Unit 7 Chinese festivals (Period 1)

Teaching contents教学内容：

Story time

Teaching aims and learning objectives教学目标：

1能听懂、会说、会拼写不同节日的表达。如：Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)/ Dragon Boat Festival/Mid-Autumn Festival/ Double-ninth Festival

2能听懂、会说、会拼不同节日的相关月份表达。

3能够根据所给的节日来描述相关的事情和食物。

4 培养孩子们热爱传统文化，尊重并重视中国传统节日并增加对它们的了解的一种爱国情怀。 

Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty教学重难点：

1能听懂、会说、会拼写不同节日的表达。如：Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)/ Dragon Boat Festival/Mid-Autumn Festival/ Double-ninth Festival

2能听懂、会说、会拼不同节日的相关月份表达。

3能够根据所给的节日来描述相关的事情和食物。

Preparation教学准备：

PPT

Teaching procedures教学过程：

Step 1 Warming-up and review.

1. Warm-up: Brain storm

 T: Look and say:

  What can you imagine when you see the pictures?

  dumplings, cakes, lanterns, candies, pumpkin, turkey, flowers…

  Ss:…

Step 2 Presentation

1. The things here are the symbols of different festivals.

Watch and say:

T: How many festivals are talking about? What are they?

Ss: Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)/ Dragon Boat Festival/

  Mid-Autumn Festival/ Double-ninth Festival

2. Look and match:

These are all traditional (传统) Chinese holidays.

 3. Read the story again, quickly find the moths of each festival.

 4. Let’s try to know more about these festivals. 

Explain some food and important activities.

5. Read the text.

Step 3

1.Today, we are talking about four traditional festivals.

  Ask ss to talk about their favourite Chinese holidays.

  T: When we talk about a holiday, what do you want to know ?

  Ss: What, How, When,…

  T: When is it?

  What do people usually do?

  How do people celebrate it?

  What are the symbols of this holiday?

 2. Ss discuss :What else do you know about Double Ninth Festival ?

 3. Introduce more knowledge about Double Ninth Festival

4. Ss: Choose one festival to discuss in groups.

Show time:

  My favourite Chinese holiday is …

It’s in …

We usually eat…

…

Step 4 Homework

1. Copy the new phrases.

2. Recite the content.

3. Write one of their favourite festivals.

Blackboard design板书设计：

  Unit 7 Chinese festivals

Holidays	Traditional food	Things we do