Stand up for your health!

By Yeli in No.1 Middle School of Anxiang

Teaching 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) Students are expected to gain some knowledge about stand-up comedy and reinforce their reading comprehension.

(3) Develop the students' reading ability.

Important points & difficult points:

(1) Figure out the three main sections.

(2) Understand the text.

Teaching Procedures:

T: Welcome to my class! The contents of this period include four parts: first, Lead-in; next, Reading; then, Summary; finally, Homework.

T: First of all, answer a question: When you are in low spirits, what will you do to stop unpleasant feeling?

• listen to music or watch films

• see friends

• surf the Internet

• do some reading

T: Look at a picture. Who do you think he is? Mr. Bean. He is a famous comedian.

Now, let's watch a comedy from him.

Step 2 Reading

T: Do you want to know more about comedy? Let's come to the reading Stand up for your health! From the title, It has two meanings. One means that a kind of comedy- Stand-up is good for your health! The other means "support your health!" Because "stand up for" is a phrase which means"support".

In this reading part, you have four activities to finish. Activity 1, fast-reading , look through the article as