1、Festivals around the worldUnit 1砀山中学砀山中学 汪丽萍汪丽萍New Senior English for China Book 3New Senior English for China Book 3ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUnit 1 Festivals around the world This lesson is taken This lesson is taken from Unit 1,senior from Unit 1,senior English for China English for China students book
2、 3.students book 3.This lesson is a This lesson is a reading passage.It reading passage.It mainly talks about mainly talks about various festivals and various festivals and celebrations around celebrations around the world.the world.2.Senior high school students 123They are interested in this topic.
3、Some students are not active.They are lacking in vocabulary.Teaching objectivesKnowledge objectivesAbility objectivesMoral objectivesKnowledge Objectives New Words:harvest,starve,origin,religious,ancestor,Mexico,feast,bone,belief,poet,arrival,gain,independence,gather,agriculture Expressions:in memor
4、y of,dress up,play a trick on,look forward to,Moral objectives1.Students can expand their knowledge about different festivals and celebrations.2.Students can have a better understanding of our own national culture and customs.1.Student fully understand the passage festivals and celebrations.2.Studen
5、ts learn different reading skills.1Students learn some useful new words and expressions in this part,such as ancestor,agricultural,dress up,look forward to and so on.2.Students learn more about different kinds of festivals.recordingschartpicturesMultimediaTeaching Aids Teaching method:Task-based tea
6、ching method Task-based teaching method computer-aided teaching method computer-aided teaching method situational situational teaching method teaching method communicative approach communicative approach Learning method:independent work，group work，free discussion 1 1 Leading-inLeading-in2 2 Warming
7、upWarming up3 3Pre-readingPre-reading4 4 ReadingReading5 5SummarySummary6 6DiscussionDiscussion7 7 HomeworkHomeworkGuessing:Guess what Guessing:Guess what festival it is according to the festival it is according to the picture you see as quickly as picture you see as quickly as you can.you can.The t
8、raditional Chinese New Years Day People will eat dumplings,fish and meat together ,give children lucky money in red paper and watch dragon dance.Spring Festival Spring Festivalon the fifteenth day of the new year(15th,in the lunar calendar)lanterns:symbols of good fortune,happiness and health.“drago
9、n”and“lion”dancesLantern FestivalLantern FestivalDragon Boat FestivalDragon Boat Festival On the 5th day of May lunar month In memory of the beloved poet QuYuan who died in 278 BC Eat rice dumplings/zongzi and watch dragon boat racesChristmas On December 25th It is the birthday of Jesus Christ Go to
10、 the parties and churches,give cards and presents to our friends and relatives I design this game to arouse students interest in the topic,expand their knowledge about different festivals.How do we ChineseHow do we Chinesecelebrate the festival?celebrate the festival?Which festival Which festival do
11、 you like do you like bestbest？why do you like this why do you like this festival bestfestival best？The purpose of this The purpose of this activity is to help activity is to help students prepare for the students prepare for the reading passage.reading passage.A.The history of all festivals.B.The r
12、eason why people like festivals.C.Different festivals and celebrations and also the reason why people celebrate them all over the world.What is the main idea of the text?What is the main idea of the text?Skimming 2.How many 2.How many typestypes of festivals of festivals are mentioned in the passage
13、?are mentioned in the passage?By doing these tasks，students can have a general understanding of the reading passage,they can be aware of the structure of the reading passage.1.The ancient people neednt worry about their food.2.Halloween used to be a festival intended to honor the dead.3.Qu Yuan was
14、a great poet who people honour a lot in China.4.Mid-autumn Festival is held to celebrate the end of autumn.5.Easter celebrates the birth of Jesus6.India have a national festival on October 2 to celebrate the harvest.F FT TT TF FF FThey would starve if food was difficult to find.They would starve if
15、food was difficult to find.harvestharvestreturnreturnF Fhonour Mahatma Gandhihonour Mahatma GandhiI design this activity to help students further understand the reading passage.Origins of festivalsMost ancient festivals would celebrate the end of the _,planting in _ and harvest in autumn.Todays fest
16、ivals have many origins,some _,some seasonal and some for special people or events.cold weathercold weather spring spring religious religious1.How do Japanese honor their ancestors?1.How do Japanese honor their ancestors?They have a festival called Obon,when people should go to clean_ and light _ to
17、 honor their_.They light_ and play _.2.Festivals of the Deadgravesgravesincenseincenseancestorsancestorslampslampsmusicmusic2.What do people in 2.What do people in Mexico do in memory of Mexico do in memory of the dead?the dead?3.Festivals to Honor PeopleMatch the festivals with the proper people.Co
18、lumbus DayNational Festival on October 2The Dragon Boat FestivalChinaIndiaUSAKinds of Festivals Names of FestivalsCountries Harvest FestivalsHarvest/Thanksgiving festivals;European and other countries;mid-autumn festivalsChina and Japan 4.Harvest Festivals2 What will people do on Thanksgiving festiv
19、als？1.Which of the following festivals is not mentioned in this paragraph?BA Easter B Obon C.Cherry Blossom FestivalD Carnivals2.What do people do in carnivals in February?A.Parades B.dancing in the streets day and night C.loud music and colorful clothing of all kinds D.D.All the above.To have fun w
20、ith each otherTo forget our daily life for a little whileTo be proud of our customsTo let us enjoy lifeRead the last paragraph，and think about what are the purposes of festivals?I design these reading tasks to help students fully understand this reading passage and get detailed information about dif
21、ferent festivals.Day of the Day of the Dead Dead(Mexico)(Mexico)ObonObon(Japan)(Japan)HalloweenHalloween(some western(some western countries)countries)Festivals of Festivals of the Deadthe DeadWhat festivals are mentioned in the text?The purpose of this task is to help students summarize what have t
22、hey learned in the reading passage.Should we celebrate western festivals？Why?This activity will give students emotional education，train students speaking ability，team work spirit HomeworkHomeworkIf you have a If you have a chance to create a chance to create a festival,what will festival,what will y
23、our festival be your festival be like?like?(name,time,(name,time,reason,activities)reason,activities)This homework is easy This homework is easy and interestingand interesting，it will it will stimulate students stimulate students interest in learning interest in learning English.English.5 Blackboard Design Unit 2 Festivals around the world Festivals and Celebrations Group competitionFestivals of the dead Festivals to honor people Harvest festivals Spring festivals
