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Unit1 Reading and Comprehending教案 Period 12 Teaching Goals: 1. To arouse Ss’ interest in learning about the festivals around the world. 2. To improve Ss’ reading ability. 3. To train Ss’ speaking ability. Teaching key points and difficult points: Teaching Aids : Multimedia facilities, tape-recorder, photos, diagrams Teaching Procedures: Step 1. Leading-in Purpose: To activate Ss and arouse them to express their opinions about a festival. Step 2. Warming Up 1. Ask Ss to turn to P1 and work in groups to complete the form on P1. 2. Ask Ss to discuss festivals they have filled in the form and their importance to the society. After that, ask Ss to present their opinions to all classmates. Step 3. Pre- reading Divide Ss into groups of four and ask them to discuss the following questions. 1. What’s your favorite holiday of the year? Why? 2. What festivals or celebrations do you enjoy in your city or town? Do you like spending festivals with your family or with friends? What part of a festival do you like best---the music, the things to see, the visits or the food? Step 4. Fast reading Ask Ss to read the text quickly and answer the following questions. 1. What are festivals of the dead usually for? 2. What make 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? Step 5. Intensive reading 1. Ask Ss to read the text carefully and sum up the main idea of each part. 2. 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 choice Most important Most fun 3. Ask Ss the following question and encourage Ss to give some similarities that they think festivals have, and give their reasons. Then invites Ss to tell the similarities and th