Unit1 Festivals and Celebrations Reading and Thinking知识点教学设计 人教版（2019）必修第三册

Unit1 Festivals and Celebrations Reading and Thinking知识点教学设计 人教版（2019）必修第三册 Comprehensive teaching and learning objectives: By the end of this period, the students will have been able to: Learn about the usages of new words, chunks and sentence patterns and try to use them in real language situations to develop language competence; Comprehend the text Why Do We Celebrate Festivals better to improve thinking quality; Use the new language items to talk about festivals, cultural traditions and the meaning of celebrations. Teaching and learning important points: Language focus and better reading comprehension; Text reconstruction and thinking quality improvement. Teaching and learning difficult points: New language items learning, text reconstruction and thinking quality improvement. Step 1 Review Activity 1 Review Check the answers to the reading comprehension exercises to review the main content of the text: the origins of festivals, the changes of celebrations through time, different categories of festivals and the shared human values behind festivals around the world. Step 2 Language Focus (In this step, the teacher explains some of the new and important language items in the context by offering some examples so that the students could comprehend the text better, and also focus on how to use the language items in specific language situations created by the teacher or doing some exercises such as sentence making and blank-filling exercises to help the students to grasp their usages.) Activity 2 Learning about the new language items Festivals are celebrated all around the world. They have a wide range of origins, such as the seasons of the year, religions, famous figures, and important events. 世界各地都有节日庆典，它们的起源十分广泛，包括时令季节、宗教信仰、著名人物和重大事件。 range n. 一系列；范围；界限 vi. （在一定范围内）变化；包括 变形：ranged（过去式/过去分词）；ranging（现在分词） 搭配：a wide range of 一系列；广泛的；range from...to... 范围从……到……；in/within range 在范围内；out of range 超出范围 e.g. There are a wide range of traditional festivals in China, from the Spring Festival to the Double Ninth Festival. e.g. The temperatures in this area range from 10℃ to 25℃ in autumn. e.g. The book includes a wide range of stories about local festival traditions. e.g. When choosing gifts for the Spring Festival, we have a wide range of choices. origin n. 起源；起因；出身；血统 变形：original adj. 最初的；原创的；originate vi. 起源于；发源 搭配：the origin of ……的起源；originate from/in 起源于；发源于 e.g. The origin of the Dragon Boat Festival dates back to over 2,000 years ago. e.g. Many traditional festivals in China originated from the worship of nature in ancient times. e.g. We should learn about the origin of each festival to understand its cultural meaning better. e.g. This custom has its origin in the local folk culture of minority groups. figure n. 人物；数字；身材；画像 vt. 认为；计算；描绘 搭配：famous/key figu ... ...