人教版英语必修三 Unit 1 全单元教案
新人教版必修三 Unit 1 Festival around the world[教案]
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第一单元Reading Festivals and celebrations 教案1. 教学设计理念语言的学习离不开文化，英语教学从某种程度上来讲就是文化教学，对英语文化的了解和理解有利于加深本国文化的学习，培养爱国主义精神，也有利于提高人文素养。
因此传授文化知识、培养文化意识和世界意识，是英语教学中一个非常重要的任务。
①运用任务型语言教学模式，训练培养学生对语言的综合运用能力.②课堂以学生为主体，以任务为主线，重视体验参与，教师起到“设计者、研究者、促进者、协调者〞的作用.③在教学中，突出交际性，注重读写的实用性，要进行情感和策略调整，以形成积极的学习态度，促进语言实际运用能力的提高.④正视个体差异，倡导过程鼓励，以多层次、多角度、多主体的结果与过程并重的评价方式鼓励学生进步.2. 教材分析本单元以节日为话题，介绍古今中外节日的种类、由来、意义以及人们的活动和习俗，旨在通过对世界各地的节日名称、由来及庆祝方式的讨论和学习，让学生在多样的东西方节日、文化中进行比拟，并发现节日文化的共性、多样性和民族独特性，从而增进对多种文化节日的理解，进而拓展社会文化背景、增加跨国文化知识.3. 教学目标①帮助学生了解世界各地的节日.②了解节日的分类并进而理解节日庆祝的意义.③通过阅读材料继续训练学生略读,细读,猜想词义,归纳等阅读技巧.4. 重难点①理解节日的起源及意义,增强文化保护意识②通过学生对多样的东西方节日、文化所进行的比拟，发现节日文化的共性、多样性和民族独特性，从而增进对多种文化节日的理解。
5. 教学步骤Unit 1 Festivals around the worldLearning aims : 1.learn about festivals around the world.2. learn about the kinds of festivals and the reason for celebrating them.3. train reading skills such as skimming and summarizing.Difficult points : the reason for peopke’s celebrating festivalsStep 1 Warming up1.What other traditional festivals in China do you know ?______________________________________________________________2.What festivals of foreign countries do you know?______________________________________________________________ Step 2 ReadingII.Careful reading2). Festivals to Honour People (Match the person with the festival.)1. Qu Y uan a. the Dragon Boat Festival2. Christopher Columbus b. an Indian national festival on Oct. 23. Mohandas Gandhi c. Columbus Day3). Harvest Festivals (Choose the best answer.)Many activities can be held in harvest festivals EXCEPT that people ___.A. get together to have mealsB. decorate houses to admire the moonC. win awards for their farm produceD. enjoy mooncakesTask 2 True or False1. The ancient people needn’t worry about their food.2. Halloween used to be a festival to honor the dead.3. Qu Y uan was a great poet who people honor a lot in China.4. Mid-autumn Festival is held to celebrate the end of autumn.5. Easter celebrates the birth of Jesus.Task 3 Answer the questions1.What are 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?III. Free talkingWhat do most festivals seem to have in common ?Step 3 Discussing◆What is your favourite festival? Why?◆When is it? What is the festival about?◆How long can we have for holiday? What do we usually do in the festival? Step 4HomeworkWrite a short passage about your favorite festival。
2020年新人教版必修三《Unit 1 Festivals and Celebrations》单元教案(附导学案)1
Unit 1 Festivals and CelebrationsListening and speaking & Listening and talking【教材分析】本板块的活动主题是“谈论节日活动”（Talk about festival activities），主要是从贴近学生日常生活的角度来切入“节日”主题。
学生会听到发生在三个国家不同节日场景下的简短对话，对话中的人们正在参与或将要亲历不同的庆祝活动。
随着全球化的进程加速，国际交流日益频繁，无论是国人走出国门还是外国友人访问中国，都已成为司空见惯的事情。
因此，该板块所选取的三个典型节日场景都是属于跨文化交际语境，不仅每组对话中的人物来自不同的文化背景，对话者的身份和关系也不尽相同。
