laughter lessonplan

8/4/2019 Laughter lessonplan

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Materials: Article on Laughter and humour taken as an authentic material from internet

Assumptions: Ss are aware of benefits of laughter in general

Skills Analysis

Reading Listening Speaking Writing

Sub-skills to be covered in the lesson:

Reading for gist

Reading for specific details

Practice oral fluency

The context: Laughter and Humour

Anticipated problems with the skills:Some words can block the understanding of the text

Some learners do not read for specific details

Solutions:Pre-teach vocabulary

Encourage Ss to read for the purpose of completing the tasks given

BOARD PLAN

Contagious Delayed Error Correction

Bursting in-boxes

Artsy self

Unanswered emails

Vital component


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Stage Aim Time &

Int

Procedure

Lead in To create a meaningful contextfor TL

T-Ss

3 mins

By leading in with a personalized discussionon laughter.

A simple joke to start as a warmer

Pre-teach

vocabulary

a. Set thetask

b. Ssmatchesthe pairs

c. Feedback

To make Ss aware of blocking

words in the text

Give Ss chance to understandblocking wordsTo allow Ss a chance tocomplete activityTo confirm answers

T-Ss

5 mins

T uses a simple match the pairs activity to

revise the meaning of the vocabulary.

T signposts, instructs and distributes thehandouts

Ss matches the words with their meaningsT confirms answers in class feedback

Predictionactivity

Give Ss a chance to predict tohelp them understand gist of text

S

3 mins

By running a small prediction activity; T asksSs to predict if the text can be:

a. Laughter therapy to be used as abusiness product

b. Use of Laughter at workplaces

c. To ban laughing loudly at workplaces

These points will be written on a chart in the

class

Set the gist

task

Give Ss chance to internalise

and a reason for reading

T-Ss

1min

T gives the text and asks to read it quickly to

check if their prediction was correct.

Ss read forgist

Ss practice skill in reading forgeneral understanding

S

3 min

Ss read the text and check if their predictionwas correct

Paircheckand monitor

Give Ss chance to compareanswers in a student-centredway

S-S

3 min

T ask Ss to paircheck with the partner sittingnext to them

Confirm

Feedback

Confirm general understanding T-Ss

3 min

T asks Ss about their prediction and confirms

general understanding through other Ss

Set specificreading task

Give Ss task to read for specificinformation (True or falseactivity)

T-Ss

1 min

T signposts the True-False activity to Ss andasks them to read the text again and check ifthe statements are true or false

Reading forspecificinformation

Ss practice skill in reading forspecific information

Ss

8 mins

Ss read for and complete the task given

T monitors the activity

Paircheckand monitor

Give Ss chance to compareanswers in a student-centred

way

S-S

4 mins

T asks the Ss to quickly paircheck with thepartner sitting next to them

FeedbackConfirmanswers

Confirm correct answers T-Ss

5 mins

T asks Ss to read the answers from the pairsand ask them if they have got it same with thepartners or is there any change I provide agroup feedback


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SetupSpeakingtask

Allow Ss to express theiropinions freely on the benefits oflaughter and ways to increasehumour at workplace; throughspeaking

T-Ss

3 min

T makes groups of 4 Ss each

T instructs them to speak in their groups aboutthe topic given

Ss speak fororal fluency

Ss speak in group on the topicgiven

Ss-Ss

8 mins

Ss discuss in their groups about the benefitsand ways

T monitors and notes some sentences forerror correction

Feedbackand delayederrorcorrection

To provide necessary feedbackand do delayed error correctionif required

T-Ss

6 mins

T provides the feedback and write the errorson the board, (if any)

T asks the Ss to check the sentences andcorrect them


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Laughter at workplaces

Laughter is contagious and not in a bad way. New studies are reinforcing beliefs that humor is a

highly effective way to reduce stress, lower blood pressure, protect the heart and other helpful

physical effects.

The increased health benefits from laughter are becoming more apparent as the workers are

becoming increasingly stressed in the workplace.

Comedian Judy Carter suggests using humor in what would normally be a stressful work

situation. By laughing and having fun at work, employees will enjoy their jobs more, stay at them

longer, and do better work.

Research shows that the use of comedy in the workplace is very beneficial for anemployees

health, happiness and even productivity, Carter said. When an employee is happy, the company

is likely to benefit from increased productivity, lower insurance premiums and less paid sick

days.

Humor is also a vital component of the creative process. By encouraging employees to laugh and

joke around, companies will actually see in increase in the amount of creativity from its

employees.

The majority of people simply dont have the time to even consider developing an artsy self,

with all their looming deadlines, bursting in-boxes, and unanswered emails to deal with, Carter

said. The use ofhumor is a great way to stimulate creativity, and may be just the thing a

company needed to think outside the box.

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Pre-teach vocabulary with the help of match the pair exercise

Words Answers Meaning

1. Contagious

2. Artsy self

3. Bursting in-boxes

4. Unanswered emails

5. Vital

a. box which becomes full and overflow

b. something which is very important

c. improving ones creativity

d. infectious and transmittable

e. message box which has many mailmessages

f. mail messages which are not replied

Activity for gist reading: Ask Ss to predict if the article is about:

a. Laughter therapy to be used as a business product

b. Use of Laughter at workplaces

c. To ban laughing loudly at workplaces

Activity for specific reading: Read the following statements and write if they are True or

False.

Laughter helps in reducing stress and protects heart attacks. T

Its not clear if laughter can help in easing out worries of the employees at workplace. F

Employees work better in stressful work situations. F

Dr. Carter said, Companiescan benefit if employees remain healthy. F

Doctors believe that humour at workplace helps in improving employees health. T

Employees can become more creative thinkers if they laugh in the premises. T

Post-reading productive task:

Discuss in group of 3 or 4:

What are the benefits of laughter and ways to increase humour at workplace?

Post-discussion feedback and error correction

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