1、 1 Unit 3 Festival and customs Integrated skills (II) I. Learning objectives By the end of the lesson, students will be able to: 1. talk about traditional Chinese festivals and express their opinions on the topic; 2. write an article to promote traditional Chinese festivals; 3. realize the importanc
2、e of promoting traditional Chinese culture. II. Key competence focus Write an article to promote traditional Chinese festivals. III. Predicted area of difficulty Share ideas of promoting traditional Chinese festivals with each other. IV. Teaching procedures Step 1 Lead-in T arouses Ss interest in to
3、days topic by asking the following questions: What is the date today? What traditional Chinese festival did we celebrate yesterday/last week/last month? What traditional Chinese festival will we celebrate tomorrow/next week/next month? How many traditional Chinese festivals do you know? The teacher
4、can introduce traditional Chinese festivals with the table: Festivals Seasons/dates Typical activities/foods The Spring Festival Winter/the first day of the first lunar month Have dinner with the whole family and watch the Spring Festival Gala/dumplings and fish The Lantern Festival Winter/the fifte
5、enth day of the first lunar month Carry or hang up lanterns/rice balls The Dragon Boat Festival Summer/the fifth day of the fifth lunar month Have dragon boat races/rice dumplings The Mid-Autumn Festival Autumn/the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month Watch the full moon and enjoy family get-toge
6、ther/mooncakes 【设计意图：创设情景，通过生生互动和师生互动，激活学生的背景知识，回顾中国主要的 传统节日， 激活学生思维， 从课程的开始就营造一种和谐快乐的气氛， 很自然地引入主题。 】 Step 2 Revision T helps Ss revise what they have learned in the previous period by asking the following questions: What is your favourite festival? Why do you like it? What is the significance of pr
7、omoting traditional Chinese festivals in modern society? Possible answers: Traditional festivals teach us about Chinese history; 2 Traditional festivals enable us to learn fine Chinese values; Traditional festivals are a source of national pride and help shape our national identity. What should we d
8、o to promote traditional Chinese festivals? Possible answers: Start some courses about traditional Chinese festivals. Have a poster design competition for traditional Chinese festivals. Organize a poetry writing competition during traditional Chinese festivals. Put on some plays about traditional Ch
9、inese festivals. Teach students how to make typical foods for traditional Chinese festivals. 【设计意图：在上节课中，学生读到了有关弘扬中国传统节日重要性的文章，听到了如何弘 扬中国传统节日相关的内容。通过上面的开放性问题，逐步启发学生积极思考，引发联想， 联系实际，提出自己的观点，使学生既复习了上节课的课本知识，又升华到如何看待传统节 日的高度，为本节课的写作作铺垫。 】 Step 3 Discussing in groups 1. T asks Ss to have a discussion in
10、groups about how to promote traditional Chinese festivals. T: How can we promote traditional Chinese festivals? Can you think of some different ways to promote traditional Chinese festivals? (By the government, the media, schools, individuals) 2. T offers Ss some useful expressions for their discuss
11、ion. There are clearly many ways to promote such as should promote/encourage/support by is surely a good/an effective way to promote is very popular with is important for because 【设计意图：通过小组活动， 就 how to promote Chinese traditional festivals 这一话题开展进 一步的讨论，大家思维碰撞，各自发表自己的见解，培养学生的逻辑思维能力和创新思维能 力， 在这个环节中，
12、学生会有不同的答案， 鼓励学生有自己的想法和创意， 为写作提供素材。 同时，鼓励学生大胆开口，提升语言能力。 】 Step 4 Planning your writing 1. T asks Ss to figure out the structure of the article to promote traditional Chinese festivals before they get down to writing. Beginning: State the importance of traditional Chinese festivals and the purpose of
13、your writing. Body: Offer ways to promote traditional Chinese festivals. Ending: Make a call for action and describe a positive result you would like to see. 2. T offers some tips on the language of the article. Organize the points with first of all, moreover, finally/last but not least, etc. if you
14、 give more than one way to promote traditional Chinese festivals. Use imperative sentences to call for action. Make them short and powerful. 【设计意图：激发学生积极思考，主动参与写作准备活动。教师帮助学生梳理语篇的结构和 支架，帮助他们运用正确、恰当的词汇和句子结构，提高综合运用语言的能力，这样学生的 写作就会水到渠成。 】 3 Step 5 Writing and checking 1. T asks Ss to write an article to
15、 promote Chinese traditional festivals. 2. T asks Ss to check their own writings from the following aspects: Spelling Can I find any spelling errors? How can I correct them? Have I used capital letters where they are needed? Grammar Are there any sentence fragments? Are the verbs in the correct tens
16、e? Have I chosen the right coordinating or subordinating conjunctions to join clauses? Punctuation Does every sentence end with the correct end punctuation? Have I used apostrophes correctly to write all singular and plural possessive forms? Variety Are all my sentences simple sentences, or do I var
17、y my sentence structures? Do I repeat words a lot or is there enough variety in vocabulary? Style Are my choice of words proper for the context? Have I used the proper formal style in the writing? 3. T asks Ss to exchange their drafts with their partners for peer review. T: Now please exchange the d
18、rafts with your partner. Fill in the form after you finish reviewing your partners writing. Title of the article: _ Date: _ Writers name:_ Peer reviewers name: _ What I liked most about this article is _. I think these places need improvement: _ Improvement: _ _ Improvement: _ _ Improvement: _ 【设计意图
19、：这一步骤给学生制定了基本的评价标准，使学生有正确的评价导向，可以对照 标准更好地了解自己的写作优势和不足。 评价标准的确定是作文修改和润色中不可缺少的环 节，引导学生多维度地反思文本内容和语言，培养学生对整体语篇结构的把握能力，评价标 准一定要有利于学生语言知识和思维能力的提升。通过同伴互批，引导学生抓住写作要点， 提升写作能力。 】 V. Homework 1. Polish the writing according to your partners comments. 2. In groups, design a poster about an upcoming traditional Chinese festival.
