Unit 14 Festivals

發(fā)布時(shí)間：2016-4-20 編輯：互聯(lián)網(wǎng) 手機(jī)版

Part 1 Topic: Festivals

I. Aim of Knowledge

1. Can remember the following words and expressions (by pronunciation, spelling and writing):

theme, parade, holy, Easter, symbol, fighting, conflict, argument, opinion, destruction, major, probably, honour /honor(Am.E), ancestor, principle, nation, purpose, creativity, faith, commercial, joy, light (v.), similar, generation, salute, kiss, cheek, nod, celebration, respect, gift, cycle, fool, invitation, self-determination, reminder

dress up, in one’s opinion, play a trick on /play tricks on, take in, in common

2. Can use the following structures in different situations:

1) Useful expressions in the text

in my opinion, play a trick on /play tricks on, take in, in common, have something/nothing in common with …,as well as, get together.

2) Expressions on expressing and supporting an opinion

In my opinion, we should… I believe we should…

I don’t think it is necessary to… We must decide…

I hope we can make a decision. If we do this, we can…

3) Modal verbs (2): must, have to, have got to.

3. Can be familiar with the following world festivals and talk about them:

Chinese festivals: the Spring Festival, the Lantern Festival (Yuanxiao), Tomb Sweeping Festival (Qingming), Dragon Boat Festival (Duanwu), Mid-Autumn Festival, Double Ninth Festival (Chongyang), National Day, New Year’s Day, Chinese Youth Day, Party’s Day, Army’s Day, Teachers’ Day, Tree-planting Day…

Foreign festivals: Christmas, Halloween, Thanksgiving Day, Easter, Valentine’s Day, April Fool’s Day, Ramadan, Day of the Dead (from Mexico), Bon Odori Festival/ Ghost Festival (from Japan) (盂蘭盆節(jié)), Mardi Gras, Kwanzaa…

4. Can read the reading materials correctly, including pronunciation, intonation, pause and fluency. And recite five to eight beautiful or important sentences.

5. Can understand the teaching material well, and retell the text and have a discussion according to the text after class.

6. Can get further information about festivals through classes, magazines, newspapers, related books, Internet and so on.

II Ability aims:

1. To train Ss’ four skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) in different periods.

2. To make Ss’ know how to write an invitation in English.

3. To help Ss to develop the ability of learning English through different ways, such as reading newspapers, magazines and books, surf the Internet, etc.

III Moral aims:

1. To get Ss to enjoy festivals and customs from different countries, and enlighten Ss to enjoy the beauty and the importance of festivals and customs.

2. To encourage Ss to show positive and healthy attitude towards festivals and customs from different countries.

3. To get Ss to know how to hold effective and successful festivals.

4. To get Ss to further understand the differences between Chinese and foreign cultures by comparing Chinese and foreign festivals and customs.

THE FIRST PERIOD

Warming up & Listening

Teaching aims and demand:

1. The aims of knowledge:

Learn the following words and phrases:

Dress up, fighting, crime, argument, destruction

2. Ability aims:

1. Train the students’ speaking and listening abilities.

2. Learn to talk about festivals, customs and habits

3.Moral aims:

1. To get Ss to enjoy festivals and customs from different countries, and enlighten Ss to enjoy the beauty and the importance of festivals and customs.

2. To encourage Ss to show positive and healthy attitude towards festivals and customs from different countries.

Teaching steps:

Before having this period, the Students (Ss) are asked to collect information about the three festivals: Halloween, Bon Odori Festival, and Day of the Dead.

Step 1 Lead-in

1. First, greet Ss with the questions “How are you feeling today?” “ Do you feel happy today?”

Then, Teacher can lead in the topic festival/ holiday by asking some questions such as:

When do you usually feel happy?

Do you feel happy when there is a festival and you have holidays?

Then which festival or holiday does you like best? And why?

