1、 Pre-class activities1.Form a group of eight students and then find a group leader.2.Get your attention focused.I am looking forward to my trip to Wenshang.We are in urgent need of a senior high school student to introduce Chinese festivals to Kobe.Unit 1 Festivals around the world pre-readingSpring
2、 Festivala family dinnerCCTV Gala-show visiting relativesfireworksdragon&lion dancelucky money in red paperLantern Festivalwatch lanterns Dragon Boat FestivalDragon Boat races Qiqiao Festivalthe bridge of magpiesMid-Autumn Festivaladmire the moonPair WorkDiscuss with your partners and then finish th
3、e following chart.Ready?Go!FestivalDate What people doSpring FestivalLantern FestivalDragon Boat FestivalQiqiao FestivalMid-Autumn FestivalJan.1st in lunar calenderMay 5th in lunar calenderJuly 7th in lunar calenderJan.15th in lunar calenderAug.15th in lunar calendergive money in red paper to kids;s
4、ee dragon&lion dances;visit relatives;have meals together;eat dumplings.watch lanterns;eat tangyuan.watch Dragon Boat races;honor Qu Yuan;eat zongzi.show love and concern for the beloved.have dinner with family;eat mooncakes;admire the moon.Describe and Guess1.Choose a picture secretly,discuss and d
5、escribe it in 4 or 5 sentences.2.Choose a student to come to the front and read the description out.3.Guess which festival it is and the first to stand up tells us the answer.RulesDescribe and GuessLet me introduce some foreign festivals!Father Christmas is an imaginary figure,but nearly all kids be
6、lieve in him.They believe he is a happy old man with a long white beard and a long red robe.On Christmas Eve(Dec.24)every year,Father Christmas comes down the chimney to put presents by the beds of children or to fill their stockings.So when kids go to bed that night,they hang their stockings on the
7、 bedside,and on Christmas morning they wake to find them full of presents.How does Father Christmas send presents？On Christmas Eve(Dec.24)every year,Father Christmas comes down the chimney to put presents by the beds of children or to fill their stockings.Actually,its their parents that fill the sto
8、ckings.Father Christmas carries a bag that is full of gifts.Father Christmas comes down the chimney.Father Christmas puts gifts besides the kids beds and fills the stockings.Father Christmas is an imaginary figure,but nearly all kids believe in him.They believe he is a happy old man with a long whit
9、e beard and a long red robe.On Christmas Eve(Dec.24)every year,Father Christmas comes down the chimney to put presents by the beds of children or to fill their stockings.So when kids go to bed that night,they hang their stockings on the bedside,and on Christmas morning they wake to find them full of
10、 presents.Actually,its their parents that fill the stockings.事实上，是他们的父母（用礼物）装满了袜子！事实上，是他们的父母（用礼物）装满了袜子！Halloween is now mainly a holiday for children.Every autumn children pick large orange pumpkins and cut faces in the pumpkins and then put a burning candle inside.It looks as if there were a person
11、 looking out of the pumpkin!The children also put on strange masks and frightening costumes.Some children paint their faces to look like monsters.Then they carry boxes or bags from house to house saying,Trick or treat!And the adults put candy in their bags.pumpkin lampkids with masks and costumsturk
12、eylanternpaper-cuttingtrick or treatI hear that many Chinese are celebrating foreign festivals.Should we celebrate foreign festivals?反方：反方：In my opinion,Chinese shouldnt celebrate foreign festivals.The reason is that.正方：正方：In my opinion，it doesnt matter that our Chinese celebrate foreign festivals.The reason is that.We cannot say whether a culture is good or not.Every country has its own origin and history.We should respect every culture!Homework1.Preview the passage on page1 and collect more information about festivals.2.Write a composition,My favorite festival.
