Teaching Plan for Reading in Unit 1 Festivals around the World

Teaching Plan for Reading in Unit 1 Festivals around the World
一、教学目标：
1.Knowledge aim :
To know something about some festivals around the world and their celebrations
2.Ability aims :
(1)To develop the students’ reading skills
(2)To improve the ability of the students’ reading comprehension
(3)To improve the students’ English speaking ability
3.Affective aim :
To arouse the students’ interest in learning about Chinese festivals and foreign festivals
二、教材分析：
1. 重点：
(1)To know something about some festivals around the world and their celebrations
(2)To develop the students’ reading skills
(3)To arouse the students’interest in learning about Chinese festivals and foreign
festivals
2. 难点：
(1)To improve the ability of the students’ reading comprehension
(2)To improve the students’ English speaking ability
3. 教具：
(1) A blackbroad (2) A recorder
三、教学程序：
Step 1. Waming-up :
Get the students to list some Chinese and foreign festivals they know.
Step 2.Pre-reading :
Discuss your favourite festival with your partner, including the following imformation.
1.What is your favourite festival? Why?
2.When does it take place?
3.What does it celebrate?
4.What do your family do during that festival？
Step 3.Fast-reading :
1.Skimming : Get the students to look through the title, the last paragraph, the big black
titles of each paragraph and pictues, and then guess the main idea of the text.
2.Scanning :
(1)Listen to the recording of the text FESTIV ALS AND CELEBRATIONS, and then
match the following festivals with their correct type.
Obon
Day of the Dead Festivals of the Dead
Cherry Blossom Festival
Halloween Festivals to Honour People
Dragon Boat Festival Harvest Festivals
Columbus Day
Easter Spring Festivals
Thanksgiving
(2)Give the students 8 minutes to read the text quickly and answer the questions in
Execise 1 in Comprehending on P3. Then let some students tell me their answers.
Step 4.Talking and sharing:
1.Let the students work in groups of four and tell their group mates which kinds of
festivals they think are the most important and which are the most fun. Then fill in
the chart.
2.Creating a new festival: Imagine somewhere someone is celebrating right now. Our
world is filled with mystical celebrations and powerful memories. Let the students to
discuss with their group mates what holiday it is today and fill in the chart.
Name of the festival: _______________
Date: ___________________________
Meaning: ________________________
Principles: _______________________
How is the festival celebrated? ___________________________________
What is the symbol of the festival? ________________________________
Step 5.Revision :
Let the students to complete the summary of the story with one word in each blank.
FESTIV ALS AND CELEBRATIONS
We have 1___ of festivals. Ancient people held festivals and celebrations to celebrate the end of winter or the catching of animals.
Some festivals are in 2___ of the ancestors. They light lamps, play music on an important feast day, offering good things to the dead.
People hold festivals as an 3____ to famous people or to the gods. These festivals have their 4___ as an event, like the Dragon Boat Festival which honors the famous 5____ Qu Y uan. .
Harvest and Thanksgiving festivals are held in many countries. People decorate churches, get together, have meals or win awards for competitions. On Mid-Autumn Festival people 6___ the moon and have moon cakes.
Chinese New Year is an 7___ and important festival. People look 8___ to 9____ up, eating dumplings, giving children lucky money in red paper, playing dragon dances. The celebration of the lunar New Year may take 10___ throughout the country, day and night. It is an important religious and social festival.
（Key：1. plenty 2. memory 3. honour 4. origins 5. poet 6. admire 7. energetic 8. forward 9. dressing 10. place）
Step 6.Homework :
Writing—A New festival
Write a short description of your festival. Tell your classmates about the festival you have created.
A New Festival
The festival names …. /It is celebrated on…/The theme of the f estival is…。