1、Lesson PlanBackground information:Students: Junior high school students,Grade 2Teaching contents: Festivals around the world Lesson duration: 45 minsTeaching objectives: By the end of the lesson, students shouldbe able to: say in English the names of festivals;ask and answer questions about festival
2、s;talk about Chinese festivals and customs inEnglish; know some information about foreignfestivals.Main vocabulary and phrases:celebrate, starve, trick, gain, award,admire, clothing, fool, in memory of, look forward to, take place, dress upTeaching procedures:Step1. Leading in ($2)T: Hello, everyone
3、! Hows everything today?S: Fine. T: OK. Today we are going to learnsomething about festivals. Now first of all, lets talk about some Chinesetraditional festivals.S: New Year, May Day, Womens Day, ChildrensDay, Mid-Autumn DayT: You have named many festivals. Which onedo you like best? And why?S: T: g
4、ood job! Im proud of you for you areso well-informed. Now there are some pictures about these festivals. Lets takea look. (PPT)Step2. Warming up ($2)T: Look at the screen. There is some basic informationabout the festivals. (PPT)Festivals Date Festivals DateNew Year January 1st Teachers Day Septembe
5、r 10thInternational Womens DayMarch 8 National Day October 1stArbor Day March 12th the SpringFestivalLunar New YearInternational Labor DayMay 1st Pure Brightness DayApril the fifthChinese Youth Day May 4th. Dragon Boat Festivalthe fifth day of the fifth lunar monthInternational ChildrensDayJune 1st
6、Mid-Autumn Festivalthe 5th day of the 8th lunar monthArmy Day August 1st Lantern Festivalthe 15 day of the 1st lunar monthStep3. Learn the new words as follows. ($2) (PPT)starve: 饥饿origin: 起源ancestor: 祖先Obon: 盂兰盆节(日本)grave: 坟墓；墓地incense: 熏香in memoryof: 纪念feast: 节日；盛宴skull: 头骨dress up: 打扮；盛装play a tr
7、ick on: 搞恶作剧award: 奖品rooster: 公鸡 energetic: 充满活力的carnival: 狂欢节parade: 游行1) Listen to the tape, the students readafter it.2) Teacher briefly explains the usage ofeach new word.Step4. Scanning ($2) （PPT）How many types of festivals are mentionedin the passage?1. Ancient festivals2. Festivals of the Dea
8、d3. Festivals to Honor the People4. Harvest Festivals5. Spring FestivalsStep5. Skimming ($2)1. Usethe information from the reading passage to answer the following question. （PPT）Questions: (1) What are festivals of the dead usuallyfor?(2) What makes autumn festivals happyevents?(3) What do people us
9、ually do at springfestivals?(4) What is one important reason to havefestivals and celebrations?(5) What is one important reason to havefestivals and celebrations?Answers:(1)Festivals of the dead are for honoringor satisfying dead ancestors or others, who some people believe might return tohelp or ha
10、rm living people.(2) Autumn festivals are happy eventsbecause people are thankful that food is ready for winter and the hard farmwork is finished.(3) At spring festivals, people usuallyhave dances, carnivals and other activities to celebrate the end of winter andthe coming of spring.(4) It is import
11、ant to have festivals andcelebrations so we can enjoy life/ be proud of our customs/ forget our work fora little while.(5) Festivals let us enjoy life, be proudof our customs and forget our daily life for a little while.2. Explainthe language points.(1) At that time people would starve iffood was di
12、fficult to find，especially during the clod winter months .在那个时代，如果食物难以找到，特别是在寒冷的冬月，人们就会挨饿。Starve (v.)1) tocause a person or an animal to sufferseverely or die from hunger 挨饿；饿死E.g. Millionsof people starved to death during the war.战争中数百万人挨饿至死。2）starve for sth ; starvesb of sth: ( cause sb to) suffer
13、 or long for sth greatly neededor wanted (使某人）得不到某事物而受苦或渴望获得某事物；缺乏E.g. Thehomeless children were starved for love .这些无家可归的孩子渴望得到爱。3）to feel very hungry 感觉很饿。仅用于进行时态E.g. When willdinner be ready? Im starving.晚饭什么时候做好？我快饿死了。Starvation (n.): (U) suffering or death caused by lack of food 挨饿; 饿死die of st
14、arvation 饿死 starvation wages 不够维持基本生活的工资(2) or satisfy the ancestors, who couldreturn either to help or to do harm.或使祖先得到满足，因为祖先们有可能回到世上（给人们）提供帮助，也可能带来危害。harm (n.): damage, injury 损害；伤害 1) do harm to sb (习俗) = harm sb 伤害某人2) come to harm: be injured physically, mentally or morally 身体上精神上或道义上受到损害，通常用
15、于否定式E.g. Ill gowith her to make sure she comes to no harm. 我要和她一同去以免她受到伤害。3) do more harm than good: have an effect which is more damaging than helpful 弊大于利E.g. If wesolve the problem in this way, it may do more harm than good. 如果我们以这种方式处理问题，那可能是弊大于利。 harm (v.): cause harm to (sb / sth) 损害或伤害某人/某事物E
16、.g. This event didnt harm his reputation. 这个事件没有损害他的名誉。（3）Halloween also had its origin in old beliefs about the return of thespirits of dead people. 万圣节也源自人们古老的信念，认为亡者的灵魂会返回人间。origin (n.): the place or situation in which something begins toexist 起源；由来，可用做可数名词或不可数名词，通常用作复数形式E.g.The tradition has its
17、 origins in the Middle Ages. 这个传统发源于中世纪。He told me it was a word of unknown origin. 他告诉我这是个词源不详的词。belief (n.):an idea that you believe to be true,especially one that forms part of a system of ideas 信任；信心；信仰。注意： belief 通常用作不可数名词，当作可数名词时，词义略不同于用作不可数名词时religious beliefs 宗教信仰 E.g.Several members hold ve
18、ry strong political beliefs. 有些成员有着强烈的政治理念。（4）It is now a childrens festival, when they can dress up and goto their neighbors homes to ask for sweets. 万圣节如今成了孩子们的节目，这天他们可以乔装打扮上邻居家要糖吃。dress (v.): to put clothes on yourself or someone else 穿衣服。可作及物或不及物动词。dress up 是动词词组 , 意思使是 to wear special clothes f
19、or fun, or to put special clothes on someone dress (n.) 1) C garment for a woman or girl ,consisting of a bodice and skirt in one piece ; frock 连衣裙,(上下连身的 )女装E.g. She makes all the dresses for herdaughter. 她女儿的连衣裙都是她做的。2) U clothes, esp. outer garments, foreither men or women 衣服（男女均可）casual dress 便服
20、End of lesson summary: ($2)Give a summary of the article, and then askstudents what they have learnt from this article. Students not only have abetter understanding of our Chinese festivals, but also the foreign festivals.Homework：($2)Write a composition to introduce one ofyour favorite festivals.After class reflection:The lesson went on well. Students werequite interested in this article. They were motivated. And the article seemednot so hard for them.
