教学设计学科高中英语课题教材设计者学校Unit3 CelebrationsLesson1 Festivals( A reading lesson)ⅠAnalysis of Teaching MaterialThis is the first lesson of this unit. Before this class, the teacher have taught the students vocabulary in Warm-up and Lesson 1.The reading passage titled FESTIV ALS briefly describes three traditional festivals of China. Such a topic is closely related to students’ life, thus it is very easy to arouse their interest in learning this lesson. The text covers 3 sections. Teacher should encourage students to skim for the general idea for each section, and scan for further understanding, because this lesson introduces a lot of useful new words and expressions which are only used for festivals. In order not to let students feel much difficult, the teacher should deal with any language problems while they are reading. After reading, students are required to do the exercises in the each step to see how much they have understood the reading passage. The teacher can let them work in pairs or in groups to find the answers cooperatively, and then check their answers with the whole class.To consolidate the contents of the reading passage, students should be required to talk about festivals in their own words at the end of the class. Moreover, homework is very important for an effective class. So the students are assigned to write a composition about Spring Festival, based on what they have learned in this lesson.ⅡTeaching Aims:1.Learn and master the useful words and phrases.2.Let the student learn about 3 traditional Festivals of China.3.Train the students’ skimming and summarizing ability during reading the text.4.Encourage students to learn more about Chinese festivals and cultivate their love to ourtraditional culture.ⅢTeaching Important Points:1.Master the following words and phrases:be celebrated by, is said to do, be made with, fall on, the first lunar month, burn down, in many shapes and sizes, mark, many different kinds of, special food2.Enable the students to understand the three Chinese traditional festivals, Mid-Autumn Day,Dragon Boat Festival, the Lantern Festival3.Improve the students’ skimming and summarizing ability.ⅣTeaching Difficult Points:1.How to make the students understand the text better.2. Make the students work out how to describe a festival based on these 3 traditional festivals.ⅤTeaching Methods: Task-based teachingⅥTeaching Aids：1. a multimedia classroom2.the blackboard3.students’ hand-outⅦTeaching Procedures:注: IP=Interactive Pattern; T=Teacher; Ss=Students; CW=Class Work; IW=Individual Work;Activities Intentions IP&Time Daily routineStep 1 ·Daily routineT asks Ss to review the old sayings and learn anew one: Action speaks louder than words. 每天一点积累，每天一点收获，学生熟悉谚语、句型，为写作积累素材。
CW2’Step 2 ·Preview checkT asks Ss to answer the meaning of theimportant words and expressions 快速检查、复习前一节课的词汇掌握，为本节阅读课扫清障碍。
CW2’Lead-inStep 3 ·Main western festivalsT presents the dates of 4-5 main westernfestivals and asks Ss to speak out the names ofthese festivals. 从圣诞节、愚人节、感恩节等英语文化里常见的节日引入，激发学生的兴趣。
CW2’Step 4 ·Main Chinese festivalsT presents 5 pictures of Chinese traditionalfestivals and asks Ss to guess the Englishexpression of them, eg: the Double NinthFestival; the Dragon Boat Festival, etc..T asks Ss whether they want to know moredetails about the three Chinese traditionalfestivals. 扩大知识面，了解主要中国节日的表达，并引出本文的三个节日，激发阅读本文的兴趣。
CW2’ReadingStep 5 ·Skim the text and fill in the tableSs read the text quickly and finish exercise 3 onPage 36. Then work in pairs to check theanswer.T invites Ss to answer the question withcomplete sentences. 了解三大节日的基本信息，包括时间、季节、月份还有特殊食物，训练学生快速获取信息的能力，培养他们的合作精神，锻炼英语口头表达的完整性。
IWPW9’Step 6 ·Quick questionsSs read the text again and finish T or Fquestions as soon as possible. 再次细读课文，深入了解三大节日的相关知识，通过判断题来检测学生是否正确地理解到了课文的细节信息。
CW7’Voice your opinionStep 7 ·Group DiscussionT asks Ss to stand up and have a discussion 帮助学生内化信息，将从本课学习的知识点通过自己的语言GW12’about the following topic:Which festival in China is most important for children? Young people? Old people? Women and men?Some useful expressions are given. Suggested version:A: Well, I think Spring Festival is most important for children, because they can get some lucky money.B:-- Yes, you are right. Besides, they can have a long holiday./-- Sorry, but I don’t agree with you. In my opinion, Children’s Day is most important for Children because they can have fun with other childrenT invites volunteers to share their opinion in front of the class. 输出来加深掌握；小组讨论的形式活跃了课堂气氛，使每个学生都有机会表达自己的观点，体验英语学习的快乐。