1、Unit 1 Festivals around the worldFestivals and Celebrations (reading)2contentsTeaching proceduresTeaching and studying methodsKey and difficult pointsTeaching aims21The analysis of teaching material and studentsTeaching reflectionBlackboard design345673The analysis of teaching material and students1
2、 14The analysis of teaching material内容及作用内容及作用1. This lesson is from New Senior English for China, Students Book 3 Unit 1, the reading part.2. The main topic of the passage is the introduction of different festivals and celebrations around the world. After this lesson, the students will learn more i
3、nformation about history and basic knowledge of festivals, and their reading abilities can be developed as well.5The analysis of the students学生情况学生情况The students are in senior 1. As we know Qinghai province is in Underdeveloped areas of Education, especially for foreign language. The students are po
4、or at speaking and reading skills.课堂效果：课堂效果：Most of them could take part in the activities and express their ideas with some words , phrases and even sentences actively and initiatively.6Teaching aims2 27knowledge aims1. Students should learn some new words and phrases before the class as a preparat
5、ion, such as grave, carnival, look forward to and so on. 2. They are excepted to use these words or phrases to express their ideas about the festivals in the class. 3. Students can understand the content of the passage and get familiar with different festivals around the world and try to get the sim
6、ilarities and differences of those festivals.8Ability aims Students can use reading strategies such as skimming, guessing, careful reading and summarizing in the reading process to get the main idea and the detailed information about the different festivals in different cultures.9Emotional aims Stud
7、ents can experience different customs and cultures. they are also supposed to get more familiar with the Chinese traditional customs and be proud of our culture.10Key and difficult points3 311Key points Get the main idea and the detailed information from the passage. (This goal will be achieved thro
8、ugh different reading activities and checked by the comprehending activities)Difficult points Get students talk about festivals and celebrations and use reading strategies (so long as they participate in these activities, it shall be more or less achieved)12Teaching and studying methods4 413Teaching
9、 methodsThe Communicative Approach and Task-based Teaching methodpair work, group discussion, individual reading and report Studying methodsThe students would be given clear tasks in each different stage .Whatever methods I use in this class, I think the most important point is to get students parti
10、cipate in the activities willingly.14Teaching aidsText bookText bookPPTPPTblackboardblackboard As for the PPT, it doesnt show any pictures or videos about the festivals. I just use it to show some key contents and questions to lead students to finish the reading effectively.15Teaching procedure5 516
11、Teaching procedurewarmingupskimming. Pre-readingdetailed readingGroup discussion17Step 1. Warming up活动：活动：1.How many festivals do you know both in and out of China?意图：意图：I could get a general idea how many festivals they know and how many festivals they could express in English.2.Which festival do y
12、ou like best? Why?意图：意图：Lead to the topic of the Spring Festival.3.What do people do in the Spring Festival? List some words or phrases. -(Group discussion)意图：意图：Share the ideas with each other. The students whose English are poor also can take part in this activity.18Warming up效果：效果： The students s
13、howed some different activities in the Spring festival using some words and expressions they have learned recently, such as light incense, light lamps, the phrases in this unit and stay up all night, the phrase they have learned in travel journal. I think the warming up part have achieved the teachi
14、ng goals. The students not only shared the different Spring festival activities and customs with each other but also review and preview some knowledge. 19Step 2. Pre-reading活动：活动：Look at the title of the reading passage, and the pictures in it, and work in pairs to predict the content of the passage
