Unit 8 Holidays and Festivals A Getting ready 教学设计 2025-2026学年沪外教版七年级英语上册

Unit 8 Holidays and Festivals A Getting ready 教学设计 I. Teaching Objectives Learn about different festivals around the world (The Mid - Autumn Festival, The Lantern Festival, May Day, The Carnival in Brazil), master related vocabulary like “decorations”, “lanterns”, “lively”, “together”, and understand how people celebrate these festivals. Improve listening skills by understanding a poem about festivals and filling in the missing words. Be able to talk about the celebrations of different festivals in pairs, using question patterns like “When is...?”, “It falls on/in...”, “How do you celebrate it?”, and appropriate vocabulary. II. Language Knowledge 1. Key words & phrases festivals, The Mid - Autumn Festival, The Lantern Festival, May Day, The Carnival in Brazil, decorations, lanterns, lively, together, mooncakes, tangyuan, parades, floats, lantern riddles 2. Key sentences I am an important festival in China. Beautiful lanterns light up the night, and children enjoy playing lantern riddle games. (The Lantern Festival) In Europe, people celebrate me for the return of spring. There is a tall pole with colourful decorations like ribbons and flowers. (May Day) I’m a lively party in Brazil. People dance and move to the music. A parade of floats travels through the streets. (The Carnival in Brazil) I arrive around harvest time. Families have big dinners and enjoy the bright round moon together to celebrate me. (The Mid - Autumn Festival) Tiantian The Lantern Festival: I enjoy the lantern show because I’m always the quickest at solving the riddles on the lanterns! Mark May Day: May Day is almost here, and spring is in the air! I can’t wait to join my friends in the maypole dance and help with decorations on the pole. Yangyang The Mid - Autumn Festival: The Mid - Autumn Festival means a time for our family to get together. And BTW, I like mooncakes very much. The one with salted egg yolk is always my favourite! Ronaldo The Carnival in Brazil: The lively music makes me want to dance all day, and the clothes are so cool. It’s like a big party—everyone has fun together! We’re thinking of you this time of year, Wishing you happiness, joy, and cheer. May all your days be bright and bright, And your life get better by holiday light! your delicious holiday food, As gifts create holiday moods. people play an important part. While beautiful warm your heart. When is...? It falls on/in... How do you celebrate it? We celebrate this festival with/by... 3. Key and challenging points Match pictures with festival riddles based on festival descriptions. Understand teenagers' discussions about their favourite festivals and fill in the blanks with correct vocabulary. Talk about why people enjoy festivals and holidays, filling in a table with festival features. Understand a poem about festivals through listening and fill in missing words. Discuss festival celebrations in pairs using appropriate question patterns and vocabulary. III. Teaching Procedures Learning activities: Step 1 Lead - in Show pictures of different festivals (The Mid - Autumn Festival, The Lantern Festival, etc.). T: What festivals do you know? How do people celebrate them? Invite Ss to share their answers. Then say: Today, we will learn about festivals around the world and how people celebrate them. Step 2 Matching & Filling Work on Activity A1 T: Match the pictures with the festival riddles. Ask Ss to read each riddle, understand the festival description, and match with the corresponding picture (a - The Mid - Autumn Festival, b - The Lantern Festival, c - May Day, d - The Carnival in Brazil). Then check the answers. Work on Activity A2 T: Four teenagers are talking about their favourite festivals. Fill in the blanks with the words in the box. Ask Ss to read the teenagers' talks, choose the correct words (“lanterns”, “decorations”, “together”, “lively”) to fill in the blanks. Then check the answers. Work on Activity A3 T: Why do people enjoy festivals and holidays? Fill in the blanks with “colourful”, “fun”, or “delicious”. Add more words to the table. Ask Ss to fill in the table about festival features (e.g., “delicious” with mooncakes, tangyuan; “fun” with parades, floats; “colourful” with lanterns and decorations). Then encourage Ss to add more words (e.g., “joyful”, “exciting”). Step 3 Listening Work on Activity A4 T: Listen to a poem and fill in the missing words. Play the audio. Ask Ss to listen and fill in the blanks in the poem about festivals. Then check the answers. Step 4 Speaking Work on Activity A5 T: Work in pairs. Talk about the celebrations of different festivals, using the questions and model dialogue. Divide Ss into pairs and ask them to practice conversations about festivals (e.g., “When is The Mid - Autumn Festival? It falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month. How do you celebrate it? We celebrate it by having a big dinner and eating mooncakes.”). Then invite some pairs to share their dialogues. IV. Assessment of Teaching Effectiveness Assess Ss' comprehension of different festivals by observing their answers in Activity A1. Evaluate Ss' ability to use festival - related vocabulary by checking their answers in Activity A2. Observe Ss' understanding of festival features by checking their answers in Activity A3. Assess Ss' listening comprehension by checking their answers in Activity A4. Assess Ss' speaking skills by observing their conversations in Activity A5, checking if they can use correct question patterns and vocabulary to discuss festival celebrations. This lesson helps Ss learn about festivals around the world, improving reading, listening, and speaking skills. It also enhances their ability to use festival - related vocabulary accurately. V. Design Purpose The lead - in activates Ss' prior knowledge about festivals, sparking interest in the lesson topic. Matching, filling, and listening activities help Ss understand different festivals, their features, and related vocabulary. The speaking activity allows Ss to talk about festival celebrations, encouraging communication and application of learned festival - related vocabulary and question patterns. VI. Blackboard Design Unit 8 Getting ready “Festivals around the world” Festivals: The Mid - Autumn Festival (mooncakes, family together), The Lantern Festival (lanterns, riddles), May Day (maypole dance, decorations), The Carnival in Brazil (lively music, parades) Key words: decorations, lanterns, lively, together Key sentences (discussion): When is...? It falls on/in... How do you celebrate it? We celebrate this festival with/by... VII. Homework Review the vocabulary related to festivals. Write a short paragraph about your favourite festival, including when it is and how you celebrate it. VIII. Teaching Reflection The activities effectively helped Ss learn about festivals around the world. Ss showed good engagement in the speaking task. However, some Ss might need more practice in using festival - related vocabulary naturally. In future lessons, more oral practice with these words can be added. 学科网(北京)股份有限公司 $$