Unit 12 The Spring festival.设计意图

Unit 12 The Spring Festival Period 1（Teaching Plan）

I、

Background information 1.

School: Quan Tang Primary School 2.

Students: Grade 5, Primary School, Intermediary level 3.

Teaching material: Unit 12, Part B and Part C, Book 5 4.

Time and date: 2018

40minutes

5.

Teaching aids: word cards, chalks, blackboard, PPT 6.

Lesson type: Speaking II、

1.

Vocabulary: Language contents eve, the Spring Festival, light/enjoy firecrackers, lion dance, family reunion dinner, red packet 2.

The sentence structures for discussing the Spring Festival: Do you _____________?

Yes, I do. And I _______________.

III、

Teaching objectives 1.

Instructional objectives At the end of the class, the students should be able to: 1)

read and understand the meaning of the words: eve, the Spring Festival, light/enjoy firecrackers, lion dance, family reunion dinner, red packet 2)

use the basic structures:

Do you _____________? Yes, I do. And I _______________. to discuss their Spring Festival.

2.

Educational objectives At the end of the class, the students should be able to: 1)

know some traditions of the Spring Festival and Christmas by comparing. 2)

have the awareness that it’s important to be together with families. 3.

Personal objectives

At the end of the class, the teacher should be able to: 1)

get more experience on giving feedback to students. 2)

get more experience on managing the class.

IV、

Focal and difficult points 1.

Focal points At the end of the class, the students should be able to: 1)

read and understand the meaning of the words: eve, the Spring Festival, light/enjoy firecrackers, lion dance, family reunion dinner, red packet 2)

use the basic structures:

Do you _____________? Yes, I do. And I _______________. to discuss their Spring Festival.

2.

Difficult points

At the end of the class, the students should be able to: know some traditions of the Spring Festival and Christmas by comparing.

V、

Teaching procedures and time allotment Stage 1 Pre-speaking

Step 1 Warming-up ( about 1 min) 1)

Purpose: To draw students’ attention. 2)

Activity: Greeting

3)

Instructions:

T: Stand up, please. Good…, class.

S: Good …, Miss Li.

T: How are you?

S: I’m fine, thank you. And you?

T: I’m fine, too. Thank you. Sit down, please.

Step 2 Lead in ( about 4 mins) 1)

Purpose: To introduce the topic. 2)

Activity: Sing and dance: Simon says

3)

Instructions:

T: Before we start our lesson, I want introduce you all a new friend. Let’s find out who he is. Are you ready?

(The teacher plays the video.)

T: So, do you know who the friend is now

S: Simon.

T: Good. Hi, I’m Simon from the USA. And I love festivals in China. And I love the _________ festival the most. Can you guess which festival it is?

(practice “festival”)

T: Now, guess, guess, guess. It’s a special and funny day. People are surrounded by red stuffs. And children get lucky money from families. What is the festival?

S: The Spring Festival.

T: Great, that’s the Spring Festival. We are going to talk about the Spring Festival today. Are you ready?

S: Yes.

T: Ok, here we go. Stage 2 While-speaking

Step1: Language preparation (about 15mins) 1)

Purpose:

To prepare the vocabulary and sentence structures for students’ speaking. 2)

Activity 1: learn the words 3)

Instructions:

T: What do you know about the Spring Festival? Can you tell Simon? Ss: …

T: What time is the Spring Festival?

Ss: It’s in January or February.. T: Good, and what do we say?

Ss: Happy New Year! T: Let’s say it together. Happy New Year! And what do we eat? Ss: Dumplings/ noodles/ rice/ fish …

T: What else do you know about the Spring Festival? Let’s know more

T: Let’s go and enjoy the Spring Festival with our new friend Simon! First, let’s enjoy a video about the Spring Festival.

T: Is it funny? What do you get from the video?

S: dumplings….

T: Wow, you did a good job. And from the video, we know that people have a family reunion dinner on the eve of the Spring Festival. (Practice “reunion” and “eve” with words which have the same pronunciation and write them on the blackboard)

T: Do you have a family reunion dinner on the eve of the Spring Festival?

S: Yes, I do. (The teacher asks and students answer)

T: Now, Simon says, listen. Let’s listen.

T: What did you hear? That’s the sound of firecrackers. (practice and write on the blackboard.)

T: (show the pictures) So, on the eve of the Spring Festival, people also light and enjoy the firecrackers. (practice “light” with “high” and write on the blackboard)

T: Do you light firecrackers on the eve of the Spring Festival?

S: Yes, I do. (The teacher asks and students answer) T: Now, Simon says, listen again.

T: What did you hear? That’s the sound of lion dances. (practice and write on the blackboard.)

T: (show the pictures) So, on the eve of the Spring Festival, people also watch lion dances. Do you want to know my Spring Festival? Then, ask me!

S: Do you watch lion dances on the eve of the Spring Festival?

T: Yes, I do. And I ____________. (The students ask and teacher answers) T: (show the pictures) And on the eve of the Spring Festival, children can also get some lucky money. Or we say, red packets. (practice “packet” with “jacket” and write on the blackboard)

T: Do you get red packets on the eve of the Spring Festival?

S: Yes, I do (The teacher asks and students answer)

(Activities for consolidating pronunciation: Magic Fingers, Read in the Opposite

Way, Go Go Go, Train Train Train, Spy.)

Step2: Practice (about 12mins) 1)

Purpose:

To help the students consolidate the pronunciation of the vocabulary and use of the sentence structures. 2)

Activity 1:

Simon asks (magic eyes) 3)

Instructions: Now, Simon is still curious about your Spring Festival. Let’s check what did he ask. On the _____ of the Spring Festival, do you ____________? 4)

Activity 2:

Tell Simon what do you do during the Spring Festival. 5)

Instructions: What’s your answers? Let’s have a conversation with Simon. You will be divided into pairs. One will be Simon. Here is a sample. You’ll have about 3 minutes to practice. Here we go.

6)

Activity 3:

Conclusion 7)

Instructions: So about the Spring Festival, we know that ….

Stage 3 Post-speaking Step1: let’s learn more (about 8mins) 1)

Purpose: To know more about the festival around the world and understand it’s important to be with family. 2)

Activity :

choose and think 3)

Instructions:

T: Simon, Simon, Simon again. Boy and girls, I also want to introduce my festival. Let’s guess. It’s in winter and we greet with “Merry ___________”. We have beautiful gifts given by families. We have a big reunion dinner with families. What’s the festival?

S: It’s Christmas.

T: Yes, you are fast. It’s Christmas!

Let’s know more about the Christmas and the Spring Festival. T: Now, here are 2 pictures, and they are on your paper. One is for the Spring Festival and the other is for Christmas. Let’s find things in common and circle them out. 1 minute for you. Here we go. T: Whether it’s in Christmas or during the Spring Festival. We have family

reunion dinners with our ______. And we exchange gifts with our _______. So what do you think is important in our lives? Ss: family/ love/ festivals …

T: Here are so many important things in our lives. And for me, I think families play a very important role in our lives. Love your families as they love you the same. Step 2: Homework ( about 30s) 1)

Purpose: To consolidate what they’ve learned today and to preview what’s going to learn. 2)

Activity: Homework assignment 3)

Instruction:

OK. Homework. Find more information about the Spring Festival and Christmas on the Internet and discuss with your partner. Which tradition is your favorite and why? We’ll talk about it next class. And Preview Part A and understand the meaning of the new words in context.