必修三Unit 1 Festivals around the world Period 1 Warming up and Reading

Unit 1Festivals around the world單元要覽類別課程標(biāo)準(zhǔn)要求掌握的項(xiàng)目話題Festivals; how festivals begin; how to celebrate festivals詞匯beauty n. 美; 美人 awardn. 獎(jiǎng); 獎(jiǎng)品vt. 授予 harvestn. & vt. & vi. 收獲; 收割roostern. 雄雞; 公雞celebrationn. 慶祝; 祝賀admirevt. 贊美; 欽佩; 羨慕starvevt. & vi. (使)餓死; 餓得要死energeticadj. 充滿活力的; 積極的originn. 起源; 由來; 起因customn. 習(xí)慣; 風(fēng)俗religiousadj. 虔誠的; 宗教上的clothingn. 衣服ancestorn. 祖先; 祖宗worldwideadj. 遍及全世界的feastn. 節(jié)日; 盛宴permissionn. 許可; 允許beliefn. 信任; 信心; 信仰fooln. 愚人vt. 愚弄vi. 干傻事trickn. 詭計(jì); 惡作劇; 竅門apologizevi. 道歉; 辯白arrivaln. 到來; 到達(dá); 到達(dá)者drownvt. & vi. 溺死; 淹死gainvt. 得到; 獲得obviousadj. 明顯的; 顯而易見的independencen. 獨(dú)立; 自主remindvt. 提醒; 使想起gathervt. , vi. & n. 集合; 聚集weepn. 哭vi. 哭泣; 流淚agriculturen. 農(nóng)業(yè); 農(nóng)藝; 農(nóng)學(xué)forgivevt. 原諒; 饒恕短語take place發(fā)生turn up出現(xiàn); 到場(chǎng)in memory of紀(jì)念; 追念keep ones word守信用; 履行諾言dress up盛裝; 打扮; 裝飾hold ones breath屏息; 屏氣play a trick on搞惡作劇; 詐騙; 開玩笑set off出發(fā); 動(dòng)身; 使爆炸look forward to期待; 期望; 盼望remind. . . of. . . 使想起day and night日夜; 晝夜; 整天be proud of以而自豪as though好像in the shape of以/呈現(xiàn)的形式/形狀have fun with玩得開心be covered with被所覆蓋重要句型1. . . . people would starve if food was difficult to find. (the subjunctive mood)2. The country, covered with cherry tree flowers, looks as though it is covered with pink snow. (as though. . . )3. Finding that. . . , her grandmother finally decided. . . (the present participle used as adverbial. )4. It was obvious that the manager of the coffee shop was waiting. . . (It is+adj. +that. . . )5. “. . . I dont want them to remind me of her. ” So he did. (So+S. +do/does/did. )6. There was Hu Jin waving at him and calling, . . . (Inversion)功能1. Making phone callsMay I speak to. . . ?Can I ring/call back later?Hold/Hang on, please.Ill ring him/her up again.Just a moment, please.Sorry, he/she isnt here right now.2. InvitationsI wonder if you are interested in. . . .Id like to invite you to. . . .Would you like. . . ?Could/Would you please. . . ?Im looking forward to. . . .Id love to, but. . . .3. ThanksThank you so much.Thanks a lot.Thats very kind of you.Youre most welcome.Dont mention it.Its a pleasure.語法The use of can, could, may, might, will, would, shall, should, must, cant1. can and couldJin can speak English well. (ability)Could you please show me the way to Beihai Park? (request)2. may and mightMay we see the awards for the teams? (permission; request)She might give you some new clothing. (possibility)3. will and wouldThe Spring Festival is the most fun. The whole family will come for dinner. (promise; agreement)Often he would dress up like a rich man. (past habit; custom)4. shall and shouldThe harvest festival begins on Sunday. We shall be there with our friends. (promise; agreement)You should arrive at the airport two hours before he goes. (advice)5. must and cantWang Feng wins an award every year. He must be very strong. (speculation)You must be joking. That cant be true. (guessing)教學(xué)重點(diǎn)1. Get students to know about festivals around the world.2. Have students learn some useful new words and expressions about festivals and customs and let them learn effective ways to remember English vocabulary.3. Enable students to grasp and use the expressions of request and thanks.4. Let students learn the new grammar item: the use of can, could, may, might, will, would, shall, should, must and cant.5. Develop students listening, speaking, reading and writing abilities.教學(xué)難點(diǎn)1. Enable students to master the use of can, could, may, might, will, would, shall, should, must and cant.2. Let students learn to write a different ending of a story.3. Develop students integrative skills.課時(shí)安排Periods needed: 7Period 1 Warming up and readingPeriod 2 Learning about language: Important language pointsPeriod 3 Learning about language: GrammarPeriod 4 Using language: Listening and speakingPeriod 5 Using language: Extensive readingPeriod 6 Using language: Speaking and writingPeriod 7 Revision: Summing up and learning tipPeriod 1Warming up and reading整體設(shè)計(jì)教材分析This is the first teaching period of this unit. At the beginning of the class, the teacher can lead in the topic of the unit by having a free talk with students about their winter holidays and the Spring Festival.The Warming Up is intended to have students start thinking about the variety of events and festivals that are celebrated in China, and connect them with seasons of the year and reasons for the celebrations. The teacher can use this part to introduce information that Chinese students should have about their countrys cultural events.The Pre-reading is a continuation of the Warming Up and it moves the