Teaching aims:

1、 Learn and master some important sentences.

2、 Train the students’reading ability.

3、 Let the students learn about the relation between festivals and culture with the attempt of strenghtening the student’s cross-culture awareness.

Teaching important points:

1、 Improving students’reading ability.

2、 Help the students learn more about foreign history and culture.

Teaching methods:

1、 Reading to understand the passage correctly.

2、 Group work to make the students take an active part in the activities in class.

Teaching aids:

Cards; paper

Teaching procedure:

Step 1: Lead-in

T:Everybody please speak out as many festivals as you can at home or abroad

S:Christmas;Spring Festival;April fool…

T:The Christmas is on the way,can you sing the Merry Christmas together

S…

Step 2:Reading

T:Today we are going to learn a kind of festival that some of you may have not heard of.It called “Kwanzaa”,it is celebrated by Afican-American,it is a young festival and does not have a long history.Do you want to kown more about Kwanzaa?

Please open your book to the page 15,read the passage in 2 minute and then answer the question on the blackboard.

(read and then answer the question and explain some important sentences and new words)

Step 3:Discussion

Now you must have a better understanding of Kwanzaa,I would like to divide you into two groups to discuss the differences and similarities between kwanzaa and spring festival.

Step 4:Summary

Today we have learnt about a new kind of festival,do you want to celebrate the festival with them someday? Since the globalization is unavoidable,wo should respect other’culture and keep our own culture identity.

Homework

Today,we have learn a new kind of festival,after class,read the text more times and try to retell the story.Wtite down the differences and similarities between Sping Festival and Kwanzaa,and turn in tomorrow.