【教学目标】1. Master the new words related to holiday: lantern, carnival, costume, dress (sb) up, march, congratulation, congratulate, riddle, ceremony, samba, make-up, after all.2. To understand the origin of major world festivals and the activities held to celebrate them and the significance of these activities;3. Improve listening comprehension and oral expression of the topic by listening and talking about traditional festivals around the world;4. Improve students’ understanding of the topic by watching pictures and videos about different traditional festivals around the world;5. Review the common assimilation phenomenon in English phonetics, distinguish the assimilated phonemes in the natural language flow, and consciously use the assimilation skill in oral expression.【教学重难点】Importance:1. Guide students to pay attention to the attitude of the speaker in the process of listening, and identify the relationship between the characters;2. Inspire students to use topic words to describe the festival activities based on their background knowledge.Difficulties:In the process of listening to the correct understanding of the speaker’s attitude, accurately identify the relationship between the characters.【课前准备】1. To understand the origin of traditional festivals in the world, the celebration activities (customs) of these festivals and the meaning of these activities;2. Talk about holiday celebrations;3. Preview: understand the new words according to the context.【教学过程】Step 1 Lead-inTeachers talk about the world’s traditional festivals, such as the Lantern Festival in China, adults’ day in foreign countries, carnivals and so on.Step 2 Watching and talkingActivity 11. Teacher lets Ss look at some pictures about festival activities. During talking about these activities, teacher can add some background knowledge about festivals.Questions:①What festivals do the pictures show us?②In which country do you think people celebrate each festival?③How do people celebrate each festival?2. Ask sb to choose some words or phrases from the box to celebrate eachfestival.3. Teacher can show students how to use these word blocks and learn to describeholiday activities in groups. For example：On the Coming-of-Age Day, young girls in Japan would wear traditional costumes.One of the most important activities during the Lantern Festival is to guess riddles.During the Rio Carnival, you can watch wonderful samba dances.4. The teacher asks students to report the results of the group lecture. Ask thesequestions:①What do people do to celebrate the Chinese Lantern festival?②Who will celebrate Coming-of-Age Day? What do they do to celebrate it?③What do you expect to see if you go to the Rio Carnival?5. Learn some words and phrases in the box.Step 3 ListeningActivity 21. Teacher asks sb to read “Listen for relationships”, In pairs, discuss how to identify relationships between people based on their tone and content. The teacher can provide the following questions to inspire students to discuss.①What does a tour guide usually say to a tour group? What expressions arefrequently used?②What questions does an interviewer usually ask during an interview?③What would a reporter say or do if he/she wants to interview a tourist?