Unit14 Festivals
第一部分 教案
Goals：
1．Talk about festivals and customs
2．Practice expressing and supporting an opinion
3．Use the model verbs must, have to, have got to
4．Write an invitation for a festival

Period1 warming up, listening
1. Warming Up
Task 1: Brainstorming
Festivals of foreign countries
Task 2: talk about 3 festivals on the textbook according to the pictures
1)Halloween
2)Obon
3)The Day of The Dead
Look at the pictures in your books and discuss the following questions with your partner.
1. Do you know the names of the festivals?
2. Do you know which countries the festivals come from?
3. What are the people in the pictures doing? Why are they doing this?

2．Listening (P9 & P77)
（1）. Pre-listening: Present three pictures about Mardi Gras, Ramadan and Easter and let Ss to guess out the names of the festivals from what they can see from the pictures.
（2）. While-listening: Do the three festivals one by one. For each one, Ss can listen to it twice. The first time, Ss’ task is to find correct answers to the choices in the book. The second time, Ss’ task is to check their answers and T check the correct answers with the whole class.
（3）. Post-listening: Get Ss to listen to each festival again. While listening, try to take notes and get more information about the festival. Then ask Ss to describe the three festivals in their own words.
Summary
Help Ss to have a revision of the festivals learnt in this class.
T: Different histories and cultures have different kinds of festivals and customs. We should get to know they all play important parts in learning a country’s language. We should respect and show positive attitudes towards foreign festivals and customs as well as Chinese ones.





Period2&3 Reading
Step1 Pre-reading:
Qs: 1. How does your family celebrate the Spring Festival?
2. Do you know why we celebrate the Spring Festival and when was this most important Chinese festival born?
3 Can you name some other holidays?

Chinese holidays
Western holidays
New Year’s Day
New Year’s Day
Spring Festival
Valentine’s Day
Lantern Day
Easter 3月21或此日后月圆的首个周日
Women’s Day
All Fool’s Day
Pure brightness Day 清明节
Mother’s Day 5月第2个星期日
Labor Day
Father’s Day 6月第3个星期日
Youth Day
Labor Day
Children’s Day
All Saints’ Day 11月1日
Dragon Boat Festival
Thanksgiving Day 11月第4个星期四
Party’s Day
Christmas Day
Army’s Day

Teacher’s Day

Mid-autumn Festival

National Day



Step2 Scanning Questions:
T: Do you know there is another festival which follows Christmas Day in America. It is an important festival to African Americans. Is there any one who knows the name of the festival? (Kwanzaa)
Fast reading: Read the text on page 10 fast and try to get a general idea of Kwanzaa from the text. T can present a diagram of the information about Kwanzaa to help Ss to finish this task.

Name __kwanzaa______
Date ___________
Meaning _____________
Principles____________
Symbol__________
Celebration____________




Step3 Matching the general idea of each paragraph

P1: Kwanzaa is a festival of reflection and anticipation for African Americans.
P2: In a popular African language, it means first and celebrates the New Year.
P3: The festival is based on seven important principles or ideas.
P4: Candles are an important aspect of the celebration of Kwanzaa.
P5: Festivals not only celebrate history but add to our cultural traditions for future generations.

Step4 T/F Qs:
1.( ) Kwanzaa is a very old fe
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