Festivals教案
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Festivals教案
Unit14
Festivals
Step1Lead-in
THEBIRTHoFAFESTIVAL
wehaveknownmanyfestivals,suchaschristmas,SpringFest ival,mid-AutumnDay,andsoon.
Step2Pre-reading
.makeacomparisonofchineseSpringFestivalandchris tianchristmas.
T:whichisthegreatestandthemostimportantfestivaltoch inesepeople?Andwhichisthegreatestandthemostimportan tfestivaltochristianpeopleinwesterncountries?
Bothofthemarequitepopularintheworld.whatarethediffe rencesbetweenthem?
Festival
aspectschineseSpringFestival
christmas
TimeFromthe1stdaytothe15thdayofthefirstchineselunar monthonDec.25
PreparationDospringcleaning,doSpringFestivalshoppin g,decoratethehouseswithSpringFestivalcouplets,paper cuts,chineseknots…Docleaning,dochristmasshopping,decoratethehouseswit hchristmastreeandcoloredlights…
SpecialFoodNewyearscake,dumpling,sweetdumpling…candies,cookies,pudding…
GiftsAnythingAnything
majorActivitiesHavefamilyreuniondinneronNewyearsEve ,payNewyearsvisits,recreationalactivitiesFamilyreun ion,haveabigdinneronchristmasEve…
purposeBiddingfarewelltotheoldyearandwelcomingthene wyear,hopingforthebestandthegoodfuture.celebratingt hebirthofjesuschrist
Note:Theitalicizedwordsintheformabovearesuggestedan swers.
Step3Reading
T:Doyouknowthereisanotherfestivalwhichfollowschrist masDayinAmerica.ItisanimportantfestivaltoAfricanAme ricans.Isthereanyonewhoknowsthenameofthefestival?SS :kwanzaa.
.Fastreading:Readthetextonpage10fastandtrytoget ageneralideaofkwanzaafromthetext.
what’sthetopicsentenceoftheparagraph1?
kwanzaaisaseven-dayfestivalcelebratingthecultureand historyofAfricanAmericans.
Tcanpresentadiagramoftheinformationaboutkwanzaatohe lpSstofinishthistask.
Questionnaire:wheniskwanzaacelebrated?Howlongdoesit last?
whocreatedthefestivalofkwanzaa?whousuallycelebrates
kwanzaa?whyisitcelebrated?whatarethecharacteristics ofkwanzaa?)
Step4carefulreading:
GetSstoreadthetextcarefullytogetmoredetails.Afterre ading,SsareaskedtodoTrueorFalseexercises.
)AfricanAmericanshavealonghistoryandarichcultur e,sokwanzaaisanoldfestival.
2)PeoplecreatedkwanzaatocelebrateAmericanculture.
3)ThewordkwanzaameansfirstfruitinSwahili,oneofthela rgestlanguagesinAfrica.
4)TheAfricanfirst-fruitfestivalsarecompletelydiffer entfromeachother.
5)kwanzaaiscelebratedonchristmasDay.
6)kwanzaaisbasedonoldAfricanfestivals.
7)Peoplewhocelebratekwanzaalightacandleforeachofthe sevenprinciples.
DoyouknowanyfestivalsforblackpeopleorAfricanAmerica ns?
Questions:
what’sthenameofthefestival?
2whendidthefestivalbegin?
3whattimedopeoplecelebrateiteveryyear?
4what’sthemeaningofthekwanzaa?Andwhichlanguagedidthenamec omeform?
5Howmanyprincipledoeskwanzaahave?
6.whatthingsdidtheAfricanfirst-fruitfestivalshavein common?
Peoplewouldgettogethertocelebratetheirharvest,togiv ethanksfortheirharvestsandforlife,tohonourtheirance stors,celebratetheirpast,andthegrouporsocietytheyli vedin.
Step5Discussion
Topic1:Doyouagreefestivalscanhelpusunderstandourhis toryandculture?Howdotheyhelpusunderstandourhistorya