Unit1Festivalsaroundtheworld2教案.docxVIP

第二课时 整体阅读 第一步 作业检查 Ask some students their opinions about the two questions in “Pre-reading”. 第二步 预测文章内容 （个人自由发言） 1. Ask students to read the title “Festivals and celebrations” and look at the pictures, then guess what the passage may be about. 2. Ask one or two students to give their point of view. 第三步 阅读文章Festivals and celebrations 1. Give students one minute, and ask them to scan the passage, then answer: How many kinds of festivals are mentioned? What are they? 2. Let students read the text again and do the true or false questions. ①The ancient people needn’t worry about their food. (F) ②People celebrate Halloween with a different purpose from the past. (T) ③Gandhi was a great leader who Indian people honor a lot. (T) ④China and Japan share the same custom of celebrating mid-autumn festival. (T) ⑤Easter just celebrates the rebirth of Jesus. (F) 3. Let students have an intensive reading and finish the form. Festivals and celebrations? Festivals Aims/reasons Ways of celebrations Ancient festivals to celebrate the end of winter, planting in spring harvest in autumn. lit fires, ? made music Festivals of the Dead to honor the dead, or satisfy please the ancestors clean graves, light incense lamps,? play music, ? eat food in the shape of skulls cakes with “bones” on them, offer a lot to the dead, go to neighbors to ask for sweets, dress up to frighten people, play tricks Festivals to honor people to honor famous people or the gods hold dragon boating race; eat Zongzi Harvest festivals to be grateful for harvest the agricultural work is over decorate churches town halls, ? get together to have meals, win awards ? admire the moon, give gifts of mooncakes Spring festivals to look forward to the end of winter the coming of spring eat dumplings, give children lucky money ? have exciting carnivals 第四步 讨论（双人或四人小组活动） 1. Ask students to do Exercise 2 3 on page 3 individually. 2. Let students exchange their information in pairs. 3. Get students to discuss t