Teaching Plan
Topic: Festivals in
Period: 4th
Teacher: Wu Yin
Task: To make a poster about one’s favourite festival.
Language focus:
1. Using formulaic expressions to greet old people at the Lantern Festival.
2. Use modeled sentences to give specific information about festivals.
3. Using Wh-questions to find out specific information about the activities at the festival.
Difficulties:
1. Use modeled sentences to give specific information about festivals.
2. Writing the key sentences correctly.
Aids: PPT , Student’s book, exercise paper, poster cards
PROCEDURES |
CONTENTS |
METHODS |
PURPOSE |
I.Pre-task Preparations |
Festivals in Information card about the Spring Festival. |
Enjoy the pics of festivals in Talk about the information card. |
To review the festivals in To feedback about the assignment of the last lesson. To elicit today’s new content. |
II. While-task Procedures |
More information cards about other three Chinese traditional festivals. Foggy’s favourite festival |
Ask Ss to choose one of them and talk about the festival according to the offered information. Listen, watch and try to get the main information about Foggy’s favourite festival. Try to finish the information chart about Foggy’s favourite festival. New content: (1)lantern; the Lantern Festival (2)enjoy lanterns (3)guess riddles (4)yuanxiao Read the passage about “Foggy’s favourite festival. |
To review the other three festivals and get ready for the description. To get Ss listen with purpose. To learn the activities at the Lantern Festival. To have a whole view of Foggy’s favourite festival. |
III. Post-task activities |
Your favourite festival A poster about “our favourite festival”. |
Talk about “your favourite festival” in group. Try to make a poster. |
To develop Ss’ abilities of describing on festival logically. To fulfill the task of the unit. |
On the blackboard: Module 4 More things to learn Unit 2 Festivals in the Lantern Festival February cold yuanxiao guess riddles enjoy lanterns weather food activities others when |