Comic strip and welcome to the unit
芙蓉初级中学 黄晓艳
Teaching aim:
1. Learn something about Chinese and western famous festivals.
2. Know the way to celebrate these festivals.
3. Guessing the meaning of the pictures.
4. Talking about the favourite festival.
Importance and difficulties:
1. Some new words: celebrate, Halloween, ghost, interesting, dress, as, Christmas, festival, mooncake…
2. Phrases: dress up as… like to do…Monkey King, Chinese New Year, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Thanksgiving Day…
3. Sentences: Which is your favourite festival?
My favourite festival is …/ I like … very much.
Why do you like …? / Because ….
Teaching method:
Inquiry learning Cooperative learning
Teaching progress:
Step1: Lead in
1. Give student a picture. Let them guess what it is about.
2. Say something about that festival. Let them know more about Hallow.
(Stir up students’ learning enthusiasm. Make them want to know other festivals.)
Step2: Presentation
1. Give more pictures to guess what they are. Read the names of festivals aloud.
2. Free talk: How can we celebrate these festivals?
(Let them share their knowledge about festivals. Students prepare it before class.)
一帮一结成对子，由优秀的学生帮助基础差的学生参与讨论
3. Fill in the blanks.
(Check if students have got enough information about these festivals.
Step3: Listening
1. Look and listen:
(1)What festival are Eddie and Hobo celebrating?
(2)What is Hobo dressing up as?
(3)What will he dress up as then?
2. Read comic strip followed the tape.
3. Work in pairs. Ask some students to replay it.
Step4: Presentation
1. Which is Amy’s favourite festival?
2. Work in pairs. Which is your partner’s favourite festival? Use Millie and Amy’s conversation as a model.
Step5: Writing
Write an article about your and your partner’s favourite festival.
Main points: Which is your (you partner’s) favourite festival?
How can we (they) celebrate it?
Why do you (they) like it?
…
Step6: Summary
1. Important phrases and sentences
2. When we meet together, we will make a lot of rubbish. Don’t throw the rubbish everywhere. (Environment teaching: We love the earth bit by bit from the start.)
Step7: Homework
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