StepⅠ Greetings and Lead-in

T: Morning, everyone, do you like humor?

Ss: Yes, of course.

T: Me, too. And I like watching humorous play. Look at the screen; can you guess what play it is?

Ss: Yes. It is called/about……..

T: Then, do you know more about it? For example, who/where/how……

SS: ……

T: What do you know about the writer……?

Next, let’s look at some pictures about him/her/… on the screen so that you can know more about him.

T: Ok. Could you say sth. about him/her?

S1….

S2…..

T : As we know, he is known as a humorist during his life. And this is reflected in ….. So, today we’ll learn some parts of this famous play.

Step II . pre-reading

1. (discuss)T: First, express your opinions freely. If ….., what would you do? Why? Please discuss in groups of four.

S1:….

S2: …..

S3: …

T: I think all of you have a good idea. Do you want to know what happened to him/her in this text/标题 (written by the auther)?

T: Now, class we have learned about …a little. Now we are going to learn more about it together.

(pictures)Before we read the text, let’s look at the picture on P23. Q1...? Q2….? You can say something about it.

S1…..

T: Quite right. Now I’d like you to answer the following questions on the screen. After answering these questions, you’ll learn more about it.

2. Listening

T: first, please only listen to the tape of the whole passage and find out the answers to the questions here. Q1. ….Q2….Q3….. are you ready? (and make a note of what you think is important about it.) Go.

(Students listen to the tape.)

T: Well, class, have you got the answers?

SS: Yes.

T: Ok, who can answer the first question? Q1….

S1: …

T: Very good. You did a good job. Next, Q2….?

S2: ….

T: Very good. Then Q3…?

S3:…

T: Ok, great.]

Step III. While-Reading

Task 1 Fast reading

T: Next, now open you books, read the passage as fast as you can. While you are reading, please think about 2 questions. Q1….?Q2…? OK, 2 minutes for you. Begin.

(Students reading….)

T: Well, time’s up. Let’s solve the questions. Q1….? Who wants to try? You, please.

SS: …..

T: very good. Q2, who wants to have a try? Don’t be shy, just try. You please. So brave.

SS….

T: class, right or wrong?

SS. right.

T: Ok, all of you did a good job.

Task 2 Careful reading

T: just now you have known about the general understanding of the whole text. I’ll show the form on the screen and give you a few minutes to fill in it. (Now please read the text again and find out the answers to the questions in Activity 4 on P24 inpidually).

….A few minutes later, check the answers…..

T: Now I’d like you to discuss the questions in Activity 4 in groups of 4. And a few minutes later we’ll check the answers with the whole class.

….A few minutes later….

T: All right! Now it’s time for us to check the answers with the whole class. Who’d like to share your answers?

Ss:….

T: Brilliant! /Quite right!

(其他的表达形式如下：)

T: just now you have known about the general understanding of the whole text. Now let’s do the detailed reading. Read the para1 and try to complete the short passage.

Ss….

T: now read para2 and answer the questions on the screen.

Ss….

T: Then please read para3 and judge true or false of the sentences.

Ss….

T: At last read the last paragraph and complete the table.

Ss….

Step IV Post-reading

(1. listen and read after it.)

T: We have got the general understanding of the passage. Now I’ll play the tape for you, listen carefully and imitate the pronunciation, and at the same time, pay attention to the sentences that you don’t understand.

Walk around the classroom to see if the Ss need help.

(2. words and expressions)

T: Do you have any questions?

S1: I don’t understand this sentence “Suddenly, it looks like a place from another time”.

T: who can explain it to him? Oh, no students can catch the meaning, I will explain it to you. This sentence means ….. For example: ….. Or we can say: …..Are you clear?

Ss: Yes.

T: Any questions?

Ss: No.

T: OK. So much for language points. All of you did a good job. For today’s reading passage, how about the writing style and techniques of this text? Who can tell me? Who want to have a try first? Volunteers? Just have a try. It doesn’t matter if you make any mistakes.

Ss:….

T: Well done! So the writing characteristics are:

…..

T: What should we learn from this text?

Ss:…

(3. Role-playing )

T: Suppose you were the reporter/guide/…., try to introduce …..

I’ll give you five minutes to practice the text by yourself.

Now, It’s show time.

Ss…..

(4. retell)

T: Well, class, have you got the main idea?

SS: Yes.

T: What’s the main idea? And would you like to retell it to your partner?

Now, look at the key words on the blackboard/screen. Prepare for retelling the whole story.( with the help of this clue.)

S1:…..

T: Good, the next one, who wants to try?

(Then another student retells the whole text.)

(5. discussion.)

T: Ok, class, what do you think of this text/person/….? + the question discussed.

Now I’ll give you a few minutes to talk about it in groups of 4, and then you can give your opinions about it.

…a few minutes later…

T: Time is up. Which pair wants to have a try? What do you think of this opinion, john ?

S1:….

T: Great! What do you think of this, Lisa?

S2: ….

T: All of you did a good job. Maybe some students have different ideas. That’s OK. From this story, I think everyone should情感态度价值观. Don’t you think so?

Ss…

Step 5 homework

T: Of course, if you are interested in this topic, you may search on the Internet to get more information after class. Now, let’s look at today’s homework(Homework for today:).

1. Read the text again, and remember the language points.

2. Find out all the sentences in present perfect tense in the text.