Unit 1 Festivals around the world

Ｉ． 单元教学目标

技能目标Goals ▲ Talk about festivals and celebrations ▲ Talk about the ways to express request and thanks ▲ Learn to use Modal verbs ▲ Write a similar story with a different ending II． 目标语言 Talk about festivals: *Festivals are meant to celebrate important events. *What’s your favorite holiday of the year? *What festivals or celebrations do you enjoy in your city or town? *Do you like spending festivals with your family or with your friends? *What part of a festival do you like best——the music, the things to see, the 功 visit or the food? 能 句 式 *Festivals and celebrations of all kinds are held everywhere. *They lit fires and made music because they thought these festivals would bring a year of plenty. *Some festivals are held to honor the dead or satisfy and please the ancestors. *Festivals can be held as an honor to famous people or the gods. *The most energetic and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring. *Festivals let us enjoy life, be proud of our customs and forget our daily life for a little while. Request: Could/Would you please...? Could I have...? Could we look at...?

I look forward to.... May I see...? Thanks It’s very kind of you ... Thank you very much/Thanks a lot. I’d love to. It was a pleasure... Don’t mention it. You are most welcome. 词 汇 1. 四会词汇 Beauty harvest celebration starve origin religious ancestor Mexico feast bone belief trick poet arrival gain independence gather agriculture award rooster admire energetic Easter clothing Christian custom worldwide fool permission parking apologize drown sadness obvious wipe weep remind forgive 2. 认读词汇 Obon, incense, skull, Halloween, carnival, lunar, parade, Jesus, Trinidad, Valentine, weave, herd, the Milky Way, magpie 3. 固定词组 take place, in memory of, dress up, play a trick, look forward to, day and night, as though, have fun with, turn up, keep one’s word, hold one’s breath, set off , remind…of 4. 重点词汇 starve, satisfy, lead, gather, admire, apologize, drown, wipe, weep, forgive 语 法 Modal verbs: may/ might, can/ could, will/ would, shall/should, must/ can ▲ They lit fires and made music because they thought these festivals would bring a year of plenty. P1 ▲ Some festivals are held to honor the dead, or satisfy and please the ancestors, who could return either to help or to do harm. P2 ▲ Festivals can be held as an honor to famous people or the gods.

III. 教材分析与教材重组

1. 教材分析

本单元以节日为话题，介绍古今中外节日的种类、由来、意义以及人们的活

动和习俗，旨在通过本单元的学习使学生不但了解我国的节日，而且对外国的节日也有所了解，进而拓展社会文化背景、增加跨国文化知识；使学生复习和巩固运用请求和感谢的表达法，掌握情态动词的用法；并尝试根据阅读的文章写一个不同的结局，能表达自己的观点和想法。

1.1 Warming Up 旨在通过表格引导学生讨论并列举出五个我国节日的日

期、庆祝内容和民俗。可以刚刚过去的春节为话题导入对节日的讨论；使他们由自己的经历谈起，扩展到别的节日以及外国的重要节日，激发学生的兴趣，激活他们关于节日的背景知识，为本单元的学习做准备。

1.2 Pre-reading是Reading 的热身活动。主要通过两个问题引导学生思考并

讨论自己最喜欢的节日及欢度方式，进而了解学生对节日的认识，以便为阅读作好铺垫。

1.3 Reading 的五篇小短文分别介绍古代节日、亡灵节、纪念名人的节日、

丰收节、春天的节日等，使学生了解各种节日的由来及其存在的意义。此部分载有Festivals的重要信息，还呈现了大量的词汇和主要的语法---情态动词的用法。处理时应作为重点、整体处理，通过上下文来教词汇、语法，并引导学生分析长句、难句和复杂句。

1.4 Comprehending是考察对阅读内容的进一步理解。

练习一：六个问题让学生对文章内容有浅层理解并考察课文细节，但又不能

仅仅拘泥于课文，要引导学生理解课文内容的基础上联系现实生活。

练习二：要求学生讨论哪些节日是最重要的，哪些是最有趣的，以表格的形

式检查学生对所读节日的理解，并训练他们举一反三的归纳和推理能力。

练习三：要求学生找出各种节日共有的三件事，然后讨论为什么这些事对各

地的人们都很重要。这就要求学生不仅要温习文章内容而且要结合实际，阐述自己的想法，挖掘学生的思维能力和语言表达能力。

1.5 Learning about Language 分词汇和语法两部分。其中Discovering useful

words and expressions是本单元单词的英文释义练习和用文章中的词汇的适当形