任课教师

赵  娟

年 级

高  一

科 目

英  语

授课时间

2012 年  5 月8 日

课 型

阅  读

课 时

1

课   题

A Master of Nonverbal Humor

教

学

目

的

【知识与技能】

1. Enable the students to know Charlie Chaplin’s life and
his

wonderful performances in silent movies.

2. Make the students improve their reading skills through
learning

the reading text.

【过程与方法】

To improve the students’ ability of skimming, scanning and

summarizing in comprehending.

Help the students learn how to cooperate with others.

【情感态度与价值观】

 Let the students learn to face with
difficulties optimistically and

try to overcome them by themselves.

教学重点

难点

Develop the students’ reading abilities.

Help the Ss to understand the text better.

教学方法

1.    
Fast reading, careful reading to summarize the main idea of each
paragraph.  2. Individual, pair or group work to
make every student work in class.

教学用具

a multi-media, the blackboard

板

书

设

计

A Master of Nonverbal Humor

Some words and phrases:

1.    
nonverbal ---mime

2.    
feel /be content with

3.    
overcome

4.    
outstanding

5.    
fail---failure

The main idea of the text:

Charlie Chaplin’s life and his nonverbal humor.

课

后

记

Most students have mastered the main idea of the text. But
they

can’t understand some difficult stensences.They can master
some

words of meaning and spelling. But they can’t use them
correctly.

They should practice them after class.

新  课 
教  
学   过 
程（教  师  活 
动、教  学  内 
容）

学  生

活  动

Teaching Procedures

Step I  Lead-in.

1.    
Greet the whole class as usual.

2.    
Begin with a question to arouse the students’ attention.

If you are very hungry, will you eat a pair of leather
shoes?

Most students will answer: “No.” But I tell them someone
did.

Then let the students appreciate the video about Charlie

Chaplin eating shoes. After that, ask questions about
Charlie:

Who’s he? Charlie Chaplin.

Step II Pre-reading.

What do you know about Charlie Chaplin?

Students may say: Charlie Chaplin is a famous mime film
actor.

He is very humorous. His famous films are:

The Tramp流浪汉 1915   The
Kid寻子遇仙记  1921 

The Gold Rush  淘金记 
1925 Modern Times  摩登时代 1936

The Circus  大马戏团 1928
   The
Great Dictator 大独裁者 1940

Then tell the students, today we will study the reading text

about Charlie Chaplin, A Master of Nonverbal
Humor.

Step Ⅲ Fast reading.

At first, let the students scan the text and finish the
following

exercises:

1. People enjoy seeing other people’s bad luck because _ C
__.

A. they enjoy doing so.

B. it makes people more worried about their
life.

C. it makes people more content with their
life.

D. there’s much fun in doing so.

2. The Little Tramp is well known because _
D ___.

A. Chaplin played a poor and homeless person.

B. The character was social failure.

C. Chaplin wore large trousers, worn-out shoes and a small round
black hat and carried a walking stick.

D. Chaplin played a role as a man who determined to overcome
difficulties and was kind even when people were unkind to him.

3. In the middle of 19th century people went to California to
look for __ B
____.   

    A.
films 

    B.
gold     

    C.
entertainment

D. water

4. Chaplin was given a special Oscar for ___ D _____.

A.   the
characters he played in his films.

B.   the films he
directed.

C.   the joy he
gave us in his films.

D.   his
outstanding work in films.

5. What’s the main idea of the
text?   _ C ___

A. The history of English humor.

B. The films that Chaplin made.

C. The humor Chaplin made in his films.

D. The Gold Rush in California.

StepⅣ Careful reading

Let the students read and listen to the text carefully and try
to

match each paragraph with the main idea. (In pairs to
discuss)

Paragraph
1                
      ●an
example of a sad situation that he made funny

Paragraph 2
                      ●his
achievements

Paragraph 3
                      ●what
Charlie’s childhood was like

Paragraph 4
                      ●what
his most famous character was like

Paragraph 5  
                    ●why
people needed cheering up

After that, ask some students to say the answers.

Later, make students finish the summary according to the
details

of the text. Accomplish this in groups.

Summary

 Charlie Chaplin was born in a
poor family in 1889 and at that time films were
silent. He had been one of the most popular child actors.
His charming character was the little tramp. This character
was a social failure, and he was homeless, but he had
determination to overcome difficulties. In his most famous
film “The Gold Rush”, He played a man with bad luck eating
shoes

 with great enjoyment when he was nothing to
eat during a snowstorm. In 1972 he was given a special Oscar
for his outstanding work.

StepⅤ Discussion

Make the students discuss the following question in groups of
four.

Why was Chaplin so successful?

                   
(List at least two reasons)

Give the students five minutes to discuss this question, then
ask

some of them to speak their opinions.

1. an outstanding actor with subtle acting

2. charming character, the little tramp

3. the training as a child

4. sense of humor

5. the optimism and determination to overcome
difficulties

6. kind

StepⅥ Homework

1. Surf the Internet to find more about Chaplin and his
films.

2. Read the passage again and find out the useful new words and
patterns. Try to learn them by heart.