人教版高中英语必修3《Unit 1 Festivals around the world》教案
教学准备 教学目标
(1) 增进学生对中国节日的理解，了解和感悟外国的节日; (2) 提高学生的社会文化素质，加强跨国文化素质; (3) 培养学生运用资源策略。 教学重难点
(1) 本单元的生词和短语; (2) 掌握一些情态动词的基本用法;
(3) 了解有关节日和民俗，掌握有关词汇，如custom,religious等 。 教学工具 课件 教学过程
Step 1. Leading-in
Purpose: To activate Ss and arouse them to express their opinions about a festival.
Lead Ss to the content of this unit. Teacher may say, “Do you know what is called the Christmas of China? The Spring
Festival. Yes. The oldest and most important festival in China is the Spring Festival. Each country and each nation has its own festivals. Today we are going to learn something about the different festivals.” Step 2. Warming Up
1. Ask Ss to turn to P1 and work in groups to complete the form on P1.
2. Ask Ss to discuss festivals they have filled in the form and their importance to the society. After that, ask Ss to present their opinions to all classmates. Step 3. Pre-listening
Purpose: To help Ss learn about the context of the Listening text.
Ask Ss to talk about the following questions to get them prepared to listen to the reading text. 1. How many ancient festivals do you know?
2. Are foreign festivals different from Chinese festivals? In what part? Step 4. Listening
Purpose: To get the main information in the listening part.
To develop Ss’ listening ability
To learn some information about the festivals around the world.
Ask Ss to listen to the tape, focus on the subjects mentioned in the passage and then answer the following question.
1. How many kinds of festivals were mentioned in the text? Suggested Answer: Five. 2. What are they? Suggested Answer: Ancient Festivals Festivals of the Dead Festivals to Honor People Harvest Festivals Spring Festivals Step 5. Pre- reading
Divide Ss into groups of four and ask them to discuss the following questions.
1. What’s your favorite holiday of the year? Why?
2. What festivals or celebrations do you enjoy in your city or town? Do you like spending festivals with your family or with friends? What part of a festival do you like best---the music, the things to see, the visits or the food? Step 6. Fast reading
Ask Ss to read the text quickly and answer the following questions.
1. What are festivals of the dead usually for? 2. What make 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? Suggested Answers:
1. Festivals of the dead are for honoring or satisfying dead ancestors or others, who some people believe might return to help or harm living people.
2. Autumn festivals are happy events because people are thankful that food is ready for winter and the hard farm work is finished.
3. At spring festivals, people usually have dances, carnivals and other activities to celebrate the end of winter and the coming of spring.
4. It is important to have festivals and celebrations so we can enjoy life / be proud of our customs / forget our work for a little while.
5. The Chinese, Japanese and Mexican festivals of the dead all have customs to honour the dead. The Chinese and Japanese go to clean their ancestors’ graves, and the Mexican offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead. However, there are some differences. The Mexicans eat special food that looks like bones, something the Chinese and Japanese do not do. Step 7. Intensive reading
1. Ask Ss to read the text carefully and sum up the main idea of each part.
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.
人教版高中英语必修3《Unit 1 Festivals around the world》教案
