Unit 1　Festivals around the world(Period 1　Warming up and reading)

the reading passage titled festivals and celebrations briefly describes the earliest kinds of festivals with the reasons for them, and then four different kinds of festivals that occur in most parts of the world. encourage students to look at the pictures and the heading of each section to guess what the text might be about. then let them skim for the general idea for each section, and scan for further understanding. because this passage introduces a lot of useful new words and expressions which are only used for festivals, in order not to let students feel much difficult, the teacher should deal with any language problems while they are reading.  after reading, students are required to do the four exercises in the comprehending to see how much they have understood the reading passage. the teacher can first let them work in pairs or in groups to find the answers cooperatively, and then check their answers with the whole class.to consolidate the contents of the reading passage, students should be required to talk about festivals in their own words at the end of the class. in order to arouse students’ interest, the teacher can hold a competition between groups.教學重點1. let students learn more about history and basic knowledge of festivals.2. get students to learn different reading skills.教學難點1. develop students’ reading ability.2. enable students to talk about festivals and celebrations.三維目標知識目標1. get students to learn the useful new words and expressions in this part: beauty, harvest, starve, origin, religious, ancestor, mexico, feast, bone, belief, poet, arrival, gain, independence, gather, agriculture, award, rooster, admire, energetic, easter, clothing, christian, custom, take place, in memory of, dress up, play a trick on, look forward to, day and night, as though, have fun with2. let students learn about history and basic knowledge of festivals both in and out of china.能力目標1. develop students’ reading ability and let them learn different reading skills.2. enable students to talk about festivals and celebrations.情感目標1. stimulate students’ love for their own national culture and customs.2. develop students’ sense of cooperative learning.

教學過程設計方案(一)→step 1 leading-inhave a free talk with students. ask them the following questions: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. . . )