高一英语Unit14 Festivals教案

高一英语Unit14 Festivals教案

Part 1 Topic: Festivals

I. Aim of Knowledge

1. Can remember the following words and expressions (by pronunciation, spelling

and writing):

theme, parade, holy, Easter, symbol, fighting, conflict, argument, opinion,

destruction, major, probably, honour /honor(Am.E), ancestor, principle, nation,

purpose, creativity, faith, commercial, joy, light (v.), similar, generation,

salute, kiss, cheek, nod, celebration, respect, gift, cycle, fool, invitation,

self-determination, reminder

dress up, in one’s opinion, play a trick on /play tricks on, take in, in common

2. Can use the following structures in different situations:

1) Useful expressions in the text

in my opinion, play a trick on /play tricks on, take in, in common, have

something/nothing in common with …,as well as, get together.

2) Expressions on expressing and supporting an opinion

In my opinion, we should… I believe we should…

I don’t think it is necessary to… We must decide…

I hope we can make a decision. If we do this, we can…

3) Modal verbs (2): must, have to, have got to.

3. Can be familiar with the following world festivals and talk about them:

Chinese festivals: the Spring Festival, the Lantern Festival (Yuanxiao), Tomb

Sweeping Festival (Qingming), Dragon Boat Festival (Duanwu), Mid-Autumn

Festival, Double Ninth Festival (Chongyang), National Day, New Year’s Day,

Chinese Youth Day, Party’s Day, Army’s Day, Teachers’ Day, Tree-planting

Day…

Foreign festivals: Christmas, Halloween, Thanksgiving Day, Easter, Valentine’s

Day, April Fool’s Day, Ramadan, Day of the Dead (from Mexico), Bon Odori

Festival/ Ghost Festival (from Japan) (盂兰盆节), Mardi Gras, Kwanzaa…

4. Can read the reading materials correctly, including pronunciation, intonation,

pause and fluency. And recite five to eight beautiful or important sentences.

5. Can understand the teaching material well, and retell the text and have a

discussion according to the text after class.

6. Can get further information about festivals through classes, magazines,

newspapers, related books, Internet and so on.

II Ability aims:

1. To train Ss’ four skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) in different

periods.

2. To make Ss’ know how to write an invitation in English.

3. To help Ss to develop the ability of learning English through different ways,

such as reading newspapers, magazines and books, surf the Internet, etc.

III Moral aims: 1. To get Ss to enjoy festivals and customs from different countries, and enlighten

Ss to enjoy the beauty and the importance of festivals and customs.

2. To encourage Ss to show positive and healthy attitude towards festivals and

customs from different countries.

3. To get Ss to know how to hold effective and successful festivals.

4. To get Ss to further understand the differences between Chinese and foreign

cultures by comparing Chinese and foreign festivals and customs.

THE FIRST PERIOD

Warming up & Listening

Teaching aims and demand:

1. The aims of knowledge:

Learn the following words and phrases:

Dress up, fighting, crime, argument, destruction

2. Ability aims:

1. Train the students’ speaking and listening abilities.

2. Learn to talk about festivals, customs and habits

3.Moral aims:

1. To get Ss to enjoy festivals and customs from different countries, and enlighten

Ss to enjoy the beauty and the importance of festivals and customs.

2. To encourage Ss to show positive and healthy attitude towards festivals and

customs from different countries.

Teaching steps:

Before having this period, the Students (Ss) are asked to collect information about

the three festivals: Halloween, Bon Odori Festival, and Day of the Dead.

Step 1 Lead-in

1. First, greet Ss with the questions “How are you feeling today?” “ Do you feel

happy today?”

Then, Teacher can lead in the topic festival/ holiday by asking some questions such

as:

When do you usually feel happy?

Do you feel happy when there is a festival and you have holidays?

Then which festival or holiday does you like best? And why?

1. Chinese have many festivals. How many Chinese festivals do you know? And what

are they?

(The Spring Festival, the Lantern Festival (Yuanxiao), Tomb Sweeping Festival

(Qingming), Dragon Boat Festival (Duanwu), Mid-Autumn Festival, Double Ninth

Festival (Chongyang), National Day, New Year’s Day, Chinese Youth Day, Party’s

Day, Army’s Day, Teachers’ Day, Tree-planting Day…)

Which is the greatest and the most important festival to our Chinese people? When

do Chinese celebrate the Spring Festival? How long does the Spring Festival last?