discussion to a more personal level. It is intended to help students enter imaginatively into a discussion of festivals and their importance to the society. It also directs their attention to the variety of events and activities those festivals include. The teacher should let students discuss the questions and predict what kind of information will be introduced in the Reading.The reading passage titled FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONS briefly describes the earliest kinds of festivals with the reasons for them, and then four different kinds of festivals that occur in most parts of the world. Encourage students to look at the pictures and the heading of each section to guess what the text might be about. Then let them skim for the general idea for each section, and scan for further understanding. Because this passage introduces a lot of useful new words and expressions which are only used for festivals, in order not to let students feel much difficult, the teacher should deal with any language problems while they are reading. After reading, students are required to do the four exercises in the Comprehending to see how much they have understood the reading passage. The teacher can first let them work in pairs or in groups to find the answers cooperatively, and then check their answers with the whole class.To consolidate the contents of the reading passage, students should be required to talk about festivals in their own words at the end of the class. In order to arouse students interest, the teacher can hold a competition between groups.教學(xué)重點(diǎn)1. Let students learn more about history and basic knowledge of festivals.2. Get students to learn different reading skills.教學(xué)難點(diǎn)1. Develop students reading ability.2. Enable students to talk about festivals and celebrations.三維目標(biāo)知識(shí)目標(biāo)1. Get students to learn the useful new words and expressions in this part: beauty, harvest, starve, origin, religious, ancestor, Mexico, feast, bone, belief, poet, arrival, gain, independence, gather, agriculture, award, rooster, admire, energetic, Easter, clothing, Christian, custom, take place, in memory of, dress up, play a trick on, look forward to, day and night, as though, have fun with2. Let students learn about history and basic knowledge of festivals both in and out of China.能力目標(biāo)1. Develop students reading ability and let them learn different reading skills.2. Enable students to talk about festivals and celebrations.情感目標(biāo)1. Stimulate students love for their own national culture and customs.2. Develop students sense of cooperative learning.教學(xué)過程設(shè)計(jì)方案(一)Step 1 Leading-inHave a free talk with students. Ask them the following questions:Did you have a good time in your winter holidays?When did you feel most happy and excited? Why?(At the Spring Festival. Because its the most important festival in our country. . . )Step 2 Warming up1. Let students brainstorm the other Chinese festivals.(Lantern Festival, Pure Brightness Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, New Years Day, Chung Yeung Festival. . . )2. Let students read the information about Chinese festivals below and discuss another three Chinese festivals:When does the festival come?What do people celebrate?What do people do?FestivalsDateFestivalsDateNew YearJanuary 1stTeachers DaySeptember 10thInternational Womens DayMarch 8thNational DayOctober 1stArbor DayMarch 12thThe Spring FestivalLunar New YearInternational Labor DayMay 1stDragon Boat Festivalthe fifth day of the fifth lunar monthInternational Childrens DayJune 1stMid-Autumn Festivalthe 15th day of the 8th lunar monthArmy DayAugust 1stLantern Festivalthe 15th day of the 1st lunar monthChinese Youth DayMay 4thPure Brightness DayApril the fifth3. Ask students to fill in the following form and ask some to share their opinions with the whole class. The first one is given as an example.FestivalsTime of year/dateWhat it celebratesWhat people doMid-Autumn Festivalautumn/fallthe beauty of the full moon, harvest, time with family and friendsgive/eat moon cakes and watch the full moon with family and friends4. Talk about some foreign festivals with students.