Unit 1 Laughter is good for you 教案.docx

1、Unit 1 Laughter is good for you 教案Unit 1 Laughter is good for you1st period Welcome to the UnitTeaching aims: (1) Students are expected to fully participate in a discussion about which event they think is the funniest and most enjoyable. (2) Encourage students to talk about their favourite comedians

2、 and the reasons why people like funny things.(3) By talking about the posters and discussing, students spoken English can be practised.Important points & difficult points:(1) Students are expected to express their own opinions by talking about the posters and discussing with their partners.(2) Stud

3、ents are encouraged to speak freely.Teaching Procedures:Step 1 Lead-in(1) Show students some pictures of Mickey mouse，Donald duck，Tom and Jerry，Mr Bean，and some comedians. (2) Ask them: (a) Seeing these pictures, you cant help laughing. Why? (Possible answers: silly, stupid, strange, funny) (b) What

4、 can make people laugh? (Possible answers: jokes, comedians, funny movies, humorous stories, )(3) What are the health benefits of humor and laughter? (possible answers: reduce stress, lower blood pressure, protect the heart, improve brain functioning, make you feel good )Step 2 Picture talkingDescri

5、be each poster in your own words; you can say more with the help of the words in each one.Step 3 Discussion(1) What kind of comedy do you enjoy the most?(2) Laughter is good for everyone. How do you make people laugh?Step 4 Reading(1) scanning and skimming(2) Questions:What are the keys to understan

6、ding British humor?What does understatement mean?What kind of people do the British like to make fun of?What jokes do they make about these people?What does Rowan Atkinson use to make people laugh?Why do people find Mr. Bean funnyWhy is Mr. Bean popular in many countries round the world?Step 5 Homew

7、ork1. Prepare a funny story for us.2. Preview Reading.2nd period ReadingTeaching aims: (1) Encourage the Ss to grasp the main topics of the three sections-types of stand-up, a famous comedian and the fact that laughter is good for your health.(2) Stimulate the Ss interest in learning English by talk

8、ing about their own opinions when it comes to the topic “Laughter is the best medicine”.(3) Students are expected to gain some knowledge about stand-up comedy and reinforce their reading comprehension.(4) Develop the students reading ability-how to guess the meanings of new words.Important points &

9、difficult points:(1) Find the main points in the three sections and express them.(2) Understanding the text.Teaching Procedures:Step 1 Revision1. Get some students to tell their funny stories.Step 2 Lead-in(1) Warming up: Learn about famous comedians and well-known forms of comedy.(2) General questi

10、ons:1. What is the article about? Stand-up comedy.2. How many types of stand-up are there? There are four main types.3. What is laughter good for? Our health.Step 3 Reading comprehension1. Get the students to give the structure of the passage.2. Get the students to read Types of stand-up, and try to

11、 judge what types of stand-up it is. A comedian puts on glasses, changes his or her voice and pretends to be someone else.A comedian stands on stage and holds a banana to his ear and pretends to be making a phone call.A comedian walks on stage. as she introduces herself, she fell down.A comedian tel

12、ls jokes about the way people behave when they queue up in lines.2. Will you create similar situations to perform the four types of stand-up comedy?3. Allow students several minutes to read and try to answer the following questions: (1) What does Billy Crystal always keep when he hosts the Academy A

13、wards? Why?(2) Who were Bob Hope and George Burns?4. Get the students to read laughter is good for your health and finish the following.Fill in the blanks with proper words: Doctors are _ to find that people who laugh a lot live _ after researching what _ stand-up and other forms of comedy have on u

14、s. When we laugh, our _ sends chemicals around the body which are good for us. _ keeps the body healthy, as the saying goes, Laughter is the best _.(Keys: surprised ;longer; effect; brain; Laughing; medicine )Step 4 Further readingChoose the correct answer:1. A stand-up comedian _ while performing.

