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Period3ExtensiveReading

TheGeneralIdeaofThisPeriod

ThisperiodincludesthereadingofEnglishjokesonPage22andthereadingtaskANAPRILFOOL’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

ThreeDimensionalTeachingAims

KnowledgeandSkills

Trainthestudents’readingability.

Extendthestudents’informationaboutthevarietyofthemeparks.

ProcessandStrategies

Helpthestudentstoappreciatethejokes.

FeelingsandValue

Learnthedifferentcustoms,thestyleofdress,andaboveall,thedifferentskillsofthePolynesianpeopleinaculturalthemeparkinHawaii.

TeachingProcedures

Step1Revision

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.

S:Nowletmegoonwiththesecondparagraph.Chaplindevelopedhisownactingstyle,theoneinoneofhismostfamousfilmsTheGoldRush,heusesnonverbalhumourtoeataboiledshoe.Chaplinproduced,directedandwrotethemovieshestarredin.HewasgivenaspecialOscarforhisoutstandingwork.Heandhismoviesarerememberedbypeoplethroughouttheworld.

Welldone!Nowpleaselookatthescreenandchecktheinformationinthechartyourself.

NoteonCharlieChaplin’scareer

Born

1889

Died

1977

Job

Actor

Typeofacting

Mimeandfarce

Character

“thetramp”,apoorandhomelessperson

Costume

Largetrousers,worn-outshoesandsmallroundblackhat

Reasonforsuccess

Charming,socialfailurewithadeterminationtoovercomedifficulties

T: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.Itoncemadefunofmanypeople.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,wecanseethattheprogramPanoramaisstrange.

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.

T:OK,thisclassisfullofjoyandthinking.Ireallyshouldbeproudofyou,foryourgoodperformancesandlogicalthinking.

Step4Homework

T:SofarwehavelearnedmuchabouthumourandappreciatedmanyEnglishjokes,andfunnystories.SoI’dlikeeachofyoutoprepareoneEnglishjokeorfunnystoryandtomorrowwewillsharetheminclasstomakeourclassmoreinterestingandlovely.Anothertaskasyourhomework,readthetextonceagainandtrytofindthesentencesinthereadingpassagewherethe-ingformisusedandtellthefunctionofeach-ingformwordorphrase.Inthenextperiod,wewilllearntheusageof-ingform.Well,that’sallfortoday.Seeyoutomorrow.

Ss:Seeyou.

TheDesignoftheWritingontheBlackboard

Unit3AtasteofEnglishhumour

Period3Extensivereading

1．Revision:

(1)retellingofthetext

(2)abiographyofCharlieChaplin

(3)Englishverbaljokes—“playonwords”.

(4)Englishfunnystory—Sherlock&DoctorWatson.

(5)AnAprilFool’sJoke:TheNoodleHarvest.

RecordafterTeaching

ActivitiesandResearch

Theteachermayfirstofferthestudentsasituationandthenencouragethemtomakeupastoryusingthe-ingform.Itisatwo-birds-with-one-stonetask,whichcannotonlymakethestudentsconsolidatetheirknowledgeaboutthe-ingform,butcantraintheircreativethinking.

ReferenceforTeaching

AdditionalInformation

Englishjokesandfunnystories

ToGotoHeaven

SundaySchoolteacher:HandsupallthosewhowanttogotoHeaven?Handsup...whataboutyou,Terry?Youhaven’tgotyourhandup,don’tyouwanttogotoHeaven?

Terry:Ican’t.Mymumtoldmetogostraighthome.

WhenwasRomebuilt

Teacher:WhenwasRomebuilt?

Tom:Atnight.

Teacher:Whotoldyouthat?

Tom:Youdid.YousaidRomewasn’tbuiltinaday.

TwoBirds

Teacher:Herearetwobirds,oneisaswallow,theotherisasparrow.Nowwhocantelluswhichiswhich?

Student:IcannotpointoutbutIknowtheanswer.

Teacher:Pleasetellus.

Student:Theswallowisbesidethesparrowandthesparrowisbesidetheswallow.

Akiss

Atadinnerparty,thespeaker,whowastheguestofhonor,wasabouttodeliveraspeechwhenhiswifesittingattheotherendofthetable,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.TheofficertoldJohnthathewasstoppedbe