Transcript Module3 Unit1 Festivals Around the World 2007 阅读课整体教学设计 上虞中学 周梅珍

Module3 Unit1 Festivals Around the World
阅读课整体教学设计
上虞中学 周梅珍
2007年8月20日
Module 3 Unit 1 Festivals around the world
一、Analysis of Unit 1
二、Goals of Unit 1
三、Teaching demands
四、Teaching periods
五、Teaching procedures（Period 2)
一、Analysis of Unit 1
Warming Up:List five Chinese festivals
Pre-reading:Two questions
Reading:Introduce five kinds of festivals and celebrations
Comprehending: Three comprehending exercises
Learning about Language:Discovering useful words and expressions
Discovering useful structures
Using Language:Listening,Speaking,Reading &Writing
Summing Up:Write down something about festivals around the world.
Useful words,phrases and grammar
二、Goals of Unit 1
语言技能 Language Skills
 听、说、读、写
语言知识 Language Items
 语音、词汇、语法、功能、话题
情感态度 Emotions and Attitudes
 兴趣、动机、自信、合作
学习策略 Learning Strategies
 认知、调控、交际、资源
文化意识 Cultural Awareness
 英语国家的文化、中外文化比较
三、Teaching demands
1.Words and phrases in the unit.
2.Basic use of modal verbs:can/could/,may/
Basic demands might,will/would, shall,should,must/can’t.
3.Know about five kinds of festivals.
1.Use the modals verbs can/could/,may/might,will/
would, shall,should,must/can’t freely.
Further demands 2.Have a deep understanding about the festivals in
the unit.
3.Be able to introduce some important Chinese festiva
customs orally.
四、Teaching Periods
Period 1 Period2 Period3 Period4
Period5 Period6
Listening
&
Speaking
Intensive Language Integrating Grammar Listening
Reading Learning Skill
&Reading
Warmingup,
Listening,
Talking(W
B)
Prereading,
reading&
Compreh
ending
Learning
about
language
&Using
words and
expressio
ns(WB)
Using
language(
Listening,
Speaking,
Reading&
Writing)
Discoveri
ng useful
structures
/Using
structures
&Writing
task(WB)
Listenin
g
task&Re
ading
task
Reading for what:
Reading for Details把握细节
Reading for Paragraph Organization段落整体阅读
Reading for Main Ideas读出中心思想
Distinguishing Facts from Opinions辨别事实与观点
Understanding Purpose and Tone 理解作品传达的作者的写作目的
和语气
Making Inferences 进行推论
Context Clues to Word Meaning 通过上下文线索识别词义
How to read
---Developing Reading Skills
Reading Speed阅读速度
Pictures/diagrams
Prediction
Sub-titles
The first sentence or the last sentence in
the first para
Developing Skimming Skill 快速“略读”技能
Developing Scanning Skill 有效“寻读”技能
表层理解(literal
comprehension)
理解程度
深层理解(inferential
comprehension)
评价性理解(critical
comprehension)
五、Teaching procedures
Period 2 Pre-reading,Reading &Comprehending
Step 1.Lead in(Brain-storm)
Step 2.Pre-reading
Step 3.Reading:
1.Skimming
2.Scanning
3.Close reading
Step 4.Output
Step 5.Homework
Unit 1(Module 3)
Festivals and Celebrations
Step 1.Brain-storming(Team work)
A.A competition(Name Chinese festivals)
Lantern Festival
New Year’s Day
Women’s Day
National Day
Army Day
Chinese festivals
and holidays
Mid-autumn Festival
May Day
Children’s Day
Dragon Boat Festival
Name some foreign festivals
Christmas Day
Thanksgiving Day
Mother’s Day
Valentine’s Day
Foreign festivals
Father’s Day
Halloween
Easter
April Fool’s Day
B.A game:
Describe the pictures and guess which
festival it is.
Christmas Day
• On December 25th
• It is the birthday of
Jesus Christ
• Go to the parties and
churches , give cards
and presents to our
friends and relatives
Valentine’s Day
• In February
• People send
roses and cards
to the people they
love.
Dragon Boat
Festival • In June
• The day that the
poet Qu Yuan
died
• Eat rice
dumplings and
watch boat races
Ching Ming
Festival
• In April
• The day we
remember our
dead relatives
• Visit graves
Mid-autumn
Festival
• In September
• The day we enjoy
the full moon
• Play lanterns and eat
moon cakes
Lantern Festival
on the fifteenth day of
the new year ( 15th, in
the lunar calendar)
lanterns: symbols of
good fortune,
happiness and health.
“dragon” and “lion ”
dances
Step 2.Pre-reading
1.What’s you favourite holiday of the
year?
2.What festivals or celebrations do
you enjoy in your city or town?
Step 3.Reading
A.Skimming
How many kinds of festivals are mentioned in the text?
What are they?
