Unit 1 Festival around the world
Part 1: Teaching Design
(第一部分：教学设计)
Period 1: A sample lesson plan for reading
(FESTIV ALS AND CELEBRATIONS)
Aims
To help students develop their reading ability
To help students learn about festivals
Procedures
I. Warming up
Warming up by discussing
Good morning, class. Today we are going to read about FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONS. But first, I’d like to have you work in groups and list five Chinese festivals that you know. When do they take place? What do they celebrate? And what do people do at that time?
Warming up by watching and listening
Hi, every one. Look at the photos and listen to me telling you about some Western Festivals.
The third Sunday in June, set aside to honor fathers.
Warming up by learning vocabulary
Turn to page 96, and go over the vocabulary list for Unit 1. Find out the relationship between the spelling and the pronunciation.
II. Pre-reading
1. Imagining and sharing
Hello! Now you can celebrate everyday!
Everyday is a holiday. Imagine somewhere someone is celebrating right now. Our world is filled with mystical celebrations and powerful memories. Come and tell the class what holiday it is today.
2. Talking and sharing
Work in groups of four. Tell your group mates what festivals or celebrations you enjoy in your city or town.
III. Reading
1. Listening to the recording
Now please listen to the recording of the text FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONS. Pay attention
to the pronunciation of each word and the pauses within each sentence. I will play the tape twice.
2. Reading and underlining
Next you are to read and underline all the useful expressions or collocations in the passage. Copy
As you have read the text, you can surely tell which sentences are difficult to understand. Now put your questions concerning the difficult points to me.
IV. Closing down by doing exercises
To end the lesson you are to do the comprehending exercises No. 1, 2 and 3 on page 3.
Closing down by learning the text by heart
In the last few minutes you are asked to learn the text by heart. You may make use of the table you
Period 2: A sample lesson plan for Learning about Language (Modal verbs: may/ might, can/ could, will/ would, shall/
should, must/ can)
Aims
To help students learn about Modal verbs
To help students discover and learn to use some useful words and expressions
To help students discover and learn to use some useful structures
Procedures
I. Warming up
Warming up by discovering useful words and expressions
Turn to page 4 and do exercises No. 1, 2 ,3, 4 and 5 first. Check your answers against your classmates’.
II. Learning about grammar
1. Reading and finding
Turn to page 1 and read the text of FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONS. As you read, find out examples of may/ might, can/ could, will/ would, shall/ should, must/ can used in the sentences. 2. Doing exercises No. 1, 2 and 3 on page 5
Turn to page 5 and do the exercises No. 1,2 and 3 in groups of four.
III. Closing down by doing a quiz
To end the period you are going to take a quiz on modal verbs: can, could, may and might
Use one of the modal verbs in brackets to fill each gap:
(Answers:1~5 might, may, Could, could, Can;6~10:may, can’t, couldn’t, could, might)
Period 3: A sample lesson plan for Using Language
(A SAD LOVE STORY)
Aims
To help students read the passage A SAD LOVE STORY
To help students to use the language by reading, listening, speaking and writing
Procedures
II. Listening
There is a big and famous carnival in Trinidad every February. Li Mei and Wu Ping are there. Listen to the tape and answer the questions on page 6.
III. Speaking
You have visited America and you have returned home to China. You are phoning your friend in
1. Reading and underlining
Next you are to read and underline all the useful expressions or collocations in the passage A SAD
2. Speaking
Turn to page 8 and with a partner, find the answers to the questions:
①Why did Li Fang feel like a fool? →Because he was alone and heart-broken.
②What was Li Fang afraid that Hu Jin was doing? →She coul d be with her friends laughing at
him.
③How did Li Fang know the manager wanted to shut the coffee shop? →He saw the manager wipe the tables, sit down and turn on the TV.
④Why do people want the weather to be fine on Qiqiaojie? →Because if it rains Zhinu wou ld weep and the couple wouldn’t be able to meet.
⑤What is the reason why Li Fang and Hu Jin did not meet on time? →For Li Fang had gone to the wrong place to meet Hu Jin. They should meet at the tea shop.
⑥Why was Li Fang so worried at the end of the story? →Because he had no gifts for Hu Jin.
3. Acting
Next we are going to put the text A Sad Love Story on stage, that is, to play the story.
IV. Guided writing
1. Writing an imagined and different ending to the story of Li Fang, beginning with:
As he sadly pa ssed the tea shop on the corner on his way…
2. Writing a description
To inform the foreigners of the Chinese culture, you are to write a description of Qiqiaojie in English. You may begin like this:
Love story for this day is about the 7th daughter of Emperor of Heaven and an orphaned cowherd. They were separated by the Emperor. The 7th daughter was forced to move to the star Vega and the cowherd moved to the star Altair. They were allowed to meet only once a year on the day of 7th day of 7th lunar month.
V. Further applying
1. Finding information
Go to the library to read or get online to search in order to find more information on festivals and celebrations. Take notes of your findings and report them to your group mates next period.
2. Writing letters
Write a letter either to Zhinu or Niulang, telling about the modern life and the modern love.
VI. Closing down
Closing down by filling a form
To end this period, I am going to ask you to write a short passage to describe to the class the two stars of Vega and Altair which are related to Qiqiaojie, the Chinese Valentine’s Day.