15、A. enjoys laughing B. enjoys making fun of himself C. usually takes advantage of the audience D. has prepared a lot of jokes in advance2. Billy Crystal started his career _. A. as a television actor B. as a film actor C. as a stand-up comedian D. as a host3. What does the word routine in Para 3 prob

16、ably mean? A. road B. performance C. lines D. style4. At the 2004 Academy Awards, a very old actor _ at first. A. was asked to make a silent speech B. didnt turn on the microphone on purpose C. made the audience laugh D. couldnt make himself heard5. What does the word appropriate in Para 4 probably

17、mean? A. proper B. clear C. silly D. enjoyable6. We can infer from the 5th paragraph comedians are expected to _. A. enjoy a very long life B. work till the end of life C. have no plans to stop work D. perform stand-upStep 5 Developing reading ability through usage1. E(p5) Complete the passage.1. co

18、medians 2. got his start3. variety 4. stage5. performance 6. previous7. affection 8. performStep 6 Consolidations and Expansion F(p5) Discuss the questions:1. What kind of comedy do you enjoy the most? Why?2. Laughter is good for you and for everyone else. How do you make other people laugh?3. Tell

19、a funny story to your classmates. Step 7 Homework1. Write a funny story.3rd period Reading Teaching aims: (1) Encourage the Ss to raise reading ability by focusing on language points.(2) Get the Ss to grasp the new language usage in the text by learning them.Important points & difficult points:Langu

20、age usage: make fun of; in response to; make up; the way; it; Teaching Procedures:Step 1 Revision Retell the article:1. Tell the differences among observational, prop, impressionist, and physical.2. Say something about Billy Crystal.3. Why is laughter good for health?Step 2 Language points (Learn an

21、d use)1. Some comedians tell jokes about the way people actThe way that/ which/省略 he introduced to us was easy to learn.先行词作宾语The way that/ in which/ 省略 he introduced the book to us was easy to understand.先行词作状语相关短语1. in the way 2. in a way3. by way of 4. by the way5. lose ones way 6. feel ones way7

22、. fight ones way 8. push ones way9. make ones way 10. all the way11. on ones/ the way toIn Britain today women _c_44% of the work force, and nearly half the mothers with children are in paid work. A. build up B. stand for C. make up D. conform toWhen he realized the police had spotted him, the man _

23、b_ the exit as quickly as possible. A. made off B. made for C. made out D. made up2. ., he told himself jokes while standing in front of the mirror, brushing his teeth.Dont sit there _c_ nothing. Come and help me with this table. A. do B. to do C. doing D. and doing3. , Crystal made up a new one.(li

24、ne39)make up 编造;化妆;准备;构成;补齐;make up for 补偿;弥补;I think theyre making the whole thing up.They made him up as an old man in the play.We can make up a bed for the boy on the sofa.The research group is made up of 5 scientists and 19 workers.I saved as much as I could, and my mum made up the rest of the m

25、oney for the bike.Im trying to make up the time I lost while I was playing games.The dinner made up for all the disappointments Id had.其它短语1. make it 2. make a difference 3. make the most of 4. make good/ full use of 5. make out 6. make for7. make a contribution to 8. make sense of 9. make sth out o

26、f In Britain today women _44% of the work force, and nearly half the mothers with children are in paid work.A. build up B. stand for C. make up D. conform toWhen he realized the police had spotted him, the man _ the exit as quickly as possible. A. made off B. made for C. made out D. made up4. F (P5)

27、 I like it when the 某些及物动词,如:like, love, enjoy, prefer, hate, appreciate, etc.之后若没有出现宾语, 而直接跟if/ whether引导的状语从句, 要在从句前使用代词it.She doesnt like it when her children tell lies to her.I hate it if you use my bike without my permission.We should much appreciate it if you would arrange this trip for us.I h

28、ate _a_ when people talk with their mouths full.A. it B. that C. these D. themI like _c_ in the autumn when the weather is clear and bright.A. this B. that C. it D. oneId appreciate _b_ if you would like to teach me how to use the computer.A. that B. it C. this D. youStep 3 ConsolidationA. Fill in t

29、he blanks, using the correct form.1. I _ tennis every day for a month. I dont understand why Im not losing weight. (play)2. Like other stand-up comedians who _to act in films, Crystal still enjoys stand-up. (go on)3. Instead of telling the jokes he _, Crystal made up a new one. (plan)B. Fill in the

30、blanks, using proper preposition or adverb.1. Only a few stand-up comedians have become famous as television and film actors later _ in life.2. The audience howled _ laughter.3. Doctors have been researching what effect stand-up and other forms of comedy have _ us.4. He hopes to follow _ the footste

31、ps of other famous comedians, such as Bob Hope and George Burns, who lived to be 100 years and kept working _the end of their lives.Step 4 Homework1. Read through the magazine article.2. Preview word powder.4th period Word powerTeaching aims:(1) Learn and master the new words in play scripts.(2) Enlarge the knowledge about expressions of smile and laugh.Important points & difficult po