1、Unit 1 Festivals around the world第一、二课时： Warming up, Pre-reading, Reading & ComprehendingI教学内容分析本单元的中心话题是“节日”，主要讲述了不同地区不同种类的节日。Teaching Goals: 1. To arouse Ss interest in learning about the festivals around the world.2. To improve Ss listening ability.3. To train Ss speaking ability.II教学重点和难点1. 教学重点
2、(1) 本单元的生词和短语；(2) 掌握一些情态动词的基本用法；(3) 了解有关节日和民俗，掌握有关词汇，如custom,religious等 。2. 教学难点(1) 增进学生对中国节日的理解，了解和感悟外国的节日；(2) 提高学生的社会文化素质，加强跨国文化素质；(3) 培养学生运用资源策略。教具：投影仪、录音机、电脑、黑板教学方法:我将采用交际法、任务型教学法、情境法，以培养学生独立思考和交际能力。 本单元建议分七课时IV教学步骤：Teaching Procedures:Step 1. Warming Up & Leading-inPurpose: To activate Ss and a
3、rouse them to express their opinions about a festival.Lead Ss to the content of this unit. Teacher may say, “Do you know what is called the Christmas of China? The Spring Festival. Yes. The oldest and most important festival in China is the Spring Festival. Each country and each nation has its own f
4、estivals. Today we are going to learn something about the different festivals.”1. Ask Ss to turn to P1 and work in groups to complete the form on P1.2. Ask Ss to discuss festivals they have filled in the form and their importance to the society. After that, ask Ss to present their opinions to all cl
5、assmates.Step 3. Presentation Purpose: To help Ss learn about the context of the Listening text. To get the main information in the listening part.To develop Ss listening abilityTo learn some information about the festivals around the world.Ask Ss to talk about the following questions to get them pr
6、epared to listen to the reading text. 1. How many ancient festivals do you know? 2. Are foreign festivals different from Chinese festivals? In what part?3. Ask Ss to listen to the tape, focus on the subjects mentioned in the passage and then answer the following question.1. How many kinds of festiva
7、ls were mentioned in the text? Suggested Answer: Five.2. What are they?Suggested Answer: Ancient Festivals Festivals of the DeadFestivals to Honor PeopleHarvest Festivals Spring FestivalsStep 3. Practice Ask Ss to read the text carefully and sum up the main idea of each part.2. Discuss in pairs whic
8、h festivals and fill in the chart.ObonThe Day of the DeadHalloweenActivities Suggested Answer: Various answers are acceptable.3. Ask Ss the following question and encourage Ss to give some similarities that they think festivals have, and give their reasons. Then invites Ss to tell the similarities a
9、nd then ask them to present them before the class.What similarities can you find among these festivals?Suggested Answer:They most include food, music or entertainment, like dances, light or fire.They are most together with family and friends.Festivals exist everywhere.Many of them celebrate similar
10、ideas and important cultural events or remember event of people.Human beings need to have things in life to celebrate and have a break from daily struggles and demands.Step 4. consolidationDivide Ss into groups of four and ask them to discuss the following questions.1. Whats your favorite holiday of
11、 the year? Why? 2. What festivals or celebrations do you enjoy in your city or town? Do you like spending festivals with your family or with friends? What part of a festival do you like best-the music, the things to see, the visits or the food? Ask Ss to read the text quickly and answer the followin
12、g questions.1. What are festivals of the dead usually for?2. What make autumn festivals happy events?3. What do people usually do at spring festivals?4. What is one important reason to have festivals and celebrations?5. Compare the festivals of the dead in Mexico, Japan and China. What things are si
13、milar? What things are different?Suggested Answers: 1. 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. Autumn festivals are happy events because people are thankful that food is ready for winter and
14、 the hard farm work is finished. 3. At spring festivals, people usually have dances, carnivals and other activities to celebrate the end of winter and the coming of spring. 4. It is important to have festivals and celebrations so we can enjoy life / be proud of our customs / forget our work for a li
15、ttle while. 5. The Chinese, Japanese and Mexican festivals of the dead all have customs to honour the dead. The Chinese and Japanese go to clean their ancestors graves, and the Mexican offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead. However, there are some differences. The Mexicans eat special food that
16、looks like bones, something the Chinese and Japanese do not do.Which festivals you think are the most important and which are the most fun? Step 5. SummarizingThe students will summarize the main ideas and important language points learned this class, and the teacher will make suppliment.Step 6. Hom
17、eworkPurpose: To get a further understanding of the text. 1. Go over the text after class and find the sentences that you dont understand 2. Finish exercise “discovering useful words and expressions” on Page 4. (Ex1, 2 and 3)3. Find out as much information as possible about festivals around the world. 3
