普通高中课程标准实验教科书英语必修3 Unit 1 Festivals around the worldReading Festivals and celebrations 教学设计江西省新余市 叶有利教学设计思想：本单元的中心话题是“节日”，本节课的阅读篇章主要介绍古代节日的起源、亡灵节、纪念名人的节日、丰收节、春天的节日等，使学生了解各种节日的由来及其存在的意义。本节课采用任务型教学方法，充分调动学生的学习积极性，让学生成为课堂主体，教师成为学生学习的指导者。将听、说、读、写融入课堂，通过“任务型”活动来实现教学目标，使学生能够通过亲身参与和实践、感悟和体验英语，发展语言技能，进而逐步获得综合语言运用能力。本节课以师生谈论自己在春节期间的经历和感受为导入，激活学生关于节日的背景知识。之后自然而然地过渡到阅读部分，阅读部分主要包括略读、寻读和精读三个环节，由浅入深，学生在了解文章主要内容的同时一些基本的阅读技能如注意小标题、寻找关键词等也得到了很好地训练。读后部分主要是让学生通过讨论更深层次地理解课文，即对节日的意义有一个更好的了解。在阅读教学之后设计了一个活动：学生以小组合作的方式创设一个新的节日。这一活动旨在提高学生将知识和技能转化为实际运用英语的能力，真正达到信息输出的目的。教学目标：1 让学生通过阅读了解世界各国各种节日的基本知识；2 引导学生认识节日的分类、节日对人们生活的影响，从更深的层面理解各国节日的意义；3 训练学生略读(skimming)、寻读(scanning)、细读(detailed reading)等阅读技能；4 通过世界各国不同节日的学习培养学生的跨文化交际意识。教学过程Step 1 Lead in (3 minutes)Show some pictures taken during the Spring Festival and share the experience of the Spring Festival with the students. Then ask the students about the things they did during the festival and their feelings.(设计意图：本节课在新学期伊始，学生刚刚过完春节回到学校上课，仍然沉浸在节日的气氛中，教师先通过图片的方式与学生分享自己在春节期间所做的一些事情，介绍当地的一些风俗以及自己的感受。在此基础上，让学生用英语简单谈谈自己的春节经历和感受，学生有话可说，可以活跃课堂气氛，同时也能激活学生关于节日的背景知识，为后面的阅读部分作铺垫。)Step 2 Fast reading (7 minutes)Task 1 Skimming: Skim the passage to find out how many types of festivals are mentioned and what they are.(Four. They are: Festivals of the dead, Festivals to Honor people, Harvest Festivals, Spring Festivals.)Task 2 Scanning: Match the festivals with the purposes of celebrating.1 Obon a. a festival to honor ancestors 2 Dragon Boat Festival b. a religious festival to celebrate the coming of spring3 Halloween c. a childrens festival to ask for sweets or play a trick4 Thanksgiving Day d. a traditional festival for Chinese to admire the moon5 Easter e. a festival in memory of a famous ancient poetQu Yuan6 Mid-autumn Festival f. a festival to be grateful because food is gathered(设计意图：skimming 中两个简单问题是为了训练学生的一项重要的阅读技能注意文章中出现的小标题，学生可以通过这些小标题对文大意有一个基本的了解。Scanning 这一任务的设计锻炼了学生快速搜索信息的能力，同时也可以对文章中所提到的节日有更好的了解。)Step 3 Intensive reading (10 minutes)Read the passage paragraph by paragraph and find out the main idea of each paragraph.Paragraph 1: All kinds of celebrations in ancient time.Question: what did ancient festivals celebrate?(Most ancient festivals would celebrate the end of cold weather, planting in spring and harvest in autumn. Sometimes celebrations would be held after hunters had caught animals.)Paragraph 2: The purpose to honour the dead and three examples.Paragraph 3:The reasons why we honour people Paragraph 4: Autumn festivals are happy events.Question: Why are autumn festivals happy events?(Autumn festivals are happy events because people are thankful that food is ready for winter and the hard farm work is finished. )Paragraph 5: How people celebrate in spring festivals.Question: Name three things people do at spring festivals.(At spring festivals, people usually have dances, carnivals and other activities to celebrate the end of winter and the coming of spring.)(设计意图：精读部分向来是阅读的重点，在这一部分教学中，教师通过精心设计阅读任务，指导学生运用听读、寻读等阅读技巧去抓住文章要点，获取主要信息，理解文章内涵，从上下文猜测不熟悉的语言现象等。)Step 4: Post reading (5 minutes)Group work: discuss with your partner and pick out three things that most festivals seem to have in common.(possible answers: 1 Festivals let us enjoy life, be proud of our customs and forget our daily life for a while. 2 Most celebrations of festivals involved some special food. 3 Festivals remind us of the true meaning of life and let us value what we have had.)(设计意图：通过学生们的合作学习，让他们共同去发现节日创设的意义以及对我们生话的影响，从而为后面的活动做好铺垫工作，同时这样的问题在文章中并没有现成的答案，这需要学生认真体会文章的潜在内容，这样更能激发学生的创造性思维，以便能够更深层次地理解课文。)Step 5: Activity (20minutes)Task 1: A festival should not only be a day that we get together and enjoy ourselves, but more a day that is full of meanings.Work in group of six and try to create a new festival. The following key information should be included:Name of the festival:_Date of the festival: _Meaning of the festival: _Way of celebration: _(设计意图：这样的活动比较新颖，能够充分调动学生参与的热情。教师鼓励学生分组讨论，充分发挥自己的想象力和创造力，在此过程中学生的灵感能够被激活。)Task 2: PresentationEach group choose a representative to give a presentation about the new festival your group created.One sample:The new festival our group create is Girls Day. (name of the festival)The festival falls on March 7.(date of the festival) On that day, girls can tell others their wishes and others should try their best to make the wishes come true. (way of celebration)The purpose of the festival is to celebrate for girls becoming independent and confident. (meaning of the festival)(设计意图：这个任务旨在提高学生将知识和技能转化为实际运用英语的能力，真正达到信息输出的目的。)Step 6: HomeworkWrite the paragraph about the new festival you created just now on the paper and then revise it.(设计意图：课后作业是课堂教学的延续，目的在于让学生从课堂里的口语表述转化为书面语言，从而锻炼学生的书面写作能力