英语：unit3《Celebration》lesson 1 Festivals教案(1)(北师大版必修1)

英语：unit3《Celebration》lesson 1 Festivals教案（1）（北师大版必修1）

Objectives

■ To use pictures to help understand new words and to use the dictionary to check meanings.

■ To read a text quickly to find specific information.

■ To practise the Present Simple Passive, Present

Continuous Passive, Past Simple Passive, Present Perfect Passive and Past Continous Passive.

Resource used

Grammar Summary 5.

Possible problems

Students should be encouraged to use the Passive. It is used more in English than in many other

languages.

Background Communal celebrations mark events such as changing seasons, religious days or

political events; music, dance or costume are usually involved. Routes through the material

■ If you are short of time, set some of the exercises for homework.

■ If you have time, use one of the Options ideas.

■ If you have two periods for this lesson, a suitable natural break is after Exercise 4.

Language Power: pages 76?C77. Mini-Grammar 9

Reading

Before you start

Exercise 1

■ Students look at the pictures and guess what is happening and what is being celebrated. Ask

them to describe what they can see.

■ Students discuss what their favourite seasons are and list the festivals in China which are

associated with each season. Read to learn

Exercise 2

■ Students look at the three titles (Summer, Autumn, Winter) and suggest which festivals are

associated with these three seasons in China and if there are any associated with Spring.

■ Students read the texts quickly and do the matching.

Answers

Picture 1?CC the Dragon Boat Festival

Picture 2?CA the Mid-Autumn Festival

Picture 3?CB the Lantern Festival

Exercise 3

■ Divide the class into three groups. Each group reads one section of the text carefully and writes

four or five questions about it. Then give the class three orfour minutes to read the whole text

again. Students close their books, and in turn each group asks its questions for the rest of the class

to answer.

■ Students read the text again and fill in the table with the text information they get.

■ Have students check their answers in pairs.

■ Encourage students to add another festival they know well.

■ Students read the questions and find the answers in the texts by reading the texts again.

■ Have students talk about their festival in pairs.

Answers

Passage A:

the Mid-Autumn Festival, September or October, moon cakes

Passage B:

the Lantern Festival, the fifteenth of the first month of the lunar calendar, sweet dumplings

Passage C:

the Dragon Boat Festival, the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar, Zongzi

Exercise 4

■ Students discuss in pairs and tell the class their opinions.

Language Power: the Word Corner on page 79 gives

further practice in vocabulary (clothes).

Grammar

THE PASSIVE (I)

Exercise 5

■ Students identify that the passive is used when we don’t know or there is no need to say who the

“doer” of an action is.

■ Students then do the exercise, finding the sentences in the text and completing the verbs.

■ Refer students to Grammar Summary 5 to make sure they understand how to use the Passive

correctly.

■ For further practice, ask students to answer questions about their school (or town), e.g. “When

are school examinations held?

When are school reports written? Where is football played?

When are bells rung? When was this classroom cleaned? When was this school built?”

Answers

1. are made 2. were, organized

Exercise 6

■ Have students look at the given sentences and ask them what tenses are used in them.

■ Encourage students to draw rules for the formation of the passive forms. Ask them to refer

Grammar Summary 1,3,4 and 5 on pages 92?C93.

Answers

1. has been arranged

2. is being collected

3. was being painted

Exercise 7

■ Ask students if they have heard of the Water Festival.

■ Students read the text to find out about the festival. Then read the text again and complete the

verbs.

Answers

1. is celebrated 2. is splashed 3. are carried

4. are told 5. is related 6. are washed

7. are raced 8. are launched

■ Have students close their books and ask them to say what they can remember about the festival.

Exercise 8

■ Students work in pairs, changing the sentences into the passive. Answers

1. My health is being affected by stress.