Unit14.1.(1)

課題：《Unit14 Festivals》

Period 1

一、 Teaching Content

Unit 14 Words and phrases; Warming up;

二、 Teaching Goals

1. Improve the students’ speaking ability by describing and discussion.

2. Learn and master the new words and phrases

3. Learn to talk about festivals by looking through the books and cooperation

三、 Teaching Important Points:

1. Master the new words and make the student use these words to talk about their favorite festivals.

2. Train the students’ speaking ability, cooperating ability and self-studying ability.

四、 Teaching Difficult Points

1. How to develop the students’ cooperating ability and self-studying ability.

2. How to finish the task of speaking or discussion.

3. How to master the words

五、 Teaching Methods:

1. Individual, pair or group cooperation before showing their own achievements.

2. Explanation and inductive methods to make the students master the new words.

六、 Teaching Aids

1. A projector

2. The blackboard

七、 Teaching procedures

Step 1 Words study (see Page163)

Step2 Greetings and lead- in

T: Good morning! My boys and girls!

T: Sit down, please!

T: Do you know what is called the Christmas of China?

Ss: The Spring Festival.

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T: Sure. Last Spring Festival had gone by. I am sure you had a good time.

T: It is the oldest and most important festival in China. It is also the most important festival to our Chinese people. Each family has a great reunion dinner on Lunar New Year’s Eve.

Step3. Warming up

T: Today we are going to learn something about the different festivals

T: Unit 14 Festivals (Write)

T: Now look at the screen. There are three pictures on the screen. There are all pictures of some festivals.

T: Look at them carefully and discuss these three pictures with your partner and then fill in the table.

Picture 1 Picture 2 Picture 3

The names of the festivals Halloween Obon Yu Lan Festival Day of the Dead

Which countries the festivals come from US and Europe

(October 31) Japan

(August 13-16) Mexico

(October 18-November 9)

What are the people ding? trick or treating floating paper lanterns lighting candles for prayers to the dead.

Why are they doing this? Frighten away spirits and look for living bodies to possess Welcome their past ancestors back home Pay respect to the dead

T: One student, one picture.

Step4. Speaking

T: OK, I am sure you have been ready to report your festival.

Ss1: …

Ss2: …

Ss3: …

T: You all did very well.

T: Please open your books on page8. Look at item 2.Work in pairs. Compare a Chinese festival with one from another country.

T: If your homework is to report a Chinese festival, you will compare a foreign festival.

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Step5 Listening and dictation

T: Now write down your name, number and date. We’ll have diction.

T: I will read four times. First time, listen carefully and get the general idea. The second and third time, you can write down words by words or sentences by sentences. The forth time, check your writing.

Material: April Fools’ Day is on the first day of April. In some European countries and in North America, people play practical jokes or tricks on each other. The undoubting persons are called April fools. April Fools’ day is generally amusing but harmless. For example, a person may give a friend the telephone number of the zoo, telling him to return a call from “Mr. Fox”.

Step6 Summary and Homework

1.Review the new words and phrases in Unit 14.

2.Preview the Listening and Speaking on Page2.

3.Do the exercise of Listening on Page 77.

八．黑板板書設計Blackboard:

Words and phrases explaining

九、Evaluation