Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending教学实录

Unit 1 Festivals around the world

The Second Period Reading Teaching goals 教学目标

1. Target language 目标语言

a. 重点词汇和短语

Beauty harvest celebration starve origin religious ancestor Mexico feast bone belief trick poet arrival gain independence gather agriculture award rooster admire energetic Easter clothing Christian custom worldwide b. 重点句子

They lit fires and made music because they thought these festivals would bring a year of plenty. P1 They might include parades, dancing in the streets day and night, loud music and colorful clothing of all kinds. P2 Some festivals are held to honor the dead, or satisfy and please the ancestor, who could return either to help or to do harm. P2 On this important feast day, people might eat food in the shape of skulls, and cakes with "bones" on them. P2 Another is Columbus Day in the USA, in memory of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in America. P2 2. Ability goals能力目标

To enable the students to know the earliest festivals with reasons for them and four different kinds of festivals that occur in most parts of the world.

Enable the students to master some English expressions and phrases about festivals. 3. Learning ability goals学能目标

Teach the basic reading skills: skimming and scanning. Try to compare and make conclusions of different festivals. Teaching important points 教学重点

Talk about all kinds of festivals.

Teaching methods 教学方法

Fast reading, task-based method & discussion Teaching aids 教具准备

A computer, a projector, and a tape recorder Teaching procedures 教学过程

Step I Lead-in 1. Main tasks for reading:

1.To learn some important new words and phrases. 2. To learn the passage by skimming, scanning

and careful reading. 3. To learn sth about different festivals and celebrations

around the world. 2.

Game

Let students guess what Chinese festival it is according to the introduction and the pictures.

Step II Pre-reading

Let students read the first paragraph and sub-headings. Finish the blanks get the main idea of the text.

Festivals of all kinds have many________:

some ________,

some ________,

some for special _________________. The passage lists _____ kinds of modern festivals namely:

Festivals of the Dead

(即)

Festivals to Honour People

Harvest Festivals

Spring Festivals Step III. While-reading Divide the class into four groups , each group read one sub-heading and finish the task. Group 1

Festivals of the Dead

countries

Names of Festivals Obon

Time July 15(lunar) Early November How to celebrate clean __________, light _________

& lamps, play music eat food __________ & cakes ____________, offer a lot to the dead Western countries

October 31 Children

_____and go to their neighbours’homes to ask for _______

Group 2

National Festival

on

a famous ancient poet

October 2

India

Dragon Boat Festival

China

Columbus Day

USA

Group3 Harvest Festivals 1.What do people do on Thanksgiving Day in European countries ?

2. What do Chinese and Japanese do on mid-autumn festivals?

The leader who helped gain India’s independence from Britain.

He found the New World (新大陆）in 1492.

Group 4 Spring Festivals 1. What do people do in Spring Festival in China? A. Eat dumplings, fish and meat B. Give children lucky money in red paper C. Watch dragon dance and carnivals

D. All the above.

2.What does Easter celebrate ? A.It celebrates the birth of Jesus . B.It celebrates the death of Jesus. C.It celebrates the return of Jesus from the dead and the coming of spring and new life . D.It celebrates people’s harvest . 2.Let students read the last paragraph and answer the questions. Why do people love festivals according to the passage? A.Because festivals let us enjoy life.

B. Because festivals make us proud of our customs. C. Because festivals can make us have fun with each other. D. Above all . 3.After finish the text , let students finish the table.

Festivals

Countries

Step IV. Post-reading

1.

Discussion

Let students discuss the question.

Should we, Chinese students, celebrate western festivals like Christmas? Why or why not ? 2.

Retell

Let students retell the text by filling the following blanks. There are all kinds of festivals and ___________ around the world, which are held for different reasons. The _______ ________ were mainly held at three times a year. Some festivals are held to ______ the dead or to satisfy the _________ in case they might return either to help or to ___ _____, while other festivals are held to honor famous people or the gods, such as

_________

and Columbus Day. Harvest and Thanksgiving festivals are happy events because the food is _________ for the winter and the ___________work is over. And the most _________ and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the ______ of spring, such as the ______ New Year, at which people have a very good time. Some Western countries have very exciting ________. Festivals let us enjoy ____.