Unit 1 Festival around the world

Part 1 Teaching Design

第一部分 教学设计

　　　　Period 5 A sample lesson plan for Using Language

(A SAD LOVE STORY)

Introduction

Language is learned to be used in and for communication. So in this period we shall have the students read, listen, write and speak in English, making use of the focused words, expressions, structures and topic ideas covered in this unit. Warming up by talking about "carnival" is to be followed by listening and speaking. Reading is done by having students reading and underlining. Then speaking and acting are carried out based on the reading. A guided writing is then offered. Further applying（Finding information，Writing letters）is presented here for the teacher's choice. To end the period students may be asked to read the poem on page 8.

Objectives

To help students read the passage A SAD LOVE STORY

To help students to use the language by reading, listening, speaking and writing

Procedures

1. Warming up by talking about "carnival."

　　　　　　　　　　　　　What is a carnival?

1. The period of merrymaking and feasting celebrated just before Lent.

2. A traveling amusement show usually including rides, games, and sideshows.

3. A festival or revel: winter carnival. carnival, communal celebration, especially the religious celebration in Catholic countries that takes place just before Lent. Since early times carnivals have been accompanied by parades, masquerades, pageants, and other forms of revelry that had their origins in pre-Christian pagan rites, particularly fertility rites that were connected with the coming of spring and the rebirth of vegetation.

　　In recent times, the term carnival has also been loosely applied to include local festivals, traveling circuses, bazaars, and other celebrations of a joyous nature, regardless of their purpose or their season.