Period 2　文本研读课

学习目标

　　1.Learn what nonverbal humour is by Charlie Chaplin's career.

　　2.Understand and enjoy English humour.

　　3.Make a further understanding of some important words,phrases and sentence patterns in this period.

　　4.Master the reading skills such as skimming and scanning.

课堂探究

　　➡Step Ⅰ　Greetings

　　Greet the whole class as usual.

　　➡Step Ⅱ　Lead-in and Pre-reading

　　1.Review the words.

　　2.Introduce the different styles of humour.

　　3.Let the students think about and discuss the questions in the part of Pre-reading.

　　➡Step Ⅲ　Reading

　　Task One　Skim the text quickly and find the right answers to the questions.

　　(1)What's the passage mainly about?

　　A.The history of English humour.

　　B.The films Chaplin made.

　　C.The humour Chaplin made in his films.

　　D.The Gold Rush in California.

　　(2)In the middle of 19th century,people went to California to look for 　　　.

　　A.films　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　B.gold

　　C.entertainment D.water

　　Task Two　Scan the text to get some information about Charlie Chaplin and accomplish Comprehending One.

　　Born:

　　Job:

　　Famous character:

　　Costume:

　　Type of acting:

　　Died:

　　Task Three　Read the text carefully and match the main idea of each paragraph.

　　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 introduction to the topic

　　➡Step Ⅳ　Discussion

　　Task Four　In pairs discuss these questions about Charlie Chaplin.

(1)Do you think his poor childhood helped him in his work?Why?