Unit 3 Celebrations Lesson 1 Spring Festival说课逐字稿-2024-2025学年高中英语北师大版（2019）必修第一册

逐字稿Lesson Script: Spring Festival (Unit 3 Celebrations)

Teacher:

Good morning, everyone! Today, we’re going to explore a very special celebration—the Spring Festival, also known as the Chinese New Year. It’s one of the most important traditional festivals in China and means a lot to people in many different ways.

 

Activate and share:

Let's start by thinking about this:

Q1: What does the Spring Festival mean to you?

(Pause for student responses)

Great! Q2: How do you and your family usually celebrate the Spring Festival?

(Take a few quick answers, encourage sharing)

 

Teacher:

Fantastic! Now, let's look at some common Spring Festival activities we do. Please match the pictures with the expressions.

1st picture: Watch the Spring Festival Gala on TV

2nd picture：Clean the house from top to bottom

3rd picture: Let off firecrackers

4th picture: Put up couplets and decorations

5th picture: Do shopping for New Year items

The last one: Have a family reunion dinner

Have you done any of these before? Raise your hand if yes! (Encourage some sharing of personal experiences)

 

Read and find out:

Teacher:

Now, we’ll read a passage about Spring Festival. Please open your tesxtbook. Turn to page 52. Read the notes from the editor, then tell me the main idea of this text.

Yeah, it talks about some real experiences shared by three people from different backgrounds. Have you found who they are?

Good. You noticed the three pictures of them.

Tom Jenkins, a 16-year-old exchange student living in Nanjing

Xu Gang, a 28-year-old computer engineer from Shanghai

Li Yan, a 70-year-old grandmother from Shanxi

Let’s find out what Spring Festival means for each of them.

 

Skimming:

Teacher:

First, let's skim over their stories. What sequence do they use to tell their stories?

Correct! By time order.

Do they talk about activities before or during the festival? (Wait for answers)

Excellent! They mostly describe how they prepare for the festival and what they do