Unit 1 Festivals around the World（Warming Up, Pre-reading and Reading）
2. knowledge accumulation of festivals and cultures.3. useful words and expressions concerning festivals.teaching aidsa computer, a projector, courseware, a tape-recorderteaching proceduresstep 1 lead-infree talk: did you have a good time in your winter holidays? when did you feel most happy and excited? why? ( at the spring festival. because it's the most important festival in our country....) step 2 warming up1. let the ss think about the other chinese festivals. ( lantern festival, pure brightness festival, dragon boat festival, mid-autumn festival, new year's day, chung yeung festival....)2. discussion one 1)let the ss look at the information about chinese festivals and discuss another four chinese festivals according to the example in warming up: when does the festival come? what do people celebrate? what do people do? festivalsdatefestivalsdatenew yearjanuary1stteachers' dayseptember 10thinternational women's daymarch 8national dayoctober 1starbor daymarch 12ththe spring festivallunar new yearinternational labor daymay 1stdragon boat festivalthe fifth day of the fifth lunar monthinternational children's dayjune 1stmid-autumn festivalthe 15th day of the 8th lunar montharmy dayaugust 1stlantern festivalthe 15th day of the 1st lunar monthchinese youth daymay 4thpure brightness dayapril the fifth2) 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, obon...)step 3 discussionlet 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 see, the visits or the food?