1、Unit 3 Celebration Period 1 Reading&Vocabulary To use the new vocabulary properly;introduce an important festival orally with the related words in this lesson.ObjectivesStudents will be able to To use pictures to help understand new words and touse the dictionary to check meanings.To read a text qui
2、ckly to find specific information.To practise the Present Simple Passive,Present Continuous Passive,Past Simple Passive,Present Perfect Passive and Past Continous Passive.Step 1 Warm-up Look at the pictures on Page 35 and ask students the question:What are they celebrating?In which situations do peo
3、ple hold celebrations?(guide the students to use Key Words on P35)Graduation Winning a scholarshipStep 2 Lead-in Listen to the tape and write down the five celebrations.What other Chinese festivals do you know?When are they celebrated?springsummerautumnwinterFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptem
4、berOctoberNovemberSpring FestivalMay Daythe Childrens Daythe foundation ofBirthday of the armythe Mid-Autumn Daythe National DayWomens DayDecemberJanuarythe New Years DayQingming festival Which festival is celebrated?Step 3 Skimming What do the Lantern Festival and the Dragon Boat Festival mark?Why
5、is the Mid-Autumn Festival so important?Step 4 Scanning Read the texts and fill in the table with the information you read from the texts.FestivalsSeason&date/monthTypicalactivity or foodThe Mid-Autumn FestivalMoon cakes,Meet in the evening and watch the moonSeptember or OctoberFestivalsSeason&date/
6、monthTypicalactivity or foodThe Lantern FestivalThe fifteenth of the first month of the lunar calendarSweet dumplingsFestivalsSeason&date/monthTypicalactivity or foodThe Dragon Boat FestivalThe fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendarZongzi,Dragon boat racesHow to introduce a festival Para
7、 1Para 2Para 3Introduction:when the festival is celebratedTypical activities or foodHow did the festival start?Step 5 SummaryStep 6 Fill in the blanks Nowadays,there are many different kinds of moon cakes _ fruit,coffee,chocolate and even ice-cream moon cakes.including great writings/include William
8、 Shakespeares great writings include Hamlet,Romeo and Juliet,and so on.In another story,a town was almost _ but the light from many lanterns saved it.destroyed earthquake /buildingsThe earthquake destroyed all the buildings.The story was about a god who wanted to _ the town.burn downthe fire /some b
9、uildingsThe fire burnt down some buildings.In the past,lanterns were usually lit by candles and _ with pictures of birds,animals and flowers and etc.decoratedthe Christmas tree/lights and colorful ribbonsThe Christmas tree is decorated with lights and colorful ribbons.waiter/customersLook!The waiter
10、 is serving his customers.Sweet dumplings are boiled and _ in hot water.servedStep 7 PracticeGroup workIntroduce a festival which is most important in China for children,or for young people,or for old people,or for women and men.How to introduce a festival Para 1Para 2Para 3Introduction:when the festival is celebratedTypical activities or foodHow did the festival start?HomeworkRead the passage again and do Exercise 5 on P79.Write an introduction of the festival that your group talked about in class,trying to use the related words learned in this lesson.Thank you