④How do friends usually talk?2. Some group representatives are invited to communicate and speak in class.3. Teacher plays the listening tape for students to listen to and write the order of the conversations next to the names of the festivals.4. Play the tape again, students match each conversation with the relationship between the speakers.5. Check the answers with class.Activities 3-41. Teacher asks students to look at the tasks and requirements of activity 3. Then read the main ideas of the three dialogues. (Guide the students to guess and fill in the words according to the context. Let the students analyze the English syntactic structure based on the meaning of the sentence and make reasonable inferences.)2. Teacher plays the tape for the second time. After listening to the tape, students discuss the answers in pairs. Then the class communicates and checks the answers.3. Teacher lets students listen to the tape for the third time (Before the teacher plays the recording for the third time, the teacher should prepare the students to takenotes and remind them to catch key words, especially phrasal verbs.).Step 4 SpeakingActivity 51. Lead the dialogue by asking questions. Let students understand how to discuss their favorite festivals and give their reasons.E.g.,Conversation 1T: Which of the three festivals do you like best?S1: I think the Coming-of-Age Day is the most interesting.T: Why is it your favourite?S1: Because I like to see women dressed up in their colorful traditional kimonos.Conversation 2T: Which of the three festivals attracts you most?S2: The Chinese Lantern Festival.T: I suppose you like yuanxiao, the sweet dumplings.S2: Not only that. I especially like guessing riddles and I’m good at it.2. Follow the example of the conversation in activity 5 and work in pairs to discuss your favorite holiday and explain why. After the discussion, the teacher asks some groups to show the dialogue.Step 5 ActingOne student plays the role of a journalist. The other three students play the roles of the characters in the listening dialogue. They are the Japanese girl attending the coming-of-age ceremony, the girl attending the Rio carnival, and the tourist visiting China. The following questions can be used in the interview:①What is the purpose of this festival?②How do you usually celebrate this festival?③What do you like best about this festival?Step 6 Pronunciation1. Help students recognize speech assimilation.（1）Teacher plays the recording of activity 1 and asks the students to pay attention to the pronunciation changes of bold letters while listening.（2）Teacher organizes students to carry out activities in pairs: the teacher plays the recording, one person in the group reads after the words and phrases in activity 1, the other person compares the pronunciation of the recording with that of his partner carefully, and points out the pronunciation problem of his/her partner if there is any difference. Then switch roles, listen to the tape again and complete the same task.2. Let students imitate and read.（1）Teacher guides students to understand the requirements of activity 2. Before listening to the tape, the teacher asks the question for students to think: “How does your pronunciation change while reading the sentences?”（2）Teacher plays the tape for the first time. The students read after the sentences in activity 2.（3）Teacher plays the tape for the second time, the students repeat the sentences again, and then discuss with their partners the differences between the pronunciation of the bold consonants in words and the pronunciation in sentences, and describe the phonetic assimilation in the flow.