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Teaching objectives:

1. Students can get the main idea of the passage.

2. Students can improve their reading and writing abilities by finishing some activities and tasks.

3. Students can know that each country has their own festivals. We have to pay more attention to our traditional festivals.

Key points:

Students can use some reading strategies like skimming, scanning and intensive reading to get the main idea of the text and find out some detailed information.

Difficult points:

Students can improve their reading abilities.

Students can know that each country has their own festivals. We have to pay more attention to our traditional festivals.

Teaching Procedure:

I. Lead-in

1. Greeting.

2. Play the song: Jingle Bell and ask students: are you familiar with this song? When can we hear it?

II. Pre-reading

Teacher shows pictures on the PPT and asks students: can you tell me what festivals are they? And how do you know about these festivals. They can talk about them freely.

III. While-reading

Skimming:

Teacher asks students to find out what the passage is mainly about.

Scanning

Teacher asks students to read the passage again and do a Matching Exercise. And then correct them if students make some mistakes.

Careful reading

1. Teacher asks students to read the passage carefully again and to guess the meaning of the word “starve” through the context.

2. Teacher asks students to think about the meaning of this sentence: “Some festivals are held to honor the dead.” And try to make a sentence using this pattern.

3. Teacher asks students to think about the meaning of the phrase “in memory of”.

4. Teacher asks students to think about the question before class: “Can you tell me why the Mid-autumn festival happy events?”

IV. Post-reading

Task: Do a game

Teacher asks students work in group and six in a group. Supposed one of their foreign friends Thomas wants to celebrate the oncoming Dragon Boat Festival together with them. What would happen among them and Thomas? Try to create a short play in such a situation. Five minutes later. Each group shall show their results.

V. Summary

Students summarize what they have learnt in this lesson and the teacher gives supplements if necessary. Enlarge students to know that each country has their own festivals. We have to pay more attention to our traditional festivals.

VI. Homework

Students have to search more information about festivals at home and abroad, and share with us next class.

VII. Blackboard design

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