15、.意图：意图： The students were expected to predict the content from the title and the pictures in the reading passage. this part aims to practice the ability of getting key information from the title and pictures which they always neglect. 效果效果 ：Most students could connect the pictures with title very we
16、ll. One of the answers is the ways people celebrate the festivals in different countries. it is so close to the main idea of this passage. 20Step 3. Skimming活动活动1：Festivals of all kinds have many_: some _, some _, some for special _.The passage lists _ kinds of modern festivals.namely: Festivals for
17、 the Dead Festivals to Honor People Harvest Festivals Spring Festivals活动活动2：Whats the main idea of the passage? Give one sentence to describe it.(Surmize the main idea within 10 words)阅读建议：阅读建议：Pay more attention to the first and the last sentence in this paragraph.21Skimming 设计意图： These tasks can m
18、ake the students realize that the first and the last paragraph can usually reflect the main idea of the whole passage. The first or the last sentence may be the topic sentence of this paragraph. 效果：In this part, the students answers showed they have had a better understanding about the main idea of
19、reading passage.22Step 4. Detailed reading活动：活动：Para 2: Festivals of the dead. Para 3: Festivals to honour people意图：意图：These forms are used to simplify the contents of the reading passage and present the clue directly and briefly. It will be easy for students to grasp and understand what they are go
20、ing to read. 23Detailed reading活动：活动：Para 4: Harvest Festivals 1. Why are autumn festivals happy events? 2. What do people do to celebrate it?Para 6: What are the purposes of festivals?意图： There are some questions and tasks showed in each paragraph to lead students to get the key information quickly
21、 and effectively.内容穿插： During this step, I also related some Chinese traditional festivals to the festivals introduced in the reading passage. For example, Obon is used in Buddhist terms and in Japan. In China, it is a traditional festival named Zhong Yuan Festival. 24Step 5. Group-discussion活动：活动：
22、What do most festivals seem to have in common? 意图：意图： The students have learned so many different festivals around the world and their origins and ways to celebrate. This part aims to make sure that the students are aware that festivals exist everywhere and many festivals celebrate similar ideas and
23、 important events. It is very important for students to develop a sense of cross-cultural understanding.效果效果：Most students could share the similarities using the words and phrases we have learned in this class. But they couldnt use the proper expressions to describe these festivals in detail. 25Step
24、 6. Homework活动：活动：Write a short passage about the Spring Festival.意图：意图： It aims to get the students integrate the fragmental information in the reading passage with the words and expressions they have learned in this class, and have a better understanding about the Chinese traditional festival.26St
25、ep 7. Questions from the students活动：活动：Ask students whether they have any questions about this class.学生问题：在一些报纸书刊中清明节似乎不是用今天我们在学生问题：在一些报纸书刊中清明节似乎不是用今天我们在黑板上写的黑板上写的Qing Ming Festival, Qing Ming Festival, 用英语如何去写这个节日用英语如何去写这个节日的名称。的名称。解释：清明节在有些地方也译为解释：清明节在有些地方也译为Tomb-sweeping DayTomb-sweeping Day，但是我个
26、人认为，但是我个人认为Qing Qing Ming FestivalMing Festival更能体现中国传统文化特色，它不仅是扫墓活动，更有时间，节更能体现中国传统文化特色，它不仅是扫墓活动，更有时间，节气、习俗及相关文化体现和传承。气、习俗及相关文化体现和传承。历书历书曰：春分后十五日，斗指丁，为清明，时万物皆洁齐而清明，盖时当曰：春分后十五日，斗指丁，为清明，时万物皆洁齐而清明，盖时当气清景明，万物皆显，因此得名。气清景明，万物皆显，因此得名。27Teaching reflection6 628Teaching reflection In this class, I designed d
27、ifferent activities and teaching methods based on the teaching aims and present situation. Warming up and the reading part belongs to input during this class and it has great effect on output, such as discussion, speaking and the homework-writing. Pair works and group discussion encourage the studen
28、ts exchange their ideas and develop their cooperative abilities. The reading passage is easy to understand, but the teacher should distribute time wisely and properly to make sure the tasks and activities can be finished timely and effectively. At last, From the ideas the students showed in the activities in this class, I think Chinese traditional culture and custom education also should be strengthened during the English language learning.29Blackboard design7 730Blackboard design31Thank you for listeningLOGO