1. Chinese have many festivals. How many Chinese festivals do you know? And what are they?

(The Spring Festival, the Lantern Festival (Yuanxiao), Tomb Sweeping Festival (Qingming), Dragon Boat Festival (Duanwu), Mid-Autumn Festival, Double Ninth Festival (Chongyang), National Day, New Year’s Day, Chinese Youth Day, Party’s Day, Army’s Day, Teachers’ Day, Tree-planting Day…)

Which is the greatest and the most important festival to our Chinese people? When do Chinese celebrate the Spring Festival? How long does the Spring Festival last? Why do Chinese people celebrate it? What is the theme of the Spring Festival? How is it celebrated?

3.Different cultures have different kinds of customs and festivals. How many foreign festivals do you know? And what are they?

( Christmas, Halloween, Thanksgiving Day, Easter, Valentine’s Day, April Fool’s Day, Ramadan, Day of the Dead (from Mexico), Bon Odori Festival/ Ghost Festival (from Japan) (盂蘭盆節(jié)), Mardi Gras, Kwanzaa…)

Step 2 Warming up

1. Show the Ss three pictures and ask them to discuss in pairs according to the following guiding questions:

Q1: Do you know the names of the festivals? (Halloween, Bon Odori, Day of the Dead)

Q2: Do you know which countries the festivals come from?

Q3: What are the people in the pictures doing? Why are they doing this?

2. Ask individual students to talk about the three festivals. The information of the festivals should include the name of the festival, when, where and how to celebrate it.

3. Which Chinese festival is similar to the three festivals? (Tomb Sweeping Festival)

Then get Ss to compare the Chinese Tomb Sweeping Festival with one of the three festivals. (Differences: time, people, place, the way of celebrating, etc. Similarity: ghost festival)

Step 3 Dialogue

Get Ss to work in pairs to make up a dialogue. One describes his/her favorite Chinese festival and the other describes his/her favorite foreign festival. Trying to compare them.

(The following form is presented for Ss to prepare.)

Festival

When is the festival celebrated?

Who celebrates the festival?

How do people celebrate it?

Why do people celebrate it?

What are some important themes, e.g.“family” and “peace”?

How old is the festival?

Step 4 Listening

1. Pre-listening: Present three pictures about Mardi Gras, Ramadan and Easter and let Ss to guess out the names of the festivals from what they can see from the pictures.

2. While listening: Do the three festivals one by one. For each one, Ss can listen to it twice. The first time, Ss’ task is to find correct answers to the choices in the book. The second time, Ss’ task is to check their answers and T check the correct answers with the whole class.

3. Post-listening: Get Ss to listen to each festival again. While listening, try to take notes and get more information about the festival. Then ask Ss to describe the three festivals in their own words.

Language points:

1>If you don't know of any festivals, you can ask your teacher for help.

　know of

　知道;了解,懂得(同know about)

　There is one or two things I'd like to know about.

　有一兩件事我很想知道。

　ask for

　1. 要,要求 2. 找(人)

　The miners are asking for another increase in pay.

　煤礦工人正在要求再次加薪。

　There's an old man at the door, asking for you.

　門口有一位老人找你。

2>When is the festival celebrated?

　celebrate

　vt. 慶祝 vi. 慶祝,過節(jié)

　We held a party to celebrate our success.

　我們舉行宴會(huì)慶祝我們的成功。

　Today is his birthday, so we're going to celebrate.

　今天是他的生日,所以我們要慶祝一下。

　celebration n. 1.慶祝 2.慶祝活動(dòng),慶典[C]

　The party was in celebration of Mother's silver wedding.

　聚會(huì)是為慶祝母親的銀婚。

　A Fourth of July celebration includes a display of fireworks.

　七月四日獨(dú)立紀(jì)念日慶典包括燃放煙火。

3>What are some important themes, for example 'family' and 'peace'?

　theme

　n.[C] 1. 論題,話題,題目 2. 主題,主題思想;題材 3. (學(xué)生的)作文,文章

　The main theme of discussion was press censorship.

　討論的主題是新聞審查制度。

　The theme of the poem is love and peace.

