Dragon Boat Festival教案1

module 1 city life
unit 3 dragon boat festival
the first period :reading: qu yuan and the dragon boat festival
language focus:
1. asking ‘wh-’questions to find out the reason
e.g. why do people celebrate it?
2. using the simple past tense to talk about past activities and states
e.g. qu yuan was born about two thousand years ago in china.
3. using the simple present tense to talk about present states
e.g. today, people eat rice dumplings and have dragon boat races to…

key and difficult points:
1. the simple past tense of the verbs in the story(故事中出現(xiàn)的動詞的過去時(shí))
e.g. was born, loved, took, died, lost ect.
2. some phrases (一些短語)
e.g. would like to do sth., be born, take one’s advice, listen to sb. …
3. remind students to pay attention to the use of different tenses when talking about the past and the present in the story.(學(xué)會用不同的時(shí)態(tài)來談?wù)摬煌瑫r(shí)間發(fā)生的事。)
preparation before class(課前預(yù)習(xí))
一. give the simple past tense of the verbs below.
is______   take_______  die_______  lose______  jump_____ love______  listen_______  eat璤_____  buy______  give_____
二. translate the phrases into chinese or english
1.the story of the festival___________
2.give advice to__________
3.about two thousand years ago_____________
4.in danger________
5.lose a battle_________ 
6.listen to sb_____
7.端午節(jié)_______________  8. 賽龍舟____________
9.農(nóng)歷五月初五________________ 10.想要干某事___________
11.在那一天_____________  12.聽從某人的建議____________

三.read the story,then answer the following questions.
1. when was qu yuan born?
__________________________.
2. what was qu yuan’s job?
_______________________________.
3. why was qu yuan sad?
______________________________.
4. how did he die?
__________________________.
5. when is the dragon boat festival?
_____________________________.
6. how do people remember qu yuan today?
____________________________.

teaching procedure:
1.talk about some festivals, such as: new year; women’s day ect.
2. what do you know about dragon boat festival?
   1). when is it?
2). what do they do?
   3) why do people celebrate it?
3. how much do you know about qu yuan?
4. listen to the tape recording then try to answer the questions and fill in the blanks.
5. try to talk about qu yuan with us. (with books closed )

consolidation in class:
一.fill in the blanks with proper words in the passage.
1.he was very sad because his country lost the b_______.
2.the k______ always listened to him.
3. please take the teacher’s a_________.