教学目标：

1）掌握四个节日的英语表达Spring Festival、Halloween、 Children’s Day、Mid-Autumn Festival、people。

2）掌握句型When’s …? It’s in… What do people usually do at/on…? They usually …并能根据实际情况正确熟练地运用句型。

3）了解中西方的一些节日，并能知道不同国家和地区对于节日不同的庆祝方式。

教学重、难点：

1）掌握四个节日的英语表达Spring Festival、Halloween、Children’s Day、Mid-Autumn Festival、people

2）重点掌握句型What do people usually do at/on…? They usually …并能根据实际情况正确熟练地运用句型。

教学用具：

多媒体课件

教学过程：

Step 1 Warming up.

Enjoy a song《Happy New Year》

Step 2 Presentation (1)

1) T: Do you like it? Can you sing it?

Ss: Yes.

T: People often sing it on“New Year’s Day”. Look! (大屏幕上出现新年和春节)

T: Who can read it?

S1: New Year’s Day.

T: In other countries, we call New Year’s Day. In China, we call “Spring Festival”.

Ss read “Spring Festival”.

T: When’s Spring Festival?

S: It’s in January or February.

T: Yes, very good. (同时板书Jan. or Feb.)

2) T: Let’s go on. Listen and guess. 同时播放中秋节音乐。

S: It’s Mid-Autumn Festival.

T: Yes or no ? Let’s look at the picture. Yes, it’s Mid-Autumn Festival. Now read after me. (同时板书Mid-Autumn Festival) 学生齐读和分小组读。

T: When’s Mid-Autumn Festival? Let’s look.

T: It’s in September or October.

T: Yes, very good. (同时板书Sep. or Oct.)

3) T: Let’s go on. Listen and guess. 同时播放儿童节音乐。

4)T: Spring Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival are Chinese holidays. Do you want to know some holidays in the other countries? Good, let’s listen and guess. 同时播放儿童节音乐。

S: It’s Halloween.

T: Yes or no ? Let’s look at the picture. Yes, it’s Halloween. Now read after me. (同时板书Halloween) 学生齐读和分小组读。

T: When’s Halloween?

S: It’s in October.

T: Yes , you are very clever.(同时板书Oct.) Please practice in pairs, use “When’s …? It’s in…”

Step 3 Presentation (2)

T: We also can ask “What do people usually do at Spring Festival?”（同时播放课件，并读people一词。把原来板书的you改为people）We can answer “They usually…”. (把原来板书的I改为They.然后师生之间进行新句型操练，然后生生间练习。) Did you eat a lot of delicious food last Spring Festival?

S: Yes, I did. / No, I didn’t.

2）T：What do people usually do at Mid-Autumn Festival? Now let’s look at the pictures. Yes. They watch the moon and eat moon cakes.

(学习watch the moon和eat moon cakes两个短语。)

T：Did you watch the moon last Mid-Autumn Festival?

S: Yes, I did. It was beautiful.

3）T：What do people usually do on Children’s Day ?　 Look. The two girls are singing and dancing. How happy they are!

S：They usually sing and dance.

T: Yes. They also usually have parties at school.

（学习sing and dance和have parties at school两个短语。）

T: Did you sing and dance last Children’s Day?

S: No, I didn’t. /Yes, I did. （请学生唱。）

4）T：Look at the picture, they are having a party. Who can ask me ‘What do people usually do on Halloween?’

T: I can answer ‘They dress up in costumes and go to parties.’

（学习dress up in costumes和go to parties两个短语。）

T: Do you know Halloween? Let’s look at the screen.（播放录像，学生看介绍。）

（Halloween是西方节日，在此让学生听描述，去了解西方节日风俗和文化内涵。）

T: When is Halloween?

S：It’s in October.

T: 指着幻灯片的介绍问：We also can say ‘It’s on …’

S: It’s on the 31st of October.（教师在黑板原来板书的Oct.后加上31）

（通过CAI把人们在不同节日的活动情况用图片展示出来，激发了学生的兴趣。）

Step 4 Listen and guess

先播放录像的例子，然后让学生练习。

a) People spend time with their family. They also eat moon cakes and watch the moon. (Mid-Autumn Festival)

b) They usually dress up in costumes and have parties. It is on the thirty-first of October. (Halloween)

c) It is in January or February. People eat a lot of delicious food. They usually spend time with their family and friends. (Spring Festival)

d) It is the 1st of June. Children usually have parties at school. (Children’s Day)

（让学生描述节日，让学生自己去猜）

（游戏是最能打动学生，激发学生兴趣的手段，同时也为下面的练习作好铺垫。）

Step5 Look and say

Step 6 Write something about the holidays

T: You can talk about the holidays. I think you also can write something about the holidays. Take out your paper, and complete the sentences.

Step 7 Homework

1. Copy the new words.

2. Write something about your favourite festival and what you do on the festivals.