Unit 1 Festivals around the world
mid-autumn festival autumn/fall the beauty of the full moon, harvest, time with family and friends give/eat mooncakes and watch the full moon with family and friends
step ⅲ pre- reading
discuss in groups of four
1. what’s your favourite 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?
step ⅳ assignment
1. consolidation
2. listening to the material again after class to be familiar with it.
3. homework: collect as much information about festivals as possible.
the second period reading
teaching aims
1.vocabulary: starve, starvation, plenty, satisfy ancestor lamps lead feast bone origin in memory of dress up trick poet arrival national gain independence gather agricultural european custom awards watermelon handsome rooster admire look forward to religious as though have fun with daily
2.to enable the students to know the earliest festivals with reasons for them and four
different kinds of festivals that occur in most parts of the world
3.to enable the students to master some english expressions and phrases about festivals.
4. teach the basic reading skills: skimming and scanning.
5. try to compare and make conclusion s of different festivals.
step ⅰrevision
1. greetings.
2. review the new words of this part.
3. check the students’ homework---festivals
step ⅱreading
1.scanning
t: open your books and turn to page one. i’d like you to do the scanning. read the text quickly and accurately to get the main idea and answer the 6 questions on page3.
( ask the student to look through the questions and then read the text silently.)
( four minutes later, check the answers with the whole class. show the suggested answers on the screen.)
2.intensive reading
( allow the students to read aloud and carefully this time to understand the main ideas of each paragraph and the important details)
t: read the text loudly for a second time and them try to tell if these sentences are true or false.
1. the ancient people needn’t worry about their food. ( f )
2.halloween used to be a festival intended to honor the dead. ( t )
3.qu yuan was a great poet who people honor a lot in china. ( t )
4.mid-autumn festival is held to celebrate the end ot autumn( f )