1、教学设计Warming Up and Reading整体设计教材分析This is the first teaching period of this unit.At the beginning of the class，the teacher can lead in the topic of the unit by having a free talk with students about their winter holidays and the Spring Festival.Warming Up is intended to have students start thinking
2、about the variety of events and festivals that are celebrated in China，and connect them with seasons of the year and reasons for the celebrations.The teacher can use this part to introduce information that Chinese students should have about their countrys cultural events.Prereading is a continuation
3、 of Warming Up and it moves the discussion to a more personal level.It is intended to help students enter imaginatively into a discussion of festivals and their importance to the society.It also directs their attention to the variety of events and activities those festivals include.The teacher shoul
4、d let students discuss the questions and predict what kind of information will be introduced in Reading.The reading passage titled FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONS briefly describes the earliest kinds of festivals with the reasons for them，and then four different kinds of festivals that occur in most part
5、s of the world.Encourage students to look at the pictures and the heading of each section to guess what the text might be about.Then let them skim for the general idea for each section， and scan for further understanding.Because this passage introduces a lot of useful new words and expressions which
6、 are only used for festivals，in order not to let students feel much difficult，the teacher should deal with any language problems while they are reading. After reading，students are required to do the four exercises in Comprehending to see how much they have understood the reading passage.The teacher
7、can first let them work in pairs or in groups to find the answers cooperatively，and then check their answers with the whole class.To consolidate the contents of the reading passage，students should be required to talk about festivals in their own words at the end of the class.In order to arouse stude
8、nts interest，the teacher can hold a competition between groups.教学重点1Let students learn more about history and basic knowledge of festivals.2Get students to learn different reading skills.教学难点1Develop students reading ability.2Enable students to talk about festivals and celebrations.三维目标知识目标1Get stud
9、ents to learn the useful new words and expressions in this part：beauty， harvest，starve ，origin ，religious，ancestor ，Mexico，feast，bone，belief ，poet， arrival，gain，independence ，gather，agriculture，award ，rooster ，admire，energetic，Easter，clothing ，Christian ， custom，take place，in memory of，dress up，play
10、 a trick on，look forward to，day and night，as though，have fun with2Let students learn about history and basic knowledge of festivals both in and out of China.能力目标1Develop students reading ability and let them learn different reading skills.2Enable students to talk about festivals and celebrations.情感目
11、标1Stimulate students love for their own national culture and customs.2Develop students sense of cooperative learning.教学过程Step 1 LeadinginHave a free talk with students.Ask them the following questions：Did you have a good time in your winter holidays?When did you feel most happy and excited? Why?（At
12、the Spring Festival.Because its the most important festival in our country.） Step 2 Warming up1Let students brainstorm some Chinese festivals.（Lantern Festival，Pure Brightness Festival，Dragon Boat Festival，MidAutumn Festival，New Years Day，Chung Yeung Festival.）2Let students read the information abou
13、t Chinese festivals below and discuss Chinese festivals：When does the festival come?What do people celebrate?What do people do？Festivals Dates Festivals DatesNew Year January 1st Teachers Day September 10thInternational Womens Day March 8th National Day October 1stArbour Day March 12th The Spring Fe
14、stival Lunar New YearInternational Labour Day May 1stDragon Boat Festivalthe fifth day of the fifth lunar monthInternational Childrens DayJune 1st MidAutumn Festival the 15th day of the eighth lunar monthArmy Day August 1st Lantern Festival the 15th day of the first lunar monthChinese Youth Day May
15、4thPure Brightness DayApril the fifth or so3Ask students to fill in the following form and ask some to share their opinions with the whole class.The first one is given as an example.Festival Time of year/date What it celebrates What people doMidAutumn Festival autumn/fallthe beauty of the full moon，
16、harvest，time with family and friendsgive/eat mooncakes and watch the full moon with family and friends4Talk about some foreign festivals with students.（Christmas，April Fools Day，Easter，Halloween，Valentines Day，Thanksgiving Day，.）Step 3 Prereading1Let students discuss the following questions：What fes
