Unit 7 Chinese festivals (Story time)
一、Teaching aims:
1.The students can master the twelve months and learn sth about the Spring Festival, Dragon Boat Festival , Mid--Autumn Festival and Double Ninth Festival.
2. The students can understand and read the story,get information about the festivals.
3. The students can try to talk about some Chinese festivals.
二、Key points:
1. The students learn something about the time,food and activities of four Chinese festivals.
2. The students can try to talk about some Chinese festivals.
三、Difficult points:
1.Ss can read the Double Ninth/Dragon Boat/Mid--Autumn/Spring Festival and January/February/May/June/September/October/November
2.Ss can talk about some Chinese festivals.
四、Teaching aids: some presents, PPT, some pictures.
五、Procedures
Step1 Before-reading
1. watch a video and learn about the festivals.
2. Talk about festivals freely.
3.T:You know a lot of festivals. Especially there are many Chinese festivals in China. 揭题:Chinese festivals
4.T: What do you want to know about Chinese festivals
S1:When are the Chinese festivals
S2: What do people usually do
S3: What do they eat
...
【设计意图】通过谈论节日,唤醒学生对节日已有的知识储备,并直接导入课题,再利用头脑风暴的形式,让学生发散性地提问关于节日的问题。
Step2 While-reading
1.Watch and tick
T: Watch the cartoon and tick the festivals which is mentioned in the text.
Ss: Learn the festivals”the Spring festival,the Dragon Boat festival,the Mid-Autumn festival, the Double Ninth festival”
2.Scan and order
T:Let’s scan the text of four festivals and order them.
Ss order the pictures.
【设计意图】初步整体感知全文,学习四个节日的名称并大致了解节日的相关活动与风俗。再略读文章,感受传统节日是按时间顺序排列的。
3. Let’s learn
Task1 Spring festival
(1)T: In China, Spring festival is the most important festival. Let’s read paragraph 1and discuss how to introduce the Spring Festival
S:(discuss in pairs) time, activities and food.
(2)read and find the answers
Q: When is the Spring Festival
Q: What do people usually do
Q: What food do they have?
Task2 Self-learning
Work in groups to read and fill in the blanks with words or phrases .
Studenst learn the words of months and the activities of the festivals.
Task3 Let’s share
Choose one festival to ask and answer in pairs:
A:When’s the Spring festival
B: It’s in...
A: What do people do at this festival
They usually...
A:What do people eat at this festival
B: They eat...
4. Let’s read
Ss read the story together/ in groups...
【设计意图】在精读文章时,采用先扶后放的方式进行文本处理。具体分析第一段spring festival,得出描述的结构。接着让学生分组研究讨论后面三段,并通过小组汇报的形式分享学习,将主动权完全交给学生。
Step3 After-reading
1. People usually do some special things at festivals.Do you have any questions
S1:Why do they eat dumplings at Spring festival
S2: Why are there dragon boat races
S3:...
【设计意图】中国传统节日有着悠久的历史和丰富的文化底蕴,所以引导学生提出相关问题并自主解答,将生活与课堂融为一体。
2. Enjoy some pictures and learn more customs about the other Chinese festivals.
3. What do you think of Chinese festivals
S: It means fun/ reunion/blessing/memory ...
【设计意图】通过图文浏览,了解更多的中国传统节日文化,并且最后进行情感升华。
Step4 Homework
1. Read the story for 3times.
2. Read more stories and customs about Chinese festivals.
3. Surf on the Internet and get more information about the festivals in the world.