　這首詩的主題是愛與和平。

　Our school themes must be written in ink and on white paper.

　我們學(xué)校的作文要用墨水寫在白紙上。

4>The two main popular symbols of Easter are the Easter Bunny and Easter egg.

　symbol

　n.[C] 1. 象征,標(biāo)志[(+of)] 2. 記號(hào),符號(hào)[(+for)]

　The white bird is a symbol of freedom.

　這白色的鳥是自由的象征。

　We use x as the symbol for an unknown quantity.

　我們用ｘ表示一個(gè)未知數(shù)。

5>No fighting or conflicts are allowed on Peace Day.

　conflict

　n.[C]1. 沖突,抵觸,不一致,分歧(+between) 2. 斗爭,爭執(zhí),戰(zhàn)斗(+between)

　This is an irreconcilable conflict.

　這是一個(gè)不可調(diào)和的矛盾。

　Armed conflict is likely to break out between the two countries.

　這兩國間有可能發(fā)生武裝沖突。

6>No pollution or destruction of natures is allowed.

　destruction

　n.1. 破壞; 毀滅; 消滅

　The flood caused serious destruction to the railway.

　洪水嚴(yán)重毀壞了鐵路。

　construction n.1. 建造,建設(shè);建造術(shù) 2. 建筑物,建造物[C]

　The new school is still under construction.

　新學(xué)校還在建造中。

　The building is a construction of wood.

　這是木質(zhì)結(jié)構(gòu)的建筑。

Step 5 Summary

Help Ss to have a revision of the festivals learnt in this class.

T: Different histories and cultures have different kinds of festivals and customs. We should get to know they all play important parts in learning a country’s language. We should respect and show positive attitudes towards foreign festivals and customs as well as Chinese ones.

Step 6 Homework

1. Listening work: Listen to the listening material about Christmas in workbook on page 77.

2.Written work: Write a description of your favorite festival. The description should include 1) the name 2) the time 3) characteristics 4) activities, etc.

Record after Teaching:

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THE SECOND PERIOD

READING

Teaching aims and demand:

1.The aims of knowledge:

1. Learn and master the following words:

Honor, ancestor, nation, self-determination, purpose, generation, faith, joy, light

2.Ability aims:

Train the students’ reading ability.

3.Moral aim:

Let the students learn about the relation between festivals and history and culture.

Teaching important points:

1. Improve the students’ reading ability

2. Help the students learn about foreign history and culture by reading about festivals.

Teaching difficult points:

How to help the students understand the passage exactly.

Teaching steps:

Step 1 Revision

Get Ss to work in pairs to match the festivals in Column A with the information in Column B.

Column A Column B

1.Ramada A. celebrated on the 15th day of the

first Chinese lunar month

2.the Lantern Festival B. chocolate, bunnies, colored eggs for its

symbols

3.Mardi Gras C. Muslims fast during the daylight day

4.Dragon Boat Festival D. catching “beads, doubloons and cups”

thrown by parades

5.Valentine’s Day E. honoring love and lovers

6.Halloween F. eating Zongzi to honor Qu Yuan

7.Double Ninth Festival G. the time of ghosts, spirits, gravestones

8.Thanksgiving Day H. meaning clear and bright, mourning the dead

9.Easter I. offering thanks, family gatherings and meals

10.Tomb Sweeping Festival J. on the 9th day of the 9th lunar month as Senior

Citizen’s Day

Step 2 Pre-reading

1. Make a comparison of Chinese Spring Festival and Christian

Christmas.

T: Which is the greatest and the most important festival to Chinese people? (the Spring Festival) And which is the greatest and the most important festival to Christian people in western countries? (Christmas)

Both of them are quite popular in the world. What are the differences between them?

