festivalsaroundtheworld教案

1、LessonPlanBackgroundinformation:Students:Juniorhighschoolstudents,Grade2Teachingcontents:FestivalsaroundtheworldLessonduration:45minsTeachingobjectives:Bytheendofthelesson,studentsshouldbeableto:sayinEnglishthenamesoffestivals;askandanswerquestionsaboutfestivals;talkaboutChinesefestivalsandcustomsin

2、English;knowsomeinformationaboutforeignfestivals.Mainvocabularyandphrases:celebrate,starve,trick,gain,award,admire,clothing,fool,inmemoryof,lookforwardto,takeplace,dressupTeachingprocedures:Step1.Leadingin($2)T:Hello,everyone!How'severythingtoday?S: Fine.T: OK.Todaywearegoingtolearnsomethingabou

3、tfestivals.Nowfirstofall,letsomeChinesetraditionalfestivals.S: NewYear,MayDay,Women'sDay,Children-AutumnaDaMidT: Youhavenamedmanyfestivals.Whichonedoyoulikebest?Andwhy?S:T:goodjob!I'mproudofyouforyouaresoweformed.Nowtherearesomepicturesaboutthesefestivals.Let'stakealook.(PPT)Step2.Warmin

4、gup($2)T:Lookatthescreen.Thereissomebasicinformationaboutthefestivals.(PPT)FestivalsDateFestivalsDateNewYearJanuary1stTeachers'DaySeptember10thInternationalWomen'sDayMarch8NationalDayOctober1stArborDayMarch12ththeSpringFestivalLunarNewYearInternationalLaborDayMay1stPureBrightnessDayAprilthef

5、ifthChineseYouthDayMay4th.DragonBoatFestivalthefifthdayofthefifthlunarmonthInternationalChildren'sDayJune1stMid-AutumnFestivalthe5thdayofthe8thlunarmonthArmyDayAugust1stLanternFestivalthe15dayofthe1stlunarmonthStep3.Learnthenewwordsasfollows.($2)(PPT)starve:饥饿origin:起源ancestor:祖先Obon:盂兰盆节(日本)gra

6、ve:坟墓；墓地incense:熏香inmemoryof:纪念feast:节日；盛宴skull:头骨dressup:打扮；盛装playatrickon:搞恶作剧award:奖品rooster:公鸡energetic:充满活力的carnival:狂欢节parade:游行1) Listentothetape,thestudentsreadafterit.2) Teacherbrieflyexplainstheusageofeachnewword.Step4.Scanning($2)(PPT)Howmanytypesoffestivalsarementionedinthepassage?1. Anc

7、ientfestivals2. FestivalsoftheDead3. FestivalstoHonorthePeople4. HarvestFestivals5. SpringFestivalsStep5.Skimming($2)1. Usetheinformationfromthereadingpassagetoanswerthefollowingquestion.(PPT)Questions:(1) Whatarefestivalsofthedeadusuallyfor?(2) Whatmakesautumnfestivalshappyevents?(3) Whatdopeopleus

8、uallydoatspringfestivals?(4) Whatisoneimportantreasontohavefestivalsandcelebrations?(5) Whatisoneimportantreasontohavefestivalsandcelebrations?Answers:(1)Festivalsofthedeadareforhonoringorsatisfyingdeadancestorsorothers,whosomepeoplebelievemightreturntohelporharmlivingpeople.(6) Autumnfestivalsareha

9、ppyeventsbecausepeoplearethankfulthatfoodisreadyforwinterandthehardfarmworkisfinished.(7) Atspringfestivals,peopleusuallyhavedances,carnivalsandotheractivitiestocelebratetheendofwinterandthecomingofspring.(8) Itisimportanttohavefestivalsandcelebrationssowecanenjoylife/beproudofourcustoms/forgetourwo

10、rkforalittlewhile.(9) Festivalsletusenjoylife,beproudofourcustomsandforgetourdailylifeforalittlewhile.2. Explainthelanguagepoints.(1)Atthattimepeoplewouldstarveiffoodwasdifficulttofind，especiallyduringtheclodwintermonths.在那个时代，如果食物难以找到，特别是在寒冷的冬月，人们就会挨饿。Starve(v.)1) tocauseapersonorananimaltosufferse

11、verelyordiefromhunger挨饿；饿死E.g.Millionsofpeoplestarvedtodeathduringthewar.战争中数百万人挨饿至死。2) )starveforsth;starvesbofsth:(causesbto)sufferorlongforsthgreatlyneededorwanted(使某人)得不到某事物而受苦或渴望获得某事物；缺乏E.g.Thehomelesschildrenwerestarvedforlove.这些无家可归的孩子渴望得到爱。3) tofeelveryhungry感觉很饿。仅用于进行时态E.g.Whenwilldinnerber

12、eady?Imstarving.晚饭什么时候做好？我快饿死了。Starvation(n.):(U)sufferingordeathcausedbylackoffood挨饿;饿死dieofstarvation饿死starvationwages不够维持基本生活的工资(2)orsatisfytheancestors,whocouldreturneithertohelportodoharm.或使祖先得到满足，因为祖先们有可能回到世上(给人们)提供帮助，也可能带来危害。harm(n.):damage,injury损害；伤害1) doharmtosb(习俗)=harmsb伤害某人2) cometoharm

13、:beinjuredphysically,mentallyormorally身体上、精神上或道义上受到损害，通常用于否定式E.g.Illgowithhertomakesureshecomestonoharm.我要和她一同去以免她受到伤害。3) domoreharmthangood:haveaneffectwhichismoredamagingthanhelpful弊大于利E.g.Ifwesolvetheprobleminthisway,itmaydomoreharmthangood.如果我们以这种方式处理问题，那可能是弊大于利。harm(v.):causeharmto(sb/sth)损害或伤害

14、某人/某事物E.g.Thiseventdidntharmhisreputation.这个事件没有损害他的名誉。(3)Halloweenalsohaditsorigininoldbeliefsaboutthereturnofthespiritsofdeadpeople.万圣节也源自人们古老的信念，认为亡者的灵魂会返回人间。origin(n.):theplaceorsituationinwhichsomethingbeginstoexist起源；由来，可用做可数名词或不可数名词，通常用作复数形式intheMiddleAges.这个传统发源于中世纪。Hetoldmeitwasawordofunkno

15、wnorigin.他告诉我这是个词源不详的词。belief(n.):anideathatyoubelievetobetrue,especiallyonethatformspartofasystemofideas信任；信心；信仰。注意：belief通常用作不可数名词，当作可数名词时，词义略不同于用作不可数名词时religiousbeliefs宗教信仰有些成员有着强烈的政治理念。(4)Itisnowachildrensfestival,whentheycandressupandgototheirneighborshomestoaskforsweets.万圣节如今成了孩子们的节目，这天他们可以乔装打

16、扮上邻居家要糖吃。dress(v.):toputclothesonyourselforsomeoneelse穿衣服。可作及物或不及物动词。dressup是动词词组,意思使是towearspecialclothesforfun,ortoputspecialclothesonsomeonedress(n.)1) Cgarmentforawomanorgirl,consistingofabodiceandskirtinonepiece;frock连衣裙,(上下连身的)女装E.g.Shemakesallthedressesforherdaughter.她女儿的连衣裙都是她做的。2) Uclothes,esp.outergarments,foreithermenorwomen衣服(男女均可)casualdress便服Endoflessonsummary:($2)Giveasummaryofthearticle,andthenaskstudentswhattheyhavelearntfromthisarticle.Studentsnotonlyhaveabetterunde