Unit 1 Festivals around the world1. Teaching aims of this unit Talk about festivals and celebrationsTalk about the ways to express request and thanksLearn to use Modal verbsWrite a similar story with a different ending2. Sentence patterns:Request: Could/ Would you please…?Could I have…?Could we look at…?I look forward to…May I see…? Thanks: It’s very kind of you…Thank you very much/ Thanks a lot. I’d love to. It was a pleasure… Don’t mention it. You are most welcome.3. Modal verbs:May might, can could， will would，shall should，must can The first period warming up 1. Teaching aims: Vocabulary: take place, festival , beauty, celebrate, Phrases: take place , could you …？ Would you …? The fourth period Listening Teaching aims:1. Vocabulary: go with, the best bands, music ,go together ,2. Enable the students to know how to get the key words to understand the conversation about the carnival parade, to talk about sth happened and express request and thanks.Step Ⅰ Revision After checking the WB Ex. 1,2,3 the teacher ask the students to give examples about modal verbs and try to explain them.Step Ⅱ Warming upT: By the way, what’s the topic of this unit?Ss: Festivals around the world.T: Would you like to know something more about festivals around the world?Ss: Of course.T: Now I will show you several pictures. What’s the festival called? Ss: Carnival.T: Yes. This class we will listen to a dialogue about carnivals. First look through the four questions in listening part to find out the listening points.Step Ⅲ ListeningT: I will play the tape for you twice. Please listen carefully and pay much attention to the important points. For the first time you are to make notes beside the questions. For the second time, you should write down the answers and then check them with your partners.( It’s important to encourage the students to adapt their present knowledge any skill to a variety of situations wherever they can. Make sure to allow various expressions of the answers. Do not demand the same words form all students.)Step Ⅳ Speaking This part is intended to give the students the opportunity to practice a telephone conversation using the functional items for requests and thanks. The polite form of English are important and should be practiced in a variety of situations.Step Ⅴ Listening taskT: There are about 10 minutes left. Let’s come to listening task. Turn to page 43 and look at the pictures. They have something in common. Can you find it out?Ss: They are all about festivals bout the dead.T: That’s right. I will play the tape for you. For the first time you should try to write down the name of the country where the festival are held. For the next two times you should do Ex2. You can make a brief note first and then complete the chart, according to which you can make a report.
