《Unit 1 Festivals and Celebrations Reading and Thinking》教案(附

Unit 1 Festivals and Celebrations

Reading and Thinking

【教材分析】

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该板块的活动主题

——

探究节日与庆典的 缘由（

Discover

the

reasons

for

festivals and celebrations

）< /p>

，

是前面听说板块主题内容的延续，

从展 示几个不同节

日的场景过渡到探讨人们为何欢庆节日、

对世界各 地的人们庆祝节日的现象追根

溯源，

进而谈论节日的传承与发展 变化，目的在于启发学生的深层思考，

体会节

日文化的内在实质 ，感悟世界各国人民共同的精神追求和美好愿望。

【教学目标】

1. Read the essays with the theme of

“

why we celebrate festivals

”

, analyze the

discourse structure

and textual logic of the

essays, understand the development and

changes

of

festival

customs,

and

understand

the

connotation

and

significance

of

festivals;

2. Guide students to find the topic sentence quickly and accurately;

3.

Guide

students

to

summarize

and

accumulate

related

vocabulary

used

to

express emotions;

4.

Guide

students

to

understand

the

festival

culture

of

different

countries

and

nationalities,

sort

out,

analyze

and

refine

the

spiritual

connotation

of

festivals,

and

understand the common emotional and spiritual pursuit of people all over the world.

【教学重难点】

Importance:

1. Guide students to find the topic sentence quickly and accurately;

2. Guide students to correctly understand and master the new vocabulary in the

reading text;

3.

Guide

students

to

understand

the

festival

culture

of

different

countries

and

nationalities, analyze and refine the spiritual connotation of festivals, and understand

the common emotional and spiritual pursuit of people all over the world.

Difficulties:

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1.

To

analyze

the

discourse

structure

and

textual

logic

of

argumentation,

understand

the

development

and

change

of

festival

customs,

and

understand

the

connotation and significance of festivals;

2.

Guide

students

to

understand

the

festival

culture

of

different

countries

and

nationalities, analyze and refine the spiritual connotation of festivals, and understand

the common emotional and spiritual pursuit of people all over the world.

【课前准备】

1. Read the text in advance and understand the meaning of new words in the text

according to the context or the dictionary;

2. Find the topic sentence of each paragraph according to the text content, and

understand the content of the article;

3. Find out the long and difficult sentences, analyze the sentence structure, and

make notes of the sentences you don't understand.

【教学过程】

Step 1 Pre-reading

Activity 1

1.

In

groups,

Ss

discuss

how

to

celebrate

the

festivals

with

family

each

year,

answer the following questions and fill in the table.

Q1: What festivals do you celebrate with your family each year?

Q2: Why do you think people celebrate different festivals?

Names of the festivals

2. Have the Ss look at the two pictures in the passage. Students say the English

name of the festival and the basis of their judgment according to the situation, objects

and words presented in the two pictures.

Reasons for celebrating the festivals

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Q: What festivals are the two pictures about? How do you know?

3. Based on the title of the article and the illustrations in the passage, the students

can

guess

what

the

author

may

be

talking

about.

The

teacher

can

ask

individual

students to express their opinions and list the points mentioned on the blackboard.

Step 2 Reading

Activity 2

1. Students read

the text “

Why do we celebrate festivals?

” careful

ly. The teacher

can present the following sentences for the students to fill in after reading:

People all over the world celebrate different festivals because:

*they would like to______________________________.

*festivals _____________________________________.

2. After the students have filled in the blanks, the teachers and students check the

answers.

T:

Read

the

passage

again.

Let's

find

out

all

the

reasons

and

factors

for

celebrating the festival.

The teacher can guide the students with the following questions:

①

Why do people celebrate the harvest festivals?

②

What role do customs and traditions play in festivals? Do you think they are

also the reasons for celebrating festivals? Why?

③

Why

did

the

writer

mention

the

commercialization

of

festivals?

How

is

it

influencing people's way of celebrating festivals?

④

What are some other reasons for celebrating festivals?

Activity 3

1.

Look

for

topic

sentences.

The

reading

strategy

in

the

box

on

the

right

of

student reading Activity 3. The teacher can check whether the students' understanding

of the strategy is accurate or not by the following questions.

*Do you know how to identify the main idea of each paragraph?

*Where can we usually find the

“

topic sentence

”

?

2.

Students

read

the

text

again

and

complete

the

activity

independently.

When

checking the answers, students should read the complete topic sentence.

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Activity 4

1. Explore the roots of the festival. Students have a group discussion around the

first

question

in

activity

4.

Teachers

can

inspire

students

to

think

and

express

their

opinions through a series of questions, such as:

*When we talk about festivals, we may think of many different kinds of festivals

around the world. Their names, origins, celebration activities can be quite different.

However,

since

festivals

exist

in

every

country

and

culture,

there

must

be

some

similarities. What are they? Please discuss these questions with your partner and share

your ideas.

