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　　uint1 Reading教学设计
　　Teaching goals 教学目标
　　1. Target language 目标语言
　　a. 重点词汇和短语
　　Beauty harvest celebration starve origin religious ancestor Mexico feast bone belief trick poet arrival gain independence gather agriculture award rooster admire energetic Easter clothing Christian custom worldwide
　　b. 重点句子
　　They lit fires and made music because they thought these festivals would bring a year of plenty.
　　They might include parades, dancing in the streets day and night, loud music and colorful clothing of all kinds.
　　Some festivals are held to honor the dead, or satisfy and please the ancestor, who could return either to help or to do harm.
　　On this important feast day, people might eat food in the shape of skulls, and cakes with "bones" on them.
　　Another is Columbus Day in the USA, in memory of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in America.
　　2. Ability goals能力目标
　　To enable the students to know the earliest festivals with reasons for them and four different kinds of festivals that occur in most parts of the world.
　　Enable the students to master some English expressions and phrases about festivals.
　　3. Learning ability goals学能目标
　　Teach the basic reading skills: skimming and scanning.
　　Try to compare and make conclusions of different festivals.
　　Teaching important points 教学重点
　　Talt all kinds of festivals.
　　Teaching methods 教学方法
　　Fast reading, task-based method & discussion
　　Teaching aids 教具准备
　　A computer, a projector, and a tape recorder
　　Teaching procedures 教学过程
　　Step I Revision
　　1. Greetings.
　　2. Review the new words of this part.
　　3. Check the students’ homework---festivals.
　　Do you know these festivals?
　　When do they take place? lunar calendar
　　Show the pictures on the screen.
　　Pre-reading
　　1. What festivals or celebrations do you have in