Festival

Different

aspects

Chinese Spring Festival

Christmas

Time From the 1st day to the 15th day of the first Chinese lunar month

On Dec. 25

Preparation Do spring-cleaning, do Spring Festival shopping (new clothes, delicious food, fireworks, New Year paintings, etc.), decorate the houses with Spring Festival couplets, paper cuts, Chinese knots… Do cleaning, do Christmas shopping (gifts, cards, sweet, cookies, etc.), decorate the houses with Christmas tree and colored lights…

Special Food New Year’s cake, dumpling ( jiaozi) , sweet dumpling (tangyuan)…

Candies, cookies, pudding…

Gifts

Anything (foods, fruits, clothes, drinks…)

Anything (foods, fruits, drinks, desserts, Christmas decorations)

Major Activities Have family reunion dinner on New Year’s Eve; pay New Year’s visits, recreational activities (dragon dance, lion dance, stilt-walking…)

Family reunion, have a big dinner on Christmas Eve…

Purpose Bidding farewell to the old year and welcoming the new year, hoping for the best and the good future.

Celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ

Note: The italicized words in the form above are suggested answers.

Step 3 Reading

T: Do you know there is another festival that follows Christmas Day in America? It is an important festival to African Americans. Is there any one who knows the name of the festival? (Kwanzaa)

1. Fast reading: Read the text on page 10 fast and try to get a general idea of Kwanzaa from the text. T can present a diagram of the information about Kwanzaa to help Ss to finish this task.

(Questionnaire: When is Kwanzaa celebrated? How long does it last?

Who created the festival of Kwanzaa? (Dr Maulana Karenga) Who usually celebrates Kwanzaa? Why is it celebrated? What are the characteristics of Kwanzaa?)

2. Careful reading: Get Ss to read the text carefully to get more details. After reading, Ss are asked to do True or False exercises.

1) African Americans have a long history and a rich culture, so Kwanzaa is an old festival. (F) (A young festival)

2) People created Kwanzaa to celebrate American culture. (F) (To celebrate African culture)

3) The word Kwanzaa means first fruit in Swahili, one of the largest languages in Africa. (T)

4) The African first-fruit festivals are completely different from each other. (F) (To have many things in common)

5) Kwanzaa is celebrated on Christmas Day. (F) (From Dec. 26 to Jan. 1)

6) Kwanzaa is based on old African festivals. (T)

7) People who celebrate Kwanzaa light a candle for each of the seven principles. (T)

3. Dialogue.

Suppose you are the reporter of Overseas Wind Programme of Huipu Students’ Broadcasting. Now you are chosen to interview the foreign teacher John about the festival of Kwanzaa. Make up a dialogue with your partner. One acts the role of the reporter, and the other acts the role of John. The dialogue can begin like this:

Reporter (R): Good afternoon, everyone. Here is our Overseas Wind Programme. Today, we have a foreign guest in our progamme. He is our foreign teacher John. Hello, John.

John (J): Hello.

R: Welcome to our Overseas Wind Programme. Today we have a topic about the festival of Kwanzaa. So would you like to introduce Kwanzaa to us? …

J: …

Step 4 Discussion

Topic1: Do you agree festivals can help us understand our history and culture? How do they help us understand our history and culture?

Topic2: Nowadays more and more festivals have been created in my cities for various purposes, such as developing local economy, making the city well known, etc. Our city Linhai created the Festival of the Great Wall in the South. It has been celebrated for three years. However, some Linhainese think holding such a festival causes some problems to the city. What effects does the Festival of the Great Wall in the South bring to us? Make a list

Good Effects Bad Effects

… …

Step 5 Homework

1. Oral Work: Read and recite the new words learnt in this class.

Read and recite some beautiful and useful sentences in the text.

2. Written Work: Suppose you are the journalist of Huipu Sunshine Magazine. You are going to write a passage about Kwanzaa.

Record after Teaching

THE THIRD PERIOD

Language Study

Teaching aims and demand:

1.The aims of knowledge:

Learn and master the following words:

Honor, ancestor, nation, self-determination, purpose, generation, faith, joy, light

2.Ability aims:

Train the students’ reading ability.

3.Moral aim:

Let the students learn about the relation between festivals and history and culture.

Teaching important points:

Help the students learn about foreign history and culture by reading about festivals.

