高中英语模块3教学设计
Unit 1 Festivals Around the World
The First Period Reading Festivals and Celebrations
教材：人教版《英语3（必修）New Senior English for China》
设计者：厦门市海沧中学 黄 炜
教学对象分析
本校地处城乡结合部，属于厦门市的一所普通中学。学生普遍英语基础较弱，经过一个学期的磨合，教师已和学生达成良好默契，学习积极性及主动性得到有效提升，自主学习和合作学习能力也得到锻炼，课堂上能较好地完成教师布置的各种任务。本节课，我将影视教学法、任务型教学法相结合，强调锻炼学生的发散性思维、批判性思维、逻辑思维的能力，体现了学生主体性，突出课堂活动设计，在一种和谐的课堂氛围中实现自己的教学目标。
教学内容分析
该课是人教版必修3第一单元的第一课时，是一篇阅读课。文章介绍了古今中外节日的种类、由来、意义以及人们的活动和习俗，旨在通过本单元的学习使学生不但了解我国的节日，而且对外国的节日也有所了解，进而拓展社会文化背景、增加跨国文化知识。
教学目标
通过本课学习，学生根据文章的分类，对古今中外的节日有所了解。
通过本课学习，学生能运用相关语言知识描述和介绍自己喜欢的节日。
通过本课学习，学生能根据教师的调查结果，对外国节日文化对中国传统文化的冲击表达自己的见解。
四、教学过程
Step One Lead-in（2 mins）
1. Enjoy a short part of the movie “The Polar Express” and the song “When Christmas comes”
2. Question
This movie is about a very important festival in the western countries, what is it?
设计意图：
影视导入是笔者比较擅长的教学方法，直观的视觉刺激，优美动听的旋律，能让学生在最短时间内被课堂吸引，关注本单元的核心话题，并引起思考。
Step Two Brainstorming( 3 mins)
When we talk about Christmas, what words come to your mind first?
设计意图：
紧扣电影内容，在此处的运用“头脑风暴”，能为接下来阅读部分的顺利开展做好铺垫。学生通过开口表达，启动思维，适用于热身及导入环节。
Step Three Fast Reading
Skim the first paragraph and the subtitles of the other paragraphs, answer the following questions（思维导图）
设计意图：
思维导图在此处的运用，能帮助学生对文章的结构有更加清晰的认识和理解。同时有针对性地指导学生通过大标题与副标题的阅读，掌握阅读技巧，理清文章脉络。
Step Four Detailed Reading
1. Festivals of dead
How many festivals are mentioned in this paragraph? What are they?
Why are there festivals of the dead?
What is the festival of the dead in China?
2. Festivals to honor people
Read the passage and fill in the blanks.
Festivals can be held to famous people, such as in China and
in the USA. In India, there is an national festival which is Mohandas Gandhi who helped India gain the independence from Britain.
3. Harvest festivals
Making a dialogue (pair-work)
Wang Wei from China and James from USA are talking about their harvest festival. Make a dialogue in pairs according to the paragraph.
The following words and phrases may help you
honor, celebrate, admire, gather, award, autumn, have its origin in,
in memory of, have fun with
4. Spring festivals
①Why are Spring Festivals the most energetic?
②Read this paragraph and pick out some words and phrases which prove that spring festivals are the most energetic, try to appreciate these words and phrases.
③ Use the words and expressions we found in this paragraph to write a short paragraph-- “ Spring Festival in my eyes”.
Spring Festival in my eyes
Energetic or not?
Energetic
dress up, have fun with, look forward to, parades, dragon dancing, colorful clothing, carnivals, Spring Festival Gala in CCTV,
设计意图：
针对四个段落，设计四个完全不同的活动，避免了阅读环节的枯燥和一成不变。活动设计的层次性也是笔者考虑的重点，由浅入深，循序渐进，由照顾大部分同学到稳步提升活动难度，注重学生逻辑思维和批判性思维能力的培养。小作文写作也为下一个环节的开展做好了铺垫。
Step Five Discussion (group-work)
Before I have this class, I did a survey, here is the result.
