高二英语上册Unit 1 Festivals around the worldFestivals and celebrationsFestivals 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. Today's festivals have many origins, some religious, some seasonal, and some for special people or events.Festivals of the DeadSome festivals are held to honour 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 children's festival, when they can dress up and go to their neighbours' homes to ask for sweets. If the neighbours do not give any sweets, the children might play a trick on them.Festivals to Honour PeopleFestivals can also be held to honour famous people. The Dragon Boat Festival in China honours 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 honour Mohandas Gandhi, the leader who helped gain India's independence from Britain.Harvest FestivalsHarvest 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 ountries, 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 mooncakes.Spring FestivalsThe most energetic and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring. At the Spring Festival in China, people 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. Some Western countries have very exciting carnivals, which take place forty days before Easter, usually in February. These carnivals might include parades, dancing in the streets day and night, loud music and colourfulclothing of all kinds. Easter is an important religious and social festival for Christians around the world. It celebrates the return of Jesus from the dead and the coming of spring and new life. Japan's Cherry Blossom Festival happens a little later. The country, covered with cherry tree flowers, looks as though it is covered with pink snow.People love to get together to eat, drink and have fun with each other. Festivals let us enjoy life, be proud of our customs and forget our work for a little while.。
高一Unit 1《Festivals around theworld》教案人教版高一Unit1《Festivalsaroundtheworld》教案人教版本单元为人教版《高中英语》（NSEc）必修模块3Unit1.Festivalsaroundtheworld.本单元的中心话题是“谈论世界各地的节日”，该阅读课Reading:APioneerForAllPeople。
是本单元第一课时，内容涉及到各国的节日名称，时间，方式和原因，使学生了解不同国家的文化和风俗。
以独立的内容块进行叙述。
的结构特点是平行并列。
针对内容和结构的特点，本课以培养学生阅读比较信息和归纳信息的能力为主，分别将获取的信息通过列表比较，图片匹配，问答游戏等方式，进行比较，使学生找到各国节日庆祝方式的相同和不同之处，归纳总结各国节日产生的原因，推理出人们到对节日的态度，探究到节日是人类对生活怀有美好祝福的心理，是生命的传承实践，从而提高学生跨文化交际的能力和意识。
教学目标知识与技能目标：Thestudentswillbeableto.identifythedifferentfestivalsbycomparingtheinf ormationaboutcelebrations.2.explainthereasonwhythefestivalscomeintobeingbyfin dingoutthesimilaritiesanddifferences.3.describetheirfavoritefestivalsbyusingthelanguagef romthetext.教学重点和难点）为全体学生进行有效性阅读策略的指导，包括语篇分析、猜测词义，逻辑推理、归纳概括等技巧。
2）通过比较信息，归纳总结各国节日产生的原因，推理出人们到对节日的态度和节日的意义。
教学过程教学步骤教学活动设计意图Pre-reading:Step1.Brainstorm:motivatetheSsbyaskingsomequestions.Q1:Doyouanyfestivalsaroundtheworld?Step2.matchthecelebrationwiththefestivals.Q2:DoyouknowhowpeoplecelebratetheseFestivals?Doaquiz.Step2.DiscussionSsdiscussthefollowingquestionsQ1:Howdotheycomeintobeing?Q2:whatdotheyhaveincommon?Andwhataretheredifference amongthem?问题引发了学生的思考，调动学生的已知，将学生的思维活动引导到课文主题上来。
Unit 1 Festivals around the world----Festivals and celebrations （Reading I）一、Teaching material（教材分析）This period is the 2nd of the unit and the key part. The topic of the reading passage is about festivals and celebrations. The students will be asked to finish pre-reading, reading and comprehending within one period. All the materials and exercises are about festivals. Through reading, the Ss are supposed to learn different kinds of the festivals.二、Teaching aims（教学目标）Knowledge aim：Enable students to learn more about festivals and celebrations.Ability aim：Enable students to review and strengthen some reading skills such as: task1 and task2 .Emotional aim：Enable students to become interested in festivals and celebrations.