Learning about Language课时教学实录

Unit 1

Festivals around the world

The second period: Reading

-------- 会泽实验高级中学

徐东慧

Teaching

Aims：

1. Let students have a good knowledge of festivals around the world. 2. Learn some new words of this unit. Teaching

Important

Points: 1. Grasp the mew words of this unit.

2. Help students know more about festivals around the world. Teaching

Difficult

Points:

Let students know more about festivals around the world. Teaching

Aids:

PowerPoint, blackboard. Teaching

Procedures: Step Ⅰ Lead-in

1. Greetings.

2. Enjoy a song to lead in the topic.

3. Look at the some pictures about the festivals around the world. Step II Skimming 1）How many kinds of festivals are mainly introduced in this passage? (A) Two

(B)Three

(C)Four

(D)Five 2)What did most ancient festivals celebrate? (A)Season

(B)Religion

(C)Special people

(D) Special events Step III Comprehending I. Read the passage and then fill in the following chart. 1. Festivals of the Dead Fill in the blanks.

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Purposes

To honor the dead or satisfy the 1________ Names

Countries

Activities 2______ Japan Cleaning 5______; lighting 6_______ and lamps; playing 7______ The Day of the Dead 3_______ Eating 8_____ cakes on 4_________ Western countries with Children 10 _______ and ask for sweets them; offering food, flowers and 9____ to the dead 2. Festivals to Honor People Match the person with the festival. 1. Qu Yuan

2. Christopher Columbus

3. Mohandas Gandhi a. the Dragon Boat Festival

b. an Indian national festival on Oct. 2 c. Columbus Day II. 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.

StepⅤI

Discussion Which festivals do you think are the most important and which are the most fun.

StepⅤII

Conclusion

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Sum up the main points in this class. Step ⅤIII

Homework Go over the text after class and try to write a summary of the text (about 100 words) and retell the text according to the summary. Blackboard design Unit 1 Festivals around the world Skimming

1）How many kinds of festivals are mainly introduced in this passage? (A) Two

(B)Three

(C)Four

(D)Five 2）What did most ancient festivals celebrate? (A)Season

(B)Religion

(C)Special people

(D) Special events P2. Festivals of the Dead Japan -----Obon Mexico------Day of the Dead P5. Spring festival

Spring festival in China

Carnival Easter

Cheery Blossom Festival

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