Unit 1 Festivals around the world

1. Unit 1 Festivals around the world The Attached Middle School of Fuyang Normal College Liu Ruigang

2. Analysis of the teaching materials Analysis of the students Three dimensional goals Important and difficult points Teaching methods Teaching procedures Unit 1 Festivals around the world

3. Analysis of the teaching materials 1. Topic: Festivals and Celebrations Analysis of the students It is the first teaching period in an very important positions in this unit. 2. Position: Three dimensional goals Important and difficult points It can lay a solid foundation for students further learning. 3. Function: Teaching methods Teaching procedures Unit1 Festivals around the world

4. Analysis of the teaching materials Flexible and creative in thinking In the novice level of English Characteristic: Characteristic: Analysis of the students Their vocabulary Expressive ability Learning strategies Problem-solving skills Critical thinking Three dimensional goals Important and difficult points Enhancements: Enhancements: Teaching methods Teaching procedures Unit1 Festivals around the world

5. Knowledge and skills Analysis of the teaching materials 1. The students learn some new words and expressions by guessing in the context. 2. The Ss will be able to apply the information or language they acquired from the lesson to communicating in their real life. Analysis of the students Process and methods Three dimensional goals 1. The students predict the content of the reading passage. 2. The students skim the passage to get the main idea and scan the passage to extract some specific information. 3. The Ss output what they have learned. Important and difficult points Teaching methods Emotion—attitude and value 1. The students will develop right viewpoints on our own festivals and the western festivals. 2. The students develop the sense of cooperative learning. Teaching procedures Unit1 Festivals around the world

6. Analysis of the teaching materials Important points: Analysis of the students Get the hang of the reading passage Master new words and expressions Three dimensional goals Difficult points: Important and difficult points Analyze the writing style Know the general features of this kind of articles Teaching methods Teaching procedures Unit1 Festivals around the world

7. Analysis of the teaching materials Teaching methods: Communicative teaching method Task-based teaching method Analysis of the students Three dimensional goals Important and difficult points Functions: Incorporate communicative functions of language and the student-centered concept Teaching methods Teaching procedures Unit1 Festivals around the world

8. Leading in Leading in Leading in Leading in Leading in Leading in Analysis of the teaching materials Warming up Warming up Warming up Analysis of the students Pre-reading Pre-reading Pre-reading Pre-reading Three dimensional goals Fast reading Fast reading Fast reading Fast reading Important and difficult points Careful reading Teaching methods Consolidation Teaching procedures Homework Unit1 Festivals around the world

9. Show a picture of Qu Yuan and a calendar to lead in the topic of this unit, festival. Leading in Teaching procedures Purpose: This design is to lead in the topic of the lesson vividly.

10. Warming up Let the students talk about some festivals in and abroad and what people do during the festivals freely. Teaching procedures Purpose: Free talking can create a relaxing atmosphere and broaden their thinking.

11. Pre-reading Ask the students to look at the title and pictures of the reading passage to predict the main idea of it. Purpose: This design aims to enable the students to make reasonable predictions with the help of the title and pictures. Predictions can draw forth their existing knowledge and make students more eager to read the text . Teaching procedures

12. Fast reading 1. Skim the passage to check their predictions and conclude the general idea of the whole passage. 2. Help the students divide the passage into several parts and get the main idea of each part. Teaching procedures

13. Fast reading 3. Scan and find out four kinds of festivalsand answer what these festivals are. Festivals of the Dead Festivals to Honour People Harvest Festivals Spring Festivals Teaching procedures

14. Fast reading 3. Scan and find out four kinds of festivalsand answer what these festivals are. 1) What are Festivals of the Dead? 2) What are Festivals to Honour People? 3) What are Harvest Festivals? 4) What are Spring Festivals? Purpose: By skimming and scanning, students needn’t read the passage word by word but search for keysentences or words to have a thorough understanding of the passage. Teaching procedures

15. Careful reading Careful reading Careful reading Guessing Guessing Guessing Guess the new words in the context. admire I admire Justin Bieber so much that I’llattend his concert. Teaching procedures

16. Careful reading Guessing Guess the new words in the context. starve ancestor poet agricultural Christian Line 5 Line 10 Line 23 Line 30 Line 42 Purpose: To help the students learn the target language in the context. Grasping this skill can improve the students’ abilities in autonomous learning and inquiring learning. Teaching procedures

17. Careful reading Comprehending 1. Ask the students to read the four kinds of festivals and then finish some tasks. Festivals of the Dead Teaching procedures

18. Careful reading Comprehending 2. Ask the students to read the four kinds of festivals and then finish some tasks. Festivals to Honour People 1) Who are mentioned? 2) Why do people honour them? Teaching procedures

19. Careful reading Comprehending 3. Ask the students to read the four kinds of festivals and then finish some tasks. Harvest Festivals / Spring Festivals 1).There are dragon boat races and carnivals at the Spring Festivals in China. 2). Easter usually falls in February. 3). When Japan’s Cherry Blossom Festival comes, the country was covered with snow. Teaching procedures Purpose: To make sure students have a good command of the detailed information in the passage and improve their reading abilities in solving problems.

20. Consolidation Read and fill in the blanks. Christmas Many people think that Christmas is a western _____________, but in fact it is really a worldwide holiday. Christmas started as a__________festival celebrated by ___________ around the world. Its ________ is around the 3rd or 4th century AD, when the ________ of remembering Jesus’ birth on Dec. 25th first started. Today , many people celebrate Christmas ___________ it were just a holiday to ___________ family, rather than a holiday about a ___________. Teaching procedures

21. Consolidation Discussing: 1. Why do people celebrate festivals? 2. What’s the writing style of the passage? 3. What’s the structure of the passage? Teaching procedures

22. Consolidation Creating: Purpose: The tasks in this part help the students apply what they have learnt to practice. Teaching procedures

23. Homework No homework! Purpose: Now that this unit is about festivals and celebrations, I create a festival for my students No Homework Day to let them have a nice day. Teaching procedures

24. Teaching procedures Blackboard design Unit 1 Festivals around the world Festivals and celebrations Writing style: Expository writing Structure: Part 1:Introduction Part 2: subtitles Part 3: Conclusion Purpose: To leave a deep impression on students

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