三、Difficulties and importances（重点难点）1.Enable the students to understand the article and master the new reading skills of solving some problems like guessing new words,inferring, and understanding the tone of the passage.2.Enble the students to learn to finish a mind map of the passage.四、Learning analysis（学情分析）The class is given to senior one student who has mastered a certain amount of English words and phrases as well as acquired some usefulreading strategies. However they still have difficulty in dealing with some problems concerned with guessing new words, inferring, and understanding the tone of the passage.五、Teaching methods（教学方法）Co-operative learning task-based discussion六、Teaching aids（教学手段）利用多媒体一体机、网络资源、自制音像等创设教学情景、问题情景，扩大教学容量，增强教学的趣味性和时效性.七、Teaching procedures 教学过程Step1：checking(检查)Ask the students to recite some sentences we have learned.（设计意图：巩固检查，加强学生的记忆能力.）Step2：Pre-reading1.Play the games to guess what the video and the picture are about.2.Through some questions to lead into this passage.（Do you know what this is？Can you name some festivals? Any other festivals？---）What is festivals and celebrations?（设计意图：通过图片、视频展现对节日的介绍，以及问题引领，让学生更直观的了解什么是节日，旨在导入新课，提高学生的兴趣.）Step3：Learning aims（学习目标）1.To learn the passage by skimming, scanning and careful reading (reading skills).2.To learn something about different festivals and celebrations around the world.3.to learn to deal with the problems in groups.（设计意图：旨在明确目标，当堂达标.）Step4：Reading（阅读）Task1：Fast reading:The passage is mainly about different and the of celebrations and also the why people celebrate them all over the world.Task2：Enjoy the video 、listen carefully and finish Ex.1Task ：Enjoy the video and fill in the chart according to the text.（设计意图：播放课文视频，以优美的声音和图片介绍本节课，提高学生的兴趣. 通过本题，旨在培养学生快速阅读课文的能力.）Task3：Careful readingTo know some details about the passage. Pay attention to the key verbs . Then describe it with them.How do people celebrate each festival?Para2. Festivals of the Dead.1.Key verbs：2. DescriptionPeople are going to clean the 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 the earth.-------Para3. Festivals to Honour PeopleMatch the festivals with the proper people.Para4. Harvest FestivalsAre harvest festivals always happy events?Harvest festivals are always happy events because people are (thankful) that food is gatheredfor the winter and (农活) is over .How do people celebrate the festivals (key verbs)?Para5. Spring FestivalsWhat do people usually do at Spring Festival?Chinese People usually eat and give children . There are and ,and families celebrate the together.Some Western countries have ,including and dances in the streets , loud music and colorful.（设计意图：细读全文，提高学生的兴趣. 通过本题，旨在培养学生提炼细节，掌握关键词，提高阅读课文的能力.）Step4：Deeply thinkingWhat did people celebrate in the ancient times?What origins do the today’s festivals have?The differences between ancient times and today.Dong Ping Rape Flowers Festival (东平油菜花节）（设计意图：发散思维，不仅仅限于课本，还可以跳出课本，拓展自己的视野，各抒己见，通过本题，旨在培养学生语言表达的能力.）Step5：DiscussionIn groups to talk about the questions about Traditional festivals and Western festivals.Should we, Chinese students, celebrate western festivals like Christmas?AnswersYes NO（设计意图：小组讨论，合作学习，旨在培养学生对我们祖国河山的热爱和传统文化知识的传承，摈弃外国洋节，端正自己的价值观、人生观.）Step6：SummaryThere are all kinds of festivals and around the world, which are held for different reasons. The were mainly held at three times a year--- the end of the cold winter, planting in spring and harvest in autumn.Some festivals are held to the dead or satisfy and the in case they might , while other festivals are held to honor famous people or the gods, such as and Columbus Day. （设计意图：总结知识，当堂达标。