Teaching difficult points:

How to help the students understand the passage exactly.

Teaching steps:

Step 1 Revision

Get Ss to have revision of the text The Birth of Kwanzaa. Ss are required to answer the following questions about Kwanzaa.

Q1: Who created Kwanzaa?

Q2: Is it a young or an old festival? When was it born?

Q3: When is Kwanzaa celebrated?

Q4: Who celebrate the festival of Kwanzaa?

Q5: Why is it celebrated?

Q6: What are the characteristics of Kwanzaa?

Then T can ask individual Ss to give a short talk about Kwanzaa according to the questions above.

Step 2 Language points (in the text The Birth of Kwanzaa)

T: Now we have a good knowledge of Kwanzaa by reading the text. And there are some useful and important words and expressions in the text as well. It is necessary for us to learn and master them well. What useful words and expressions have you found from the text?

1. Let Ss do a word matching exercise to check whether Ss master the new words well.

1. nation A. a strong wish to succeed in doing something

2. faith B. large community of people; country

3. determination C. belief in something or someone

4. purpose D. an action meant to deceive (欺騙) someone

5. generation E. a reason for doing something

6. ancestor F. the people born at a certain time

7. peace G. a person in your family who lived a long time ago

8. trick H. quietness and calm

(suggested answers:1-B 2-C 3-A 4-E 5-F 6-G 7-H 8-D )

Then check answers to the exercises in Word Study on Page 13.

(suggested answers: theme, faith, purpose, nations, determination, joy, ancestors, birth, peace, treated)

2. Deal with the language points in the text. Get Ss to enjoy the text by listening to the tape. Ask Ss to read after the tape in low voice, and pay attention to the pronunciation, intonation and pause while listening.

1) Kwanzaa is a seven-day festival celebrating the culture and history of African Americans.（現(xiàn)在分詞作后置定語，表示名詞中心詞與分詞是主動(dòng)關(guān)系。）

Kwanzaa is a seven-day festival created to celebrate the culture and history of African Americans.（過去分詞作后置定語，表示名詞中心詞與分詞是被動(dòng)關(guān)系。）

e.g.那只跟著王老師進(jìn)來的狗是我家的狗。

The dog following Mr. Wang into the room is my dog.

被一群學(xué)生跟在后面的那個(gè)男人是我們的王老師。

The man followed by a group of students is our teacher, Mr. Wang.

2) The week following Christmas Day, many African-American families get together to greet the New Year and think about the past.

get together: 聚會(huì)

e.g. On New Year’s Eve we Chinese get together for a family reunion dinner

get somebody together:把…聚集起來

e.g. Every Monday morning, our school leaders get all the students together to have a meeting.

get-together n.聚集

e.g. Every year my classmates in junior middle school have a get-together.

3)…so that… 表示目的

e.g. He works hard so that he can get high marks in the exam.

…so+adj.+that 從句

e.g. He works so hard that he gets high marks in the exam.

4) in common 共同

e.g. Mr. and Mrs. Li own the store in common.

have something/nothing in common (with sth.) （與…）有共同點(diǎn)

e.g. I have nothing in common with my sister.

5) honor (=honor Am.E) n./v.

n. [ C ] “ 榮幸，使感到光榮的人或事”, 一般用單數(shù)形式。

e.g. To host the 29th Olympic Games is a great honor for China.

v. Every year we honor our past relatives and ancestors before a memorial in Tomb Sweeping Festival.

I felt highly honored when the teacher spoke highly of me before classmates.

in one’s honor; in honor of something/somebody.為了紀(jì)念、尊敬某人/某事

e.g. Dragon Boat Festival is created in honor of the famous poet Quyuan.

6) as well as 與…一樣好，不僅…而且

e.g. She cooks as well as her mother.

Christine can speak Japanese as well as English

His children as well as his well were invited to the party.

