Unit1 Festivals around the world Teaching design 第一单元世界各地的节日教学设计教学设计

1、 PAGE 5Unit1 Festivals around the world Teaching design 利辛高级中学 贾伊青Teaching title SEFC Module three, Unit1 Festival around the world, Reading Festivals and Celebration Teaching theoryAccording to the theories of the new curriculum, the English teaching should focus on the students abilities to gather

2、 information, deal with information, solve problems and the abilities to think and express in English. Reading comprehension is one of the effective methods of acquiring and handling information. During the teaching process, the passage is dealt with according to the learning situation , which aims

3、to help students to form some reading strategies.Analysis of the teaching materialThe whole unit talks about festivals of many kinds around the world. The reading passage briefly describes four different kinds of modern festivals that occur in most parts of the world and the reasons why festivals ar

4、e held everywhere. By learning the text, the students will be able to know that festivals exist everywhere, and that many of them celebrate similar ideas and important cultural events. Analysis of the learning situation The topic of this unit is close to the students life experience, so they are int

5、erested in the reading passage. However, they have different English levels. During the teaching process, I will design reading activities of different levels to meet students demands and encourage them to participate in the class actively.Teaching AimsKnowledge aims:Get students to master important

6、 words and phrases.Enable students to learn about different kinds of festivals.Enable students to learn how festivals begin and how festivals are celebrated.Ability aims1.To develop the students reading skills: skimming, scanning and summarizing.2.To train the students ability of using language and

7、stimulate their creative thinking ability.Emotion aimsTry to create an active and harmonious class atmosphere and stimulate the students feeling experience . Train the students to accumulate social and cultural background knowledge and promote their cross cultural awareness. Teaching important point

8、sComprehension of the reading part Knowledge accumulation of festivals and cultures.Some useful words and expressions concerning the festivals dress up as though play a trick on have fun with look forward to take place in memory of religiousTeaching difficult pointsHow to help the students to form s

9、ome reading strategies How to help the students to describe a festival with the useful expressionsTeaching methods1. Task-based teaching methods2. Question-and -answer approach3. Activity approachLearning methods1. Individual work 2. Cooperative learning method (pair work, group work)3. Group compet

10、itionTeaching aidsA computer, multimedia, blackboardTeaching ProceduresTeaching stepsActivitiesPurposesStep1 Leading-in ( 5)1.Show a red paper to the students and get the students to talk about the spring festival and lead in the topic “festival”.2. Show some pictures of the festivals to the student

11、s and get students to guess the names of the festivals. 1.Train the students oral English and arouse their interest in the topic “festival”. 2. Stir the students competitive awareness.Step2 Skimming (2)Get the students to read the first paragraph and the subtitles and then fill in the blanks. (indiv

12、idual work)The text mainly tells us about some of todays festivals. Festivals of all kinds have many o_: some _, some _, some for special _ or _. The passage lists _ kinds of modern festivals, namely:The students will be familiar with the structure and have a general idea about the text Step3Scannin

13、g ( 4) Get the students to scan the passage and fill in the chart. (pair work) Kinds of FestivalsNames of FestivalsCountriesFestivals of the DeadFestivals to Honor the PeopleHarvest FestivalsSpring Festivals Train the students ability of finding out information quickly within the limited time. The c

14、hart form makes the passage easier to understand .Step4 Careful reading(12) Get the students to read the passage again more carefully and do the following exercises.1. True or False questions1)The ancient people neednt worry about their food. 2)Halloween used to be a festival intended to honor the d

15、ead. 3)Qu Yuan was a great poet who 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. 2.Answer the following questions:1). What are festivals of the dead usually for?2). What makes autumn festivals happy events?3). What d

16、o people usually do at spring festivals?4).What is one important reason to have festivals and celebrations?The above exercises are based on the group discussion and group competitionTrain the students ability of acquiring specific information and get them to have a deep understanding of the passage.

17、 The group discussion and competition can make students aware of the happiness of helping each other and stimulate them to participate in the class actively Step5 Summary(1)Ask the students to give one sentence to describe the passage.Train the students summarizing ability . Step6 Key words and phra

18、ses (2)Get the students to find out some useful expressions in the passage according to their Chinese meanings.装扮 好像 戏弄某人 玩得开心期待，盼望 发生，举行 为了纪念 宗教的Get students to understand the passage better and prepare for the language output.Step7 Group discussion (14)1.Get the students to choose one of the festi

19、vals from the text to discuss the topic “My Favourite Festival”, and then write down an introduction to a festival 2. Each group is asked to choose a representative to present their passage in front of the class.Suggested expressionsI like festival best. It is held to honour in memory of. It takes p

20、lace on It is celebrated It usually lasts days. People do Train the students speaking and writing ability and consolidate what they have learned in this class. Step8 HomeworkGet the students to create their own festivals according to the following tips:1.What is the name of your festival?2.When does it take place?3. Why is it celebrated? 4. How do