人教英语必修三Festivals around the world教案

1、Festivals Around the WorldLesson PlanBackground InformationSchool:XXXX Middle SchoolTeacher: LiupanStudents: XXX senior high school students, Class X, Grade 1Materials: Unit1, Go for it Students Book 3Type of lesson: ReadingLesson duration: 45 minutesDate: XXXXAids: PPT, blackboardObjectives1. Instr

2、uctional objectivesBy the end of the class, students should be able to:1) Recognize the new words and phrases: take place, beauty, harvest, celebration and so on.2) Talk about festivals and celebrations in English.2. Educational objectivesBy the end of the class, students should be able to:1) Know t

3、he different culture between different countries.3. Personal objectivesThe teacher should be able to1) Handle the class efficiently.2) Make students the real center of the class.3) Give effective classroom instructions, such as give clear instructions and give feedback.Contents1) Vocabulary: 2) The

4、names, countries, purposes, customs and activities of different festivals mentioned, including:1. Festivals of the Dead 2. Festivals to the Honor People3. Harvest Festivals4. Spring FestivalsFocal Points1) The names and the countries of different festivals;2) The purposes, customs and activities of

5、the festivals.Difficult PointThe background and the culture of different festivals;The analysis of the teaching backgroundA. The analysis of the studentsAfter at least 3-year learning of English, the first year students in the senior high school have mastered basic grammar knowledge and learned the

6、brief culture of the English countries. They can read some texts individually and want to know more about the culture because of their curiosity.B. The analysis of the teaching materialsThe lesson Festivals around the world is the main text in senior high school. It introduces different festivals in

7、 the world, including their names, times, countries, purposes, customs and activities of them.The teacher can use the PPT, pictures, videos, Internet during the classMain procedures:Stage1. Greeting students ready for learning (2mins)T: Good morning, guys. Today is a beginning of a new semester, so

8、how was your holiday?Ss: T: Do you like spring festival? And why?Ss: Stage2. Lead-in (Pre-reading) (13mins)Step1. T shows some pictures of the different festivals by PPT and the students guess the names of them.T: Please look at the slide, who can tell me what festival is this? And what are they doi

9、ng? (Give pictures about Mid-autumn Festival and the Dragon Boat Festival by PPT)Ss: T: very good! The first picture is the Mid-autumn Festival, and they are eating moon cake and enjoying the beauty of the full moon. The second picture is the Dragon Boat Festival; they are eating Zongzi and rowing d

10、ragon boat.Step2. Lead students to learn usage about some important new words and phrases.Take place 发生，举行Take ones place=take the place of . 代替Take the first place 获得第一名In place of 代替Take place/happen/break out/occurtake place 通常表示计划、安排之内的“发生”，不用于被动语态。happen指事情偶然的发生，常带有未能预见的含义；另外，还有“碰巧”之意，也不可用于被动语态

11、。break out指火灾、战争或瘟疫的突然爆发。occur指按计划发生，常指（某想法、某事）出现在某人的头脑中。It occurs/occurred to sb. that.表示“某人想起某事”。starve vi.&vt. (使)饿死；饿得要死He said he would starve rather than beg for food.他说他宁愿挨饿也不会乞讨。常用结构: starve for 渴望得到starve to death 饿死be starved of 极需，缺乏be starving 非常饥饿联想拓展：starvation n.挨饿；饿死in memory of =to

12、the memory of 纪念，追念E.g. We named the lake Rebecca in memory of her.联想拓展：In need of 需要In charge of 负责，掌管In honor of 为纪念，为庆祝Step3. Lead students to guess the contents of article through pictures and title.T: Now, please look at the pictures and the title of the passage below, discuss in pairs what kin

13、d of information you think will be introduced in the passage.Stage3.While-reading (20mins)Step1. Skim the reading passage and then fill in the following chart. T: Now, please skim the reading passage and then tell me how many kinds of festivals and what are they. I will give you 3 minutes. Ok, who c

14、an tell me the answer? Any volunteer? Ss: T: yes, very good. There are four kinds of festivals in this passage, Festivals of the Dead，Festivals to Honor People，Harvest Festivals and Spring Festivals. Please read this passage carefully, and then fill in the chart at page 3. You will have 10 minutes t

15、o finish this.Kinds of FestivalsNames of FestivalsCountriesFestivals of the DeadObonJapanDay of the DeadMexicoHalloweenWestern countriesFestivalsto HonorPeopleDragon Boat FestivalChinaColumbus DayUSANational Festival on October 2IndiaHarvest FestivalsThanksgiving DayAmerica and CanadaMid-autumn fest

16、ivalChina, JapanSpring FestivalsThe Spring FestivalChinaEasterWestern countriesCherry Blossom FestivalJapanStep2. Read the paragraphs and answer following questions: 1. Which three times of the year did people celebrate in Ancient times? 2. What kinds of things are done to celebrate the Obon Festiva

17、l? (P2)3. Why does India have a national festival on October 2? (P3)4. Why are autumn festivals happy events? (P4)5. Name three things people do at spring festivals. (P5)Stage4. Post- reading (8mins)Step1. Lead Ss do the following True or False questions:1. The ancient people neednt worry about thei

18、r food. 2. Halloween used to be a festival intended to honor the dead.3. Qu Yuan was a great poet whom people honor a lot in China. 4. Mid-autumn Festival is held to celebrate the end of autumn. 5. Easter celebrates the birth of Jesus.6. There is pink snow in spring in Japan. (F T T F F F)Step2. Lea

19、d the students to summary the reading;1. Festivals of the Dead 1). Obon (Japan) -to honor the dead or to satisfy the ancestors-clean graves, light incense (香)，light lamps, play music.2）. Day of the Dead (Mexico) - eat food in the shape of skulls and cakes with bones on them, offer food, flowers and

20、gifts to the dead (early November);3）.Halloween (Western) - beliefs about the return of the spirits of dead people- dresses up and go to their neighbors homes to ask for sweets, play some tricks;2. Festivals to Honor People 1） The Dragon Boat Festival (China) - honor the famous poet, Qu Yuan(屈原).2）C

21、olumbus Day (USA) - in memory of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the New World.3）National festival on October 2 (India) - to honor Mohandas Gandhi3. Harvest Festivals 1）Thanksgiving festivals (America and Canada) - food is gathered for the winter and the agricultural work is over- decorate ch

22、urches and town halls with flowers and fruit, get together to have meals, Some people might win awards for their farm produce;2）Mid-autumn festivals (China, Japan) - admire the moon- appreciate the moon; Enjoy the moon cakes and wine;4. Spring Festivals 1）The Spring Festival(China)- look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring- eat dumplings, fish and meat and may give children lucky money in red paper. There are dragon dances and carnivals, and families celebrate the Lunar New Year together;2）Ea