（4）Teacher asks different students to read the six sentences of activity 2 and report the result of the discussion on phonetic assimilation. The teacher supplements and corrects the students’conclusion, explains it appropriately, and writes the assimilation pronunciation in these sentences on the blackboard or presents it to the students through the courseware.Step 7 Listening and TalkingActivity 61. Learn the new words about the festivals.2. Look at the pictures and predict what festival Song Lin and Max are going to talk about.3. Listen and answer the questions.①What festival is Max talking about?②What did Max’s mother cook?③What did Max do during the festival?④What did Max and his family do during and after the dinner?⑤What was the best part of the festival?4. Listen again and check the answers with class.Answers:①Christmas experiences.②Roast turkey, mashed potatoes and Christmas pudding, …③He helped decorate the Christmas tree and put presents under it, then helped his mum prepare for the family dinner.④During dinner they shared stories and told jokes, afterwards they played games, opened their presents.⑤The best part was opening their presents on Christmas morning.5. Listen again and tick the phrases that Max or Song Lin uses. Then check the answers with class.6. Have a conversation with the help of these questions:①What is the recent festival you have had?②How did you celebrate it?③How do you feel about the festival? Why?Step 8 Homework1）Read the passage again and understand the food culture from a cross-cultural perspective.2）Remember the new words and learn the usages of them.【教学反思】1、通过本节内容学习，学生能否理解发生在三个国家不同节日场景下的简短对话，对话中的人们正在参与或将要亲历不同的庆祝活动；2、通过本节内容学习，学生能否辨别对话中人物之间的关系；3、通过本节内容学习，学生能否掌握听力训练中的听力策略。
【人教高一英语】必修三 unit 1 教案
必修三unit 1 Festivals around the world 适用学科英语适用年级高一适用区域全国课时时长（分钟）2课时知识点1、本单元重点词汇；2、情态动词的用法。
教学目标1、让学生掌握本单元所出现的词汇的用法。
2、通过本单元的学习，要求学生熟练掌握情态动词may/ might，can/could，will/would，shall/should，must/can的各种语用功能。
教学重点通过上下文来教词汇、语法，并引导学生分析长句、难句和复杂句。
教学难点总结语言材料中有关情态动词用法和功能并加以应用。
教学过程一、课堂导入要求学生以小组形式完成一个表格填充，列出中国的五个节日和这些节日的时间、庆祝的内容以及节日里人们的所作所为。
激发学生的阅读兴趣，为本单元Reading部分的世界节日做好铺垫。
二、复习预习以提问学生方式复习上节课所学习知识。
同时以习题形式预习新课。
三、知识讲解考点/易错点1 重点单词与短语学习mean n.意义，意思v. 意味；想要(回归课本P1)Festivals are meant to celebrate important times of year.[归纳拓展]mean to do 打算做某事be meant to do 被要求做…mean doing 意味着….eg. I never meant him to work for us.Passing the entrance examination means being admitted into college.take place发生(回归课本P1)Discuss when they take place, what they celebrate and what people do at that time. [归纳拓展] take place/happen/occur/break out/come about(1)take place 其“发生”是按意图或计划进行，无偶然性，无被动语态。
Unit 1 Reading for Writing (I)示范课教案【英语人教必修第三册】
Unit 1 Festivals and Celebrations 子主题3：描述节日活动和经历Period 3 Reading for Writing (I)Unit 1 Festivals and Celebrations子主题3：描述节日活动和经历Period 3 Reading for Writing (I)Activity 1: Present homeworkMake an oral presentation to introduce your favourite Chinese traditional festival. Activity 2: Look and answerLook at some pictures and answer the following questions.√Can you guess the name of the festival?√What do you know about this festival?Activity 3: Look and predictPredict the main idea of the dairy entry.Activity 4: Read and checkSkim the diary and check your predictions.Activity 5: Read and answer1. Read the diary entry and answer the questions.✓What does “Naadam” mean? Which events does it include?