Unit 1 Festivals around the world
Step One: Lead-in
Free Talk: Did you have a good time in your winter holidays?
When did you feel most happy and excited? Why?
( At the Spring Festival. Becau it's the most important festival in )
Step Two: Warming up
1. Let the Ss think about the other Chine festivals.
( Lantern Festival, Pure Brightness Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, New Year's Day, Chung )
2. Discussion One
1)Let the Ss look at the information about Chine festivals and discuss another four Chine
festivals according to the example in warming up: When does the festival come?
What do people celebrate?
What do people do?
Festivals | Date | festivals | Date |
New Year | January1st | Teachers' Day | September 10th |
International Women's Day | March 8 | National Day | October 1st |
Arbor Day | March 12th | The Spring Festival | Lunar New Year |
International labor Day | May 1st | Dragon Boat Festival | the fifth day of the fifth lunar month |
International Children's Day | June 1st | Mid-Autumn Festival | the 15th day of the 8th lunar month |
Army Day | August 1st | Lantern Festival | the 15th day of the 1st lunar month |
Chine Youth Day | May 4th | Pure Brightness Day | April the fifth |
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2) Let the Ss fill in the form in the warming up and ask some to share their opinions with the whole class.
3 Discussion Two
Talk about some foreign festivals.
( Christmas, April Fools Day, Easter Day, Halloween, Valentine's Day, Thanksgiving Day, )
Step three: Pre-reading
Let students think about the questions:
1) What is your favourate holiday of the year? Why?
2)What festivals or celebrations do you enjoy in your city or town? Do you like spending festivals with your family or with friends? What part of a festival do you like best- the music, the things to e, the visits or the food?
Step Four: Language Points
1.mean to do 打算做某事
mean doing 意味着….
I never meant him to work for us.
Passing the entrance examination means being admitted into college.
Step Five: Assignment
Collect as much information about festivals as possible.
Preview the words and expressions of the text.
The Second & the Third Period
Step one: Revision
Review the names of the festivals and talk about them.
Step Two: Reading
1.Read the passage quickly and then try to answer the following questions.
1) What's the main idea of the text? This reading briefly introduces the earliest kinds of festivals with the reasons for them, then four different kinds of festivals that occur in most parts of the world.
2) How many parts can the text divide into? (5 parts)
2. Let the Ss look at the pictures and the heading of each ction, then ask questions to help them understand what the text might be about.
ancient Festivals:
Why would people celebrate at the three times of the year?
Why do you think music and fire or light are ud in festivals?
Festivals of the Dead:
What kind of things are done to honor the dead ?
Why do you think about the Mexican practice of making cakes with skulls and bones?
