Unit4 holidays and fetivals
warming up学案 teaching goals1. to get the students to talk about festivals2. to learn about how festivals begin and how to celebrate festivals so as to enable them to learn more about different cultures while learning different language3. to develop the students’ reading skills : skimming, scanning, summarizing, and finding out details.4. to arouse the students’ interest in festivals, cultures, especially those in china，thus promote their culture awareness.important points1. comprehension of the reading part.2. knowledge accumulation of festivals and cultures.3. useful words and expressions concerning festivals.step 1 lead-infree talk: did you have a good time in your winter holidays? when did you feel most happy and excited? why?step 2 warming up1. let the ss think about the other chinese festivals.2. discussion onewhen does the festival come?what do people celebrate?what do people do?fill in the blanks festivalsdatefestivalsdatenew yearteachers' dayinternational women's dayoctober 1starbor daythe spring festivalinternational labor daythe fifth day of the fifth lunar monthinternational children's daymid-autumn festivalarmy daythe 15th day of the 1st lunar monthchinese youth dayapril the fifth3 discussion two talk about some foreign festivals.step 3 discussion1) what is your favourate 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 4 language points1. mean 1) i never mean_____________我没打算让她读那些书。2) passing the entrance examination means_______________________________通过了高考意味着被大学录取。3) we chinese people always mean__________ 我们中国人从来说话算数。4) these books__________________, i meant ____________________.这些书是给你的，我的意思是让你要这些书。5) i don’t mean_____________________. 我不打算跟你吵架。 2. take place