Festivals around the world 课堂教学设计
【教学目标】
1 语言目标 ：
To get the students to talk about festivals
To learn about how festivals begin and how to celebrate festivals so as to enable them to learning different language.
2 重点词汇和短语
Lantern festival ,solar calendar, carnival, dress up. reunion. luck money. Harvest festival
3 能力目标：
Let’s students to know how to get the key words from the conversation about the carnival parade and how to talk about sth happened.
4 情感目标：
Let’s students to know and compare Chinese festivals and customs with western festivals and customs.
【教学重点】
1．How to talk about the Chinese festivals and social customs at festivals.
2．How to get the key words to understand the conversation about the carnival parade,to talk about sth happened.
【教学过程】
Step 1 warming up
Step 2 per-reading
Look at the pictures and discuss in pairs what kind of information you think will be introduced in the passage.
Step3 reading and comprehending
ask the students to skim the passage and find out what festivals are mentioned in each paragraph.
Paragraph 1: __________________________________
Paragraph 2: __________________________________
Paragraph 3: __________________________________
Paragraph 4: __________________________________
Paragraph 5: __________________________________
Careful Reading :True or False
1. The ancient people needn’t worry about their food.
2. People celebrate Halloween with a different purpose
from the past.
3. Gandhi was a great leader who Indian people honour
a lot.
4. China and Japan share the same custom of celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival.
5. Easter just celebrates the rebirth of Jesus
Further reading
Answer the following questions:
1.Which three times of the year did people celebrate in ancient times?
2.What kind of things should be done to celebrate the Obon Festival?
3. Why does India have a national festival on October 2?
4. How do Europeans celebrate Thanksgiving festivals?
5. Name three things people do at the Spring Festival in China.
Step4 groupwork
Discussin pairs which festivals you think are the most important and which are the most fun. Then fill in the chart with your ideas.
Step5 retelling
Let the students try to retell the passage according to the key words and expressions given on the blackboard.
Step6 homework
Write an introduction of the festival your group have created.
教学反思：
英语学习是一个全面发展的过程，听说读写每一项技能都是学好英语不可缺少的必备项。每节课适时地训练是很有必要的。通过听读让学生在理解课文的基础上学习运用新学词汇，通过学习让学生分析理解和感悟文章的难句，已达到准确把握句意和文意的目的。通过总结进一步强调本节课重点，让学生在短暂时间内有效地回顾和复习。
课件31张PPT。Unit 1 Festivals around the world
Warming Up & Reading (Ⅰ) 1.Talk about festivals and celebrations.
2.Understand the basic knowledge of festivals in the world.
3. Know the reasons for festivals and the further meaning of festivals.
4. Practice the reading ability, that is, scanning, word guessing, close reading and summarizing or comparing.1. How many festivals do you know both in China and worldwide?…Chinese FestivalsChristmasFool’s?DayValentine’s?DayCarnivalEasterThanksgiving DayMother’s?DayFather’s?DayHalloween Festivals of
foreign countriesSpring FestivalChinese Festivals2. Do you know these festivals?Lantern Festival January 15Dragon Boat Festival
May 5 Dragon boat raceRice dumplingsIt’s held to honour a famous poet---Qu Yuan .Mid-autumn Day
August 15admire the moon (赏月）enjoy mooncakes It’s also a harvest festival.
(丰收节）Tomb-sweeping Day clean graves(扫墓）
light incense(烧香）
offer flowers a festival of the dead(亡灵节）AugustThe Army DayTeachers’ DaySeptemberNational DayOctoberValentine’s DayForeign festivalsHalloweenThanksgiving DayChristmasEaster, a religious festivalFestivals and CelebrationsHow do people around the world celebrate their festivals?Skim the reading passage and then fill in the following chart.Fast ReadingObon
Day of the Dead
HalloweenJapan
Mexico
some Western countriesDragon Boat Festival
Columbus Day
Festival to honour GandhiChina
USA
IndiaHarvest and Thanksgiving Festivals
Mid-autumn FestivalEuropean countries
China and JapanSpring Festival
Easter and related holidays
Cherry Blossom FestivalChina
some Western countries
JapanLet’s check the answers to the questions on P3 now.Comprehending 1. What are festivals of the dead usually for?
Festivals of the dead are for honoring or satisfying dead ancestors or others, who some people believe might return to help or harm living people.
2. What makes autumn festivals happy events?
Autumn festivals are happy events because people are thankful that food is ready for winter and the hard farm work is finished.3. What do people usually do at spring festivals?
At spring festivals, people usually have dances, carnivals and other activities to celebrate the end of winter and the coming of spring.
4. What is one important reason to have festivals and celebrations?
It is important to have festivals and celebrations so we can enjoy life / be proud of our customs / forget our work for a little while.Compare the festivals of the dead in Mexico, Japan and China. What things are similar? What things are different?
The Chinese, Japanese and Mexican festivals of the dead all have customs to honor the dead. The Chinese and Japanese go to clean their ancestors’ graves, and the Mexicans offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead. However, there are some differences. The Mexicans eat special food that looks like bones, something the Chinese and Japanese do not do.Retell the text by filling in the following blanks
There are all kinds of festivals and c__________ around
the world, which are held for different reasons. The
a_______ _________ were mainly held at three times a
year—the end of the cold weather, planting in spring
and harvest in autumn. Some festivals are held to
h______ the dead or to satisfy the a_______ in case they
might d__ _______, while other festivals are held to
honour famous people, such as D_____ _____ _______
and Columbus Day.elebrationsncient festivals onourncestorso harmragon Boat FestivalMy favourite festivalDiscussion What is your favorite festival? Why?
When is it?
What is the festival about?
How long can we have it for holiday?
What do we usually do in the festival?I like … festival best. It is celebrated on …. to remember/ in memory of …. It usually lasts … days. People do ….Suggested expressions: HomeworkRead the text further and finish comprehending exercises and language exercises after it.
Write down your favourite festival. More haste, less speed.
欲速则不达。