（A as well as B …謂語動(dòng)詞單復(fù)詞由A決定）

7）nation, country, state 三者的區(qū)別

三個(gè)都有“國家”的意思，但側(cè)重點(diǎn)不同。

nation著重指人民、民族、國民。

e.g. The whole nation was in deep sorrow at this bad news.

country著重指疆土、國土、家園，也可指一個(gè)人的祖國或國籍所在，還可指鄉(xiāng)村。e.g. The soldier fought bravely for their country.

state著重指政策、政權(quán)、政府和國家機(jī)器，還可指組成國家的州，特別是美國。e.g. Highways in China belong to the state./ How many states are there in the United States of America.

8) purpose: with/ for the purpose of (doing) something 表目的

e.g. He went to the supermarket for the purpose of buying something to eat.

on purpose 故意地，特意地

e.g. I came here on purpose to see you .

9) faith: have/ lose faith in…對(duì)…有/失去信心

e.g. I have faith in you, you will do it well.

Keep/break faith with somebody 對(duì)…某人守/不守信用

e.g. We will not treat him as our friend as he breaks faith with us.

10) believe in … 信仰，信任，贊成

e.g. We believe in his good character.

11) light v. (lighted/ lighted; lit/ lit)

THE FOURTH PERIOD

Grammar

Teaching aims and demand:

1.The aims of knowledge:

2. Learn and master the following words:

Honor, ancestor, nation, self-determination, purpose, generation, faith, joy, light

2.Ability aims:

Train the students’ reading ability.

3.Moral aim:

Let the students learn about the relation between festivals and history and culture.

Teaching important points:

3. Improve the students’ reading ability

4. Help the students learn about foreign history and culture by reading about festivals.

Teaching difficult points:

How to help the students understand the grammar.

Teaching steps:

1. Presentation: Present a sign “No Rubbish”.

Ask Ss “What can you see in the sign?” “What does the sign tell us?” “Can we throw rubbish in this place?”“Where must we throw the rubbish?” “What should we do if we cannot find a dustbin at once?”

T presents the following two sentences on the screen.

①We mustn’t throw the rubbish in the place with a sign“No Rubbish”, and we must throw the rubbish into the dustbin.

②We have to keep the rubbish in hand or in a plastic bag until we find a dustbin, if we cannot find a dustbin at once.

2. Get Ss to compare the two sentences above and explain how to use the modal verbs“must” & “have to”.

must is often used when you think that it is necessary to do something. have to is often used when someone else thinks it is necessary or there seems to be no other choice.

must is used to talk about an obligation that depends on the person speaking or listening, while have to is generally used to talk about obligations that come from “outside”.

must--subjective have to --objective

e.g. I must be back by ten every night.( I think it is necessary for me to be back by ten every night.)

I have to be back by ten every night. ( I don’t want to be back by ten every night, maybe my mother thinks it’s necessary.)

3. Tell Ss in informal English, “have got to” can be used instead of “have to”. e.g. It is getting late, I’m afraid I have got to (=have to) go.

4. Forms in tense & Negative form

forms in tense: must, must have to, had to

negative form:

must--must not(mustn’t)(=not be allowed=be forbidden)

have to -- do not have to (don’t have to)(=needn’t)

e.g. It is a secret, you mustn’t tell others.

It is none of your business; I don't have to tell you about this.

Step 2 Practices

1. Look at the following table of greeting manners. Decide which are necessary and which are not. Make sentences using must, have to or negative forms.

Greeting manners

Get off the bike when you greet someone Salute

Bow Kiss on the cheek

Nod Hug

Smile Look into the eyes

Take off your hat Shake hands

Example: When you greet a friend who you know very well, you don’t have to shake hands.

If you want to make friends with someone, you have to smile more often.

2. Suppose you are spending the Spring Festival at your grandparents’ house. Complete the sentences with have got to.

1) Your school starts tomorrow, so you have got to go back today.

