Unit 1 Festivals around the world(Period 2 Learning about language: Important language points)
the following procedures may be followed:
1. go through the three exercises with students and make sure they know what to do.
2. several minutes for students to finish them individually, and then discuss and check them with their partner.
3. check the answers with the whole class.
4. if time permits, explain the problems students meet where necessary.
→step 6 homework
1. finish off the workbook exercises. do exercise 3 on page 42 in the exercise book.
2. learn the new words and expressions by heart.
设计方案(二)
→step 1 revision
1. check the homework exercises.
2. ask some students to dictate some useful new words and expressions.
→step 2 vocabulary study
1. let students review the new words and expressions in warming up, pre-reading, reading and comprehending and give time to students to ask their own questions.
2. ask students to fill in the following form according to the requirement and learn the word formation.
n.+-ous→adj. n.+-al→adj. v.+-(a)tion→n.
religion culture produce danger nation educate
humor season celebrate courage origin predict
religion culture produce danger nation educate
humor season celebrate courage origin predict
→step 3 practice for useful words and expressions
1. let students do exercise 2 in learning about language on page 4 and check the answers after most of students finish.
2. question students on the meanings of those new words which will be used in exercise 3 in learning about language on page 4. then let students complete these famous quotes and check the answers after most of them finish. finally ask students to read these famous quotes aloud and try to think of some chinese idioms or sayings that carry the same meaning.
→step 4 sentence focus
ask students to read through the warming up and reading again to find out the difficult sentences they can’t understand and give time to students to ask their own questions. explain them to the class.
→step 5 workbook exercises for consolidation
ask students to do the exercises in using words and expressions on page 42 to consolidate what they have learned in this period.
→step 6 homework
1. learn the new words and expressions by heart.
2. finish off the workbook exercises.
3. do exercise 3 on page 42 in the exercise book.
板书设计
unit 1 festivals around the world
learning about language: important language points
important vocabulary
starve, religious, feast, belief, poet, arrival, gain, independence, gather, agriculture, award, admire, energetic, clothing, christian, custom, take place, in memory of, dress up, play a trick on, look forward to, day and night, as though, have fun with 1. . . . people would starve if food was difficult to find. . .
