教学设计
Unit 2 I think that mooncakes are delicious!
Section A 1 (1a – 2d)
教学目标:
1语言目标:
(1) 短语:
the Water Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival, Spring Festival, the Lantern Festival, watch the races, enjoy doing sth., eat out, five meals a day, put on, in two weeks, sound like, from…to…, be similar to, throw water at each other, wash away, have good luck, in the new year
2) 句子:
Bill thinks that the races were not that interesting to watch.
What do you like best about the Dragon Boat Festival
What did you do on your vacation
But I believe that April is the hottest month of the year there.
I wonder if it’s similar to the water festival of Dai people in Yunnan Province.
2 技能目标:能听懂语言材料,掌握听的技巧;能读懂介绍中外不同节日文化的文章。
3 情感目标:通过开展角色表演等活动,培养学生对英语的兴趣。通过本节课的学习,培养学生的文化意识,陶冶思想情操。
教学重难点:
1) To remember the words and phrases.
2) To learn and talk about the festivals and the customs
Teaching procedures
Step 1: Warming-up
What festivals do you like best
What do you like best about your favourite festival
Step 2: Presentation
1 .1a Look at the pictures and guess what festivals they are. Match the pictures with the descriptions.
1. ___ The Water Festival in Thailand
2. ___ The Dragon Boat Festival in Hong Kong
3. ___ The Chinese Spring Festival in Beijing
4. ___ The Lantern Festival in Jiangxi
Step 3 Listening
1b Listen and tell true or false.
1. Bill thinks that the races were not that interesting to watch. T F
2. Mary thinks that the teams were fantastic. T F
3. Bill wonders whether they’ll have zongzi again next year. T F
4. Bill and Mary believe that they’ll be back next year to watch the races. T F
Step 4 Speaking
Finish 1c .Talk about the pictures in 1a.
Make conversations.
Examples
A: What do you like best about the Dragon Boat Festival
B: I love the races. I think they’re fun to watch.
Step 5 Pair Work
A: What do you like best about the …
B: I love the ... I think that they’re...
Step 6 Listening
2a Listen to the conversation between Wu Ming and Harry and circle the correct words in sentences.
1. Wu Ming and Harry are cousins/ strangers / friends.
2. Wu Ming went to Singapore/ Hong Kong / Macao for his vacation.
3. Wu Ming visited his relatives / friends / classmates.
4. Wu Ming liked eating out / shopping / the Dragon Boat Festival best.
2b Wu Ming did a lot of fun activities, but there were also downsides. Listen again and fill in the chart.
Fun activities Downsides
Eating out
Shopping
Dragon Boat Festival in June
Step 7 Speaking
2c Role play the conversations between Wu Ming and Harry.
A: What did you do on your vacation
B: I visited my cousins. I think that we ate five meals a day! I’ve put on five pounds.
A: I guess the food was delicious, right
Step 8 Role –play
Watch the video and learn Water Festival.
Read the conversation and tell “True” or “False”.
1. Ben is going to Chiang Mai in two weeks. ( )
2. Clara believes that April is the hottest month of the year there. ( )
3. The Water Festival in Thailand is from April 13th to 15th. ( )
4. The Thai new year is a time for cleaning and washing bad things. ( )
Role –play the conversation
Step 9 Language points and summary
Summarize the language points in this class.