1、Period 3 Extensive ReadingThe General Idea of This PeriodThis period includes the reading of English jokes on Page 22 and the reading task AN APRIL FOOLS JOKE:THE NOODLE HARVEST on Page 59.The reading in Using Language introduces the kind of humour we can laugh atverbal jokes.They use a “play on wor
2、ds” to be funny.The reading task tells us a good joke told on BBC on April Fools day.The two reading passages can be given to the students as extensive reading tasks.They are expected to appreciate and enjoy the fun by studying the English jokes.And next the students are encouraged to involve in a g
3、roup activitychange the joke into a short play and then act it out.As for the reading task,the students are expected to go through the questions following the passage first to predicate what the story is about and then skim the passage for the keys to the questions.Teaching Important cooperative lea
4、rningTeaching AidsA tape recorderA multi-media computer and a blackboardThree Dimensional Teaching AimsKnowledge and SkillsTrain the students reading ability.Extend the students information about the variety of theme parks.Process and StrategiesHelp the students to appreciate the jokes.Feelings and
5、ValueLearn the different customs,the style of dress,and above all,the different skills of the Polynesian people in a cultural theme park in Hawaii.Teaching ProceduresStep 1 RevisionT:Glad to see you,everyone!This is the first period of today.You dont feel hungry,do you?Ss:No,we dont,but we feel hung
6、ry for more humour.T:OK,be quick!Lets first check your homework.Look at the screen and fill in the missing words and try to retell the reading passage.Not all the _ is kind. Some are bad, others can inspire people. Some actors can _ us with the characters they are playing.Chaplin was such an actor.H
7、e became famous for using a _ form of acting in silent films.The little tramp gives people courage to overcome _ with his firm _ and he is always kind even when people are _ to him.Chaplin developed his own acting style,the one in one of his most famous films _ _ _,he uses _ humour to eat a _ shoe.
8、Chaplin produced,_ and wrote the movies he _ in.He was given a special Oscar for his _ work. He and his movies are _ by people _ the world.T:Not all the humour is kind.Some are bad,others can inspire people.Some actors can astonish us with the characters they are playing.Chaplin was such an actor.He
9、 became famous for using a particular form of acting in silent films.The little tramp gives people courage to overcome difficulties with his firm determination and he is always kind even when people are unkind to him.S:Now let me go on with the second paragraph.Chaplin developed his own acting style
10、,the one in one of his most famous films The Gold Rush,he uses nonverbal humour to eat a boiled shoe.Chaplin produced,directed and wrote the movies he starred in.He was given a special Oscar for his outstanding work.He and his movies are remembered by people throughout the world.Well done!Now please
11、 look at the screen and check the information in the chart yourself.Note on Charlie Chaplins careerBorn 1889Died 1977Job ActorType of acting Mime and farceCharacter “the tramp”,a poor and homeless personCostume Large trousers,worn-out shoes and small round black hatReason for success Charming,social
12、 failure with a determination to overcome difficultiesT:You see,its a good way to make some notes while reading.It can help you to grasp the general ideas of what you are reading,and if you like,you can also say or write something about what you are reading with the help of the notes after class,and
13、 you will see it is not so difficult to do so.Step 2 Reading in Using Language T:So much for your homework.Just now you said you felt hungry for more humour,didnt you?Ss:Yes.T:OK,please turn to Page 22 and look at the reading.The reading will satisfy you by introducing the kind of humour we can laug
14、h atverbal jokes.They use a “play on words” to be funny.Id like you to read the three jokes and then match the joke with the explanation.If you like,you may have a discussion.And then well check the answer.OK,read them.T:Have you finished the reading?Are the jokes funny?Ss:Yes,they are very funny.We
15、ve never found that English jokes so funny.T:Whats the answer?S:The answer is 1 to B,2 to C and 3 to A.T:Good.Now,another joke is waiting for you.Please read the next joke on Page 22.And then finish the questions followed.Three minutes later.T:Now decide which of these two kinds of jokes you like be
