（顺序选修）英语9三年级《Topic 3 Festivals, Holidays and Celebrations Unit 3 Holidays and Festivals Further Read

（顺序选修）英语9三年级《Topic 3 Festivals, Holidays and Celebrations Unit 3 Holidays and Festivals Further Reading Qingming Festival and Hanshi Day》优秀教案

3 To have a taste of different kinds of festivals by appreciating different customs and culture about festivals

Teaching Aids: multi-media and blackboard

Teaching Procedures:

Stage Teacher’s Activities Students’ Activities Purposes

Pre-reading Show the students a video clip and encourage them to tell their impressions of the festival.

Watch the video.

Tell how they feel about the video. To lead in the topic

Ask the students to tell what other festivals do they know both in China and out of China?

Brainstorming some names about festivals To help the students get familiar with the background information and arouse their interest

While-reading

(The order of teaching steps can be adjusted to meet the students’ preference.)

Ask the students to read the passage in three minutes and find out the main idea. Read the text.

Find out the main idea.

To practice students’ ability to grasp specific information

To guide the students to get the meanings of some key words and phrases in the context

To help the students appreciate the language and share their feelings Ask the students to find out the structure of the passage. Read the text and

find out the structure. Ask the students to read paragraphs 1,2,3,4,5,6 step by step and figure out the time,activities,reasons of holding different kinds of festivals.

Read by themselevs and discuss with their partners to figure out some information about different kinds of festivals and find out the relevant sentences. Ask the students to give a general definition about festivals by asking questions.

Think about the question: what else do festivals mean to us,besides entertainment and happiness ?

Post-reading Ask the students to discuss and create a new festival Have a discussion.

Present their festivals.

To encourage the students to share what they have learned from the text by designing a festival.

Assignments Ask the students to finish a writing: Festivals——

holidays but more than holidays

Read the text.