17、tivals or celebrations do you have in your city or town? What part of a festival do you like bestthe activities， the music，the sights ，the food or the people who visit?2Ask students to look at the pictures and the title of the passage in Reading.Discuss in pairs what kind of information will be intr
18、oduced in the passage.Step 4 Reading1Fast readingAsk students to skim the reading passage and then fill in the following chart.Kinds of Festivals Names of Festivals CountriesFestivals of the DeadFestivals to Honour PeopleHarvest FestivalsSpring Festivals（Let students look through the chart and then
19、read the text silently.Three minutes later，check the answers with the whole class.Show the suggested answers on the screen.） 2Intensive readingAllow students to read carefully this time to understand the main idea of each paragraph and the important details，and then finish the following.1）Choose the
20、 best answer to each question according to the text.（1）Why do Japanese people light lamps during the Festival of the Dead?ABecause they want to make the festival colourful.BBecause they want to light up their rooms.CBecause they want to light up their way.DBecause they want to lead their ancestors t
21、o return to earth.（2）Which of the following is not mentioned as a famous person in the text?AMohandas Gandi. BChristopher Columbus.CAbraham Lincoln. DQu Yuan.（3）The place where people will usually decorate churches and town halls with flowers and fruits is _.AIndia BAmericaCEurope DChina（4）Easter is
22、 held in memory of the return of Jesus for Christians and also celebrates _.Athe coming of spring Bthe autumn harvestCthe Lunar New Year Dthe end of a yearSuggested answers：（1）D （2）C （3）C （4）A2）Use the information from the reading passage to answer the following questions.（1）What are festivals of th
23、e dead usually for?（2）What makes autumn festivals happy events?（3）What do people usually do at spring festivals?（4）What is one important reason to have festivals and celebrations?（5）Compare the festivals of the dead in Mexico，Japan and China.What things are similar? What things are different?3Readin
24、g and discussionRead the text a third time and then work in pairs to do the following.1）Based on the reading passage，what do most festivals seem to have in common？Why do you think these things might be important to people everywhere? Talk with your partner and fill in the chart below.Three common th
25、ings Reasons why they are important to people everywhere1232）Discuss in pairs which festivals you think are the most important and which are the most fun.Then fill in the chart with your ideas.Type of festival Example of festival Reasons for your choiceMost importantMost fun（Let students have enough
26、 time to read the passage carefully and discuss the questions and chart with their partners.Encourage them to expand their answers according to their own experiences.）4Explanation Help students analyze some difficult，long and complex sentences and guess the meanings of some new words.Encourage them
27、to try to deal with the language points in the context.Discuss the following important sentences and phrases in the passage.1）Some festivals are held to honour the dead，or to satisfy the ancestors，who might return either to help or to do harm.2）in memory of3）India has a national festival on October
28、2 to honour Mohandas Gandhi，the leader who helped gain Indias independence from Britain.4）People are grateful because their food is gathered for the winter and the agricultural work is over.5）The most energetic and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the co
29、ming of spring.6）The country，covered with cherry tree flowers，looks as though it is covered with pink snow.Suggested explanations：1）The sentence contains a nonrestrictive attributive clause who might return either to help or to do harm.It means people hold some festivals either to show respect to th
30、e dead or to make their ancestors happy in case they might come back to do harm.2）in memory of：serving to recall sb.，to keep him fresh in peoples mindsHe wrote a poem in memory of his dearest wife，who died in an accident.3）the leader who helped gain Indias independence from Britain：a noun phrase fol
31、lowed by an attributive clause as the appositive4）two clauses for reason5）energy n energetic adj.：full of or done with energylook forward to：“to” is a preposition here.Im looking forward to hearing from you.be devoted to；be /get used to； get down to；stick to.6）covered with cherry tree flowers：a past
32、 participle phrase，equal to “which is covered with cherry tree flowers”as though：as ifHe talks as though he knew all about it.5Reading aloud and underliningAsk students to read the passage aloud to the tape and let them pay attention to the pronunciation of each new word and the pauses within each s
33、entence.Tell them to pick out all the useful expressions or collocations from the passage while reading and copy them to the notebook after class as homework.Step 5 ConsolidationAsk students to talk about festivals in their own words according to the text.Then let them complete the following passage
