Unit 1 Festivals around the world

The First Period (Warming up & Pre-reading)

Step One: Lead-in

Free Talk: Did you have a good time in your winter holidays?

When did you feel most happy and excited? Why?

( At the Spring Festival. Because it's the most important festival in our country....)

Step Two: Warming up

1. Let the Ss think about the other Chinese festivals.

( Lantern Festival, Pure Brightness Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, New Year's Day, Chung Yeung Festival....)

2. Discussion One

1)Let the Ss look at the information about Chinese festivals and discuss another four Chinese festivals according to the example in warming up: When does the festival come?

What do people celebrate?

What do people do?

Festivals Date festivals Date New Year January1st Teachers' Day September 10th International Women's Day March 8 National Day October 1st Arbor Day March 12th The Spring Festival Lunar New Year International labor Day May 1st Dragon Boat Festival the fifth day of the fifth lunar month International Children's Day June 1st Mid-Autumn Festival the 15th day of the 8th lunar month Army Day August 1st Lantern Festival the 15th day of the 1st lunar month Chinese Youth Day May 4th Pure Brightness Day April the fifth 2) Let the Ss fill in the form in the warming up and ask some to share their opinions with the whole class.

3 Discussion Two

Talk about some foreign festivals.