Ancient Festivals
Festivals of the Dead
Five
Festivals to Honour People
Harvest Festivals
Spring Festivals
B.Scanning:1.Fill in the following table
Festivals of
the Dead
Names of festivals
Obon
The Day of the Dead
Halloween
Countries
Japan
Mexico
Festivals to
Honour
People
The Dragon Boat Festival
Columbus Day
Mahatma Gandhi Day
China
America
India
Harvest
Festivals
Thanksgiving Festival
Mid-autumn Festival
China/Japan
Spring
Festivals
Spring Festival
Carnivals
Easter
The Cherry Blossom Festival
China
Japan
2.Answer the following questions:
1.When did ancient people celebrate?
Part 1
When
2.How did they celebrate?
3.Why did they celebrate?
Most ancient festivals would celebrate the end of______________,
the cold weather
planting
in spring
harvest
in autumn Other celebrations were held
______________and
______________.
when
hunters could catch animals
______________________________.
How
fires
made music
They lit
______and___________.
Why
They thought these festivals would__________________.
bring a year of plenty
Part 2
1.What are festivals of the dead for?
They are to honour our ancestors / to
make our ancestors happy so they
won’t harm us / to satisfy our
ancestors
2. How do Japanese honour their ancestors?
They have a festival called Obon, when people
should go to clean the graves and light incense to
honour their ancestors. They light lamps and play
music.
3. What do the people in Mexico do in
memory of the dead?
They offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead on
the Day of the Dead. People might eat certain food
on that day.
Obon
in Japan
The Day of the
Dead
In
Mexico
Pumpkin head
Halloween
The night of October 31st, when it
was believed that the spirits of
dead people appeared, and which
is now celebrated in the US by
children, who dress as witches
and ghosts.
Halloween Masks
Part 3
1.Why does India have a national festival on
October 2?
To honour Mahatma Gandhi, the leader
who helped gain India’s independence
from Britain.
2. Why do the Chinese have the Dragon
Boat Festival?
To honour the ancient poet Qu Yuan.
3. What do people do on this day? Why?
They have a rowing competition on the boats which
are decorated as dragons and they eat Zongzi.
It is said that people wanted to save Qu Yuan by boat.
They offer zongzi to him without worrying that it
would be eaten by fish.
Dragon Boat Festival
Columbus Day
National Festival
China
USA
India
Part 4
1.Why are autumn festivals happy events?
People are grateful for the harvest / for the
end of the agricultural work / the end of
the hard work on the farms .People are
happy that they will have food for the year.
2.What do people do on Thanksgiving?
decorate churches and town hall.
get together to have meals.
win awards for crops and animals.
church
rooster
watermelon
Part 5
1. Name three things people do at spring festival.
People eat, dance, play and listen to music, visit
family members ,have parade ,give and receive
gifts.
2. What is one important reason to have festivals
and celebrations.
To have a break from daily life, to celebrate our
customs / our history / our heroes, to enjoy
meeting family and friends, to eat special food, to
have fun with each other
3. What does Easter celebrate?
It celebrates the return of Jesus for
Christians and it also celebrates the
coming of spring.
4. Do you know the symbols of Easter?
Easter eggs and Easter Bunnies.
Easter
The most important
holiday in spring, especially
for Christians(n.基督徒), is
Easter. This Christian holiday
is not on the same date every
year, but it’s always on a
Sunday. It can be any Sunday
between March 22 and April
25.
Cherry Blossom Festival
(March 15- April 15)
C.Post-reading
A.Questions
1. What’s the main idea of the passage?
Give one sentence to describe it.
The passage is mainly about different
festivals and the ways of celebrations and
also the reasons why people celebrate
them all over the world.
2. What can we learn from the passage?
B.Discussion
Which kind of festivals do you
think is the most important and
which is the most fun?
Festivals and celebrations
Ancient
Festivals
why
how
the end of the cold winter;planting in spring and
harvest in autumn
light fire and make music
Festivals
why
of the dead
how
to honour the dead or satisfy and please the
ancestors
light lamps, play music, eat food in the shapes of
skulls and cakes with bones, go to their neighbors to
ask for sweets,dress up
Festivals to
honour
why
people
how
for their great contributions to the societyor the
country
Harvest
Festivals
Food is gathered for the winter. A season of
agricultural work is over.
decorate churches and town halls, get together to
have big meals, admire the moon and eat mooncakes
why
how
Spring
Festivals
why
how
Dragon boat racing, eat zongzi
celebrate the end of winter and the coming of spring
eat delicious food; have exciting carnivals
Step 4.Output:(group work)
Work in groups and create your own festival
and then report it to the other students.
Name of the festivals:
Date:
Meaning:
Why is it celebrated?
How is it celebrated:
Step5.Homework:
1. Read the text again and underline
some important phrases and difficult
sentences.
2.Write an invitation using the
information about the festival you have
created.
Four eyes see more than two. ---集思广益
Two heads are better than one.---三个臭皮匠顶个诸葛亮。
Teach others to fish and they will fish for a lifetime.---授人
以鱼，不如授人以渔.
Thanks for your attention!
六、体会与思考
1.注重精、泛读结合，逐步培养学生的阅读理解能力
2.要以单元为整体,合理安排课时
3.要重视集体备课,发挥集体的力量
4.注意新观念与老传统相结合的方法。为用而学，在 用中学。
5.注重学法指导，牢记“授人以鱼，不如授人以渔”。