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1、Educational objectives:1. Use predicting, skimming and scanning strategies in their future reading;2. Compare and make conclusions of different festivals.Teaching MethodsDiscussion, pair work, task-based activitiesProceduresStage 1: pre-readingStep 1 （3 mins）:Questions: （Purpose: create expectation

2、and arouse students interests）1. What festivals or celebrations do you have in your city or town?2. Do you know how many Chinese festivals? What are they?3. Which festival do you like best? Why?T: Before our class, I have some questions for you. The first one, what festivals or celebrations do you h

3、ave in your city or town? Any volunteer?S1: Double Ninth Festival, New Years Day, Lantern Festival Good. The second question, do you know how many Chinese festivals?S2: National Day, Fathers Day, Childrens Day, Mothers Day, May Day, Teachers Day, Army Day Yes, very good. Next question is very easy,

4、which festival do you like best?S3: I like Spring Festival best, because at Spring Festival we dont need to go to school, we can stay at home to relax.S4: I like May Day best, because its neither cold nor hot, my family and I usually climb mountains together. Good, I think everyone has his or her ow

5、n opinions. Every festival is meaningful.Step 2 （3 mins）:Predicting: get students mind closer to the theme of the text to be read）What can you see in the picture?What are people doing in the picture?Can you guess what festival they are celebrating?. Just now we talked about some festivals that we ar

6、e familiar with, right? But today, I just want to share some festivals from different countries with you. Some of them may be new to you. Now lets turn to page 1. In this reading passage, we can see four pictures. What is the first one?Ss: Wangguo festival? Yes, its Wangguo festival. It is the harve

7、st festival in Tibet. Then, what can you see in the second picture? Can you guess what festival they are celebrating? Halloween. Yes, very good. Then what festival is in the third picture? Dragon Boat Festival. Then, the fourth one? Its Spring Festival. Yes, very good. So, from these four pictures,

8、the title “Festivals and Celebrations” and four subtitles “Festivals of the Dead”, “Festivals to Honor People”, “Harvest Festivals”, “Spring Festivals”, can you guess what the whole passage is about? Festivals. Yes, it is about different kinds of festivals. Just now, we use our known knowledge, titl

9、es and pictures to predict what this text is about. In this way, we can understand the text better while reading. So, next time you can predict before you read, then, youll become a better reader. Do you have any questions? No. No? Good, lets move to while-reading.Stage 2: while-readingStep 1 （5 min

10、s）:Skimming: make students reading more directed and easier; help students move from learning to read to reading to learn）Question: Use one sentence to summarize each paragraph.Suggested answers:Para 1: How festivals and celebrations of all kinds begin and why they begin;Para 2: How festivals of the

11、 Dead are celebrated in different countries;Para 3: Festivals can be held to honor people;Para 4: How Harvest and Thanksgiving festivals are celebrated;Para 5: How spring festivals are celebrated in different countries;Para 6: The advantages of festivals. Now, lets read the whole passage for the fir

12、st time by skimming. Then discuss with your partner, use one sentence to summarize each paragraph. You are given 3 minutes to finish this task. Now, lets start.（3 minutes later.） Time is up. Does anyone want to share your answers with the whole class? Step 2 （5 mins）:Scanning:Exercise 2:1） What are

13、festivals of the dead usually for?2） What makes autumn festivals happy events?3） What do people usually do at spring festivals?4） What is one important reason to have festivals and celebrations?1） Festivals of the dead are held for honoring or satisfying dead ancestors or others, who some people bel

14、ieve 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

15、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. Just now, we get the main idea of this article. Now, we need to read this text again, then do exercise 2. This time, you need to use scanning. Cle

16、ar? Yes. Ok, lets start, you are given 3 minutes to finish this task.（3 minutes later.）Step 3 （2mins）:True or False:1） The ancient people neednt worry about their food. 2） Halloween used to be a festival intended to honor the dead. 3） Qu Yuan was a great poet who people honor a lot in China. 4） Mid-

17、autumn Festival is held to celebrate the end of autumn. 5） Easter celebrates the birth of Jesus. Keys: F T T F F Now, according to what you read just now, lets do exercise True or False. The first one, the ancient people neednt worry about their food. Is that true? No, its false. Where did you find

18、the answer? In paragraph 1. Yes, food was difficult to find in ancient times, so people were worried about food. Right? Ok, the second one, true or false? True.Step 4 （4 mins）:Complete the table: transition devices make use of visual aids so that information in text form is visualized. Visualization

19、 can help second language learners to comprehend meaning while reading. TD is a basis for further oral language practice） We have read this article twice, and we have learnt that this is about 4 kinds of festivals, right? So, now you are given 4 minutes to complete this table according to the text.

20、If you have any questions, you may ask me for help.Kinds of FestivalsNames of FestivalsCountries What Do People Usually DoWhy to CelebrateFestivals of the DeadObonJapanDay of the DeadMexicoHalloween Some Western countriesFestivals to Honor PeopleThe Dragon Boat FestivalChinaColumbus DayUSAFestival t

21、o honor Gandhi on October 2IndiaHarvest FestivalsHarvest/Thanksgiving festivals European and other countriesMid-autumn festivalsChina and JapanSpring FestivalsSpring FestivalChina Easter and related holidaysSome western countriesCherry Blossom FestivalStep 4 （7 mins）:Report: provide a chance for stu

22、dents to speak） Now, according to the table we filled just now, everyone gives a short speech to your partner （4 mins）. Your report must contain 4 elements: when, where, why and how. Then I will invite 2 pairs to share your report with the whole class （3 mins）. Possible version:1） In Mexico, the Day

23、 of the Dead is in early November. On this day, people offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead in memory of their ancestors. They also eat food in the shape of skulls.2） Easter is the holiday every Spring when Christians around the world celebrate Jesus coming back to life from the dead. People wi

24、ll often go to church on Easter Sunday to sing songs and hear about Jesus.3） Stage 3: post-readingStep 1 （6 mins）:Exercise 4:Discussion: provide students with chances to relate what they have read to what they already know or what they feel）Discuss in pairs which festivals you think are the most imp

25、ortant and which are funniest. Then fill in the chart with your ideas.Type of festival Example of festivalReasons for your choiceMost importantFunniest Possible answers:1） I think the most important type of festival is the ones held to honor the dead, like Tomb-sweeping Festival in our country, Obon

26、 in Japan. Because we should never forget our ancestors, they are our “roots”.2） In my opinion, Spring Festival in our country is very funny. Because people can enjoy fireworks and children can get lucky money. All people can have a good rest at home.3） I think Halloween is very funny. Because child

27、ren can go to their neighbors to ask for sweets and I want to do that. 4） Now, do exercise 4 with your partner for 3 minutes and then well talk about it together.Step 2 （1 min）:Review: help students to summarize and remember） Lets have a quick review about what we have learnt today. Firstly, we have learnt four types of festivals from the text, what are they? Festivals of the Dead, Festivals to Honor Peo