2) You broke your grandma’s favourite vase, so ________________________

3) Your parents went back to work three days ago, so ___________________

4) Your grandparents have give you quite a lot of money, so ______________

5) You have done your homework all wrong, so ________________________

6) You do not know when you should go to school tomorrow, so ___________

7) _______________________, so ______________________

8) ______________________, so________________________

Step 3Discussion

Ask Ss to have a discussion of Dos and Don'ts at school, using the modal verbs: must & have to

Dos Don’ts

We must keep the classroom clean. We mustn’t jump the queue in the dining

hall.

We have to wear school uniforms We don’t have to use credit card in the every day. school store.

… …

Step 4 Homework

1. Make sentences with the following expressions: get together, in common, honor (v. /n.), as well as, with/for the purpose of (doing) sth, have/lose faith in …

2. Finish off the grammar exercises in Workbook

3. Collect information about Earth Day, Martin Luther King, Jr Day, Day of the Dead, and April Fool’s Day.

THE FIFTH PERIOD

Teaching aims and demand:

1.The aims of knowledge:

Master the words in the text and improve the reading ability.

2.Ability aims:

Train the students’ reading ability.

3.Moral aim:

Let the students learn about the relation between festivals and history and culture.

Teaching important points:

Help the students learn about foreign history and culture by reading about festivals.

Teaching difficult points:

How to help the students understand the passage exactly.

Teaching steps:

Speaking & Integrating Skills

Step 1 Lead in

In this unit, we have learnt a variety of festivals in the world, and as we know all of them celebrate different things, so their themes are quite different. What themes of the festivals do you know? (Peace, family, environment, nature, memory of great men, etc.)

Step 2 Reading (Integrating skills)

1. Get Ss to read the four festivals Earth Day, Martin Luther King, Jr Day, Day of the Dead, and April Fool’s Day, and try to get information about each one as much as possible.

2. Ask Ss following questions about each festival.

(Earth Day): When is Earth Day celebrated? What does it celebrate?

What does it tell us? What could we do to celebrate Earth Day?

(Martin Luther King, Jr Day): When is Martin Luther King, Jr Day celebrated? When did it become a national holiday? What is the theme of the 2002 holiday? What do you think “A Day On, Not A Day Off!” means? Martin Luther King, Jr Day is created in honor of Martin Luther King, are there any other great men or women whose memory should be celebrated? How would you celebrate the memory of them?

(Day of the Dead):Is it an old festival? What does it come from? What’s the theme of Day of the Dead? What do people do on that day? Why do so many festivals honour our ancestor?

(April Fool’s Day): What do people do on April Fool’s Day? Have you ever heard of an April Fool’s trick? What happened? What do we call the person who is taken in?

Step 3 Speaking

Suppose our country is going to create a new holiday, and there are four choices. They are Peace Day, Happiness Day, Friendship Day, and Nature Day. What Day of the four days do you think is the best one?

Fist, get Ss to discuss in pairs.

Then, ask individual Ss to report their decision using the following structures:

I think that the new holiday should be________. On this day, ________are allowed. People will __________. The holiday will be celebrated on _________and people will celebrate by______________. I think this is the best idea because___________.

Step 4 Tasks

Task 1: Design your new favourite holiday or festival and give reasons.

Report your new holiday or festival, using the following expressions:

In my opinion, we should… I believe we should…

I don’t think it is necessary to… We must decide…

I hope we can make a decision. If we do this, we can…

Task 2: Create your own festival. Get Ss to write a short description of their created festival according to the form below.

Name of the festival: _________________________________

Date: _____________________________________________

Meaning: _________________________________________

Principles: __________________________________________

How is the festival celebrated? __________________________

What is the symbol of the festival? _______________________

Step 5 Writing

T: Now you have created your new festival, you may want your friends to join the celebration of your new festival. So you should invite your friends to attend your celebration activity. Then how will you invite your friends? Here an invitation is needed.

T can present a sample of invitation and tell Ss how to write an invitation. Information needed in an invitation should include: what, when, who, why, and where? (see tips on page14)

(Sample:

Dear Mr. and Mrs. Silver,

We are having a small At-home party with a few close friends at our house on Tuesday, February 3rd, at 7:00 o’clock.

We should be very pleased if you could honor us with your company.

