Step 1     Pre-reading

1、5-minute check

A. Yesterday, you learned the story time     by yourself，but could you tell me how did you learn it?

B. Yes，there are many different words in the     passage. Let’s have a check.

Can you fill     in the blanks with the right month?

2、After self-learning，what festivals will learn today?

Share the way     of self-studing

Learn “festival”

Learn “the Spring Festival”，“the Dragon Boat Festival”，“the Mid-Autumn Festival”，“the Double Ninth Festival”

引出标题

交流分享自学方式。

所有问题的设计取自于学生，充分体现学生的自主性。

Step 2     While-reading

1、Which festival do you like best?

   引出“the Spring Festival”

2、When we talk about the Spring Festival，what will you talk about?

3、Read and find

   Draw the Mind-map on the blackboard.

4、Talk about the Spring 

Festival in pairs.

5、We can talk about the 

Spring Festival  in 3 aspects: 

time，activity and food. 

What else can we talk about?

6、We’re clever about the Spring Festival.     What about the other 3 festivals? Please choose one of them to learn 

in the  groups and make a “Mind-map”in your groups.

7、Show the Mind-map and 

learn the other  festivals.

When is the  Spring 

Festival?

What do people do at the Spring Festival?

What do they  eat at the 

Spring Festival?

Why...?

dumplings

get together     with...

When ...?

It’s in ...

What do people  do at ...?

What do people  eat ...?

Ask and answer     in English to finish the making of mind-map.

引导学生学习“the Spring Festival”，通过提问、画导图、汇报的形式，为后面学生自主合作的学习做铺垫。

建构思维导图，理清文本框架，发散学生思维。以小组合作的形式共同完成思维导图的制作，并在最后，通过导图进一步拓宽有关节日的维度，发散学生的思维。

Step 3     Post-reading

We can talk about the 

festivals in many aspects，

but if you don’t know

them，what can you do?

We can surf     the Internet，look for some books.

Homework

Search more  information and make the 

mind-map better.