Unit 1 Festivals around the world (Book III)
Reading for writing名师教学设计
第五课时（Reading for writing） 1. Teaching analysis 教情分析 Teaching objectives-教学目标 knowledge objectives 知识目标
Important words and Expressions重点词汇和短语
For applying: turn up, keep her word, hold one’s breath, apologize, obvious, fall in love, weep, set off for, remind somebody of something, forgive, be/get married to, throw away, be prepared to
For comprehending: heart-broken, fool, drown one’s sadness in coffee, wipe, couple, make a bridge of their wrings, warm up, weave, Valentine, Sentence Patterns 重点句子
①It was obvious that the manager of the coffee shop was waiting for him to leave—he wiped the tables, then sat down and turned on the TV—just what Li Fang needed! P7
②“I’ll just throw these flowers and chocolates away. I don’t want them to remind me of her.\
③It was Valentine’s Day and Hu Jin had said she would meet him at the coffee shop after work. P7
④She could be with her friends right now laughing at him. P7
⑤She said she would be there at seven o’clock, and he thought she would keep her word. P7
⑥He would drown his sadness in coffee. P7 ⑦ “We could be like that,” thought Li Fang. P7
⑧ Magpies make a bridge of their wings so the couple can cross the river to meet on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month. P7
⑨It’s a fine day today, so I hope you can all meet the one you love. P7
⑩What would he do … She would never forgive him. This would not be a happy Valentine’s Day! P7 Ability goals 能力目标
Enable the students to read the passage fast to get the main idea. Enlarge their expressions and knowledge about the topic of festivals. Learning ability goals学能目标
Learn to compare the festivals in China and in western countries and to know that people in different countries and in different times may celebrate similar festivals in different ways.
Important & difficult teaching points-教学重点 Important teaching points-教学重点
Different festivals about a love story and then write a different ending for the story.
How to describe a festival Difficult teaching points-教学难点
How to describe a festival using the words and expressions just learnt.
2. Student analysis学情分析 Fundamental state基本情况
通过前面的几个课时的学习，学生对世界各地的节日庆祝活动已比较熟悉，加之学生对中国传统节日也比较熟悉，这就为本节课的阅读和写作练习奠定了良好基础。
Knowledge reserve知识储备
学生已积累了较为丰富的表达节日庆祝活动的词汇和语句，更何况前面的听说活动中已口头描述过中国传统节日，因此学生已具备较好的书面描述节日的能力。
在前面的听说活动和阅读活动中，学生已进行过中外节日的对比，对中外节
日文化的差异已有所了解，加之Reading and Writing部分又为学生提供了阅读输入的机会，让学生在对比中外情人节的过程中打开了思路，激发了灵感，因此要完成故事结尾的续写也基本顺理成章。
Class data本班实际（略）
3. Teaching methods教法建议
discourse analytical method语篇分析法、 question and answer method问答法， task-based teaching method任务型教学法， group cooperation research approach小组合作探究法
4. Teaching Aids教学辅助
blackboard and chalk, computer or ipad, projector
5. Teaching procedures-教学进程 Lead-in and warming-up-引入与激趣
(Pick out the use of modal verbs one by one, checking the use of them. ---seeing knowledge objectives)
Reading and writing
Read the passage to get the answers for exercise 1 individually. Discuss the answers and write out them in complete sentences. Further understanding of the story. True or false
①Because her most lovely daughter got married to a human secretly, the Goddess got very angry. F (her granddaughter)
②Zhinü was made to return to Heaven without her husband and they were only allowed to meet each other once a year on the seventh day of the tenth lunar month.
F (on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month)
③The girl Li Fang loved and waited for didn’t turn up. But he didn’t lose heart. F (He lost heart, because he was not going to hold his breath for her to apologize, and he would drown his sadness in coffee.)
④Hu Jin kept her word and had been waiting for Li Fang for a long time with a gift for him. T
Read again and answer the questions:
①How did Li fang know the manager was waiting for him to leave ②Why did Li Fang throw away the flowers and chocolates ③Why was Li Fang so worried at the end of the story
④Do you think Li Fang is sure about his love for Hu jin How about Hu jin ⑤What is the reason why Li Fang and Hu Jin did not meet on time
Some more questions to discuss:
①If you were Li Fang, what would you have done when Hu Jin didn’t turn up ②If you were Hu jin, what would you do
③What will happen next Do you think they will have a happy Valentine’s day
Write your own ending to the story
Make an ending of the story in groups of happy ending and sad ending, choosing the most moving story, the best well-written story, the most surprising ending, the most humorous story, etc.
Present the ending of the story in groups, and choose the most moving story, the best well-written story, the most surprising ending, the most humorous story.
Listening & writing
Listen for the names of the festivals
Look at the pictures on P45 and write out the festival names for each picture. Listen to the tape and check the answers(exercise 1).
Listen for the information of the festivals
Listen to the tape and find out the answers to the questions of exercise 2. Check the answers and talk more about the festivals.
Create a new festival(or think of a familiar festival) and write a passage to introduce it to us.
Get Ss familiar with how to describe a festival, with the help of speaking task on P46.
Prepare a short report about the festival, trying to use the words and expressions learnt in this unit
Get some SS to present the report to the class, pointing out the shortcomings and reminding them to add the points of keeping or passing on traditions.
Talking and sharing -讨论与分享（含自我总结与评价） 6. 课后作业
Text interpretation-Difficult sentence structure
Improve & beautify your report, handing in together with the draft.
Collect the information about an unfamiliar festival either at home or abroad, including the basic items and some special features.
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