高一英語Festivals around the world教案
festivals time of year/date celebrate for things to do
mid-autumn day
spring festival
dragon boat day
tomb sweeping day
lantern festival
3.pre-reading
1) what’s your favourite holiday of the year? why?
2) what festivals or celebration 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?
4. fast reading and find the answers to the following questions.
a.what did ancient festivals celebrate?
b.what are festivals of the dead for ?
c.why are autumn festivals happy events ?
d.name three things people do at spring festival ?
period 2-3 intensive reading
1.read the passage paragraph by paragraph and find the main ideas of each paragraph
paragraph 1: all kinds of celebration in ancient time.
paragraph 2: the purpose to honour the dead and three examples
festivals time things people do
oben
day of the dead
halloween
paragraph 3: the reasons why we honour people
festivals who does it celebrate ?
dragon boat festivals
clumbus day
indian national festival
paragraph 4: autumn festivals are happy events
paragraph 5: how people celebrate in spring festivals
2.language points
a.they would starve if food was difficult to find…
starve （v.） 餓死；挨餓
eg. millions of people starved to death during the war.
starve for sth 渴望…
eg. the homeless children starve for love.
starvation (n.) 餓死
eg. die of starvation
starvation wages 不夠維持基本生活的工資
b.the most ancient festivals would celebrate the end of the cold weather, planting in spring and harvest in autumn.