Festivals around the world教案
s3: a plate of chicken and some delicious food. but i don’t know what it is called.
t: the food is turkey(火雞), corn(玉米) and pumpkin pies(南瓜派). thanksgiving day is a traditional american festival on the fourth thursday in november when families get together and have a big dinner. how about the fifth picture?
ss: there are roses and heart in it. may be it’s about love.
ss: i see. it is on february 14th. but i don’t know its english name.
t: it’s valentine’s day. candy, flowers and other gifts are exchanged between lovers or couples on this day, in honor of two martyrs, both named st. valentine. do you know something about the last picture?
s4: the flowers are beautiful. what’s the name of the festival?
t: it’s cherry blossom festival, a japanese festival. every april when the cherry flowers come out, japanese people celebrate it. they go out with their friends or families. they sit under the trees, sing and have a picnic. ok. that’s about some foreign festivals.
step iii listening (wb p41)
t: now, we will come to the listening part. first, turn to page 41. and then listen to the tape. look at the first picture in this page. what can you see?
s5: a rabbit and a chicken.
t: yes. but the rabbit is called the easter bunny. read after me "the easter bunny". it is an imaginary rabbit that children believe comes to the home to hide the easter eggs(復活節彩蛋). and the second picture is about the easter eggs. what’s in the third picture?
s6: some bread.
t: yes. the bread with an x is called hot cross buns. on easter day people eat it. now listen to the tape and try to get the main idea.
play the tape for the students. while listening, the students should grasp the key words and get the main idea. then play the tape once more. after listening, let the students answer the questions. and check the answers with the whole class. then sum up the useful expressions in the material (about easter day). then play the tape a third time for them to write down the main idea of the passage. then check the answers with the whole class.
the suggested answers are in the teachers’ book page 18.
step iv talking (wb p41)
t: now we’ll make up a dialogue: suppose that spring festival is coming, and you are to do some shopping for it, work in pairs one as the customer and the other as the shopkeeper. first, look through the useful expressions given on this page. then i will ask some of you to present your dialogue publicly.
teachers show the useful expressions on the screen. you can give a model or not. it’s up to the english level of your students. 2minutes later ask several students to talk.