✓What Naadam Festival customs did you learn about?2.Read the diary entry again and answer the questions.✓What in your opinion is the most impressive thing about the festival?✓What else would you like to know about the festival and the writer’s experience?Activity 6: Read and answerStudents read the diary entry and the guidance of analysis of the structure on the right of eachparagraph. Answer the following questions.√How many parts can we divide the diary entry into?√What is the main idea of each part?Activity 7: Read and thinkStudents read the diary entry and analyze the language feature. （教材第9页活动2）Step 1 Pay attention to the tenses.√What person does the writer use to write his/her diary entry?√What tenses does the author use to write the diary? What are their functions?(Give one example for each tense you found and share the function.)Step 2 Rewrite the opening sentence of the article.Step 3 Pay attention to the feelings and emotions.Activity 8: Make a summarySummarize how to write a diary entry.Activity 9: Retell the “Naadam” experienceRetell the “Naadam” experience according to what you have learnt to your partner.Activity 10: Make a presentationEvaluation FormHomework:1. Read the text on P64 (Workbook) and finish Exercises 1 &2.2. Think about some festival experience that impressed you most.。
Unit1单元整体教学设计(刘合良)-高中英语新教材必修第三册大单元整体教学设计+拼图式阅读(视频+
Unit1单元整体教学设计（刘合良）-高中英语新教材必修第三册大单元整体教学设计+拼图式阅读（视频+课件+教案）一、教学目标1.知识与技能：（1）学生能够掌握Unit 1的单词、词组及相关语法知识；（2）能够听、说、读、写、翻译单元中的重点句型及重要词汇；（3）能够运用所学知识用英语进行相应的交际活动。
2.过程与方法：（1）培养学生自主学习的习惯，提高学习能力；（2）通过听说读写综合训练，提高学生的英语表达能力；（3）培养学生独立思考的能力，激发学生的学习兴趣。
3.情感、态度与价值观：（1）通过让学生学习和体验文化差异，增强跨文化交流意识；（2）培养学生尊重不同文化、不同国家的认识，增强学生的国际视野。
二、教学内容Unit 1 Cultural relics词汇：antique, archaeological, collection, gallery, exhibit, statue, sculpture, artifact, treasure, masterpiece, restoration, authentic语法：定语从句的使用三、教学重难点1.重点：（1）学习Unit 1的单词、词组及相关语法知识；（2）掌握重点句型及重要词汇。
2.难点：（1）定语从句的使用；（2）培养学生自主学习的习惯，提高学习能力。
四、教学方法1.听力训练法：通过听力材料的训练，提高学生听力水平；2.阅读训练法：通过让学生阅读文章，提高学生阅读能力；3.口语训练法：通过让学生进行口语练习，提高学生口语表达的能力；4.写作训练法：通过让学生进行写作练习，提高学生的写作水平。
五、教学过程设计（以第一堂课为例）Step 1. Warm-up and lead-in1. Greet the students and ask them some general questions, such as “Have you ever visited a museum or an exhibition before? What did you see there?”2. Show the students some pictures of differentcultural relics from around the world and ask them to guess where they come from.3. Introduce the theme of the unit and ask the students what they know about cultural relics.Step 2. Presentation1. Present the new words and phrases using pictures, explanations and examples.2. Explain the grammar of defining relative clauses and provide some examples.Step 3. Practice1. Listen to a passage about cultural relics and ask the students to answer some questions about it.2. Read a passage about Egyptian culture and ask the students to identify the defining relative clauses in it.3. Ask the students to work in pairs to write some sentences about cultural relics using defining relative clauses.Step 4. Production1. Ask the students to work in groups to research and introduce a cultural relic from their own country.2. Encourage the students to use defining relative clauses in their descriptions.Step 5. Consolidation1. Summarize the main points of the lesson andreinforce the new words and phrases.2. Assign homework and preview the next lesson.六、教学资源准备1.多媒体教学设备；2.课件和教案。
