Learning about Language说课稿【一等奖】

- Unit 1 Festivals around the world Festivals and celebrations

I．Teaching aims: (1)Get the students to learn about festivals around the world (2) Develop the students reading ability and let them learn different reading skills. II. Teaching procedures：

(1) Leading-in and Warming-up (10’)

(2) Fast reading and Complete the formby yourself(10’)

(3)Group work and show the answers on the blackboard

(20’)

(4) Summary and time-limited exercise. (10’ ) 教学重点：

(1)Let students learn more about history and basic knowledge of festivals. (2)Get students to learn different reading skills.

教学难点：(1) develop students’ reading ability (2). Enable students to talk about festivals and celebrations III. 学习过程：

Step1. Warming-up

What kind of festivals do we celebrate? List some. Chinese festivals and holidays: ______________________________________________________________ Foreign festivals: ______________________________________________________________ 【设计说明】通过对精美、有趣的节日图片的形式，营造有利于学生积极参与，主动求知的宽松的学习环境，能较快的帮助学生进入今天学习的内容，使学生对古今中外的节日有一个大体上的了解，并激发学生对所学内容的兴趣。

Step 2. Fast reading Read Para 1 and answer the following question. (1).Most ancient festivals were held in order to__________ A.celebrate the end of cold weather

B.celebrate harvest in autumn C.celebrate planting in spring

D.all of the above (2)List the origin of today’s festivals:

____________________________________________________________________ (3)How many kinds of festivals are mentioned in details in the text? What are they？

_________________________________________________________________

- _________________________________________________________________ 【设计说明】通过对课文第一段和小标题的阅读，让学生回答相关的问题，旨在考查学生搜索信息的能力。

Step 3.Scanning Ask students to fill in the following form and ask some to share their opinions with group members. Read Para 2 and Complete the form Festivals of the Dead

Names of Festivals

Countries

(1)What things are done to celebrate the Obon Festival? Japanese people should go to ________________ and ____________________in memory of their ancestors. (2)Now what do children do on Halloween？

They___________________________and___________________________________ 【设计说明】对于本段提到的三种国外节日的介绍——日本的盂兰盆节、莫斯科的鬼节、西方的万圣节，使学生了解东西方的不同文化。

Read Para 3：

Festivals to Honour People

Names of Festivals

Countries

【设计说明】本段介绍了三种为了纪念伟人的节日，利用填空的形式使难度降低，便于学生掌握。

Read Para 4 ：

Harvest Festivals

Names of Festivals

Countries

How do Europeans celebrate Thanksgiving festivals? _____________________________________________________________________ 【设计说明】本段介绍了两种关于丰收的节日。

- Read Para 5：

Spring Festivals

Names of Festivals

Countries

(1)What do people usually do at Spring Festival in China？

_______________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ (2)What does Easter celebrate? _______________________________________________________________ 【设计说明】学生对中国的春节较为熟悉,结合课文内容及生活实际进行描述

,提高其语言表达能力.

Step 4.Time-limited exercise.

True or False （

）1. The ancient people needn’t worry about their food.

（

）2. Halloween used to be a festival intended to honor the dead.

（

）3. Qu Yuan was a great poet who people honor a lot in China.

（

）4. Mid-autumn Festival is held to celebrate the end of autumn.

（

）5. Easter celebrates the birth of Jesus. Homework : 1.Which festivals do you like best? Why? Discuss with your partner and write your ideas. 2.Find out useful words and expressions, beautiful sentences in the passage.