人教版（2019） 必修第三册 Unit 1 Festivals and Celebrations Reading and Thinking教学设计

Unit 1 Festivals and Celebrations Period 2 Reading and Thinking 教材分析 本文为一篇探究节日和庆典的论说文。文本通过探讨人们为何欢庆节日，对世界各地的人们庆祝节日的现象追根溯源，进而探讨节日的传承与发展变化。该板块围绕“探究节日与庆典的缘由”（Discover the reasons for festivals and celebrations），要求学生通过阅读该文本，体会节日文化的内在实质，感悟世界各国人民共同的精神追求和美好愿望。 教学目标 在本课学习结束时，学生能够： 1. 梳理论说文的语篇结构和文本逻辑； 2. 能够正确识别文章中的主题句，抓住段落大意； 3. 了解节日风俗习惯的发展与变迁，感悟节日的内涵与意义。 教学重难点 【教学重点】 1. 结合文本特点快速而准确地找到主题句。 2. 正确理解和掌握文本中的新词汇。 3. 了解不同国家、不同民族的节日文化。 【教学难点】 能准确地找到段落主题句，并能够分析、提炼节日的精神内涵。 教学过程 Step 1 Warming-up Look at the pictures and discuss the following questions. 1. What festivals do you celebrate with your family each year 2. Why do you think people celebrate different festivals 设计意图：欣赏图片，引出话题，并对本课将要学习的节日文化做好铺垫。 Step 2 Pre-reading 1. Learn to analyze the title and the pictures in the text. 设计意图：引导学生关注标题和插图，为后面的标题分析解决障碍。 2. Work on Activity 1. Look at the title. Predict what the text will talk about. 设计意图：根据标题推测文章大意。 Step 3 While-reading 1. Work on Activity 2. Read the text and find out the answer to the question in the title. People all over the world celebrate different festivals because: they would like to … festivals … 2. Read the text again and find out all the factors that encourage people to celebrate festivals. Here are some questions for you to think about: (1) Why do people celebrate the harvest festivals (2) What role do customs and traditions play in festivals Do you think they are also the reasons for celebrating festivals Why (3) Why did the writer mention the commercialisation of festivals How is it influencing people’s way of celebrating festivals (4) What are some other reasons for celebrating festivals 设计意图：进行泛读和精读，回答问题，掌握欢庆节日的缘由。 3. Read the reading strategy and think about the questions. (1) Do you know how to identify the main idea of each paragraph (2) Where can we usually find the “topic sentence” 4. Work on Activity 3. Read the text again and underline the topic sentence of each paragraph that gives the main idea. 设计意图：掌握阅读策略，准确找到段落中心句。 5. Read the text again and complete the structure of the passage. 设计意图：完成思维导图，对语篇进行结构化分析，明确篇章结构特点及逻辑层次。 Step 4 Post-reading 1. Work on Activity 4. In pairs, discuss the following questions. (1) What do most festivals seem to have in common (2) How do you feel about festival customs that have already faded away (3) What is the writer’s attitude towards the commercialisation of festivals 设计意图：通读文章，并结合个人经历，谈论节日共性以及商业节日，引发思考。 2. Work on Activity 5. Complete the following passage using suitable words from the t ... ...