1、2JuniorUnit14Thebirthofafestival.Teachingaims1.Talkaboutfestivalandcustoms2.Practiceexpressingandsupportinganopinion3.IntroducedafestivalofChina.KnowledgeaimsWords:harvest,honors,ancestor,creatively,generation,purpose,faith,commercial,similar,salute,celebration.Phrases:hearabout,sothat,aswellas,beli

2、evein,gettogether,playatrickonsbSentence:1. Kwanzaawasbornin1966,whenpeoplecreatedanewfestivalsothatAfricanAmericanwouldbeabletocelebratetheirhistoryandculture.2. TheAfricanfirst-fruitfestivalshadmanythingsincommon.3.Wemustdoasmuchaswecantomakeourcommunitybetterandmorebeautiful.4.SinceKwanzaaisatime

3、forlearningaswellasjoy,peoplecelebrateitbylightingacandleeachdayanddiscussingoneofthesevenprinciplesofKwanzaa.Grammarhearabout=learntabouthearofsb.=haveaknowledgeofsb.havemuch/greatfaithinsb./sth.havelittle/nofaithinsb./sth.keepfaithwithsb.aswellas+clausedoasmuchassb.candohavehonourtosb.=dohonourtos

4、b.(dosb.honour) .Teachingkeyanddifficultpoints:Teachingkey:understandthetextandusingyourownwordstoretellthetext.Difficultpoint：howtousephrases:aswellas,sothat,haveincommon.IV.Teachingaids:1) Raisingquestionapproach2) Discussionapproach3)task-basedapproach*Teachingmeans:usethemulti-mediaasanassistant

5、meansinteaching.Teachingsteps:Step1Lead-in1,HaveafreetalkaboutfestivalinChina,andthendiscussthequestioninPre-readingonpage10. 1.HowdoesyourfamilycelebratetheSpringFestival? 2.WhydowecelebratetheSpringFestival? 3.Dofestivalshelpusunderstandourhistoryandculture?4.Whatkindofgiftsandthingsdopeoplebuydur

6、ingmajorfestivallikeChristmasandtheSpringFestival?2）Showthestudent3picturesaboutKwanzaaandthendiscusswhatsthepictureabout?Step2Listeningcomprehensions1)Presentthestudentsthequestionsbeforelisteningtothetext.2)Getthestudentstolistentothetapeandthenanswerthefollowingquestions.WhydidpeoplecreateKwanzaa

7、?Manyfestivalaroundtheworldarecelebratedaroundthesametime.Whydowecelebratethesefestivalsatthesetimes?Step3Fastreading1)Tellthestudentsthetaskofreadingbeforetheyreadthetext.2)Afterreadingthensummarythemainideaofthistext.Step4LanguagepointsPhrases:hearabout,seven-day,celebrating,gettogether,sothat,hav

8、eincommon,harvest,honour,aswellas,asmuchaswecando,believein,sothat,keepfaithwith,showhonourtosb.,inhonourof.Sentence:1. Kwanzaawasbornin1966,whenpeoplecreatedanewfestivalsothatAfricanAmericanwouldbeabletocelebratetheirhistoryandculture.2. TheAfricanfirst-fruitfestivalshadmanythingsincommon.3.Wemustd

9、oasmuchaswecantomakeourcommunitybetterandmorebeautiful.4.SinceKwanzaaisatimeforlearningaswellasjoy,peoplecelebrateitbylightingacandleeachdayanddiscussingoneofthesevenprinciplesofKwanzaa.Step5Intensivereading1)Tellthestudentsthetaskofreadingbeforetheyreadthepassageonceagain.2)Getthestudentstoreadthep

10、assagemorecarefullyandthendiscussthefollowingquestionsingroups.CompareKwanzaawiththeChineseSpringfestivalandChristmas.Inwhichwayaretheysimilarandinwhichwararetheydifferent?LookatthesevenprincipleofKwanzaa.Whichonedoyouthinkisthemostimportant?Why?Arethereanyotherfestivalswhichhaveoneormoreofthesamepr

11、inciples?Step6Taskbasedactivity1)AskthestudentsactasanannouncerandintroduceMid-autumnfestivaltotheclass.2)Showsomepictureforthestudentstowatch.3)Givethemsomekeywords.August,traditional,Mid-autumnfestival,mooncakes,ChangE,celebrate,gettogether,bigdinner.4)Givethestudentsanexamplewhennecessary.Step7Summary1)Gothroughtheimportantpointsanddifficultpointsofthislessonwiththestudentsonceagain.2)CometothescreenToknowaboutthebriefhistoryoftheKwanzaa.Togetm