Period 1. Reading

Festivals and Celebrations

Student’s level: Senior Grade 1

Teaching aims:

1. to know more about various festivals around the world;

2. to learn some new words;

3. to improve student’s reading ability.

Teaching focus:

1. to grasp some useful words and phrases;

2. knowledge accumulation of festival and cultures.

Teaching difficulties:

1. to talk about festivals and celebrations;

2. how to use the modal verbs.

Teaching aids:

1. multi-meddia;

2. tape.

Teaching methods:

1. intensive reading;

2. pair work;

3. group work.

Teaching steps:

StepⅠ Lead-in

1. what is festival?

2. Please list all the traditional festivals in China that you know.

3. Choose three of them and discuss in groups when they take place, what they celebrate and what people do at that time.

Festival Time of year What it celebrates What people do

StepⅡ Pre-reading

Look at the pictures on Page 1 and Page 2 and the title of the passege. And then, work in pairs to discuss what kind of information will be introduced in the passage.

StepⅢ While-reading

1. Skimming

﹙1﹚ Listen to the tape carefully and check if you were right.

﹙2﹚ After listening, try to catch the main idea of the passage.

2. Scanning

Read the passage carefully and then:

﹙1﹚ Do Comprehending Exercise-1;

﹙2﹚ Answer the questions on Page3.

StepⅣ Post-reading

1. After learning the passage, work in pairs to complete Comprehending Exercise-3 and 4.

2. Write a composition to introduce your favorite festival.

StepⅤ Homework

1. read the passage carefully after class;

2. try to find something that you can’t understand in the passage;