16、tter.Give your reason.S:I find the first kind jokes are easier to understand.S:We must understand the background of the funny story at first,and then we can know what a humour Sherlock Holmes was.I think to understand this kind of jokes needs wisdom to understand.We must know that he was a detective
17、,so he was always thinking of the things such as stealing.T:What you said is reasonable.Now lets listen to the tape,pay attention to the intonation,and try to bring out the humourous meaning.After listening.T:Now Id like you to change the joke about Sherlock Holmes into a short play and first act it
18、 out in groups of three-Holmes,Watson and a narrator.Try to imitate the intonation so that you can bring out the humourous meaning,and then we will ask some groups to come to the front and act their plays out,and see which group will be the best.Several minutes later.T:Excellent performances!Thank y
19、ou.Now well go to the reading task,it is a very famous story.It once made fun of many people.Now lets turn to Page 59.Step 3 Reading task on Page 59 T:The reading task gives us another joke.The title is An April Fools Joke:The Noodle Harvest.I believe that all of us know April Fools Day.Ss:Yeah.T:No
20、w,we are going to read the text.What will it tell us?At first,please read the questions below the text;maybe they can give us some details of the text.Give the students one minute to go through the questions.T:OK,what can you get from the questions?S:From the first question,we can guess that the sto
21、ry happened on April Fools Day.S:From the second question,we can see that the program Panorama is strange.S:I think that BBC was making a joke with people.We know noodle very much.Its impossible to grow noodle trees.S:From the last questions I can see that this story gives us a way to treat somethin
22、g around us.T:OK,I think all of your guesses are reasonable.Now lets read the text and make sure whether your guesses are right.While you are reading,try to find out the answers to the four questions,you may have a discussion to check their answers.Several minutes later.T:Well,have you finished the
23、text?Ss:Yes.T:Whats the answer to the first question?S:On April Fools Day,children make fun of each other.T:Right.Why did people believe the program Panorama?S:I think the most important reason is that there were always many serious program on the television.And the Panorama explored problems and pr
24、ogress all over the world.So nobody was surprised when it reported the excellent noodle harvest.If the news was not from such a famous and serious program,nobody would believe it.T:I think so.People would like to believe those who are authority.Any opinions?S:I think there is another important reaso
25、n.It is that the reporter showed many noodle trees with the farmers pulling noodles off them and putting them into baskets.T:I agree with you.We often say that seeing is believing.Any opinions?S:I think that their cheating was true.It also mentioned two reasons for the good crop:an unusually warm wi
26、nter and the disappearance of the insect that attacked the noodle crop every year.Whats worse,they still gave some other details to prove the news.If I was hungry then,I would be cheated too.T:Maybe.Well,do you think the advice that the BBC gave people who asked how to grow noodle trees was serious?
27、Give a reason.S:No,it could not be serious as no trees could be grown in this way.T:I agree with you.What would you do to find out whether a story like this was true?S:I think at first you must think whether it is possible to have noodle trees.Noodle doesnt have any life,how could they be grown?T:Yo
28、u mean that when we hear a story,we should at first think about its nature.S:Yeah.T:Well,do you have any other opinions?S:The reason that there were so many people caught in is that they forgot that day was April Fools Day.If they knew this,I believe that they would think whether it was true or fals
29、e.T:Thats right.If I was not sure whether a story was true or not,I would go the library to check the facts in an encyclopedia or go on the Internet.T:OK,this class is full of joy and thinking.I really should be proud of you,for your good performances and logical thinking.Step 4 Homework T:So far we
30、 have learned much about humour and appreciated many English jokes,and funny stories.So Id like each of you to prepare one English joke or funny story and tomorrow we will share them in class to make our class more interesting and lovely.Another task as your homework,read the text once again and try
31、 to find the sentences in the reading passage where the -ing form is used and tell the function of each -ing form word or phrase.In the next period,we will learn the usage of -ing form.Well,thats all for today.See you tomorrow.Ss:See you.The Design of the Writing on the BlackboardUnit 3 A taste of E
