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　　Boonit 1
　　Festivals around the world
　　课时教案
　　Period 1   Warming up and reading
　　Teaching goals
　　1. To get the students to talt festivals
　　2. To learn about how festivals begin and how to celebrate festivals so as to enable them to learn more about different cultures while learning different language
　　3. To develop the students’ reading skills : skimming, scanning, summarizing, and finding out details.
　　4. To arouse the students’ interest in festivals, cultures, especially those in China，thus promote their culture awareness.
　　Important points
　　1. Comprehension of the reading part.
　　2. Knowledge accumulation of festivals and cultures.
　　3. Useful words and expressions concerning festivals.
　　Teaching aids
　　A computer, a projector, courseware, a tape-recorder
　　Teaching procedures
　　1. Lead-in
　　1) Greetings: T: Good morning, girls and boys. Happy New Year.
　　Ss: Good morning. Happy New Year.
　　2) Talt winter vacation:
　　T: Did you have fun/enjoy yourselves in the winter vacation? What did you do? Who’d like to tell us something about your winter vacation? Let’s share.
　　S1, S2, …
　　T: well, girls and boys, most of us seem to be happy during the winter vacation, old or young. The whole country was filled with joy and excitement. Can you tell me why?
　　Ss: Because of the Spring Festival.
　　2. Warming-up
　　1) Show some pictures about the Spring Festival and the Lantern Festival. Ask them to talt what they did during the two festivals.
　　T: Did you have fun during the Spring Festival/ the Lantern Festival? What do people do? What do people eat? What does it celebrate?
　　2) Show some more pictures of festivals, asdents to guess what festivals they are.
　　T: Look at the pictures, can you tell us which festival is it about? When does it take place? What do they celebrate? What do people do? Discuss with your partners.
　　The Dragon-boat Festival, Mid-autumn Day, and the Double Ninth Festival.
　　3) Well-done. In fact, there are plenty of festivals throughout the world, and different festivals take place in different cultures. Here you are given a quiz:
　　Festivals Time of Year/date What it celebrate What people do
　　Mid-autumn Festival autumn / fall The beauty of the full moon, harvest , time with family and friends. Give/Eat mooncakes and watch the full moon with family and friends.
　　Spring Festival January / February The end of winter, arrival of spring, Lunar New Year, reunion with family and relatives. Give money in red paper to children; see dragon dances; eat fish. prawns and dumplings; visit family members.
　　National Day October 1 The founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949. Take time off work; travel to visit family or to see other parts of China or the world; go shopping.
　　Dragon Boat Festival/Duanwu Festival The fifth day of the fifth month in lunar calendar The memory of the beloved poet Qu Yuan who died in 278 BC. Eat Zongzi; watch dragon boat races; throw rice wrapped in reed leaves into water in memory of Qu Yuan; put herbs on doorways for good health
　　3. Reading
　　1) Fast reading
　　T: Got it. You seem to know many festivals of China. But do you other festivals in different countries and how these festivals began? What do people do to celebrate? Luckily, the passage provides you much information. Read the passage quickly and find out the festivals mentioned here:
　　Festivals of the Dead; Festivals to Honour People; Harvest Festivals; Spring Festivals
　　2) Now, let’s get to know more about these festivals, listen to the tape and find out the information accordingly to fill in the form and answer the questions: