中小学教育资源及组卷应用平台
Section A教学设计
教材分析
本节课将要学习如何正确使用一般现在时描述经常的或习惯性的动作和状态，还将以中西对比的方式引入中西方的几个重要节日及它们的风俗习惯和庆祝方式，让学生了解中西方文化的差异，正确看待外来文化并弘扬民族文化；
教学目标
知识目标 Students learn：
1. new words: festival, dumpling, Christmas, sweet, luck 2.new sentences:
(1) They often eat turkey and Christmas cakes and give each other presents.
(2) Chinese people eat dumplings and perform lion and dragon dances.
(3) Many people eat turkey and pumpkin pie.
能力目标 Students can：
能够听懂涉及某些重要节日的叙述；
能够根据图文说出本话题的词汇、短语和句型；
能够正确地朗读短文，注意语音语调；
能写出谈论和介绍节日庆祝方式的句子。
情感目标 1.Students learn about festivals and become interested in them.
教学重难点
教学重点
能够熟练使用一般现在时描述经常的或习惯性的动作和状态；
能够运用庆祝节日等交际功能的基本表达法进行交流，学习中西方的重要节日及风俗习惯，了解中西方文化的差异，正确看待外来文化并弘扬民族文化。
教学难点 .
能够学习中西方的重要节日及风俗习惯，了解中西方文化的差异，正确看待外来文化并弘扬民族文化
Introduction
1. Let’s sing the English song Jingle Bell Rock.
2.Greetings
3.Watch a video—Chinese New Year (by BBC)
T: First of all, I’ll show you a video. While watching it, please think about what the video mainly talks about. S1: It mainly talks about the Spring festival.
T: Good! What other festivals do you know Ss: …….
Pre-listening
1.Speak out the Chinese festivals as many as possible.
T: There are so many festivals in our China. Now, let’s look at the screen. Do you know what anything about them Ss: ……
2.Work in groups. Discuss and complete the table about the festivals.
3. Talk about more details about Chinese festivals
4. Say some foreign festivals.
While- listening
Take out the learning guide.
1.Listen to 1a and fill in the form in the learning guide.
2. Check the answers.
3. Ask four students to retell the festivals according to the key words 4. Read 1a. Pay attention to the pronunciation and intonation.
Practice
1. Listen to the tape and circle the names of festivals.
Listen again and fill in the blanks.
2. Check the answers.
Post- listening
1. play a guessing game a. Each group will get a festival. Discuss in group how to describe the festival, and then make a conversation.
b. Performing the conversation before
the class, and other students guess what the festival is according to the description.
Summary
We learn:
1. new words: festival, dumpling,
Christmas, sweet, luck, pie, believe, full, moon, Easter
2. new phrases: Spring Festival, Christmas Day, Lantern Festival, Thanksgiving Day, the Mid-autumn Festival 3. new sentences:
(1)They often eat turkey and Christmas cakes.
(2) Many people believe Christ came back to life on Easter day.
(3)People show their love for their mother by giving presents.
We can: 1.know how to read the names of festivals in English.
2.talk about festivals and holidays.
e.g. (1) On the Spring Festival, Chinese people eat dumplings and perform lion and dragon dances.
(2) On the Thanksgiving day, families in America get together for a big dinner. Many people eat turkey and pumpkin pie.
Homework
1.Recite the new words in P97-P98
2.Recite 1a
3.Finish Section A in the workbook
4.Preview Section B
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Section A
Topic 3 Let’s celebrate!
Enjoy the video
What festival is it
It’s the Dragon Boat Festival.
When is the festival
It’s on the fifth of the fifth lunar month.
How do people celebrate the festival
People hold dragon boat races.
We eat zongzi (rice dumplings).
Free talk
What Chinese traditional festivals do you know
Look and learn
How much do you know about the festival
What festival is it
It’s the Spring Festival.
When is the festival
It’s in January or February.
How do people celebrate the festival
People perform lion and dragon dances.
We eat dumplings.
Look and learn
How much do you know about the festival
What festival is it
It’s the Lantern Festival.
When is the festival
It’s on lunar January 15th.
How do people celebrate the festival
People watch lantern shows and guess riddles on lanterns.