Sincerely yours,

John Brown)

1>It is the reminder that we need to care about the world we live in.

　reminder

　n.[C] 1. 提醒者,提醒物,令人回憶的東西

　　 2. 提示,幫助記憶的記號(hào)

2>The festival honors both the living and the dead.

　the living and the dead

　the+形容詞表示一類

3>It is not a sad day, but rather a time to celebrate the cycle of life.

　cycle

　n.[C]1. 周期;循環(huán);一轉(zhuǎn) 2. 整個(gè)系列;整個(gè)過程 3. 腳踏車;摩托車

　　　　vi./vt. (使)循環(huán),輪轉(zhuǎn) vi.　騎腳踏車(或摩托車)

　The seasons of the year make a cycle.

　一年四季構(gòu)成一個(gè)循環(huán)。

　He studied the cycle of events leading to the Great Depression.

　他研究了導(dǎo)致大蕭條的一系列事件。

　She goes to work on her cycle.

　她騎腳踏車上班。

　The machine cycles automatically.

　這臺(tái)機(jī)器自動(dòng)循環(huán)運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)。

　I cycled to the beach.

　我騎車去海灘。

4>Our friends play tricks on us and try to fool us.

　trick

　n. 1. 詭計(jì); 騙局; 謀略; 花招 2. 惡作劇 3.戲法,把戲;特技,妙計(jì)

　vt./vi.1. 哄騙

He got into the castle by a trick.

他耍了個(gè)花招混進(jìn)了城堡。

Daily practice is the trick in learning a foreign language.

每天練習(xí)是學(xué)會(huì)一門外語的訣竅。

No one understood how I did the card trick.

誰也沒有看出來我是怎樣玩紙牌戲法的。

Magicians often perform tricks such as pulling a rabbit out of a hat.

魔術(shù)師常常變從帽子抓出兔子的戲法。

They tricked me into making a mistake.

他們騙我犯錯(cuò)。

5>If a person is taken in, he or she is called 'April Fool'.

　take in

　1. 讓...進(jìn)入;接受 2. （此處）欺騙

Step 6 Homework

1. Writing: Use the information about the festival you have created to write an invitation. Your invitation letter should explain your festival and tell the guest how it will be celebrated.

2. Finish off all the exercises in Workbook.

Record after Teaching

WORKBOOK

1>It is likely that people have celebrated harvest festivals even since they began to plant and gather food.

　likely

　a.1. 很可能的 [+to-v][+that] 2. 適當(dāng)?shù)?正合要求的[(+for)]

　John is likely to be in London this autumn.

　今年秋天約翰可能在倫敦。

　The park is a likely place for the picnic.

　這公園倒是個(gè)適合野餐的地方。

2>On each day there is a special event: a parade of elephants, fireworks and dances.

　parade

　n. 行進(jìn),行列,游行[C]

　　vt. 在...游行,在...列隊(duì)行進(jìn)

　　vi. 游行,列隊(duì)行進(jìn)

A parade was held on New Year's Day.

　元旦那天舉行了游行。

　The circus performers and animals paraded the streets.

　馬戲團(tuán)的演員和動(dòng)物在大街游行。

　The soldiers paraded by.

　士兵們列隊(duì)走過。

3>The boats used are beautifully painted and decorated with flowers.

　decorate

　vt./vi. 裝飾,修飾

　The great hall was decorated with flowers.

　大廳里裝飾著花朵。

4>The king is so popular that the gods become jealous and send him away.

　jealous

　a. 妒忌的(+of)

　He was jealous of his friend's reputation.

　他妒忌朋友的聲譽(yù)。

　Why is he so jealous?

　他為何這么會(huì)妒忌?

5>A very special event takes place the night before ChuSuk.

　take place

6>...the yearly festivals represent our love for family, friends and life.

　yearly

　a. 每年的,一年一次的 ad. 每年;一年一度

　 I make a yearly trip to the mountains.

　我每年進(jìn)一次山。

　Interest is paid yearly.

　利息一年支付一次。