Learning about Language教案设计（一等奖）

Learning about Language

Reading 的五篇小短文分别介绍古代节日、亡灵节、纪念名人的节日、丰收节、春天的节日等，使学生了解各种节日的由来及其存在的意义。在教学中有效地使用彩色插图能大大提高学生对学习的兴趣。在使用中，要根据实际需要做好筛选工作，用最少的图片表达最多的内容。教师要善于从各种渠道获取有用的教学辅助资源。

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(1) To learn about how festivals begin and how to celebrate festivals so as to enable them to learn more about different cultures while learning different language. (2) To develop the students’ reading skills: skimming, scanning, summarizing, and finding out details.

Ⅰ．Fast reading: Got it. You seem to know many festivals of China. But do you other festivals in

different countries and how these festivals began? What do people do to celebrate? Luckily, the passage

provides you much information. Read the passage quickly and find out the festivals mentioned here: Festivals of the Dead; Festivals to Honour People; Harvest Festivals; Spring Festivals Now, let’s get to know more about these festivals, listen to the tape and find out the information accordingly to fill in the form and answer the questions:

Ⅱ．Reading

1. Scanning Get the students to look through the title, the last paragraph, the big black titles of each paragraph and pictu日es, and then guess the main idea of the text. Then ask the student to look through the questions and then read the text silently. Match the following festivals with their correct type. Obon

Day of the Dead

Festivals of the Dead

Dragon Boat Festival Halloween

Festivals to Honour People

Cherry Blossom Festival

Harvest Festivals Columbus Day

Easter

Spring Festivals Thanksgiving

2. Intensive reading

Allow the students to read aloud and carefully this time to understand the main ideas of each paragraph and the important details. Paragraph 1: All kinds of celebration in ancient time. Paragraph 2: The purpose to honour the dead and three examples Paragraph 3: The reasons why we honour people. Paragraph 4: Autumn festivals are happy events. Paragraph 5: How people celebrate in spring festivals.

3. Reading and discussion Read the text a third time and then work impairs to do Exercise 2 on Page 3.

Let the students have enough time to read the passage carefully and discuss the chart with their partners. Encourage them to expand their answers according to their own experiences.

Ⅲ．Paragraph 1: *When did ancient people celebrate?

at the end of winter

When good weather returned

a good harvest

animals caught

When they wanted a year of plenty *What about festivals now? have many origins, some religious, some seasonal, and some for special people or events

Paragraph 2: Festivals of the dead Paragraph 3: Festivals to Honour People Paragraph 4: Harvest Festivals 1) Why are autumn festivals happy events? Because people are grateful and happy and a season of agricultural work is over. 2) What do people do to celebrate it? In European countries, it is the custom to decorate churches and town halls with flowers and fruit; get together to have meals, win awards for their farm produce; admire the moon, enjoy mooncakes. Paragraph 5: Spring Festivals Paragraph 6: What are the purposes of festivals? Festivals: To have fun with each other / To let us enjoy life / To be proud of our customs / To forget our daily life for a little while / To

honour the dead / To honour famous people / To celebrate harvest/To welcome a new year and look forward to the future / To ask people to pay attention to something 1)

Well-done. Since you have got to know the information related to these festivals, I’d like you to have a quiz to check whether you have fully understood the text. Use the information from the reading passage to answer the following questions.

Ⅳ．Homework 1)

Find out useful words and expressions, beautiful sentences and finish the exercises in Learning about Language accordingly. 2)

Write an introduction of the festival your group have created. 教师活动：小结；诊断整节课学生掌握情况

Kinds of Festivals Names of Festivals Countries 知

Obon Japan Festivals of the dead Day of the dead Mexico Halloween some Western countries 识Dragon Boat Festival China Columbus Day USA Festivals to Honour People 框Festival to honour Gandhi India harvest/Thanksgiving festivals European and other countries Harvest Festivals mid-autumn festivals China and Japan 架

Spring Festival China Easter and related holidays some Western countries

Spring Festivals Cherry Blossom Festival Japan

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Let the students to complete the summary of the story with one word in each blank. FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONS

We have 1___ of festivals. Ancient people held festivals and celebrations to celebrate the end of winter or the catching of animals.

Some festivals are in 2___ of the ancestors. They light lamps, play music on an important feast day, offering good things to the dead. People hold festivals as an 3____ to famous people or to the gods. These festivals have their 4___ as an event, like the Dragon Boat Festival which honors the famous 5____ Qu Yuan. . Harvest and Thanksgiving festivals are held in many countries. People decorate churches, get together, have meals or win awards for competitions. On Mid-Autumn Festival people 6___ the moon and have moon cakes. Chinese New Year is an 7___ and important festival. People look 8___ to 9____ up, eating dumplings, giving children lucky money in red paper, playing dragon dances. The celebration of the lunar New Year may take 10___ throughout the country, day and night. It is an important religious and social festival. Key：1. plenty 2. memory 3. honour 4. origins 5. poet 6. admire 7. energetic 8. forward 9. dressing 10. place

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Paragraph 4: Autumn festivals are happy events Paragraph 5: How people celebrate in spring festivals