Unit 1　Festivals around the world (Period 5　Using language: Extensive reading)

→step 4 discussion
1. after students’ reading the passage, ask them to work in groups and discuss the following questions:
1)why was the tv story what li fang needed?
2)why do people want the weather to be fine on qiqiao festival?
3)what more do you know about qiqiao festival?
4)are you satisfied with the ending of the story?  if not, how are you going to rewrite it?
2. ask students to start their discussion. make sure that every student has a chance to express his/her ideas.
3. ask each group to choose one student as their representative. let as many group representatives as possible come to the front and give a report of what their group has discussed.
→step 5 reading task
tell students: we have learned some knowledge of festivals around the world from the reading passage festivals and celebrations. we have also learned about the trinidad carnival. do you want to know about the quebec carnival?  please turn to page 44 and read the passage winter carnival in quebec.
1. ask students to read the passage fast to get the general idea.
2. let students read the passage carefully and then answer the following questions.
1)why do you think that dogs are used to pull sleds in cold climates?
2)which activity at the carnival do you think would be the most fun?  why?
3)which activity at the carnival do you think would be the most dangerous?  why?
4)if you could go to the quebec carnival, what would you do or see?  why?
5)if you had to draw a poster for the carnival, what things would you put on the poster?
6)what would you wear if you went to the carnival?  name at least three things.
3. check the answers with the whole class after most of them finish.
keys for reference:
1)dogs are used in cold climates because they can run on top of the snow, which horses cannot/because they have very thick fur which keeps them warm. they are also very strong/do not eat grass and grain as horses and cattle do/can be fed on meat/do not eat too much.
2)students give their own answers.
3)probably the canoe race through the ice would be the most dangerous.
4)students give their own answers.
5)students give their own answers.
6)i would wear a warm coat/jacket/hat/gloves/mittens/boots/underwear/scarf/socks.
4. have students compare harbin with quebec.
1)talk about harbin with students.
what do you know about harbin?
2)let students fill in the chart.
city similarity difference
harbin  
quebec  
→step 6 important language points
1. but she didn’t turn up.
可她卻不見人影。