高中英语 必修三 unit1 教学设计 

                                课题: Unit1 Festivals around world 

教学目标: 

语言目标： 1).To get the students to talk about festivals 2). To learn about how festivals begin and howt o celebrate festivals so as to enable them to learn m ore about differentcultures while learning different language .

 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 t he 15th day of the eighth lunar month, beauty, harv est, relatives,custom, admire, decorate, origin, separ ate, dress up, parking lot, luck money,family reunion , get together, Christmas，solar calendar, carnival, p arade,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 tim es of year. 2)、Discuss when they take place, whatthey celebr ate and what people do at that time. 3)、Cara suggests that Li Mei change hershoes to something more comfortable, wear some lighter an d cooler clothing andalso take a hat. 4)、Easter customs include making andeating hot cross buns, coloring and searching for eggs suppos edly hidden by theEaster 

能力目标： Letstudents to know how to get the key words f rom the conversation about thecarnival parade, and how to talk about sth. happened. 

情感目标： Letstudents to know and compare Chinese festi vals and customs with westernfestivals and customs. 

教学重难点： 1、How to talk about the Chinesefestivals and s ocial customs at festivals. 2、How to get the key words tounderstand the conversation about the carnival parade, to talk abou t sth.happened. 

教学过程: 

Step 1 Warming up 

Step 2 Pre-reading Lookat the pictures and discuss in pairs what kin d of information you think will beintroduced in the p assage. 

Step 3 Reading and comprehending 1.Ask the students to skim the passage and find out what festivals are mentionedin each paragraph.

Paragraph 1:__________________ 

Paragraph 2:__________________ 

Paragraph3: __________________ 

Paragraph4: __________________ 

Paragraph5: __________________ 

Suggested answers:

 Paragraph1: Ancient festivals: celebrate the end of the wi nter, planting in spring andharvest in autumn; celebrate when hunters catch animals. 

Paragraph 2: Day of the Dead;Halloween. 

Paragraph3: Dragon Boat Festival; Columbus Day; Octobe r 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 f ood. ( ) 

2)、Halloween used to be a festival intended to h onor the dead. ( ) 

3)、Mohandas Gandhi helped gain India's indepen dence 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 celeb rating a festival. Use the information given in the text toh elp 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 difficul t to find, especially during the cold winter months.

 2.Some festivals are held to honor the dead or to satisf y 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 child ren 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 tap e and let them pay attention to the pronunciation of each word andthe pauses within each sentence. Tell them to pi ck out all the usefulexpressions or collocations from the p assage while reading and copy them intothe notebook af ter class as homework. Step 7 Groupwork Discussin pairs which festivals you think are the mo st 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 th e key words and expressions given on the blackboard. Step 9 Homework 1. Findout useful words and expressions, beautiful sent ences and finish the exercisesin Learning about Language accordingly. 2. Write an introduction of the festivalyour group have created. 

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。通过听读让学生在理解课文的基础上学习运用 新学词汇；通过学习让学生分析、理解和感悟文章的难句，以 达到准确把握句意和文意的目的。通过总结进一步强调本节课 的重点，让学生在短暂的时间内有效地回顾和复习。