人教版 高中英语必修第三册 Unit 1 教案
必修三第一单元Why do we celebrate festivals?一、文本分析这是一篇说明文，从不同的侧面对节日进行说明。
第一段首先介绍节日的起源有季节、宗教、著名人物、重要事件，接着介绍节日的共性特点:分享快乐、感激、爱、和平等。
第二段举例说明全世界共同庆祝的节日丰收节的庆祝时间、原因和主要活动，同时举例说明古代埃及、现代欧洲和中国庆祝丰收节的情况。
第三段介绍习俗在节日形成中扮演着重要角色，但随着社会的发展，一些习俗逐渐消失，同时也产生些新的习俗，以中国春节为环保而禁止燃放鞭炮和万圣节变成了孩子的娱乐节日为例说明。
第四段介绍节日商业化现象。
最后一段说明节日的重要性和意义。
从节日的起源、共性特点、发展、重要性和意义等方面介绍节日,理解节日的文化内涵,比较节日的异同，让学生了解不同民族文化习俗与传统节日，拓宽国际视野,增强祖国意识和跨文化交际能力。
二、设计理念“问题链·导学”模式是以“为什么要庆祝庆祝节日？”这一问题为中心开展教学。
通过节日情境创设，把学生引导到提出问题、分析问题、感悟问题的活动中来。
让学生基于节日主题语境，通过学习理解、迁移创新等体现综合性、关联性等特点的英语学习活动，围绕标题为什么要庆祝节日展开，提炼庆祝原因，在分析问题和解决问题过程中，促进自身语言知识学习、语言技能发展、文化内涵理解、多元思维发展。
三、本堂课特色1.创设节日情境，激发阅读动机；2.围绕教学目标，借力思维导图，理清语篇思路，使文本信息结构化；3.以问题链为支架，深度阅读，融入语言，优化思维发展，探讨庆祝节日的原因；4.回归标题，针对“festival”首字母，回归课文，再次提炼庆祝节日的意义，升华主题。
四、教学目标1.获取段落大意，梳理节日的起源、共性特点、发展等信息；2.描述中外节日异同，理解不同节日的重要性；3.分析和总结庆祝节日的原因；4.写一篇介绍清明节的应用文。
五、教学步骤Step1:学习理解类活动1. 围绕主题创设情境，铺垫语言以临近的清明节为导入，Why do we celebrate Tomb Sweeping Day? How do we celebrate it?Step2：概括、梳理、整合信息1. 寻找段落大意总结阅读技巧。
人教新课标高中英语必修三Unit 1 Festivals around the world全章教案
人教新课标高中英语必修三Unit 1 Festivals around the world全章教案I．教学内容分析本单元的中心话题是“节日”，主要讲述了不同地区不同种类的节日。
Warming Up部分设计了小组活动，通过图表填写让学生区分中国的传统节日与别国节日的异同，目的在于激活学生已有的节日背景知识，引出主题，为以后几堂课学习热身。
Pre-reading 通过几个问题,调动学生已有的知识和经验，激发学生想了解更多节日的好奇心，让他们主动参与到主题教学活动中，为下面学习阅读文章作铺垫。
Reading 部分先简要介绍了一下早期各种节日的起源以及存在的原因，然后又分别介绍了几种世界各地的节日，依次的顺序是亡灵节、纪念名人的节日、丰收节、春天的节日等。
Comprehending由四个部分组成。
第一、三、四部分通过表格形式，第二部分通过让学生回答问题的方式，鼓励学生积极思考，加深对课文的理解。
Learning about Language 部分主要突出了本单元的语法项目——情态动词的用法。
这些情态动词主要有：can，could，may，might，will，would，shall，should，must，can’t 等的用法。
Using Language 部分中包括了听、说、读、写几个部分的内容。
学生可通过对Trinidad Carnival、情人节等一些节日的学习，分析问题，锻炼自己的思维能力。
阅读后的习题及讨论不仅帮助学生理解文章的主旨大意，更重要的是让学生寻找解决问题的方法。
Learning Tip部分主要建议学生搜集各种资料，查询与世界各地节日有关的信息，了解各种节日的来源与内涵。
II．教学重点和难点1. 教学重点(1) 本单元的生词和短语；(2) 掌握一些情态动词的基本用法；(3) 了解有关节日和民俗，掌握有关词汇，如custom,religious等。
2. 教学难点(1) 增进学生对中国节日的理解，了解和感悟外国的节日；(2) 提高学生的社会文化素质，加强跨国文化素质；(3) 培养学生运用资源策略。
高中英语必修三unit1教案
高中英语必修三unit1教案教学目标1. 让学生掌握本单元的核心词汇和表达方式。
2. 培养学生通过语境理解词义和句意的能力。
3. 提高学生的听说读写综合运用能力，尤其是口语交际能力。
4. 引导学生了解和认识中西方文化差异，培养跨文化交际意识。
教学重点与难点- 重点：核心词汇的正确使用，以及日常交流中的常见表达。
- 难点：理解和运用抽象词汇进行实际交流。
教学准备- 教材内容熟悉：确保对课本内容有深入的理解。
- 多媒体课件：准备相关的图片、音频和视频材料以辅助教学。
- 互动活动设计：制定小组讨论、角色扮演等互动环节的计划。
教学过程导入阶段（Warming u）- 通过展示与主题相关的图片或视频，激发学生的兴趣。
- 提问学生关于主题的前置知识，为新课内容做铺垫。
呈现阶段（resentation）- 利用T呈现新单词和短语，结合例句讲解其用法。
- 教师领读单词和短语，注意发音和语调。
- 播放课文录音，让学生跟读，注意模仿语音语调。
练习阶段（ractice）- 分组练习对话，鼓励学生运用新学的表达进行交流。
- 完成课本上的练习题，巩固新知识点。
- 通过角色扮演等活动，让学生在情境中使用英语。
应用阶段（Alication）- 小组讨论相关话题，如文化交流的重要性等。
- 模拟真实场景，如在机场、酒店等情境下的交际对话。
总结与反馈（Summary and feedack）- 总结本节课学习的核心内容。
- 提供反馈，指出学生在学习过程中的优点和需要改进的地方。
作业布置- 背诵本单元的核心词汇和短语。
- 完成一篇关于文化差异的小短文，运用所学知识。
教学反思- 分析本节课的教学效果，记录学生的学习情况。
- 思考如何改进教学方法，提高学生的学习效率。
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Unit 1 Festivals around the worldI．教学内容分析本单元的中心话题是“节日”，主要讲述了不同地区不同种类的节日。
Warming Up部分设计了小组活动，通过图表填写让学生区分中国的传统节日与别国节日的异同，目的在于激活学生已有的节日背景知识，引出主题，为以后几堂课学习热身。
Pre-readin g 通过几个问题,调动学生已有的知识和经验，激发学生想了解更多节日的好奇心，让他们主动参与到主题教学活动中，为下面学习阅读文章作铺垫。
Reading 部分先简要介绍了一下早期各种节日的起源以及存在的原因，然后又分别介绍了几种世界各地的节日，依次的顺序是亡灵节、纪念名人的节日、丰收节、春天的节日等。
Comprehending由四个部分组成。
第一、三、四部分通过表格形式，第二部分通过让学生回答问题的方式，鼓励学生积极思考，加深对课文的理解。
Learning about Language 部分主要突出了本单元的语法项目——情态动词的用法。
这些情态动词主要有：can，could，may，might，will，would，shall，should，must，can’t 等的用法。
