惑。補(bǔ)充文化知識(shí): Why do they ran to supermarket and buy Spaghetti? ) How do you feel about the joke? (引發(fā)學(xué)生

10、思考)，并提示寫作技巧。 (3) Read Story2 answer the questions. 1.What can the water do in the story? 2.Whats the result? Do you want to get the special water? Is it funny or sad?(引發(fā)學(xué)生思考)Purpose: Wh-questions may help student to know more about the passage and the culture. Then student learn to use mind-map.3. R

11、ead Para 3 and answer the questions(過渡語，引發(fā)學(xué)生思考：Do all jokes have a happy ending? ) 1.What did the famous TV star do in the story? 2.What did he reply, when his girl friend said yes? 3.Whats the result of the joke?(第二個(gè)問題出答案之后，引發(fā)學(xué)生思考，解決學(xué)生疑惑。補(bǔ)充文化知識(shí): Why did he say that ? ) Funny or Sad? Purpose: Wh-que

12、stions may help student to know more about the passage and the culture. Then student learn to use mind-map.4. Read Para 4 (過渡語，引發(fā)學(xué)生思考：Do all the jokes and tricks happen only on April Fools Day? )(1) Read and choose When did the most famous joke happen ? A. On April Fools Day B. In October,1938(2) Re

13、ad Para 4 and answer the questions1.What did Orson Welles announce on his radio program?2.What happened after people heard the news?3.What had happened by the time police officers announced that the story was a hoax? (出示第一個(gè)問題之后， 補(bǔ)充文化知識(shí): Who is Orson Welles ? ) (出完三個(gè)問題答案后，引發(fā)學(xué)生思考，解決學(xué)生疑惑。補(bǔ)充文化知識(shí): Why di

14、d so many people believe Orson Welles?) It caused some social problems.Purpose: Wh-questions may help students to know more about the passage and the culture. Then students learn how to use mind-map.5. Summary. Teacher: Some jokes are funny, and some jokes are sad. Some jokes can even cause some soc

15、ial problems. What can jokes bring to us? What should we do? Purpose: To sum up. And Let students know: We should play jokes in the proper way.Step 3 Post-reading1. Enjoy a video about Penguins The video can fool the students. Purpose: Play a joke on students. And make a foundation for the next step

16、 .2. Group Work: Share your jokes and tricks in Groups Have you ever played jokes on others ? Have you ever been fooled by others ? 老師出Model： 出示圖片引導(dǎo)學(xué)生回憶起學(xué)生被愚弄或者愚弄他人的經(jīng)歷，之后在小組中講出自己的故事，各小組選出本組內(nèi)the funniest story/favorite story/the most embarrassing story/the most creative story.，在全班分享。(These may help y

17、ou) 1.Toothpaste Oreo(牙膏味奧利奧) Time/place: It happened . trick: put toothpaste(牙膏) between Oreo candies.Response: laugh.Result: eat /terrible/angry 2.Chicken Hamburger Time/place: .trick: A real chicken Response: laugh/drop Result: didnt eat /angry 3. A Birthday Party.4、Our teacher called you to office.Your shoelaces are untied. (你鞋帶開了)6.No classes today. angry/funny/ embarras