《Unit I Festivals around the world》优质课比赛教学设计.doc

Unit I Festivals around the world Teaching aims: 1.Vocabulary: starve, starvation, plenty, satisfy ancestor lamps lead feast bone origin in memory of dress up trick poet arrival national爂ain indeprendence gather agricultural European custom awards watermelon handsome rooster admire look forward to religious as though have fun with daily 2. To enable the students to know the earliest festivals with reasons for them and four different kinds of festivals that occur in most parts of the world 3. To enable the students to master some English expressions and phrases about festivals. 4. Teach the basic reading skills: skimming and scanning. 5.?Try to compare and make conclusion s of different festivals. 教学难点重点分析： know the meaning and usage of the following words and phrases: offer, award, lead to, Learn knowledge about the festivals. Know the meaning of the text and it’s structure. Step1 Lead in How many festivals do you know? _________________________________ Step 2 Warming –up Festivals are meant to celebrate important events. Different countries have different festivals. Work in groups and lost five Chinese festivals that you know. Discuss when they take place, what they celebrate and one thing that people do at that time. Then look at the screen to see if you know their names. Step3 Read the text quickly and accurately to get the main idea and finish the following 3 parts. 1） Festivals Time What does it celebrate? What do people do ? Ancient Festivals The end of the cold weather, in spring and autumn, when hunters could catch animals When they had food Lit fires and made Music ; a year of _______ Festivals of dead / ____________________ Light lamps and play music Festivals to honor people / ? ___________________ Watch some games/people get together and so on Harvest festivals Autumn /fall Celebrate the harvest in autumn churches/give gifts… Spring festivals January / ______ Celebrate the end of winter and _____ Eat dumplings …