A survey on festivals
1. Do you like having festivals?
A Yes B No
2. Why do you like having festivals?
A Have several days off.
B Get together with family and friends.
C Go out for fun.
D Receive presents from parents or others.
E Other reasons.
3. What do you usually do on festivals?
A Sleeping. B Have fun with friends.
C Watching TV or play computer games.
D Traveling. E Other activities.
4. Which kind of festival do you think is more interesting?
A Chinese ones
B western ones
5. Which festival do you like best?
A Christmas B Spring Festivals
C Mid-autumn Festival
D Valentine’s Day E Other festivals
Nowadays, foreign festivals seem to become more and more popular among young people while some Chinese traditional festivals seem less important or popular than before.
① Should we keep our traditional festivals alive? Why?
② Should we celebrate foreign festivals as well? Why?
Can you give us your opinions about it? Please write down 6-8 sentences to express it.
设计意图：
课前问卷调查的设计是本堂课设计的一个亮点，通过问卷调查的结果，引发学生对于中外节日文化彼此碰撞、相互冲击的思考。国外文化对于中国传统文化的影响已是不争的事实，作为当代中学生，他们究竟应该以一种什么样的态度对待这种现象？通过引发讨论，锻炼学生批判性思维及思辨能力，同时培养了学生写作能力。
Step Seven Homework
Write down your opinions about traditional festivals and foreign festivals.
Exchange your articles with your partners, try to gather more ideas.
Select the best one in each group and put them up for appreciating.
设计意图：
开放式文章写作的关键在于交流思想，引发思考甚至思辨。因此，这样的作文教师大可不必让学生上交。学生本身就是最好的老师，互批互改，互相讨论，并在小组内挑选一篇最优秀，最有代表性的文章张贴于班级，供大家欣赏不失为一种教师减负，学生得益的方法。
课件11张PPT。Book 3 Unit 1 Festivals Around the WorldThe First Period Reading
Festivals and Celebrations Hai Cang Middle School
Huang Wei1. What do you know about Christmas? 2. When we talk about Christmas, what words come to your mind first? ChristmasFestivalsmodern
festivalsancient
festivalstimereasonorigins
(reasons)typesthe end of cold weatherplanting in springharvest in autumncelebrate for food-earningreligiousseasonalfor special people or eventsfestivals to honor peoplefestivals of the deadharvest festivalsspring festivals Festivals of dead 1. How many festivals are mentioned in this paragraph?
2. Why are there festivals of the dead?
3. What is the festival of the dead in China?
2. Festivals to honor people Read the passage and fill in the blanks.
Festivals can be held to famous people, such as in China and in the USA. In India, there is an national festival which is
Mohandas Gandhi who helped India gain the independence from Britain. honorDragon Boat FestivalColumbus Dayin memory of 3. Harvest festivalsMaking a dialogue
Wang Wei from China and James from USA are talking about their harvest festival. Make a dialogue in pairs according to the paragraph.
The following words and phrases may help you
celebrate, admire, gather, award, have its origin in, in memory of, have fun with 4. Spring festivals 1. Why are Spring Festivals the most energetic?
2. Read this part and pick out some words and phrases which prove that spring festivals are the most energetic, and try to appreciate these words and phrases. Free talk “Spring Festival in my eyes”Energetic
look forward to , dress up, have fun with, dragon dancing, colorful clothing, parades, carnivals, Spring Festival Gala in CCTV or not?Discussion My opinion of traditional festivals and western festivals
1. Should we keep our traditional festivals alive? Why?
2. Should we celebrate foreign festivals as well? Why?
3. Can you give us your opinions about these two kinds of festivals? Homework 1. Write down your opinions about traditional festivals and foreign festivals.
2. Exchange your articles with your partners, try to gather more ideas. Thank you for listening!
