Teaching design：
Unit 3 lesson 1 ：Festivals
Teaching goals:
1. 2. 3. 4.
Read the passage and get to know the general information about the three festivals. Learn to use some vocabulary about festivals.
To practise the reading strategies: skimming and scanning Make students voice theirs opinions about more festivals.
Teaching procedure:
Step1. Pre-reading:
Greeting &Leading-in：
Greet the students and review the warm-up and lead to the two questions: (1) What’s your favorite season?
(2) What festivals are there during your favorite season? Step 2. While-reading
1. Fast-reading
Read the texts quickly. Match the pictures with the festivals.
Picture B Mid-Autumn Festival Picture A Dragon Boat Festival Picture C Lantern Festival
2. Careful-reading 1. Scan
Get the students to the passage A and answers the following questions: 1) When is the Mid- Autumn Festival celebrated?
2) What do people like to do and eat during this festival? 2. Read for details
Next, read passage B in three minutes, and then answer questions as well.
1. When does the Lantern Festival fall? 2. What does the lantern Festival mark?
3. What were Lanterns usually lit by in the past? What about nowadays? 4. What is the special food on the Lantern Festival?
3. Read passage C and try to describe this festival in your own words. Key words:
The Dragon Boat Festival falls on…. It marks….
Dragon Boat Festival starts….
It is a special occasion for people …. The special food for the festival is…..
4. Read three articles carefully and complete the table below.
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Festivals Season＆date/month Typical activity or food Special meaning The Mid-Autumn Festival The Dragon Boat Festival The Lantern Festival 5. do some multiple choices
1．According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE? A．On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the moon is its biggest and brightest.
B．The special food for the Mid-Autumn Festival is the moon cake.
C．The Dragon Boat Festival falls on the fifth day of the fifth month of the year and it marks the beginning of summer.
D．The Lantern Festival marks the end of winter and the beginning of spring. 2．The special food for the Lantern Festival is ________.
A．dumplings B．zongzi C．moon cakes D．sweet dumplings
3．Which adjective can be used properly to describe the three festivals mentioned in this lesson? A．Cheerful. B．Sorrowful. C．Thankful. D．Grateful.
4．The three festivals mentioned in this lesson have the following common features EXCEPT ________.
A．that they all have their special foods
B．that they are all traditional Chinese festivals C．that they are only popular with the Chinese
D．that they are all celebrated according to the lunar calendar 5．Which of the following festivals takes place in summer? A．The Lantern Festival. B．The Dragon Boat Festival. C．Christmas. D．Halloween. Step4 Discussion and speaking
Work in groups, learn to describe one of your favorite festivals. how to describe a festival by asking them some questions:
Q1:What us it called? Q2: When is it celebrated? Q3: How is it celebrated? Q4: What is eaten?
Q5: What music is played? Q6:What are the stories about it?
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Step5: Homework
1. Do Exercises 5, 6 and 7 on page 37. 2. Read the texts more times.
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