Unit1 Festivals around world

　　教学目标:

　　1、语言目标：

　　1)。To get the students to talk about festivals

　　2)。 To learn about how festivals begin and howto celebrate festivals so as to enable them to learn more about differentcultures while learning different language 。

　　2、重点词汇和短语：

　　熟记课文中重点词组或短语。

　　festival， celebrate， celebration， lunar， takeplace， on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month， beauty， harvest， relatives，custom， admire， decorate， origin， separate， dress up， parking lot， luck money，family reunion， get together， Christmas，solar calendar， carnival， parade，Christian， Easter， Lantern Festival， Arbor Day， Pure Brightness Day， JesusChrist， the Easter Bunny， hot cross buns， the best bands

　　Sentence structures: (句子)

　　1)、Festivals are meant to celebrateimportant times of year。

　　2)、Discuss when they take place， whatthey celebrate and what people do at that time。

　　3)、Cara suggests that Li Mei change hershoes to something more fortable， wear some lighter and cooler clothing andalso take a hat。

　　4)、Easter customs include making andeating hot cross buns， coloring and searching for eggs supposedly hidden by theEaster 

　　本事目标：

　　Letstudents to know how to get the key words from the conversation about thecarnival parade， and how to talk about sth。 happened。

　　五、情感目标：

　　Letstudents to know and pare Chinese festivals and customs with westernfestivals and customs。

　　六、教学重难点：

　　1、How to talk about the Chinesefestivals and social customs at festivals。

　　2、How to get the key words tounderstand the conversation about the carnival parade， to talk about sth。happened。

　　七、教学过程:

　　Step 1 Warming up

　　Step 2 Pre-reading

　　Lookat the pictures and discuss what kind of information you think will beintroduced in the passage。

　　Step 3  Reading and prehending

　　1。Ask the students to skim the passage and find out what festivals are mentionedin each paragraph。

　　Paragraph 1:__________________

　　Paragraph 2:__________________

　　Paragraph3: __________________

　　Paragraph4: __________________

　　Paragraph5: __________________

　　Suggestedanswers:

　　Paragraph1: Ancient festivals: celebrate the end of the winter， planting in spring andharvest in autumn; celebrate when hunters catch animals。

　　Paragraph 2: Day of the Dead;Halloween。

　　Paragraph3: Dragon Boat Festival; Columbus Day; October 2。

　　Paragraph 4: Harvest andThanksgiving festivals;

　　Mid-AutumnDay。

　　Paragraph5: Spring Festival; Carnival; Easter;

　　Cherry Blossom Festival。

　　2。 Read the passage carefully and answerthe true or false questions。

　　(  ) 1)、The ancient people needn't worry about their food。

　　(  ) 2)、Halloween used to be a festival intended to honor the dead。

　　(  ) 3)、Mohandas Gandhi helped gain India's independence from the USA。

　　(  ) 4)、ThanksgivingDay is held to celebrate harvest。

　　(  ) 5)、Eastercelebrates the birth of Jesus。

　　Suggested answers:

　　1)F   2)T   3)F   4)T   5)F

　　3。 Work in pairs。 Imagine that somestudents are celebrating a festival。 Use the information given in the text tohelp them make up a dialogue。

　　Step 4  Language study

　　Dealing with some language problems to helpthe students to have a better understanding of the text。

　　1。 At that time people would starve if foodwas difficult to find， especially during the cold winter months。

　　2。Some festivals are held to honor the dead or to satisfy the ancestors， whomight return either to help or to do harm。

　　3。 The country， covered with cherry treeflowers， looks as though it is covered with pink snow。

　　Step 5  Study the text

　　1。 Find out a sentence in the text whichhas a similar meaning with the following one。

　　As long as the neighbors don't give anysweets， the children will make a fool of them。

　　2。 Translate the followingsentence。

　　Itis now a children's festival， when they can dress up and go to theirneighbour's homes to ask for sweets。

　　Step 6  Listening， reading aloud and underlining

　　Ask the students to read the passage aloudto the tape and let them pay attention to the pronunciation of each word andthe pauses within each sentence。 Tell them to pick out all the usefulexpressions or collocations from the passage while reading and copy them intothe notebook after class as homework。

　　Step 7   Groupwork

　　Discussin pairs which festivals you think are the most important and which are themost fun。 Then fill in the chart with your ideas。

　　Type of festival

　　Example of festival

　　Reasons for your choice

　　Most important

　　Most fun。

　　Step 8  Retelling

　　Let the students try to retell the passageaccording to the key words and expressions given on the blackboard。

　　Step 9  Homework

　　1。 Findout useful words and expressions， beautiful sentences and finish the exercisesin Learning about Language accordingly。

　　2。 Write an introduction of the festivalyour group have created。

　　八、教学反思：

　　英语学习是一个全面发展的过程，听、说、读、写每一项技能都是学好英语不可缺少的必备项，每节课适时适量的训练是很有必要的。经过听读让学生在理解课文的基础上学习运用新学词汇；经过学习让学生分析、理解和感悟文章的难句，以到达准确把握句意和文意的目的。经过总结进一步强调本节课的重点，让学生在短暂的时光内有效地回顾和复习。