Using Language 部分中包括了听、说、读、写几个部分的内容。
学生可通过对Trinidad Carnival、情人节等一些节日的学习，分析问题，锻炼自己的思维能力。
阅读后的习题及讨论不仅帮助学生理解文章的主旨大意，更重要的是让学生寻找解决问题的方法。
Learning Tip部分主要建议学生搜集各种资料，查询与世界各地节日有关的信息，了解各种节日的来源与内涵。
II．教学重点和难点1. 教学重点(1) 本单元的生词和短语；(2) 掌握一些情态动词的基本用法；(3) 了解有关节日和民俗，掌握有关词汇，如custom,religious等。
2. 教学难点(1) 增进学生对中国节日的理解，了解和感悟外国的节日；(2) 提高学生的社会文化素质，加强跨国文化素质；(3) 培养学生运用资源策略。
本单元建议分七课时：第一、二课时：Warming up, Pre-reading, Reading & Comprehending第三、四课时：Learning about Language第五课时：Listening (Using Language) Speaking (Using Language), Listening (Workbook)& Listening task (Workbook)第六课时：Reading (Using Language) & Reading task (Workbook)第七课时：Speaking task (Workbook), Writing (Using Language) & Summing UpIV．教学步骤：Period 1&2 Warming up, Pre-reading, R eading & ComprehendingTeaching Goals:1. To arouse Ss’ interest in learning about the festivals around the world.2. To improve S s’ listening ability.3. To train S s’ speaking ability.Teaching Procedures:Step 1. Leading-inPurpose: To activate Ss and arouse them to express their opinions about a festival.Lead Ss to the content of this unit. Teacher may say, “Do you know what is called the Christmas of China? The Spring Festival. Yes. The oldest and most important festival in China is the Spring Festival. Each country and each nation has its own festivals. Today we are going to learn something about the different festivals.”Step 2. Warming Up1. Ask Ss to turn to P1 and work in groups to complete the form on P1.2. Ask Ss to discuss festivals they have filled in the form and their importance to the society. After that, ask Ss to present their opinions to all classmates.Step 3. Pre-listeningPurpose: To help Ss learn about the context of the Listening text.Ask Ss to talk about the following questions to get them prepared to listen to the reading text.1. How many ancient festivals do you know?2. Are foreign festivals different from Chinese festivals? In what part?Step 4. ListeningPurpose: To get the main information in the listening part.To develop Ss’ listening abilityTo learn some information about the festivals around the world.Ask Ss to listen to the tape, focus on the subjects mentioned in the passage and then answer the following question.1.How many kinds of festivals were mentioned in the text?Suggested Answer:Five.2.What are they?Suggested Answer:Ancient FestivalsFestivals of the DeadFestivals to Honor PeopleHarvest FestivalsSpring FestivalsStep 5. Pre- readingDivide Ss into groups of four and ask them to discuss the following questions.1. Wh at’s your favorite holiday of the year? Why?2. What festivals or celebrations do you enjoy in your city or town? Do you like spending festivals with your family or with friends? What part of a festival do you like best---the music, the things to see, the visits or the food?Step 6. Fast readingAsk Ss to read the text quickly and answer the following questions.1. What are festivals of the dead usually for?2. What make autumn festivals happy events?3. What do people usually do at spring festivals?4. What is one important reason to have festivals and celebrations?5. Compare the festivals of the dead in Mexico, Japan and China. What things aresimilar? What things are different?Suggested Answers:1. Festivals of the dead are for honoring or satisfying dead ancestors or others, whosome