32、nglish humourPeriod 3 Extensive reading1.Revision:1)retelling of the text2)a biography of Charlie Chaplin2.English verbal jokes“play on words”.3.English funny storySherlock & Doctor Watson.4.An April Fools Joke:The Noodle Harvest.Record after TeachingActivities and Research The teacher may first off
33、er the students a situation and then encourage them to make up a story using the -ing form.It is a two-birds-with-one-stone task,which can not only make the students consolidate their knowledge about the -ing form,but can train their creative thinking.Reference for TeachingAdditional InformationEngl
34、ish jokes and funny storiesTo Go to HeavenSunday School teacher:Hands up all those who want to go to Heaven?Hands up.what about you,Terry?You havent got your hand up,dont you want to go to Heaven?Terry:I cant.My mum told me to go straight home.When was Rome builtTeacher:When was Rome built?Tom:At ni
35、ght.Teacher:Who told you that?Tom:You did.You said Rome wasnt built in a day.Two Birds Teacher:Here are two birds,one is a swallow,the other is a sparrow.Now who can tell us which is which?Student:I cannot point out but I know the answer.Teacher:Please tell us.Student:The swallow is beside the sparr
36、ow and the sparrow is beside the swallow.A kissAt a dinner party,the speaker,who was the guest of honor,was about to deliver a speech when his wife sitting at the other end of the table,sent him a piece of paper with the word “KISS” scribbled on it.The guest seated next to the speaker said,“Your wif
37、e must love you very much,I see her send you a KISS before you begin your speech.”The speaker smiled and explained,“You dont know my wife.The KISS she gives me stands for Keep It Short,Stupid.” Key to ones successOne day a father was teaching his son and said,“The keys to your success are keeping yo
38、ur word and cleverness.Once you promise somebody a promise,you must carry it out on matter what will happen.This is called keeping ones word.”“What is cleverness?”asked his son.“Cleverness is that youll never make such a promise,” the father answered.Deadly EmailAn Illinois lady left the snow-filled
39、 streets of Chicago for a vacation in Florida.Her husband was on a business trip and was planning to meet her there the next day.When she reached her hotel,she decided to send her husband a quick e-mail.Unable to find the scrap of paper on which she had written his email address,she did her best to
40、type it in from memory.Unfortunately,she missed one letter and her note was directed instead to an elderly widow,whose husband had passed away only the day before.When the grieving widow checked her e-mail,she took one look at the monitor,let out a piercing scream and fell to the floor in a dead fai
41、nt.At the sound,her family rushed into the room and saw this note on the screen:DEAREST HONEY:JUST GOT CHECKED IN.EVERYTHING PREPARED FOR YOUR ARRIVAL TOMORROW.P.S.SURE IS HOT DOWN HERE.Only when hes drunkJohn and Jessica were on their way home from the bar one night and John got pulled over by the
42、police.The officer told John that he was stopped because his tail light was burned out.John said,“Im very sorry officer,I didnt realize it was out,Ill get it fixed right away.” Just then Jessica said,“I knew this would happen when I told you two days ago to get that light fixed.” So the officer aske
43、d for Johns license and after looking at it said,“Sir your license has expired.” And again John apologized and mentioned that he didnt realize that it had expired and would take care of it first thing in the morning.Jessica said,“I told you a week ago that the state sent you a letter telling you tha
44、t your license had expired.” Well by this time,John is a bit upset with his wife contradicting him in front of the officer,and he said in a rather loud voice,“Jessica,will you shut up!” The officer then leaned over toward Jessica and asked.“Does your husband always talk to you like that?” Jessica re
45、plied,“Only when hes drunk.”Three drunksTwo drunks are walking along.One drunk says to the other,“What a beautiful,night,look at the moon.” The other drunk stops and looks at his drunk friend.“You are wrong,thats not the moon,thats the sun.”Both started arguing for a while when they came upon another drunk walking,so they stopped him.“Sir,could you please help settle our argument?Tell us what that thing is up in the sky thats shining.Is it the moon or the sun?” The third drunk looked at the sky and then looked at them and said,“Sorry,I dont live around here.”
