Unit 4 Time to celebrate（Understanding ideas）教案-2025-2026学年外研版（2024）英语七年级上册

课程基本信息

学科

英语

年级

七年级

学期

秋季

课题

Unit 4 Time to celebrate（Understanding ideas）

教学目标

1.1 Language Competence

Students will be able to understand and use vocabulary related to festivals and celebrations, such as “festival”, “celebrate”, “tradition”, “fireworks”, “ceremony” etc. accurately.

They can construct sentences with complex structures (e.g., relative clauses) to describe festival experiences. For example, “The Spring Festival, which is the most important festival in China, is celebrated with family reunions and lots of traditional activities.”

Students are expected to use appropriate tenses, especially the simple present tense, to talk about festival celebrations.

1.2 Cultural Awareness

Explore the historical backgrounds of festivals (e.g., Thanksgiving, Christmas), and understand the reasons behind their establishment.

Appreciate the cultural connotations behind traditions. For instance, know that red envelopes in Chinese New Year symbolize good luck and wishes for the new year.

Develop an understanding and respect for different cultural festival celebrations around the world, and enhance cross - cultural communication awareness.

1.3 Thinking Quality

Infer the symbolic meanings of festival activities (e.g., red envelopes for luck) through analyzing texts and discussions.

Analyze cultural differences critically by comparing festivals from different countries. For example, compare the way Christmas is celebrated in Western countries with the Spring Festival in China, considering aspects like family gathering patterns, gift - giving customs, and the overall atmosphere.

Improve logical thinking ability when organizing ideas to describe festivals, such as

presenting the order of festival activities in a clear way.

1.4 Learning Ability

Use skimming and scanning skills to quickly grasp the main ideas and key details of festival - related texts. For example, when skimming an article about a festival, they can identify the name of the festival, the general time of celebration, and the main activities mentioned.

Summarize information systematically from texts, pictures, and class discussions. For instance, make a summary of the similarities and differences between two festivals after studying relevant materials.

Develop self - learning ability by exploring more festival information outside of class through various resources like the Internet or books.

重难点

2.1 Key Points

Mastery of vocabulary and phrases related to festivals and celebrations.

Understanding and correct application of sentence structures used to describe festivals, especially complex structures.

Comprehension of the cultural backgrounds and significance of different festivals.

2.2 Difficult Points

Using new vocabulary and complex sentence structures accurately and fluently in oral and written expressions. For example, students may find it challenging to use relative clauses correctly when describing festivals.

Deeply analyzing and comparing cultural differences among festivals from different cultures, as cultural concepts can be abstract and difficult to understand for junior high school students.

教学过程

教学环节

学习活动（包含设计意图）

Step 1: Warming-up & Lead-in (5 minutes)

Teacher's Activity:

Show a series of pictures of different festivals around the world on the PPT, including the Spring Festival (with red lanterns, family gatherings, and dumplings), Christmas (with Christmas trees, Santa Claus, and gifts), Thanksgiving (with turkey feasts and family reunions), and the Carnival in

Brazil (with colorful parades and dancing).

Ask students some questions: “Do you know these festivals? Which one do you like best? Why do we celebrate festivals?”

Student's Activity:

Observe the pictures carefully and think about the questions.

Share their ideas in pairs first and then some volunteers will share with the whole class. For example, a student may say, “I like the Spring Festival best because I can get red envelopes and play with my cousins.”

Design Intention:

Arouse students' interest in the topic of festivals through vivid pictures, making them actively involved in class from the beginning.

Activate students' prior knowledge about festivals, laying a foundation for the following learning.

Step 2: Presentation (10 minutes)

Teacher's Activity:

Present new vocabulary related to festivals on the PPT, such as “festival” (explain that it is a special day or period of celebration), “celebrate” (give examples like “We celebrate Christmas every year.”), “tradition” (tell students that traditions are customs passed down from generation to generation), “fireworks” (show a short video of fireworks display), “ceremony” (give an example of a wedding ceremony and then relate it to festival ceremonies).

Read the words aloud and ask students to repeat after her/him several times.

Conduct a “Vocabulary Relay” game. Divide the class into several groups. The first student in each group says a new word, the second student repeats the word said by the first one and adds a new word, and so on. For example, the first student says “festival”, the second says “festival, celebrate”, the third says “festival, celebrate, tradition”. If a group makes a mistake or can't continue within a certain time, the game stops for this group.

Student's Activity: