Unit 1 Festivals around the world (Book III)

Listening and Speaking

1. Teaching Analysis 教情分析

1.1 Teaching objectives-教学目标

　1.1.1 Language target语言目标

1.1.1.1 Key words & expressions重点词汇和短语

　　1.1.1.1.1 For applying: festival, celebrate, celebration, lunar, take place, on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month,

　　1.1.1.1.2 For comprehending: beauty, harvest, relatives, custom, admire, decorate, origin, separate, dress up, parking lot, luck money, family reunion, get together, Christmas

　　1.1.1.1.3 For recognizing: solar calendar, carnival, parade, Christian, Easter, Lantern Festival, Arbor Day, Pure Brightness Day, Jesus Christ, the Easter Bunny, hot cross buns, the best bands

　1.1.1.2 Sentence structures:

　　①Festivals are meant to celebrate important times of year. P1

　　②Discuss when they take place, what they celebrate and what people do at that time. P1

　　③Cara suggests that Li Mei change her shoes to something more comfortable, wear some lighter and cooler clothing and also take a hat. P6

　　④Easter customs include making and eating hot cross buns, colouring and searching for eggs supposedly hidden by the Easter Bunny and decorating with lilies. P41

1.1.2 Ability goals能力目标

　1.1.2.1 Enable Ss to know how to get the key words from the conversation about the carnival parade, and how to talk about sth. happened.

　1.1.2.2 Enable Ss to talk about Chinese festivals and customs in English and get to know some information about foreign festivals.

1.1.3 Emotion goals情感目标

　　Enable Ss to know and compare Chinese festivals and customs with western festivals and customs.