A MASTER OF NONVERBAL HUMOUR 锦州中学外语组 穆金丽

Teaching Plan 1 2 3 4 5 6 PART 1 Analysis of Teaching Material PART 2 Analysis of Students 2 PART 3 Teaching Methods 3 PART 4 Teaching Procedure 4 PART 5 Blackboard Design 5 PART 6 Teaching Reflection 6

PART 1.Teaching material Key Difficult points Teaching aids Teaching aims Style function

1.Lesson type function content 3 introduce Charlie Chaplin nonverbal humor Centre in this unit Key point in NMET 2 reading lesson 1

2. Teaching aims Knowledge aim Ability aim Moral aim

Knowledge aims Help students to learn who is Charlie Chaplin and what is nonverbal humor.

Ability aims To improve students speaking and reading ability.

Moral aims Enhance students’ sense of humor and to be optimistic about life.

3. Key and difficult Points Key points: experience the plots of the text difficult Points : explore efficient reading skills express themselves freely

Computer PowerPoint Multi-media Blackboard 4. Teaching Aids

PART 2 : Analysis of Students 1 the material may appeal to the Ss 2 be tired of the busy study life

PART 3 . Teaching and learning Methods Theories Task-Based Learner-centred Teaching method Inspiring Cooperative Learning method

PART 4. Teaching Procedure Step III Intensive Reading Step II Fast Reading Step IV Consolidation Step I Lead-in Step V Drill Step Ⅵ Homework

Blackboard Design Step I Lead-in Module One Small Talk The Wrong Kind of Small Talk Key Words: 1.coincidence 2.awkward 3.apology 4.modest 5.discourage Main Idea: One should choose proper topics when talking with others. Be sure not to make them feel embarrassed.

Who is the Chinese comedian ? What makes his performance funny ?

Blackboard Design Step II Fast Reading Module One Small Talk The Wrong Kind of Small Talk Key Words: 1.coincidence 2.awkward 3.apology 4.modest 5.discourage Main Idea: One should choose proper topics when talking with others. Be sure not to make them feel embarrassed.

A Skimming B scanning

Skimming Task 1 What’s the passage mainly about ? A. The history of English humor. B. The films Chaplin made. C. The life and humor career of Charlie Chaplin D. The Gold Rush in California.                   ( Key : C )

scanning Task 2 Read to summarize the main idea of each paragraph and match the paragraph with its main idea. (4 m) Para 1: (E )             A. His achievements Para 2: (C )             B. An example of a sad situation that he made funny. Para 3: ( D)             C. What Charlie’s childhood was like. Para 4: ( B )            D. What his most famous character was like. Para 5: ( A)             E. Charlie Chaplin brightened the people’s lives

Step III Intensive Reading Blackboard Design Step III Intensive Reading Module One Small Talk The Wrong Kind of Small Talk Key Words: 1.coincidence 2.awkward 3.apology 4.modest 5.discourage Main Idea: One should choose proper topics when talking with others. Be sure not to make them feel embarrassed.

Task 1: fill in the chart Task 2: act it out Task 3: multiple choice

Notes about Charlie Chaplin Born Died Job Type of acting Character Clothes Reason for success 1889 1977 Actor, producer, director Mime and farce “the tramp”, a poor and homeless person Large trousers, worn-out shoes and small round black hat Charming ,social failure with a determination to overcome difficulties and always kind

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acting art Key words 1. laces spaghetti 2. leather top the finest meal 3. bottom difficult enjoyment acting art

? When seeing the film, explain what Charlie Chaplin is doing How did Charlie Chaplin make a sad situation entertaining ? When seeing the film, explain what Charlie Chaplin is doing ?

Comprehension exercises: 1.Which of the following is right Except _____. ( detail information) A. If you find it funny to see someone sliding on a banana skin, you are not alone. B . People love the character “ the little champ”, mainly for he was poor and homeless. C .Chaplin performed how to eat a boiled shoe by vividly action and explaining. D . In the middle of 19th century people went to California to look for gold

A. knocked into B. came across C. waved goodbye to D. looked up at 2.He was in such a hurry that he bumped into an old lady. ( guessing words) A. knocked into B. came across C. waved goodbye to D. looked up at

3.People enjoy seeing other people’s bad luck because __. ( general idea ) A. they enjoy doing so B. it makes people worried about their life. C. it makes people content with their life. D. there’s much fun is doing so.

4. when Charlie Chaplin given a special Oscar _______. ( infering ) A. after he died B. when he was 83 C. when he lived in America D. in 1973

Blackboard Design Step IV Consolidation Module One Small Talk The Wrong Kind of Small Talk Key Words: 1.coincidence 2.awkward 3.apology 4.modest 5.discourage Main Idea: One should choose proper topics when talking with others. Be sure not to make them feel embarrassed.

Retelling step happy worse than express nonverbal image big short   People may laugh at others_______ on a banana skin, or falling down a hole, for it makes them _______ with themselves seeing others _______ _______ than themselves. As an outstanding humorous actor, Chaplin could always _______ in the people deep feelings by using _________ forms of acting in the time of silent films. His charming _________ “the little tramp” is well-known all over the world, a poor and _________ person wearing large trousers, ________ shoes, and carrying a walking _______. A social _______ as he was, he was loved by all the people for his ____________ in overcoming difficulties and being kind to people _______ to him. When playing the famous film The Gold Rush, Chaplin managed to make the sad situation—eating a _______ shoe, entertaining by using __________ humor. Such is Charlie Chaplin who produced, _______ , and wrote the movies that he _______ in. He was given a special Oscar for his lifetime work ____________ of bringing humor to us all. step happy worse than express nonverbal image big short stick humor acting around feather nonverbal directed starred devotion

Retelling step happy worse than express nonverbal image big short stick humor acting around feather nonverbal directed starred devotion

Blackboard Design Step V Drill Module One Small Talk The Wrong Kind of Small Talk Key Words: 1.coincidence 2.awkward 3.apology 4.modest 5.discourage Main Idea: One should choose proper topics when talking with others. Be sure not to make them feel embarrassed.

group work Three students act as reporters. 2. One student acts as Charlie . He / She must try to act vividly. Mime Charlie put on a performance.

Blackboard Design Step Ⅵ Homework Module One Small Talk The Wrong Kind of Small Talk Key Words: 1.coincidence 2.awkward 3.apology 4.modest 5.discourage Main Idea: One should choose proper topics when talking with others. Be sure not to make them feel embarrassed.

Homework Find more information about Chaplin through the Internet or from books. 2. Write an article about Charlie Chaplin.

PART 5. Blackboard Design A Taste of English Humour A Master of Nonverbal Humour Main Idea: Set up an aim Pay more time then others Never give up/ lose heart Insist on what we pursue Key Words: 1.Mime 2.comedy 3.Nonverbal 4.humour 5.Badly off 6. entertain

PART 6. Teaching Reflection 1. This period is designed to develop students’ ability in speaking and reading , including scanning and skimming, comprehension etc. 2. Through these activities ,students are made the centre of the class . 3. Their moral emotion is stimulated.

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