(Christmas, April Fools Day, Easter, Halloween, Valentines Day, Thanksgiving Day, . . . )Step 3 Pre-reading1. Let students discuss the following questions:What festivals or celebrations do you have in your city or town? What part of a festival do you like bestthe activities, the music, the sights, the food or the people who visit?2. Ask students to look at the pictures and title of the passage in Reading. Discuss in pairs what kind of information will be introduced in the passage.Step 4 Reading1. Fast readingAsk students to skim the reading passage and then fill in the following chart.Kinds of FestivalsNames of FestivalsCountriesFestivalsFestivalsHarvestSpring(Let students look through the chart and then read the text silently. Three minutes later, check the answers with the whole class. Show the suggested answers on the screen. )2. Intensive readingAllow students to read carefully this time to understand the main ideas of each paragraph and the important details, and then finish the following:1)Choose the best answer to each question or to finish each sentence according to the text.(1)Why do Japanese people light lamps during the Festival of the Dead?A. Because they want to make the festival colorful.B. Because they want to light up their rooms.C. Because they want to light up their way.D. Because they want to lead their ancestors to return to earth.(2)Which of the following was not mentioned as a famous person in the text?A. Mohandas Gandi.B. Christopher Columbus.C. Abraham Lincoln.D. Qu Yuan.(3)The place where people will usually decorate churches and town halls with flowers and fruits is _.A. IndiaB. AmericaC. EuropeD. China(4)Easter is held in memory of the return of Jesus for Christians and also celebrates _.A. the coming of springB. the autumn harvestC. the Lunar New YearD. the end of a yearSuggested answers: (1)D(2)C(3)C(4)A2)Use the information from the reading passage to answer the following questions.(1)What are festivals of the dead usually for?(2)What makes autumn festivals happy events?(3)What do people usually do at spring festivals?(4)What is one important reason to have festivals and celebrations?(5)Compare the festivals of the dead in Mexico, Japan and China. What things are similar? What things are different?3. Reading and discussionRead the text a third time and then work in pairs to do the following.1)Based on the reading passage, what do most festivals seem to have in common? Why do you think these things might be important to people everywhere? Talk with your partner and fill in the chart below.Three common thingsReasons why they are important to people everywhere1.2.3.2)Discuss in pairs which festivals you think are the most important and which are the most fun. Then fill in the chart with your ideas.Type of festivalExample of festivalReasons for your choiceMost importantMost fun(Let students have enough time to read the passage carefully and discuss the questions and charts with their partners. Encourage them to expand their answers according to their own experiences. )4. ExplanationHelp students analyze some difficult, long and complex sentences and guess the meanings of some new words. Encourage them to try to deal with the language points in the context.Discuss the following important sentences and phrases in the passage.1)Some festivals are held to honour the dead, or to satisfy the ancestors, who might return either to help or to do harm.2)in memory of3)India has a national festival on October 2 to honour Mohandas Gandhi, the leader who helped gain Indias independence from Britain.4)People are grateful because their food is gathered for the winter and the agricultural work is over.5)The most energetic and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring.6)The country, covered with cherry tree flowers, looks as though it is covered with pink snow.Suggested explanations:1)The sentence contains a non-restrictive attributive clause who might return either to help or to do harm. It means people hold some festivals either to show respect to the dead or to make their ancestors happy in case they might come back to do harm.2)in memory of: serving to recall sb. , to keep him fresh in peoples mindsHe wrote a poem in memory of his dearest wife, who died in an accident.in honor of: showing great respect or high public regard3)the leader who helped gain Indias independence from Britain: a noun phrase followed by an attributive clause as the appositive4)two clauses for reason5)energy n. energetic adj. : full of or done with energylook forward to: “to” is a preposition here.Im looking forward to hearing from you.be devoted to; be/get used to; get down to; stick to. . .6)covered with cherry tree flowers: a past participle phrase equal to “which is covered with cherry tree flowers”as though: as ifHe talks as though he knew all about it.He looks as if he had seen a ghost.5. Reading aloud and underliningAsk students to read the passage aloud to the tape and let them pay attention to the pronunciation of each new word and the pauses within each sentence. Tell them to pick out all the useful expressions or collocations from the passage while reading and copy them to the notebook after class as homework.Step 5 ConsolidationAsk students to talk about festivals in their own words