the-festivals-around-the-world教案.doc

English Teaching PlanTeaching lesson：Unit 1 Festivals around the world(人民教育出版社普通高中课程标准实验教科书 英语必修3)Teaching target：First year students in the senior high school Class type：ReadingTime：45 minutesI. Teaching objectives A. Know the purposes, customs and activities of the festivals in the text book;B. Understand the brief background and the culture information of different countries mentioned;C. Know some other common festivals in different countries; II. The analysis of the teaching backgroundA. The analysis of the studentsAfter at lease 3-year learning of English, the first year students in the senior high school have mastered basic grammar knowledge and learned the brief culture of the English countries. They can read some text individually and want to know more about the culture because of their curiosity. B. The analysis of the teaching materials The lesson Festivals around the world is the main text in unite of the third book in senior high school. It introduces different festivals in the world, including their names, times, countries, purposes, customs and activities of them. The teacher can use the PPT, pictures, videos, Internet and other sources during the classC. The analysis of the learning environment (according to the practical situation of them)III. The teaching tasksA. Make the students familiar with the names, purposes, customs and activities of the festivals in different countries in the text;B. Guide the students learn the brief background and the culture of different festivals mentioned in the text;IV. Teaching contentsA. The names, countries, purposes, customs and activities of different festivals mentioned, including:1. Festivals of the Dead 2. Festivals to the Honor People3. Harvest Festivals4. Spring Festivals B. The background and the culture of different festivals mentioned in the text; C. The other main festivals of the foreign countries;V. The important pointsA. The names and the countries of different festivals; B. The purposes, customs and activities of the festivals. VI. The difficult points A. The purposes, customs and activities of the festivals B. The background and the culture of different festivals;VII. Teaching aids Blackboard, chalk, PPT, pictures, white papers, VIII. Choices and development of the source Choose the available facilities and source through the Internet and the library, such as graphs, videos, pictures and description.IX. Teaching methods A. TBLT (task-based language teaching); B. CLT (communicative Language Teaching);X. Procedures Step1. Pre-reading activities (10 minutes)A. The teacher shows some pictures of the different festivals by PPT and the students guess the names of them. 1. The teacher shows the pictures of the Qing Ming Festival and the Dragon Boat Festival by PPT and asks the students what they are doing in the pictures; 2. Show the pictures of the Moon cakes and the Zongzi (粽子）by PPT and ask the students when do they eat them; 3. The teacher shows the pictures of the famous people by PPT and asks the students who are they;4. Pair works a. Make the students ask their partners the following questions and the other answers them. i. What is your favorite Chinese festival? ii. Do you know some foreign festivals and name them.b: the teacher asks 2 pairs to show their work.Step2. While- reading (20minutes)A. the students scan the test book, find the festivals and underline them; B. The teacher asks the student to speak out the names of the festivals they have found and then the teacher completes the students answers, writing them on the blackboard; Festivals of the DeadObon JapanDay of the Dead Mexico Halloween Western countriesFestivalsto HonorPeopleDragon Boat FestivalChina Columbus DayUSANational Festival on October 2India Harvest FestivalsThanksgiving DayAmerica and CanadaMid-autumn festivalChina, JapanSpring FestivalsThe Spring FestivalChinaEasterWestern countriesCherry Blossom FestivalJapanC. The teacher teaches the students to read the festivals on the blackboard; D. The teacher shows the festivals mentioned in the text by PPT and introduce some background of the festivals and people to them; 1. Festivals of the Dead a. Obon (Japan)b. Halloween (Western countries)c. Day of the Dead (Mexico) 2. Festivals to the Honor People a. Columbus Day (USA) b. Indian National Day on October 2 (India) c. The Dragon Boat Festival (China)3. Harvest Festivals a. Thanksgiving Festivalb. Mid-autumn Festival 4. Spring Festivals a. The Chinese Spring Festival （show a video about it）b. Easterc. Cherry Blossom Festival E. the teacher makes the students read the text carefully and find the purposes, customs and activities of different festivals;Step3. Post-reading (15minutes)A. The students answer the questions above and the teacher shows them in PPT step by step; B. the teacher leads the students to summary the reading;1. Festivals of the Dead 1）Obon (Japan) -to honor the dead or to satisfy the ancestors-clean graves, light incense (香)，light lamps, play music.2）. Day of the Dead (Mexico) - eat food in the shape of skulls and cakes with bones on them, offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead (early November);3）.Halloween (Western) - beliefs about the return of the spirits of dead people- dresses up and go to their neighbors homes to ask for sweets, play some tricks;2. Festivals to Honor People 1） The Dragon Boat Festival (China) - honor the famous poet, Qu Yuan(屈原).2）Columbus Day (USA) - in memory of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the New World.3）National festival on October 2 (India) - to honor Mohandas Gandhi3. Harvest Festivals 1）Thanksgiving festivals (America and Canada) - food is gathered for the winter and the agricultural work is over- decorate churches and town halls with flowers and fruit, get together to have meals, Some people might win awards for their farm produce;2）Mid-autumn festivals (China, Japan) - admire the moon- appreciate the moon; Enjoy the moon cakes and wine;4. Spring Festivals 1）The Spring Festival(China)- look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring- eat dumplings, fish and meat and may give children lucky money in red paper. There are dragon dances and carnivals, and families celebrate the Lunar New Year together;2）Easter (western countries) - celebrates the return of Jesus from the dead and the coming of spring and new life;3）Cherry Blossom Festival (Japan) -appreciate cherry tree flowersC. The teacher asks the students if they have any other questions and then answers the questions advocated by the students;D. Homework for the students; 1. Talk with your friends： Which festivals do you like best, why?2. Search more information about the festivals mentioned in the text.XI. Reflection To be written immediately after the lesson 附：课文：普通高中课程标准实验教科书 英语必修3 Unit 1 Festivals around the worldFestivals and celebrations of all kinds have been held everywhere since ancient times. Most ancient festivals would celebrate the end of cold weather, planting in spring and harvest in autumn. Sometimes celebrations would be held after hunters had caught animals. At that time people would starve if food was difficult to find, especially during the cold winter months. Todays festivals have many origins, some religious, some seasonal, and some for special people or events. Festivals of the Dead Some festivals are held to honor the dead or to satisfy the ancestors, who might return either to help or to do harm. For the Japanese festival Obon, people should go to clean graves and light incense in memory of their ancestors. They also light lamps and play music because they think that this will lead the ancestors back to earth. In Mexico, people celebrate the Day of the Dead in early November. On this important feast day, people eat food in the shape of skulls and cakes with bones on them. They offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead. The Western holiday Halloween also had its origin in old beliefs about the return of the spirits of dead people. It is now a childrens festival, when they can dress up and go to their neighbors homes to ask for sweets. If the neighbors do not give any sweets, the children might play a trick on them.Festivals to Honor People Festivals can also be held to honor famous people. The Dragon Boat Festival in China honors the famous ancient poet, Qu Yuan. In the USA, Columbus Day is in memory of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the New World. India has a national festival on October 2 to honor Mohandas Gandhi, the leader who helped gain Indias independence from Britain.Harvest Festivals Harvest and Thanksgiving festivals can be very happy events. People are grateful because their food is gathered for the winter and the agricultural work is over. In European countries, people will usually decorate churches and town halls with flowers and fruit, and will get together to have meals. Some people might win awards for their farm produce, like the biggest watermelon or the most handsome rooster. China and Japan have mid-autumn festivals, when people admire the moon and in China, enjoy moon cakes.Spring Festivals The most energetic and important festivals are the ones that lo