Module 2 Public holidays
Unit 1 My family always go somewhere interesting as soon as the holiday begins.
教学设计
教材分析：
本模块以“Public holidays”为话题，以学习谈论各国的节日为主线，介绍了节日在人们生活当中的重要意义。通过模块学习，学生将重点掌握5个主要连接副词或词组的用法，并能在写作过程中运用这些副词或词组。Unit 1通过听、读、说训练，初步谈论节日,了解世界上几个国家的国庆节日期和人们的庆祝方法，感知对话中出现的时间状语从句，以及观察在实践中使用的特点。
学情分析：
本节课面对的是九年级的学生，应该说有一部分学生有一定的语言基础，进入毕业班也能够认识到学习的重要性，课文内容也能引起学生的学习兴趣，但是本班有很大一批学生基础不好，对于学习丧失信心，缺乏学习动力，平时尽量鼓励他们能完成一些背默的任务，始终是从最初级做起。
教学目标：
知识与技能：1.掌握本课中重点单词和短语；
2.初步感知时间状语从句在实际对话中的使用；
3.通过关于节日的听说训练，提高学生的口语能力，提高学生对英语的兴趣。
二、过程与方法：通过对节日话题的谈论，让同学们熟练运用英语表达节日和日期；
通过对小听力的2遍听和对话的3听，达到提高学生听力能力的效果。
通过对语言点和时间状语从句的学习，达到提高学生运用知识的能力。
三、情感态度与价值观：通过学习，同学们了解了各国的国庆节日期和庆祝节日的方式，提高学生对学习英语的兴趣。
教学方法：
PWP method, task-based method and interactive approach
教学手段：
A tape recorder, multimedia and some pictures
教学过程：
Teaching Steps:
Step 1 Revision
Look at the cards and say the words aloud. The teacher shows the pictures of new words and let the students to say as quickly as possible.（PPT）
Step 2 Lead-in
Ss look at the pictures and talk about the holiday. （PPT）
Step 3 Look at the picture and answer the questions. （PPT）
1. Which public holiday are people celebrating?
2. When is this holiday in China?
Step 4 Complete the sentences with the dates of the following holidays in China, the UK
and the US（tape-recorder）.
Listen to the tape, look at each picture and fill in the blanks with the dates. Ask the Ss to pay attention to the dates.
Listen again and check the answers.
Step5 Listen to the dialogue two times and answer the following questions.
1. When was the People’s Republic of China founded?
2. Do people have one day off on Independence Day?
3. Does Lingling have any plans for the National Day this year?
4. When is the start of the vacation season in the US?
5. Do people have a national day in the UK?
Step6 Reading the dialogue and complete the table for 5 minutes.
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China
US
Holiday
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Date
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Duration
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Ways of celebrate
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Year the celebration started
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Step7 Reading again and complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box.
activity flag found vacation
1. The Americans celebrate Independence Day on 4th July. It is the start of the
________ season.
2. On 1st October, you can see the national ________ everywhere in China.
3. The US was _________ in 1776.
4. What kinds of __________ are there on 1st January?
Step 8 Language points
Let Ss pick out the language points from the dialogue and know about the main points in the passage and master.
1. The People’s Republic of China was founded on 1st October 1949.
found表示“建立，创立”。它的过去式和过去分词都加ed。find表示“找到”，它的过去式和过去分词为found。
e.g. Her family founded the college in 1895.
她的家庭于1895年创办了这所学院。
2. People have celebrated the National Day since then.
since then表示“从那以后”。是现在完成时的标志。
e.g. He has lived in Beijing since then.
从那以后他就一直住在北京。
3. … but we only have one day off.
off表示“不上课/ 班，休息”。
e.g. I’m taking a week off over Christmas.
圣诞节期间我会休假一星期。
I’m going to have some time off.
我准备休一段时间假。
4. On that day, there are all kinds of holiday activities.
all kinds of 表示“各种各样的”
e.g. You can taste all kinds of delicious food.
你能品尝各种各样美味的食物。
5. … and most people take a vacation sometime in July or August.
take a vacation 表示“去度假”
e.g. He will take a vacation next week.
他下周将去度假。
6. And is there anything special on that day?
anything special表示“特别的事”
用形容词修饰不定代词或不定副词时，形容词要放在不定代词或不定副词的后面，如anything special, somewhere interesting。
e.g. Don’t do anything stupid.
不要做傻事。
7. Kids have great fun.
have fun意为“玩得高兴、玩得愉快”，相当于enjoy oneself和have a good time。have fun后跟动词时，要用V-ing形式。
8. And my family always go somewhere interesting as soon as the holiday begins.
as soon as表示“一……就……”。用来引导时间状语从句。强调主句和从句动作的同时性。
e.g. Please call me as soon as you get to the hotel.
你一回到酒店就给我打电话。
Step 9 Pronunciation and speaking
1. Listen and repeat.
To learn about the ordinal numeral.
2. Say the dates.
(1) Now ask and answer questions about important dates in pairs.
(2) Ask and answer questions about a Chinese public holiday in groups.
(3) Present the Chinese public holiday to the whole class.
Step 10 Exercises
Step 11 Homework
Make up a dialogue about the National Day. Including the date, duration, ways of celebration and year the celebration started. About 60 words.
Blackboard design:
Module 2 Public holidays
Unit 1 My family always go somewhere interesting as soon as the holiday begins.
have a …holiday The People’s Republic of China was founded on 1st
have …off October 1949.
Since自从; until直到; as soon as一…就…
教学反思：
在进行本课教学的时候，听力部分进行比较慢，感觉学生的听力水平还有待提高，设计本部分教学的时候应该减低难度，分段进行。本课亮点在于课前部分学生的预习比较到位，总结语言点准确而又全，体现了学生自主学习的能力有所提高。
