必修三 unit1教学设计

必修三 unit1 Unit1 Festivals around world

一：教学目标:

1、语言目标：

1).To get the students to talk about festivals

2). To learn about how festivals begin and howto celebrate festivals so as to enable th em to learn more about differentcultures while learning different language .

2、重点词汇和短语：熟记课文中重点词组或短语。

3、能力目标：

Let students to know how to get the key words from the conversation about thecarniv al parade,

and how to talk about sth. happened.

4、情感目标：

Let students to know and compare Chinese festivals and customs with westernfestival s and

customs.

二．教学重难点：

1、How to talk about the Chinesefestivals and social customs at festivals.

2、How to get the key words tounderstand the conversation about the carnival parade, to talk about sth.happened.

三、教学过程:

Step 1 ：Warming up

Step 2： Pre-reading

Look at the pictures and discuss in pairs what kind of information you think will bein troduced in the passage.

Step 3： Reading and comprehending

1.Ask the students to skim the passage and find out what festivals are mentioned in each paragraph.

Paragraph1: Ancient festivals: celebrate the end of the winter, planting in spring and harvest in autumn; celebrate when hunters catch animals.

Paragraph 2: Day of the Dead; Halloween.

Paragraph3: Dragon Boat Festival; Columbus Day; October 2.

Paragraph 4: Harvest and Thanksgiving festivals; Mid-Autumn Day.

Paragraph5: Spring Festival; Carnival; Easter; Cherry Blossom Festival.

2. Read the passage carefully and answerthe true or false questions.

( ) 1)、The ancient people needn't worry about their food.

( ) 2)、Halloween used to be a festival intended to honor the dead.

( ) 3)、Mohandas Gandhi helped gain India's independence from the USA.

( ) 4)、Thanksgiving Day is held to celebrate harvest.

( ) 5)、Easter celebrates the birth of Jesus.

Suggested answers:1)F 2)T 3)F 4)T 5)F

3. Work in pairs. Imagine that somestudents are celebrating a festival. Use the in formation given in the text tohelp them make up a dialogue.

Step 4 ：Language study

Dealing with some language problems to helpthe students to have a better understandi ng of the text.

1. At that time people would starve if foodwas difficult to find, especially during the c old winter months.

2.Some festivals are held to honor the dead or to satisfy the ancestors, whomight retu rn either to help or to do harm.

3. The country, covered with cherry treeflowers, looks as though it is covered with pin k snow.

Step 5： Study the text

1. Find out a sentence in the text whichhas a similar meaning with the following one. As long as the neighbors don't give anysweets, the children will make a fool of them.

2. Translate the following sentence.

It is now a children's festival, when they can dress up and go to theirneighbour's

homes to ask for sweets.

Step 6 ： Listening, reading aloud and underlining

Ask the students to read the passage aloudto the tape and let them pay attention t o the pronunciation of each word andthe pauses within each sentence. Tell them to pic k out all the usefulexpressions or collocations from the passage while reading and cop y them intothe notebook after class as homework.

Step 7 ： Group work