高中英语外研版 (2019)必修 第二册Unit 2 Let's celebrate!教案

【新教材】必修第二册 Unit 2 Let’s celebrate! （外研版）

教学设计

Period 3 Developing ideas

本单元的主题语境是“人与社会”,涉及的主题语境内容是中外节日。

本板块首先呈现了本单元的第二个主要阅读语篇，是两封写给报纸专栏的读者来信，呈现了两个不同年龄、不同职业的人对年夜饭在哪里吃的两种不同看法。第一位读者认为在外吃年夜饭为人们提供了便利，让人们有更多的时间陪伴家人。第二位读者认为一家人一起准备年夜饭的过程是最珍贵的回忆。

写作部分对春节这一话题进一步延伸，要求学生针对世界各地庆祝中国的春节这一现象发表自己的评论。通过完成写作任务，学生能够了解中国节日逐渐走向世界的趋势，坚定文化自信，传播中国文化。

1. Through skimming and detailed reading to understand the two different views on where to eat the New Year's eve dinner, sort out and summarize the reasons;

2. Understand the different values embodied by different viewpoints and increase the understanding of cultural connotation; 

3. Able to make their own evaluation and judgment on different viewpoints and improve their critical thinking ability.

Key points:

1. Guide students to understand the passage and analyze the causes of the two different viewpoints;

2. Guide students to make their own comments on different points of view.

Difficult points:

Based on the understanding of the article, students should discuss the reasons why Chinese festivals go to the world in the form of letters and express their own views.

1. Preview the text in advance to know different ways for different people to celebrate the Spring Festival;

2. Understand new words in context or consult a dictionary to better understand the general idea of the article.

Step 1 Lead-in

Activity 1

Q: How do you spend Spring Festival with your families?

Share your stories with us.

1.       T talks about Chinese Spring Festival traditions by showing some pictures on spring festival.
2.       Ss look at the pictures in Activity 1 and talk about Chinese Spring Festival traditions.
3.       T invites some Ss to come up with more traditions. 

E.g. let off fireworks/firecrackers, thoroughly clean the house, pay a New Year visit, paste Spring Festival couplets. Hang red lanterns, paste the character ‘fu’ to the door, go to the temple fair, give and receive a red envelope, watch a lion dance,etc.

Step 2 Learning new words

T teaches Ss to learn some new words in this part:

Nouns:occasion,editor,effort,loss,eve,software,adult,token,process,citizen,nationality,audience,joy, phenomenon.

Verbs:embrace,admit,exist,interact.

Adjectives:retired,global.

Adverb:overseas

Step 3 Reading

Activity 2

1)  T asks Ss to read the passage quickly and find out each person’s point of view.

2)  Ss read the passage quickly and find out each person’s point of view.

Wang Peng: Eating out for the Spring Festival family dinner only changes the form of this tradition, but the love between the family members remains the same.

Liu Yonghui: It just won't feel like Spring Festival having the dinner out. The process of preparing the dinner together is more important than the dinner itself.

3)  T asks Ss to read the passage on page 20-21 and understand some difficult sentences,pay attention to some key words.

①no less than

②have nothing to do with

③not only…but (also)…

④but not everyone is keen on this idea

Activity 3

1. T asks Ss to read “Learning to learn” and figure out what is a fact and what is an opinion.

2. T asks Ss to read the sentences from the passage in Activity 3 and decide if they are facts (F) or opinions (O).

3.T invites Ss to share their answers with class.

Step 4 Think and share

Ss discuss and find out the answers in groups.

①What do you think the retired teacher means by “To me, the process is even more important than the dinner itself”?

②Which of the two opinions do you agree with? Why?

③How would you describe a Spring Festival family dinner to a friend from overseas?

④Can you think of any other Chinese festival traditions? Share them with the class.

5.Ss share their answers with class.

①For him,the sweet memories of having the whole family getting together and preparing for the dinner are more important than the delicious food itself.

②~④:Students’own answers.

Step 5 Discussion

Activity 4

1. T asks Ss to think about the reasons why the Spring Festival family dinner means so much to us Chinese.

2. T helps Ss understand how to organize a talk about the importance of the Spring Festival family dinner.

3. T invites some Ss to give their talks in class.

Step 1 Make notes.

Reasons:

①It just won’t feel like Spring Festival having the dinner out.

②It was not only for the delicious food that we seldom got to eat, but for the opportunity to have our whole family gathered together.

③We toasted each other, we laughed, and the simple, homemade dishes tasted more delicious than anything cooked by a top chef.

④The process is even more important than the dinner itself.

Step 2 Organize your talk.

Useful expressions:

The Spring Festival family dinner is important for Chinese people because…

Take my personal experience as an example.

Therefore / In short / To sum up / In a word, …

Step 3 Give your talk to the class.

Step 6 Writing

Activity 5

1.T asks Ss to read the editorial and answer the questions in Activity 5.

2.Ss read the editorial and answer the following questions:

(1) Which countries are mentioned and how do they celebrate Chinese Spring Festival?

(2) Which event would you most like to attend? Why?

(3) Why do you think Chinese Spring Festival is “going global”? (group work)

Keys:

(1)Russia. Ghana and the United States.

Russia: The 2017 Grand Chinese New Year Concert was held in St. Petersburg, with its tickets sold out and 90% of the audience local Russians.

Ghana: Over 1,000 Ghanaian junior high school students got up on stage to perform Chinese songs and dances to celebrate the 2017 Spring Festival.

The United States: Students in New York City have since 2016 been able to enjoy an official day's holiday for Chinese Spring Festival.

(2)Students' own answers.

(3) Possible reasons may include: increasing overseas Chinese population, China’s growing economic and political influence, the desire of overseas stores and recreational venues to profit from the celebration, China's efforts to help the festival go global.

Activity 6-7

1. T asks Ss to complete the notes according to their own ideas.

2. T reminds Ss to refer back to the reading passage on Page 20–21for the structure.

3. T shows the criteria of a good composition and asks Ss to write their own letters.

4.T asks some Ss to show their writing to the class, and invites other Ss to make improvement.

The model:

Dear editor,

These days, a growing number of people overseas are celebrating Chinese Spring Festival, an important traditional festival that features hope, reunion and happiness. Various Chinese cultural activities, such as gala performances,film shows, temple fairs and other forms of celebrations, are held overseas There are several reasons accounting for this phenomenon.

To start with, the spread of Chinese Spring Festival is partly due to the increasing overseas Chinese population. What's more, more and more countries have noticed or benefited from China’s growing economic and political influence, so they are also embracing our culture and traditions. Also, many overseas stores and recreational venues are taking the opportunity to profit from the celebration. Last but not least,the Chinese government and various institutions have made great efforts to help the festival go global.

I think it's not only a good opportunity for foreigners to know about China, but a sign of China's growing influence on the world. I hope everyone can do his or her part to bring more Chinese traditions worldwide, and more people around the globe will embrace the diversity of culture.

XXX, senior high school student

Step 7 Homework

1)        Read the passages on page 20-21,23 again,understand these passages better.

2)        Complete the exercises of the guide plan.

3)        Remember the new words and expressions.

1、通过本节内容学习，学生是否理解不同观点体现的不同的价值观，是否增加对文化内涵的理解；

2、通过本节内容学习，学生能否对于不同观点做出自己的评价和判断，提高批判性思维能力；

3、通过本节内容学习，学生能否基于对文章的理解，以书信形式论述中国节日走向世界的原因并发表自己的看法。