We eat sweet dumplings for good luck.
Free talk
What western festivals do you know
Look and learn
How much do you know about the festival
What festival is it
It’s Christmas.
When is the festival
It’s on December 25th.
How do people celebrate the festival
People give each other presents.
We eat turkey and Christmas cakes.
Look and learn
How much do you know about the festival
What festival is it
It’s Thanksgiving.
When is the festival
It’s on the fourth Thursday in November.
How do people celebrate the festival
Families get together for a big dinner.
People eat turkey and pumpkin pie.
Pair work
Make conversations according to the giving information.
Easter
A Sunday in March or April
Making Easter eggs
Mother’s Day
The second Sunday in May
Do something for mom
Pair work
Make conversations according to the giving information.
Teachers’ Day
September 10th
Do something for teachers
The Mid-autumn Festival
Lunar August 15th
Eat mooncakes …
Listen and complete
Listen to 1a, complete the table and retell the festivals according to it.
Festival Date Food Activity
the Spring Festival lunar January 1st Perform ________________dances
December 25th ________and Christmas cakes give each other presents
the Lantern Festival _________January 15th Watch ___________
shows and guess ___________
Thanksgiving the 4th Thursday in November turkey and ___________ families get together for a big dinner
sweet dumplings
Christmas
dumplings
turkey
pumpkin pie
lunar
lion and dragon
lantern
riddles
Listen, circle and underline
Listen to 1a again and circle the food and underline the activities people do in each festival.
A:The Spring Festival is in January or February. People eat dumplings and perform lion and dragon dances.
B:Christmas is on December 25th. People often eat turkey and Christmas cakes and give each other presents.
D:Thanksgiving is on the fourth Thursday in November. Families get together for a big dinner. People eat turkey and pumpkin pie.
C:The Lantern Festival is on lunar January 15th. People eat
sweet dumplings. People watch lantern shows and guess riddles.
Retell
Retell the festivals according to the form.
Look, listen, circle and complete
Look, listen and circle the names of festivals. Then listen again and complete the sentences.
Easter (a Sunday in March or April)
Many people believe Christ came back to ___ on Easter Day. People make Easter _____to celebrate the festival.
life
eggs
Mother’s Day (the second Sunday in May)
People show their love for their mothers by giving _______ and other ___________.And they often go to a restaurant for dinner.
presents
cards
Look, listen, circle and complete
Look, listen and circle the names of festivals. Then listen again and complete the sentences.
Teachers’ Day (September 10th)
Students give ______ _______ to their teachers.
best
wishes
The Mid-autumn Festival (lunar August 15th)
____ this day people eat mooncakes and _____ the bright full moon.
On
enjoy
Free talk
Which is your favorite festival Tell others.
You can begin like this:
Among these four festivals, … is my favorite. It’s …
Practice
Try to make a conversation according to the given information, then tell something about it to your classmates.
scary adj. 吓人的 ghost n. 鬼，幽灵 treat v. & n. 招待
Guessing Game
Each group will get a festival. Suppose it’s your favorite festival, discuss in group how to describe the festival.
After that, talking about the festival before the class, and other group groups guess what your festival is.
Guessing Game
For example:
S1: It thanks for the harvest
S2: It’s in autumn.
S3: It’s from America.
S4: People have a turkey dinner with family members on that day.
S5: It’s on the 4th Thursday in November.
S6:……
Summary
We learn:
1. new words: festival, dumpling, Christmas, sweet, luck, pie, believe, full, moon, Easter
2. new phrases: Spring Festival, Christmas Day, Lantern
Festival, Thanksgiving Day, the Mid-autumn Festival
3. new sentences:
(1)They often eat turkey and Christmas cakes.
(2) Many people believe Christ came back to life on Easter day.
(3)people show their love for their mother by giving presents.
We can: 1.know how to read the names of festivals in English.
2.talk about festivals and holidays.
e.g. (1) On the Spring Festival, Chinese people eat dumplings and
perform lion and dragon dances.
(2) On the Thanksgiving day, families in America get together
for a big dinner. Many people eat turkey and pumpkin pie.
Homework
1.Read 1a and 2, try to retell them.
2.Finish Section A in your workbook.
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