Festivals教案

　　unit14festivals
　　step1leadin
　　thebirthofafestival
　　wehaveknownmanyfestivals，suchaschristmas，springfestival，midautumnday，andsoon。
　　step2prereading
　　1。makeacomparisonofchinesespringfestivalandchristianchristmas。
　　t：whichisthegreatestandthemostimportantfestivaltochinesepeople？（thespringfestival）andwhichisthegreatestandthemostimportantfestivaltochristianpeopleinwesterncountries？（christmas）
　　bothofthemarequitepopularintheworld。whatarethedifferencesbetweenthem？
　　festival
　　aspectschinesespringfestival
　　christmas
　　timefromthe1stdaytothe15thdayofthefirstchineselunarmonthondec。25
　　preparationdospringcleaning，dospringfestivalshopping（newclothes，deliciousfood，fireworks，newyearpaintings，etc。），decoratethehouseswithspringfestivalcouplets，papercuts，chineseknotsdocleaning，dochristmasshopping（gifts，cards，sweet，cookies，etc。），decoratethehouseswithchristmastreeandcoloredlights
　　specialfoodnewyearscake，dumpling（jiaozi），sweetdumpling（tangyuan）candies，cookies，pudding
　　giftsanything（foods，fruits，clothes，drinks）anything（foods，fruits，drinks，desserts，christmasdecorations）
　　majoractivitieshavefamilyreuniondinneronnewyearseve，paynewyearsvisits，recreationalactivities（dragondance，liondance，stiltwalking）familyreunion，haveabigdinneronchristmaseve
　　purposebiddingfarewelltotheoldyearandwelcomingthenewyear，hopingforthebestandthegoodfuture。celebratingthebirthofjesuschrist
　　note：theitalicizedwordsintheformabovearesuggestedanswers。
　　step3reading
　　t：doyouknowthereisanotherfestivalwhichfollowschristmasdayinamerica。itisanimportantfestivaltoafricanamericans。isthereanyonewhoknowsthenameofthefestival？ss：kwanzaa。
　　1。fastreading：readthetextonpage10fastandtrytogetageneralideaofkwanzaafromthetext。
　　what’sthetopicsentenceoftheparagraph1？
　　kwanzaaisasevendayfestivalcelebratingthecultureandhistoryofafricanamericans。
　　tcanpresentadiagramoftheinformationaboutkwanzaatohelpsstofinishthistask。
　　questionnaire：wheniskwanzaacelebrated？howlongdoesitlast？
　　whocreatedthefestivalofkwanzaa？（drmaulanakarenga）whousuallycelebrateskwanzaa？whyisitcelebrated？whatarethecharacteristicsofkwanzaa？）
　　step4carefulreading：
　　getsstoreadthetextcarefullytogetmoredetails。afterreading，ssareaskedtodotrueorfalseexercises。
　　1）africanamericanshavealonghistoryandarichculture，sokwanzaaisanoldfestival。（f）（ayoungfestival）
　　2）peoplecreatedkwanzaatocelebrateamericanculture。（f）（tocelebrateafricanculture）
　　3）thewordkwanzaameansfirstfruitinswahili，oneofthelargestlanguagesinafrica。（t）
　　4）theafricanfirstfruitfestivalsarecompletelydifferentfromeachother。（f）（tohavemanythingsincommon）
　　5）kwanzaaiscelebratedonchristmasday。（f）（fromdec。26tojan。1）
　　6）kwanzaaisbasedonoldafricanfestivals。（t）
　　7）peoplewhocelebratekwanzaalightacandleforeachofthesevenprinciples。（t）
　　doyouknowanyfestivalsforblackpeopleorafricanamericans？
　　questions：
　　1what’sthenameofthefestival？
　　2whendidthefestivalbegin？
　　3whattimedopeoplecelebrateiteveryyear？
　　4what’sthemeaningofthekwanzaa？andwhichlanguagedidthenamecomeform？
　　5howmanyprincipledoeskwanzaahave？
　　6。whatthingsdidtheafricanfirstfruitfestivalshaveincommon？
　　peoplewouldgettogethertocelebratetheirharvest，togivethanksfortheirharvestsandforlife，tohonourtheirancestors，celebratetheirpast，andthegrouporsocietytheylivedin。
　　step5discussion
　　topic1：doyouagreefestivalscanhelpusunderstandourhistoryandculture？howdotheyhelpusunderstandourhistoryandculture？
　　topic2：nowadaysmoreandmorefestivalshavebeencreatedinmycitiesforvariouspurposes，suchasdevelopinglocaleconomy，makingthecitywellknown，etc。ourcitylinhaicreatedthefestivalofthegreatwallinthesouth。ithasbeencelebratedforthreeyears。however，somelinhainesethinkholdingsuchafestivalcausessomeproblemstothecity。whateffectsdoesthefestivalofthegreatwallinthesouthbringtous？makealist
　　goodeffectsbadeffects
　　step6。homework
　　1。oralwork：readandrecitethenewwordslearntinthisclass。
　　readandrecitesomebeautifulandusefulsentencesinthetext。
　　2。writtenwork：supposeyouarethejournalistofhuipusunshinemagazine。youaregoingtowriteapassageaboutkwanzaa。
　　3。finishperiod2inwinners