Period3ExtensiveReadingTheGeneralIdeaofThisPeriodThisperiodincludesthereadingofEnglishjokesonPage22andthereadingtaskANAPRILFOOL’SJOKE:THENOODLEHARVESTonPage59
ThereadinginUsingLanguageintroducesthekindofhumourwecanlaughat—verbaljokes
Theyusea“playonwords”tobefunny
ThereadingtasktellsusagoodjoketoldonBBConAprilFool’sday
Thetworeadingpassagescanbegiventothestudentsasextensivereadingtasks
TheyareexpectedtoappreciateandenjoythefunbystudyingtheEnglishjokes
Andnextthestudentsareencouragedtoinvolveinagroupactivity—changethejokeintoashortplayandthenactitout
Asforthereadingtask,thestudentsareexpectedtogothroughthequestionsfollowingthepassagefirsttopredicatewhatthestoryisaboutandthenskimthepassageforthekeystothequestions
TeachingImportant&DifficultPointsHowtoimprovethestudents’readingability