34、 with proper words or phrases.There are all kinds of festivals and _around the world，which are held for different _.The ancient festivals were mainly held at three times a yearthe end of the cold _，planting in spring and _in autumn.Some festivals are held to _the dead or _the ancestors，who might ret
35、urn either to help or _，while other festivals are held to honour famous people or to the _，such as Dragon Boat Festival，Columbus Day，and so on.Harvest and _festivals are happy events because their food is _for the winter and the _work is over，to which Mid Autumn Festival belongs.And the most _and im
36、portant festivals are the ones that _the end of winter and to the coming of _such as the Lunar New Year，at which people have a very _.Suggested answers：celebrations；reasons；weather；harvest ；honour ；to satisfy；to do harm； gods；Thanksgiving；gathered；agricultural ；energetic；look forward to；spring；good
37、timeStep 6 Homework1Learn the useful new words and expressions in this part by heart.2Read the reading passage again and again and try to talk about festivals both in and out of China.备课资料The Spring FestivalThe Spring Festival is the most important festival for the Chinese people and is when all fam
38、ily members get together， just like Christmas in the West.All people living away from home go back，becoming the busiest time for transportation systems of about half a month during the Spring Festival.Airports，railway stations and longdistance bus stations are crowded with home returnees.The Spring
39、Festival falls on the 1st day of the 1st lunar month，often one month later than the Gregorian calendar.It originated in the Shang Dynasty （1600 BC1100 BC） from the peoples sacrifice to gods and ancestors at the end of an old year and the beginning of a new one.Strictly speaking，the Spring Festival s
40、tarts every year in the early days of the 12th lunar month and will last till the mid 1st lunar month of the next year.Of them，the most important days are Spring Festival Eve and the first three days.The Chinese government now stipulates people have seven days off for the Chinese Lunar New Year.Many
41、 customs accompany the Spring Festival.Some are still followed today，but others have weakened.On the 8th day of the 12th lunar month，many families make laba porridge，a delicious kind of porridge made with glutinous rice，millet，seeds of Jobs tears，jujube berries， lotus seeds，beans，longan and gingko.T
42、he 23rd day of the 12th lunar month is called the Preliminary Eve.At this time，people offer sacrifice to the kitchen god.Now however，most families make delicious food to enjoy themselves.After the Preliminary Eve，people begin preparing for the coming New Year.This is called “Seeing the New Year in”S
43、tore owners are busy then as everybody goes out to purchase necessities for the New Year.Materials not only include edible oil，rice，flour，chicken，duck，fish and meat，but also fruit，candies and kinds of nuts.Whats more，various decorations，new clothes and shoes for the children as well as gifts for the
44、 elderly，friends and relatives，are all on the list of purchasing.Before the New Year comes， the people completely clean the indoors and outdoors of their homes as well as their clothes，bedclothes and all their utensils.Then people begin decorating their clean rooms featuring an atmosphere of rejoici
45、ng and festivity.All the door panels will be pasted with Spring Festival couplets，highlighting Chinese calligraphy with black characters on red paper.The content varies from house owners wishes for a bright future to good luck for the New Year.Also，pictures of the god of doors and wealth will be pos
46、ted on front doors to ward off evil spirits and welcome peace and abundance.The Chinese character “fu” （meaning blessing or happiness） is a must.The character put on paper can be pasted normally or upside down，for in Chinese the “reversed fu” is homophonic with “fu comes”，both being pronounced as “f
47、udaole”Whats more，two big red lanterns can be raised on both sides of the front door.Red papercuttings can be seen on window glass and brightly colored New Year paintings with auspicious meanings may be put on the wall.People attach great importance to the Spring Festival Eve.At that time，all family
48、 members eat dinner together.The meal is more luxurious than usual.Dishes such as chicken，fish and bean curd cannot be excluded，for in Chinese，their pronunciations，respectively “ji”， “yu” and “doufu” mean auspiciousness，abundance and richness.After the dinner，the whole family will sit together，chatt
49、ing and watching TV.In recent years， the Spring Festival Party broadcast on China Central Television Station （CCTV ） is essential entertainment for the Chinese both at home and abroad.According to the custom，each family will stay up to see the New Year in.Waking up on the New Year，everybody dresses up.First