people believe might return to help or harm living people.2. Autumn festivals are happy events because people are thankful that food is ready forwinter and the hard farm work is finished.3. At spring festivals, people usually have dances, carnivals and other activities tocelebrate the end of winter and the coming of spring.4. It is important to have festivals and celebrations so we can enjoy life / be proud of ourcustoms / forget our work for a little while.5. The Chinese, Japanese and Mexican festivals of the dead all have customs to honourthe dead. The Chinese and Japanese go to clean their ancestors’graves, and theMexican offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead. However, there are somedifferences. The Mexicans eat special food that looks like bones, something theChinese and Japanese do not do.Step 7. Intensive reading1. Ask Ss to read the text carefully and sum up the main idea of each part.2. Discuss in pairs which festivals you think are the most important and which are the most fun.Suggested Answer:Various answers are acceptable.3. Ask Ss the following question and encourage Ss to give some similarities that they think festivals have, and give their reasons. Then invites Ss to tell the similarities and then ask them to present them before the class.What similarities can you find among these festivals?Suggested Answer:They most include food, music or entertainment, like dances, light or fire.They are most together with family and friends.Festivals exist everywhere.Many of them celebrate similar ideas and important cultural events or remember event of people. Human beings need to have things in life to celebrate and have a break from daily struggles and demands.Step 8. HomeworkPurpose: To get a further understanding of the text.1. Ask Ss to continue discussing their opinions about festivals with their partners.2. Ask Ss to read the text once again and try to retell the text.3. Ask Ss to discover useful words and expressions in the text.Period 3&4 Learning about LanguageTeaching Goals: 1. To check what has been learned yesterday.2. To enable Ss to master some new words and expressions.3. To get Ss to have knowledge of the grammar point: the model verb Teaching Procedures:Step 1. Revision1. Ask Some Ss to retell the reading text.2. Ask Ss to answer the following question to see whether they did their homework or not.How many festivals are mentioned in our text?Step 2. Word studyPurpose: To consolidate the words and phrases in the text.Finish Ex1Purpose: To enable Ss to master some new words and expressions.Ex2 Many people think that Christmas is a western __________, but in fact it is really a worldwide holiday. Christmas actually as a _______ festival celebrated by _________ around the world. Its ______ is around the 3rd or 4th century AD, when the _______ of remembering Jesus’ birth on December 25th first started. Today, of course, many people celebrate Christmas __________ it were just a holiday to ______________ family, rather than a holiday about a _______.Suggested Answers:celebration, religious, Christians, origin, custom, as though, have a fun with, beliefStep 3. Grammar point1. Explain for Ss the grammar point: the modal verb(1) can/could 可以表示能力、许诺、请求或某种可能性，could还可用于：①提出委婉的请求，（注意在回答中不可用could）。