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Unit1 Festivals around the world
Period 1 Warming up and reading
江西省寻乌中学 张艺耀
Analysis of teaching material
This lesson is taken from Unit 1, senior English for China student’s book 3. This lesson is a reading passage. It mainly talks about various festivals and celebrations around the world
Analysis of the Students
Though they are lacking in vocabulary ,they are interested in this topic. Even if students have different levels, most students are active in the participation in the discussion.
Teaching objectives
• Knowledge Objectives:
• to grasp the important goals and difficult points ;to learn some useful words and expressions
• Ability Objectives：
1. to train Ss’ skill of speaking;
2. To develop the students’ reading skills : skimming, scanning, summarizing, and finding out details.
3. to help Ss develop the ability of learning English through teamwork.
• Emotion Objectives:
1. to encourage Ss to show positive and healthy attitude towards different festivals and customs.
2. Students can have a better understanding of our own national culture and customs.
3.To arouse the students’ traditional Chinese festivals，thus promote students’pride in our nation own national culture and customs.
Teaching key and difficult points
1.Key points:
1.Students learn some useful new words and expressions in this part, such as ancestor, agricultural, dress up, look forward to and so on.
2. Students learn more about different kinds of festivals.
2.Difficult points:
1. Student fully understand the passage festivals and celebrations.
2. Students learn different reading skills.
Teaching Aids: Multimedia
Teaching and learning methods
1．Teaching method:
Task-based teaching method、computer-aided teaching method、
situational teaching method、communicative approach
2.Learning method:
independent work，pair work，group work，free discussion
Teaching Procedures
Leading-in →Warming up →Reading →Summary→Discussion→Homework
1、Leading-in ：1minutes
Guessing : Guess what festival it is according to the picture you see as quickly as you can.（I design this game to arouse students’ interest in the topic, expand their knowledge about different festivals.）
2、warming up ：5 minutes
Present some pictures of Chinese festivals and foreign festivals, and then ask
1. Which festival do you like best？
2. How do we Chinese celebrate this festival?
3. Why do you like this festival best?
And then have a short discussion.
（The purpose of this activity is to help students prepare for the reading passage. ）
3.Skimming ：1minutes
1. What is the main idea of the text？
2. How many types of festivals are mentioned in the passage?
By doing these tasks，students can have a general understanding of the reading passage, they can be aware of the structure of the reading passage.
4.Scanning：3 minutes
Scan the reading passage and then fill in the following chart.
5．Careful Reading :20minutes
Para.1.Origins of festivals
Most ancient festivals would celebrate the end of the ___________, planting in ______ and harvest in autumn. Today’s festivals have many origins, some ________, some seasonal and some for special people or events.
Para.2.Festivals of the Dead
What are festivals of the dead usually held for?
What do people do at each festival?
Are there any similar festivals in China? What to do? What to eat?
Para.3.Festivals to Honor People
Match the festivals with the proper people.
Para.4.Harvest Festivals
1) How do people celebrate the festivals?
2) What do people do to celebrate it?
Harvest festivals are always happy events because people are _______ that food is gathered for the winter and __________________ is over .
Para.5 Spring Festivals
Spring festival; Easter; Cherry Blossom Festival
What do these spring festivals celebrate?
It’s the most _________ and important festival in China, which falls on the f______ day of the lunar year. Before the festival, houses are cleaned and d_________. At the festival , people eat ___________ and fish and give children _____ ______ in red paper (red packets). On the eve, people watch CCTV New Year Gala and often set off ________.There are ______ dances and ________ in the streets
Para.6.Read the last paragraph，and think about what are the purposes of festivals
(I design these reading tasks to help students fully understand this reading passage and get detailed information about different festivals. )
Summary: 1minute
Ask the students to give one sentence to describe the passage.
The passage is mainly about different festivals and the ways of celebrations and also the reasons why people celebrate them all over the world.
(The purpose of this task is to help students summarize what have they learned in the reading passage. )
Discussion：9minutes
Ask “Foreign Festival VS Chinese Traditional Festival, which will you choose to celebrate?” Should we celebrate western festivals ？Why? There are reference structures as follows.
(This activity will give students emotional education，train students’ speaking ability，team work spirit )
Homework
Design your own festival
If you have a chance to create a festival , what will your festival be like? (name, time, reason, activities)And then write it down as an article.
7. Blackboard Design
Unit 1
Festivals around the world
Festivals and Celebrations
Group competition
Festivals of the dead
Festivals to honor people
Harvest festivals
Spring festivals