弘扬优秀传统文化,用英语讲述中国故事
B2U3 Festivals and customs: Extended reading
A precious family dinner
(人与社会)
导→学→问→思→辩→行→评
Teaching objectives:
学习能力:Grasp the content of the article through deep reading.
文化意识:Know more about the custom of the Chinese New Year and Carry forward excellent traditional culture.
思维品质:Understand the deep meaning of the family dinner on the Chinese New Year’s Eve.
语言能力:Tell Chinese traditional culture stories in English.
价值观:Let the emotions of home and country take roots in students’ hearts.
(
导+问
)
Task 1: Lead in(A poem)
The Lunar New Year’s Day
Firecrackers (鞭炮) are sending the old year away;
People are toasting in warm spring breeze.
All the families are bathed in bright sunlight;
Old couplets(对联) are changed with new ones.
Lead students to ask questions according to the title of the article--A precious family dinner.
(
学+问
)
Task 2:Fast reading
1.Matching the main idea with each paragraph.
(
Reunion dinner
para._____
) (
Journey home
para._____
) (
Preparations
para._____
)
(
Entertainment
para._____
) (
Celebration
para._____
) (
Happy atmosphere
para._____
)
2.Sructure of the article.
______ dinner(para._____) → ______ dinner(para.____) → ______ dinner(para.____)
Task3: Detailed reading
Para. 1 (Reunion dinner)
1.What food does Luo’s family serve on the table
_________________________________________________________________________
2.Can you list some other food on the Spring Festival
_________________________________________________________________________
Para. 2 (Happy Atmosphere)
Can you find out the sentences in Para.2 that can describe the family’s happy atmosphere
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
Para. 3 (Journey home)
The main point of this paragraph:__________________________
Para. 4 (Preparartions)
1.Preparations.
1)_____________________ 2)____________________
3)_____________________ 4)____________________
2.What does the fish on the plate mean
______________________________________________________
More examples:
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Para. 5-6 (Entertainment)
1.What do Luo Yan’s family usually do after the dinner on New Year's Eve
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2.What’s your favorite Spring Festival custom
_________________________________________________________________________
3.An activity: Speak and Guess(你说我猜)
Rules: Two students play the game, one describes the words on the screen(Attention: the student can’t mention the word itself), the other guess it. Total time: no more than 2 minute.
(
思+辩
)
4.What “HOME” means to Luo
Home is where __________________________
What “HOME’”means to You
(reference words: warmth, comfort, love, support, understanding, encouragement, concern)
Home is where _________________________________________________________
Home is a place where___________________________________________________
5.A saying about home:___________________________________________________
6.Elevation of emotion:the heroes who build our counrty during the Spring Festival
Para. 6 (Celebration)
1.What are people celebrating
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2.Critical thinking:Why is “nation’s strength” mentioned here
_________________________________________________________________________
Task4: (
思
)Emotions and values
Filial piety 孝当先
frugality 俭养德
harmony 和为贵 国是家
kindness 善作魂
diligence 勤为本
honesty 诚立身
家是最小国,国是千万家
_________________________________________________________________________
Return to the question that the student asked at first( A precious famuly dinner).
Task5: Consolidation and activity
飞花令(Group Competition)--the Spring Festival
G1 G2 G3
Rules: Every group takes turns to say something related to the Spring Festival in English, meanwhile, the group leader should write down what your group members have said on the blackboard. If the group can’t say anything in 3 seconds, then the group lose the competition. Pay attention: the total time is no more than 4 minutes.
(
行+评
)
Task6: Making a mini speech
弘扬优秀传统文化,用英语讲述中国故事
Please make a brief introduction to the Spring Festival, and then deliver a mini speech ( no more than 80 word,the beginning and the ending not included).
请用英语介绍中国春节,做一个微型演讲,80词以内,开头结尾不计入词数。
The Spring Festival
Good________, my dear teachers and fellow classmates. It’s a great honor for me to deliver the speech here. Today I’d like to introduce the Spring Festival. _________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
This is the end of my speech, thanks for your listening!
Task7: Homework
(2017年11月浙江卷)假定你是李华,得知外教Mr. Hall寒假不回国,想邀请他到你家过春节。 请给他写一封信,内容包括:
1. 时间; 2. 一同过节的家人; 3. 活动。
注意:1. 词数80词左右;
2. 可以适当增加细节。