festivals_around_the_world.doc

Unit1. Festivals Around The World一、 Backgrounds :Christmas Eve, December 24, the day before Christmas Day, is treated to a greater or a lesser extent in most Christian societies as part of the Christmas festivities. Christmas Eve is the traditional day to set up the Christmas tree, but as the holiday season has been extended several weeks back , many trees will have been set up for weeks.二、 Teaching aims:To learn to talk about the festivals around the world;To learn the usage of modal verbs;To learn to write an exposition三、 Analysis of the text:The whole passage is divided into 3 parts, and the meaning of each part is as follows:Part. 1 origins of the festivals and celebrationsPart. 2 introductions of the several festivalsPart. 3 summary四、 Teaching methods:1. By describing and discussing in warming up to make the students know about sth about festivals ;2. Let the students know how to make suggestions;3. To learn the usage of modal verbs五、 Teaching procedures:I. Warming up Today we are going to talk about an interesting topic-festivals. First , ask you several questions.1. What festivals or cerebrations do you have in your city or town? Secondly ,what part of a festivals do you like best-the activities ,the music,the sights, the food or the people who visit? Try to share your opinions with others.【百度MP3】Yesterday Once More II. Pre-readingThinking talking and sharingLook at the pictures and title of the passage below. Discuss in pairs what kind of information you think will be introduced in the passage.【百度图片】Wangguo Festival/i?ct=503316480&z=0&tn=baiduimagedetail&word=wangguo%20festival&in=15383&cl=2&lm=-1&st=-1&pn=1&rn=1&di=74365074555&ln=43&fr=&fm=index&fmq=1330938431832_R&ic=&s=0&se=&sme=0&tab=&width=&height=&face=&is=&istype=2#pn1&-1&di74365074555&objURLhttp%3A%2F%2F%2Fupimg%2Fallimg%2F090919%2F0S4102M6-0.jpg&fromURLhttp%3A%2F%2F%2Flesson%2Fgzynjyy%2F81553.html&W304&H204&T8673&S24&TPjpgIII. Reading1.Reading aloud Now please listen and read aloud to the recording of the text Festivals and celebrations. Pay attention to the pronunciation of each word and the pauses within each sentence. 2.Reading and underliningNext you are to read and underline all the useful expressions or collocations in the passage.Skim the text and identify the topic sentence of each paragraph. You may find it either at the beginning, the middle or the end of the paragraph. 百度图片Splashing Festival/i?ct=503316480&z=0&tn=baiduimagedetail&word=splashing%20festivals&in=26114&cl=2&lm=-1&st=-1&pn=1&rn=1&di=100248795285&ln=972&fr=&fm=index&fmq=1330938821879_R&ic=&s=0&se=&sme=0&tab=&width=&height=&face=&is=&istype=2#pn1&-1&di100248795285&objURLhttp%3A%2F%2F%2Fewebeditor%2Fuploadfile%2F20100703201123114.jpg&fromURLhttp%3A%2F%2F%2Fapp%2Fshowarticle.asp%3Fid%3D2209&W420&H352&T10061&S40&TPjpg3. Reading and understanding difficult sentencesAs you have read the text times, you can surely tell which sentences are difficult to understand. Now put your questions concerning the difficult points to me. IV. Closing downClosing down by retelling the festivalsI shall write some key words and expressions on the board. You are to retell text【百度MP3】Merry Christmas , Country Road/m?word=merry+christmas&lm=-1&f=ms&tn=baidump3&ct=134217728&lf=&rn=/programs/view/3pB0W2_fixo/isRenhe=16 Teaching reflection:There are several problems:First, It would be better to show the students some videos on festivals and celebrations.Second, the students should share their own opinions with others about the festivals and celebrations.Third, at each period making a summary is a must.六、 教师个人介绍省份：