*What do you think most festivals seem to have in common? Can you give some

examples to illustrate your opinion?

*What do you think are the most important things in most festivals?

*Why do you think people around the world find these things important? Do they

have something to do with the human history/social life/people’s sp

iritual needs?

After

finishing

the

discussion,

Teacher

asks

different

groups

to

tell

their

opinions.

2.

Discuss

the

changes

of

festival

customs.

Teacher's

question

“

What

festival

customs

have

already

faded

away?

”

Let

the

students

brainstorm

about

the

festivals

and traditions that are gradually withdrawing from modern life. Then write down what

the students have said on the blackboard.

Festivals

Customs that have

already faded away

Reasons why they

have disappeared

Your feelings

After

the

discussion,

the

teacher

may

call

in

different

groups

to

report.

When

students

report,

teachers

should

use

courseware

or

blackboard

to

present

some

expressions for students

’

reference, such as:

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*People in…used to…during…

,

but now…

*Nowadays people no

longer…

*I think it is because…

*People have given up the custom of…in order to…

*As for the custom of…

,

I…

*I think I would love to…

3.

Comment

on

the

commercialization

of

festivals.

Students

discuss

the

third

question

in

Activity

4

in

small

groups.

Before

the

discussion,

the

teacher

should

remind the students to find relevant statements from the text and draw a conclusion by

analyzing the author's wording. In addition, teachers can also let students express their

true feelings and views on the commercialization of festivals.

4. Teacher shares his/her views on this issue:

During Festival, the happiest moment for my parents is when all the children and

grandchildren come back home, chatting and preparing the big family dinner together.

These

years, we often have our family dinner in

restaurants.

However, the splendid

dishes

in

a

restaurant

do

not

bring

so

many

joyful

and

sweet

memories

to

all

the

family members.

On Mother's Day, my child’s special gift hand

-made with love and care is always

my favorite. So you see, sometimes the best gifts don't cost much.

Step 3 Analyzing discourse structure

Activity 5

1. Students discuss in pairs, analyze the structure of the discourse by drawing a

mind map, and demonstrate the textual structure and logical level of the discourse.

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Step 4 Understanding difficulties

Read the text again and find some sentences or expressions that you find difficult

to understand. Teacher can also ask students to find some subtle sentence patterns and

expressions in the text and encourage them to use them in writing. According to the

students' feedback, the teacher will write some typical

sentences on the blackboard.

Such as:

*wide

range

of

origins

(=

a

great

number

of

different

origins,

many

kinds

of

origins)

*It

featured

a

parade

and

a

great

feast

with

music,

dancing,

and

sports.

(=

A

parade and a great feast with music, dancing, and sports were included as important

parts of the Egyptian harvest festival.)

*some

traditions

may

fade

away

and

others

may

be

established.

(=

Some

traditions may disappear gradually, while other new traditions may come into being.)

Step 5 Practice

(1)

Listen

and

follow

the

tape.

The

teacher

may

remind

the

students

to

pay

attention to the meaning and usage of the black words in the context, so as to prepare

for the completion of the blanks in Activity 5 and vocabulary exercises in the exercise

book.

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(2) Students complete the text of Activity 5 by themselves. The teacher needs to

remind the students to fill in the blanks with the correct form of the vocabulary they

have learned in the text. Students exchange their answers with their partners, and then

teacher and students check their answers.

(3)

Finish the Ex in Activity 5 of students’ book.

Step 6 Homework

1. Read the text again, in-depth understanding of the text.

2. Discuss the origin of festivals, the historical changes of related customs, the

influence

of

commercial

society

on

festivals

and

the

connotation

and

essential

meaning of festivals.

3. Complete relevant exercises in the guide plan.

【教学反思】

1.

< br>通过本节内容学习，

学生是否理解和掌握阅读文本中的新词汇的意义与用

法；

2.

通过本节内 容学习，学生能否结合文本特点快速而准确地找到主题句；

3 .

通过本节内容学习，学生能否理清论说文的语篇结构和文本逻辑，了解节

日风俗发展与变迁，感悟节日的内涵与意义。

Unit 1 Festivals and celebrations

Reading and Thinking

导学案

【学习目标】

1.

< br>阅读以

“

我们为何庆祝节日

”< /p>

为主题的论说文，梳理论说文的语篇结构和文

本逻辑，了解节日风 俗发展与变迁，感悟节日的内涵与意义；

2.

能够结合文本特点快速而准确地找到主题句；

3.< /p>

能够归纳和积累用于表达情绪的相关词汇；

4.

了解不同国家、

不同民族的节日文化，

梳理、

分析和提炼节日的精神内涵，

理解世界各国人民 共同的情感和精神追求。

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【学习重点】

1.

< br>结合文本特点快速而准确地找到主题句；

2.