Unit4 holidays and fetivals

warming up學案 teaching goals1.       to get the students to talk about festivals2.       to learn about how festivals begin and how to celebrate festivals so as to enable them to learn more about different cultures while learning different language3.       to develop the students’ reading skills : skimming, scanning, summarizing, and finding out details.4.       to arouse the students’ interest in festivals, cultures, especially those in china，thus promote their culture awareness.important points1.       comprehension of the reading part.2.       knowledge accumulation of festivals and cultures.3.       useful words and expressions concerning festivals.step 1 lead-infree talk: did you have a good time in your winter holidays?         when did you feel most happy and excited? why?step 2 warming up1. let the ss think about the other chinese festivals.2. discussion onewhen does the festival come?what do people celebrate?what do people do?fill in the blanks   festivalsdatefestivalsdatenew yearteachers' dayinternational women's dayoctober 1starbor daythe spring festivalinternational labor daythe fifth day of the fifth lunar monthinternational children's daymid-autumn festivalarmy daythe 15th day of the 1st lunar monthchinese youth dayapril the fifth3 discussion two  talk about some foreign festivals.step 3 discussion1) 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?step 4 language points1.       mean 1) i never mean_____________我沒打算讓她讀那些書。2) passing the entrance examination means_______________________________通過了高考意味著被大學錄取。3) we chinese people always mean__________    我們中國人從來說話算數。4) these books__________________, i meant ____________________.這些書是給你的，我的意思是讓你要這些書。5) i don’t mean_____________________.      我不打算跟你吵架。 2.       take place