英文Unit1FestivalsaroundtheworldWarmingup讲解材料.docVIP

1 Unit 1　Festivals around the world Period 1　Warming up and reading I. Teaching aims 1. Knowledge aims a. Get students 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 a trick on, look forward to, day and night, as though, have fun with b. Let students learn about history and basic knowledge of festivals both in and out of China. 2. Ability aims a. Develop students’ reading ability and let them learn different reading skills. b. Enable students to talk about festivals and celebrations. 3. Emotional aims 1. Stimulate students’ love for their own national culture and customs. 2. Develop students’ sense of cooperative learning. II. Key points in teaching 1. Let students learn more about history and basic knowledge of festivals. 2. Get students to learn different reading skills. III. Difficult points in teaching 1. Develop students’ reading ability. 2. Enable students to talk about festivals and celebrations. IV. Teaching methods 1. Communicative Approach 2. Task-based Language Teaching 3. Whole Language Teaching V. Teaching aids a tape recorder, multimedia and the blackboard VI. Teaching procedures →Step 1 Leading-in Have 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 the Spring Festival. Because it’s the most important festival in our country. . . ) →Step 2 Warming up 1. Let students brainstorm the other Chinese festivals. (Lantern Festival, Pure Brightness Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, New Year’s Day, Chung Yeung Festival. . . ) 2. Let students read the information about Chinese festivals below and discuss another three Chinese festivals: When does the festival