Ⅰ.Topic:

Festivals,Holidays&Celebrations

Ⅱ.Textbook

八上 unit 1 Where did you go on vacation?

九全 Unit2 I think that mooncakes are delicious.

Ⅲ.Learning Aims:

1.Review the festivals and the useful expressions about them.

2.Talk about the festivals using the sentence structures.

3.Review the simple past tense and the objective clauses.

4.Take interest in joining in all kinds of activities.

5.Catch the information in the discourse.

6.Cherish and protect our traditional festivals.

Ⅳ.Important and difficult points.

1.Memorize the details of various festivals.

2.Learn more about the cultural connotation of various festivals.

3.Inherit Chinese culture.

Ⅴ.Teaching Procedures:

Step1.Lead in.

1.Present some pictures of the festivals and lead to today’s topic.

2.Listening: What are they talking about?

(The Water Festival.)

3.Brainstorms:Thinking

a. What Chinese festival do you know?

b. What Western festival do you know?

Step2.Dates of the festivals.

1.Listening:

A:When is the Lantern Festival in China？

B:It’s... .

2. Task1:Finish the survey about the festivals.

Write the dates of the listed festivals.

3.Pairwork:

A:When is …？

B:It is on/in… /It is celebrated in/on…

It happens on… /People celebrate it on/in…

It falls on/in…

Step3. Food of the festivals.

1.Show a passage about the food of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and then fill in the blanks.

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1. Work on the objective clauses.

Have students observe the given objective clauses, and then go over the rules of the clauses.

2. Task2: Correct the following sentences.

Pay attention to the tense,the guide words,the word order.

3. Pairwork:

A:What do people usually eat on….?

B:People usually enjoy ... on

They think the food is ... .

They think it can... .

Step4.The activities of the festivals.

1. Task3: According to the pictures, finish the passage.

Instruct them to use the simple past tense.

2. Groupwork:

Ask students to think about: What do people usually do on….?

List the Ways of Celebrations and Things people did in their group.

Then memorize the ways and things in 3 minutes.

Step5.The meaning of the festivals.

1.Task4:Match the festivals with the meaning.

2.Talking: The meaning of ...is...

Step6.The opinions of the festivals.

Have students work in pairs to tell people about their ideas about the opinions of the festivals.

A:What do you think of …?

B: I …

A: What do you like best about the …?

B: I love the ... I think that they’re ...

Step 7.Before writing.

1.Task5:Finish a passage about the Double Ninth Festival.

2.Groupwork: According to the passage, design some questions with your group members.

Step 8.While writing.

1. Thinking: How to introduce the festivals?

2. Analyze the title and the structure: Write a letter to your pen pal and tell him/her about your favorite festival.

3. Give students 10 minutes to finish their passage, using the given sentences.

Step 9.After writing.

1. Showing time.

2.Moral Education: Strive to express Chinese culture in the international way，tell China’s stories well, convey China’s voice positively, and expound China’s characteristics clearly.

Step 10.Homework.

1.Polish your passage.

2.Inherite Chinese culture and build cultural confidence.

ⅵ.Blackboard Design.

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撰稿：秦琳

编辑：郝晓娟

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