according to the text. Then let them complete the following passage with proper words or phrases.There are all kinds of festivals and _ around the world, which are held for different _. The ancient festivals were mainly held at three times a yearthe end of the cold _, planting in spring and _ in autumn. Some festivals are held to _ the dead or _ the ancestors, who might return either to help or _, while other festivals are held to honor famous people or to the _, such as Dragon Boat Festival, Columbus Day, and so on. Harvest and _ festivals are happy events because their food is _ for the winter and the _ work is over, to which Mid Autumn Festival belongs. And the most _ and important festivals are the ones that _ the end of winter and to the coming of _ such as the Lunar New Year, at which people have a very _.Suggested answers: celebrations; reasons; weather; harvest; honor; to satisfy; to do harm; gods; Thanksgiving; gathered; agricultural; energetic; look forward to; spring; good timeStep 6 Homework1. Learn the useful new words and expressions in this part by heart.2. Read the reading passage again and again and try to talk about festivals both in and out of China.設(shè)計(jì)方案(二)Step 1 Leading in the topic by learning vocabulary about festivals1. Make a circle on the blackboard and write the word “FESTIVAL” in it.2. Ask students, “We have learned festival. Can you name some festivals? ”3. Students list as many festivals as possible. Then the teacher adds some students cant think of, such as Halloween, Easter, Thanksgiving, Valentines Day.4. Let students read them aloud and try to learn them by heart.Step 2 Warming up by talking about festivalsWork in groups and list three more Chinese festivals that you know. Discuss when they take place, what they celebrate and what people do at that time. Then tell the group which festival is their favorite and why. FestivalsTime of year/dateWhat it celebratesWhat people doMid-Autumn Festivalautumn/fallthe beauty of the full moon, harvest, time with family and friendsgive/eat moon cakes and watch the full moon with family and friendsStep 3 Predicting by looking and discussing1. Look at the pictures and title of the reading passage and discuss in pairs what the passage might be about.2. Two or three students are to give their opinions.Step 4 Reading1. Give students 2 minutes, and ask them to skim the passage for information to tell if the following sentences are True or False.1)The ancient people neednt worry about their food. (F)2)Halloween used to be a festival intended to honor the dead. (T)3)Qu Yuan was a great poet who people honor a lot in China. (T)4)The Mid-autumn Festival is held to celebrate the end of autumn. (F)5)Easter celebrates the birth of Jesus. (F)2. Give students 5 minutes to read the passage carefully, and complete the chart according to the passage.Festivals of the DeadObon in Japan_HalloweenFestivals to Honor People_A national festival in_Harvest Festivals_ in European countries_ in China and JapanSpring Festivals_Carnivals in some Western countries_ in Japan3. Listening and reading aloudPlay the tape of the text for students and let them pay attention to the pronunciation of each new word and the pauses within each sentence. Then ask them to read the text aloud to the tape.Step 5 Closing down by spoken practice1. Have students get prepared in 3 minutes or so and then ask them to talk about festivals and celebrations.2. Ask as many students as possible to have a try in front of the class.Step 6 Homework1. Go over the text and try to learn all the useful words and expressions in this part by heart.2. Finish the exercises in Comprehending on Page 3.板書設(shè)計(jì)Unit 1Festivals around the worldFestivals and celebrationsKinds of FestivalsNames of FestivalsCountriesFestivalsFestivalsHarvestSpring活動(dòng)與探究Group discussion & speechAs is known from the reading passage, festivals of all kinds are celebrated around the world. Most festivals have celebrations that include food, music, clothing and dances. These events originated from some similar ideas, but they take different forms in different regions and societies. What festivals and celebrations do you know all over the world? Have you ever taken part in them and enjoyed yourself? Discuss festivals in groups and then make speeches.Step 1: The teacher divides the class into four groups and gives the tasks to students in each group. Group 1 will list the festivals around the world as many as possible, and then categorize them according to the origins of these festivals. And they should prepare for a short speech. Group 2 will discuss two traditional Chinese festivals and prepare for their presentation. Group 3 will discuss two Western festivals and pr